Find out who’s who in the 16th Edition of The Amazing Race….

via Press Release

CBS ANNOUNCES THE 11 TEAMS RACING IN THE EMMY AWARD-WINNING SERIES, “THE AMAZING RACE,” PREMIERING FEBRUARY 14

Eleven Teams Hit the Road for a 40,000-Mile Sprint around the Globe and Find Themselves in the Midst of a World War I Re-enactment, Retracing the Early Days of The Beatles and Come Face-to-Face with One of the World’s Most Infamous Villains

CBS today announced the 11 Teams set to compete in the 16^th edition of THE AMAZING RACE, premiering Sunday, Feb. 14 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.  Emmy Award nominee Phil Keoghan is the host.

Contestants will travel nearly 40,000 miles across five continents and eight countries.  Eleven Teams start off by navigating through the congested streets of Los Angeles and, for the first time ever, must rely solely on public transportation to make their way to LAX.  The Teams’ first destination lies in Chile where they will encounter one of the most daunting Roadblocks in the history of the series.  In their ongoing battle for the one million dollar prize, Teams will participate in a grueling World War I reenactment in France, retrace the early days of the iconic rock group, The Beatles, and come face-to-face with one of the world’s most infamous villains.

Season 16 features Teams from all walks of life, including couples, parents, siblings, friends, models, lawyers, detectives and even cowboys.

The Emmy Award-Winning THE AMAZING RACE received its seventh consecutive Emmy for Outstanding Reality Competition Program last year.

Following are the 11 teams, listed in no particular order:

Caite Upton

Age: 20

Hometown: Lexington, S.C.

Occupation: Model/Actress

Brent Horne

Age: 28

Hometown: Columbia, S.C.

Occupation: Model/Advertising

Relationship: Dating/Models

Louis Stravato (Left)

Age:  47

Hometown: Providence, R.I.

Occupation: Undercover Detective

Michael Naylor (Right)

Age:  45

Hometown: Providence, R.I.

Occupation: Undercover Detective

Relationship: Detectives

Steve Smith

Age: 57

Hometown: Encinitas, Calif.

Occupation: Professional Baseball Coach/

World Series Champion Coach

Allie Smith

Age: 23

Hometown: Encinitas, Calif.

Occupation: Marketing

Relationship: Father/Daughter

Jeff Schroeder

Age: 31

Hometown: Norridge, Ill

Occupation: Salesman

Jordan Lloyd

Age: 22

Hometown: Charlotte, N.C.

Occupation: Receptionist

Relationship: Newly Dating

Monique Pryor (Left)

Age: 39

Hometown: West Orange, N.J.

Occupation: Attorney

Shawne Morgan (Right)

Age: 39

Hometown: Bowie, Md.

Occupation: Attorney

Relationship: Moms/Attorneys

Jet McCoy (Left)

Age: 30

Hometown: Ada, Okla.

Occupation: Cowboy

Cord McCoy (Right)

Age:  29

Hometown: Tupelo, Okla.

Occupation: Pro Bull Rider

Relationship: Brothers/Cowboys

Adrian Davis

Age: 40

Hometown: Arlington, Texas

Occupation: Medical Sales

Dana Davis

Age: 39

Hometown:  Arlington, Texas

Occupation: Market Manager

Relationship: High School Sweethearts/Married

Jody Kelly

Age: 71

Hometown: Round Rock, Texas

Occupation: Personal Trainer

Shannon Foster

Age: 22

Hometown: Georgetown, Texas

Occupation: Healthcare Outreach Contract Analyst

Relationship: Grandmother/Granddaughter

Carol Rosenfeld (Left)

Age:  47

Hometown:   Los Angeles, Calif.

Occupation: Consultant

Brandy Snow (Right)
Age: 40

Hometown:  Los Angeles, Calif.

Occupation: Actress and Voice Over Artist

Relationship: Dating

Dan Pious (Left)

Age:  24

Hometown:  Barrington, R.I.

