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‘Hacks’ Sets ‘Amazing Race’ Crossover in Final Season; Producers Explain How It Could’ve Been the Center of a Scrapped Season 6
#Variety #News #Hacks #TheAmazingRace

https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/hacks-amazing-race-crossover-episode-how-it-happened-1236712512/

Hacks/Amazing Race Producers on How Their Crossover Episode Happened

The producers behind 'Hacks' and 'Amazing Race' share how their crossover episode happened.

Variety

Deadline Apr 9

Jean Smart On ‘Hacks’ Season 5 & ‘The Amazing Race’ Surprise Collab: “It Was One Of The Funniest Things I’ve Ever Seen”
#News #Awardsfeature #ElisaDoganieri #Hacks #HBOMax #JeanSmart #JenStatsky #LuciaAniello #PaulWDowns #PhilKeoghan #TheAmazingRace

https://deadline.com/2026/04/hacks-season-5-jean-smart-the-amazing-race-1236784948/

Jean Smart On ‘Hacks’ Season 5 & ‘The Amazing Race’ Surprise Collab: “It Was One Of The Funniest Things I’ve Ever Seen”

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Deadline Mar 28

Joey Graceffa Recalls ‘Amazing Race’ Producer Trying To Get Him To Come Out On Camera: “Truly Traumatizing”
#News #CBS #JoeyGraceffa #LGBTQ #TheAmazingRace

https://deadline.com/2026/03/joey-graceffa-amazing-race-producer-come-out-on-camera-1236768442/

Joey Graceffa Recalls ‘Amazing Race’ Producer Trying To Get Him To Come Out On Camera: “Truly Traumatizing”

More than a decade after his 'Amazing Race' journey, Joey Graceffa recalled an uncomfortable moment with a producer on the CBS competition series.

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Ged Maheux Mar 5

As one of the biggest #TheAmazingRace fans ever, I have no sympathy for this blatant cash grab by Johnathan and Ana. It’s a reality TV show!! They had to know (and sign tons of waivers)…

This stinks to high heaven and makes me dislike him even more than I did when I watched last season.

https://www.tmz.com/2026/03/05/amazing-race-contestants-sue-cbs-paramount-for-8m/

'Amazing Race' Contestants Sue CBS, Paramount for $8M, Allege Defamation

"The Amazing Race" contestants Jonathan and Ana Towns claim CBS and the show's producers besmirched their names on the reality TV competition show ... and they want them to cough up more than $8 million in damages over it ... TMZ has learned.

TMZ

Deadline Mar 5

The Amazing Case: Paramount, Bruckheimer, & ABC Signature Hit With $8M Defamation Suit By ‘Amazing Race’ Contestants Jonathan Towns & Ana Towns
#Legal #News #ABCSignature #CBS #JerryBruckheimer #Paramount #PhilKeoghan #TheAmazingRace

https://deadline.com/2026/03/amazing-race-lawsuit-defamation-towns-1236744917/