Occupation: Financial Advisor

Jordan Pious (Right)

Age: 22

Hometown: Barrington, R.I.

Occupation: Strategic Consultant

Relationship: Brothers

Joe Wang

Age: 42

Hometown: El Segundo, Calif.

Occupation: Software Salesman

Heidi Wang

Age: 37

Hometown: El Segundo, Calif.

Occupation: Stay-at-Home Mom

Relationship: Married

CLICK HERE TO MEET THE RACERS

As usual, Sunday Night Football got the victory for NBC last night, but ABC was also strong with Brothers and Sisters posting season highs.

Football Night In America opened for NBC between 7-8.30pm, posting a 4.0 rating and 8.5 million viewers. The Vikings/ Cardinals game took top honors in the rest of primetime, averaging a 6.5 rating and just under 18 million viewers.

An NFL overrun at 7 helped FOX to second last night when combined with The OT, the BCS selection show and reruns of The Simpsons, Family Guy and American Dad.

ABC was third for the night with America’s Funniest Home Videos (2.0), Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (3.0), a strong Desperate Housewives (4.9) and a season best Brothers and Sisters (3.7), which was up nearly 30% vs. last week.

CBS was last but had a strong showing from The Amazing Race finale (3.7 rating, 12.3 million). At 7, 60 minutes was third for the eye and Cold Case was up to a 2.3 rating – obviously benefitting from the different timeslot. An NCIS: Los Angeles rerun was last at 10pm with a 1.6 rating and 7.3 million viewers.

Full Breakdown:

7:00 – FOX – NFL Football Overrun - 7.8  (18-49 rating) - 20.9 million viewers
NBC – Football Night In America – 2.8 –  7.8 million
ABC – America’s Funniest Home Videos (repeat) - 2.0 – 8.2 million
CBS – 60 Minutes - 2.1 – 11.8 million

7:30 – FOX – The OT – 4.5 - 11.1 million

8:00 – NBC - Football Night In America (8.30-11) - 6.5 (18-49 rating) – 17.8 million viewers
CBS – The Amazing Race (finale) - 3.7 – 12.3 million
FOX – BCS Selection Show – 3.4 - 8.6 million
ABC – Extreme Makeover: Home Edition - 3.0 - 10.3 million

8:30 – NBC Sunday Night Football - 6.8 (18-49 rating) – 18.892 million viewers
FOX - The Simpsons (repeat) - 2.6 - 5.6 million

9:00 – ABC – Desperate Housewives – 4.8 (18-49 rating) – 14.7 million viewers
FOX – Family Guy (repeat) – 3.0 - 6.1 million
CBS – Cold Case – 2.3 - 9.7 million

9:30 – FOX – American Dad (repeat) – 2.1 - 4.4 million viewers

10:00 – ABC – Brothers & Sisters (18-49 rating) - 3.7- 10.8 million viewers
CBS – NCIS: LA (repeat) – 1.6 - 7.3 million

FOX’s Animation Domination rebounded from last week to come second to Sunday Night Football on NBC.

Between 7-11, NBC’s NFL coverage of the Steelers/Ravens game averaged a 5.4 rating and 14 million viewers to win the night.

At 7, an NFL overrun/ The OT helped FOX to victory with a 4.9 rating and 12.8 million viewers. The Simpsons rebounded from last weeks season low to post a 4.2 rating, The Cleveland Show posted a 3.5, Family Guy was up nearly 25% with a 4.4 rating and American Dad was up with a 3.3 rating.

CBS went with 60 Minutes at 7, which averaged a 2.6 rating and 14.3 million viewers, third for the hour. The Amazing Race was roughly level with last week with a 3.4 rating, good enough for third at 8. The eye aired A Dog Named Christmas between 9-11 and it outrated Cold Case and the now defunct Three Rivers with a 2.1 rating.

ABC was last a 7 with America’s Funniest Home Videos (2.1 rating, 8.3 million viewers, last at 8 with Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (3.0 rating, 10.4 million viewers), Second at 9 with Desperate Housewives (4.4 rating, 12.7 million viewers) and second at 10 with Brothers and Sisters (3.0 rating, 8.8 million viewers).

Full Ratings Breakdown:

7:00 – FOX - NFL Football - 6.2 A18-49 rating – 16.7 million viewers
CBS – 60 Minutes – 2.3 - 12.8 million
NBC – Football Night In America - 2.2 – 6.5 million
ABC – America’s Funniest Home Videos - 1.8 – 7.5 million

7:30 - FOX – The OT – 3.6 A18-49 rating – 9 million viewers
NBC – Football Night In America – 3.1 – 8.2 million
CBS – 60 Minutes – 2.9 - 15.8 million
ABC – America’s Funniest Home Videos - 2.4 - 9.2 million

8:00 – NBC Football Night In America – 4.9 A18-49 rating - 13.7 million viewers
FOX – The Simpsons – 4.2 - 9 million
CBS – The Amazing Race – 3.4 - 12 million
ABC – Extreme Makeover: Home Edition – 2.8 – 9.8 million

8:30 – NBC – Sunday Night Football: Pittsburg v. Baltimore – 6.9 A18-49 rating - 18.6 million viewers
FOX – The Cleveland Show – 3.5 - 7.2 million
CBS – The Amazing Race - 3.4 – 11.3 million
ABC – Extreme Makeover: Home Edition – 3.2 – 10.9 million

9:00 - NBC – Sunday Night Football: Pittsburg v. Baltimore – 6.6 A18-49 rating – 17.1 million viewers
FOX – Family Guy – 4.4 - 8.5 million
ABC – Desperate Housewives – 4.3 – 12.7 million
CBS – A Dog Named Christmas (special) - 2.0 – 11.7 million

9:30 – NBC Sunday Night Football: Pittsburg v. Baltimore – 6.4 A18-49 rating - 16.1 million viewers
ABC – Desperate Housewives – 4.4 – 12.6 million
FOX – American Dad – 3.3 - 6.4 million
CBS – A Dog Named Christmas (special) - 2.0 - 12.2 million

10:00 – NBC Sunday Night Football: Pittsburg v. Baltimore - 6.7 A18-49 rating – 16.1 million viewers
ABC – Brothers & Sisters - 3.2 – 9.2 million
CBS – A Dog Named Christmas (special) - 2.2 - 12.6 million

10:30 – NBC Sunday Night Football: Pittsburg v. Baltimore – 6.6 A18-49 rating – 15.8 million viewers
ABC – Brothers & Sisters – 2.8 – 8.5 million
CBS – A Dog Named Christmas (special) - 2.2 - 12.6 million

Sunday night saw the Eagles/Bears game go head to head with the American Music Awards with one winner – NBC.

Overall the contest was close, with NBC slightly edging out ABC between 7pm-8pm which made all the difference when calculating the averages.

An NFL overrun helped CBS win the 7pm slot and also threw off the numbers in for CBS a little. Then it was the Eagles/ Bears game and the AMA’s trading blows until 11 pm.

The AMA’s beat Sunday Night Football between the hours of 8-11 with a controversial Adam Lambert performance that has received 1,500 complaints thus far. They also posted their best A18-49 numbers in 5 years! Sunday Night Football still averaged a 5.5 rating though, a solid evening for NBC.

Fox’s Animation Domination linuep wasn’t performing that well though, posting just a 2.7 A18-49 average for the night, almost a season low. CBS’ experiment, where they swapped Cold Case and Three Rivers around didn’t work, they still averaged roughly the same as last week.  

Full hourly Breakdown:

7:00 – CBS – NFL Overrun/60 Minutes - 4.7 A18-49 rating – 18.5 million viewers

NBC – Football Night In America – 2.8 – 7.4 million

ABC – NASCAR (Ford 400)/ America’s Funniest Home Videos - 1.8 - 6.1 million

FOX – Brothers/ The Simpsons (R) - 1.5 - 3.3 million

8:00 – NBC – Football Night In America - 5.1 A18-49 rating - 14.1 million viewers

ABC – 2009 American Music Awards – 4.6 – 12.8 million

CBS – 60 Minutes/ The Amazing Race - 3.5 – 14.3 million

FOX – The Simpsons/ The Cleveland Show - 3.3  – 6.8 million

9:00 – ABC – 2009 American Music Awards - 6.2 A18-49 rating - 15.5 million viewers

NBC – Sunday Night Football: Philadelphia v. Chicago – 5.7 - 15.5 million

FOX – Family Guy/ American Dad - 3.3 - 6.4 million

CBS – The Amazing Race/ Cold Case - 2.7 - 10.3 million

10:00 – ABC – 2009 American Music Awards - 5.7 A18-49 rating - 14.1 million viewers

NBC – Sunday Night Football: Philadelphia v. Chicago – 5.6 - 14.3 million

CBS – Cold Case/ Three Rivers - 2.0 - 8.5 million

Last night saw the Colts beat the Patriots with a last gasp attack and it was NBC which reaped the benefits.

At 7pm, a football overrun helped FOX win the hour with The OT from 7.30-8. Football Night in America was second for NBC, pulling in a 2.7  rating and 7.3 million viewers.

As usual, Sunday Night Football won the night for NBC, averaging a 7.5 rating and just under 19 million viewers. In other news, Three Rivers and Cold Case were up a couple of ticks vs. last week, The Simpsons got a nice post- NFL bump and Brothers and Sisters were up 9% from last weeks series low (2.9 vs. 3.2).

7pm -
FOX – Football Overrun/ The OT - 6.6 rating (A18-49) – 17.5 million viewers. 
NBC – Football Night in America – 2.7 rating (A18-49) – 7.3 million viewers
CBS – 60 Minutes – 2.2 rating (A18-49) – 12.2 million viewers
ABC – America’s Funniest Home Videos - 2.2 rating – 8.5 million viewers

8pm -
NBC – Football Night in America/ SNF – 6.7 rating (A18-49) – 16.25 million
FOX – Simpsons/ Cleveland Show – 3.8 rating (A18-49) – 8 million viewers
ABC – Extreme Makeover: Home Edition – 3.6 rating (A18-49) – 11.58 million
CBS – The Amazing Race – 3.2 rating (A18-49) – 11.64 million viewers.

9pm -
NBC – Sunday Night Football – 7.7 rating (A18-49) -  20.9 million viewers.
ABC – Desperate Housewives – 4.9 rating (A18-49) – 14.4 million viewers. 
FOX - Family Guy/ American Dad – 3.5 rating (A18-49) – 7.1 million viewers
CBS – Three Rivers – 2.0 rating (A18-49) – 8.5 million viewers

10pm -
NBC – Sunday Night Football – 7.0 rating (A18-49) – 17.5 million viewers.
ABC – Brothers and Sisters – 3.2 rating (A18-49) – 10.2 million viewers.
CBS – Cold Case - 2.1 rating (A18-49) – 9.2 million viewers.

A 20 minute NFL overrun on CBS messed with the hourly numbers, but we still know that NBC and Sunday Night Football won the night in the key demographics.

At 7 pm, The 20 minute NFL overrun/60 Minutes won the hour for CBS drawing 15.6 million viewers and a 5.0 rating. Second was NBC’s Football Night In America with a 3.3 rating and 9 million viewers. A combination of Brothers (2.3) and an American Dad (2.1) rerun took third for FOX. ABC’s coverage of the NASCAR: Dickies 500 race and a half hour America’s Funniest Home Videos drew 6.5 million viewers and a 1.9 rating.

At 8, Football Night in America/ Sunday Night Football took the lead for NBC, with 18.2 million viewers and a 6.2 rating.  A Family Guy rerun replaced The Simpsons this week and combined with Family Guy Presents: Seth & Alex’s Almost Live Comedy Show drew a 3.6 rating and 7 million viewers. The end of 60 Minutes and beginning of The Amazing Race brought in 13 million viewers and a 3.5 rating – good enough for 3rd. Extreme Makeover: Home Edition took last place for ABC with a 3.0 rating and just under 10.5 million viewers.

At 9, Sunday Night Football continued to grow, bringing in 20.8 million viewers and a 7.5 rating – the highest of the night. Desperate Housewives took over the #2 spot for ABC with a 4.3 rating and 13.2 million viewers, down slightly vs. last week. A new Family Guy/ Cleveland Show combo took 3rd for FOX with a 3.6 rating and 7 million viewers, also down vs. last week. The end of The Amazing Race and Beginning of Three Rivers placed CBS in last for the hour, with a 2.2 rating and 8.6 million viewers.

The end of the Cowboys/Eagles game on NBC brought in a 7.4 rating and 18.4 million viewers, rounding off a good night for the peacock. Brothers and Sisters fell to season lows with a 2.9 rating and 9 million viewers for the alphabet. The end of Three Rivers/beginning of Cold Case brought in 8.2 million viewer and a 1.8 rating to end the night for CBS.

Last night the Yankees again beat the Phillies to take a 3-1 World Series lead. FOX, on the other hand, is 4-0 for the series.

FOX again took the nights honors between 8-11p, drawing a 7.7 rating and 22 million viewers with a nice lead in from the close Packers- Vikings game.

ABC’s lineup performed better than last week up against the Baseball coverage with Extreme Makeover: Home Edition pulling a 3.4 18-49 rating, Desperate Housewives rising to a 4.9 rating and Brothers & Sisters steady with a 3.3 rating.

CBS was downvs. last week with The Amazing Race pulling a 3.2 adults 18-49 rating, Three Rivers steady (but low) with a  1.7 rating, and Cold Case dropping to a series low 1.6 rating.

There wasn’t an NFL game on NBC last night so it went with Football Nght in America at 7, which averaged an anemic 0.6 rating and 2.6 million viewers. At 8, NBC went with the movie “National Treasure” which averaged a  1.6 rating and 4.8 million viewers between 8-11 pm.

A NFL overrun on FOX combined with the ALCS Game won the night, beating out NBC’s Sunday Night Football for the top spot- a seasons first.

The NFL overrun on FOX lasted until the start of the Angels-Yankees game averaging 21 million viewers and a 7.8 rating from 7-8pm. The AlCS game averaged a 5.2 rating and 15.5 million viewers for the rest of FOX’s night, giving them a 5.5 18-49 average and 15.8 million viewers, the best of the night.

NBC’s Football Night in America (2.0 rating, 5.5 million viewers) and Sunday Night Football (13 million, 5.0 rating) between the hours of 8-11pm (incuding 1/2 hour of Football Night in America) was good enough for second spot.

ABC ran with America’s Funniest Home Videos at 7, pulling a 2.3 rating and 8.4 million viewers, up slightly from last week. At 8, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition drew a 3.0 rating and 10.6 million viewers, also slightly up from last week. At 9, Desperate Housewives drew 13.6 million viewers and a 4.6 rating – roughly level with last week. At 10, Brothers and Sisters brought in around 10 million viewers and a 3.3 rating which was also up vs. last week.

CBS’ lineup was actually not affected by a NFL overrun this week (thank God!). 60 minutes at 7pm pulled a 2.1 rating and 12.1 million viewers which cannot be compared to last week because of the NFL overrun. At 8, The Amazing Race was level with last week, pulling a 3.2 and 10.9 million viewers, also level with last week. At 9, Three Rivers averaged a 1.7 which is equally as bad as last week but did gain a couple of points in the viewers (7.9 million). Cold Case seems to be heavily affected by its lead in, pulling just a 1.7 and 8.8 million viewers to round out the night for CBS.

Sunday saw NBC win a night with Sunday Night Football coverage of the Chicago Bears @ Atlanta Falcons. Due to an NFL 75 minute overrun CBS was also strong.

A football overrun on CBS helped them win the 7pm time period, brining in a 6.5 A18-49 rating and 20.8 million viewers. NBC also had NFL coverage with Football Night in America pulling a 2.2 rating and 6 million viewers. Over on ABC, An hour of America’s Funniest Home Video’s brought in a 2.0 A18-49 rating and 7.8 million viewers. Fox went with their usual lineup of reruns of Brothers (1.7) and The Simpsons (2.1).

At 8, A 15 minute overrun and 60 minutes pulled a 4.3 rating and 16.3 million viewers. Football Night in America and The first half hour of the Bears/Falcons game brought in around 12.75 million viewers and a 4.8 rating for NBC. On Fox, The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror episode and a new ‘Cleveland Show’ saw 8.1 million viewers and a 4.0 A18-49 rating. On ABC, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition pulled a 3.0 rating and 10.3 million viewers.

Sunday Night Football kept its lead for NBC at 9, with a 6.1 A18-49 rating and 16 million viewers. Desperate Housewives was up vs. last week bringing in a 4.6 rating and 13.5 million viewers. On Fox, a Family Guy repeat and new American Dad brought in a 3.7 rating and 7.2 million viewers. The 60 minutes overrun and The Amazing Race brought in 10.7 million viewers and a 2.9 A18-49 rating.

At 10, the NFL coverage continued to be rampant pulling a 6.3 rating and 15.4 million viewers. Brothers and Sisters was up vs last week with 9.7 million viewers and a 3.2 A18-49 rating. The Amazing Race overrun and Three Rivers pulled a 2.0 rating, although Three Rivers was down to a 1.7 in the second half hour, which means that the 15 minute Amazing Race overrun probably contributed heavily to the 2.4 Three Rivers pulled from 10-10.30

In a night that saw the Indianapolis Colts handily beat the Tennessee Titans, it was NBC who won, taking tops in Viewers (13.5million) and in A18-49 (5.5/13).

CBS started the night with a 43 minute football overrun which meant that the 7pm hour was 45 minutes of NFL and 15 minutes of 60 minutes (I know that sounds confusing!) bringing in 20.7 million viewers and a 6.6 A18-49 Rating. At 8pm, 45 minutes of 60 minutes and 15 minutes of the Amazing Race averaged 13.05 million viewers and an A18-49 rating of 3.4. At 9pm, 45 minutes of The Amazing Race and 15 minutes of Three Rivers averaged 9million viewers and a 2.6 A18-49 rating. Notably though, the half hour with Three Rivers in it only averaged a 2.1 A-18-49 rating. At 10, Three Rivers averaged 7.42 million viewers and a 1.7 A18-49 rating which i think is a true reflection of its ratings for the whole hour. Cold Case’s numbers were roughly the same (7.23, 1.7/5).

ABC started the night showing the final half hour of NASCAR (8.91, 2.5/8) and a half hour version of America’s Funniest Home Video’s (7.4m, 2.2/6 A18-49). At 8, they went with Extreme Makeover: HE which averaged 9.79 million viewers and a 3.0 A18-49 rating. At 9, Desperate Housewives averaged 13.05 million viewers and a 4.4 adults 18-49 rating, down 25% year to year. Brothers and Sisters was the final show of the night, pulling in 8.98 million viewers and a 2.9 A18-49 rating.   

Fox’s animation Sunday started with some non animation comedy in the form of a ‘Brothers’ repeat and ‘The Cleveland Show’ repeat bringing in an average of 3.2 million viewers and a 1.4 A18-49 rating. The usual 8pm animation block continued with The Simpsons ( 7.55 million; A18-49: 3.6/10) and The Cleveland Show (7.78 million, 3.8/10 A18-49). At 9, Family Guy brought in 8.88 million viewers and a 4.5/11 A18-49 rating/share. American Dad was pretty level with last week pulling around 6.6 million viewers and a 3.4 A18-49 rating.