Amazing Race Welcomes Your Government Veterinarians, Married Clowns for 20th Season

Amazing Race Your Government champion Rachel Reilly might have walked away from home using the $500,000 check last summer time, but does she have what must be done to race all over the world for that full million.Reilly and her Your Government fiancé, Brendon Villegas, form among the 11 new teams removing around the 20th installment of CBS' The Astonishing Race (premiering Sunday, Feb 19 at 8pm/ET). Fresh from its eighth Outstanding Reality Competition Emmy win, Race can make first-time visits to Paraguay and Azerbaijan this year. The 40,000-mile course can also get participants skydiving in Argentina and sampling a number of Italy's culinary goodies.Browse the complete listing of teams below, including married clowns, a set of federal agents and dating divorcees. Whom are you rooting for?Dork Brown Junior. and Rachel BrownAges: 33 and 30Hometown: Madison, Wis.Relationship: MarriedWilliam "Bopper" Minton and Mark JacksonAges: 41 and 45Hometown: Manchester, KY.Relationship: Best FriendsNary Ebeid and Jamie GraetzAges: 32 and 33Hometown: Los AngelesRelationship: Federal Agents/FriendsBrendon Villegas and Rachel ReillyAges: 31 and 27Hometown: Westwood, Calif.Relationship: EngagedJoey "Fitness" Lasalla and Danny HoralAges: 29 and 27Hometowns: Whitestone, N.Y. and Holbrook, N.Y.Relationship: FriendsMisa Tanaka and Maiya TanakaAges: 27 and 25Hometown: San DiegoRelationship: SistersDave Gregg and Cherie GreggAges: 44Hometown: New Port Richey, Fla.Relationship: Married ClownsElliot Weber and Andrew WeberAges: 28Hometowns: Chandler, Ariz. and Menlo Park, Calif.Relationship: TwinsKerri Paul and Stacy BowersAges: 30Hometown: Gulfport, Miss.Relationship: CousinsVanessa Macias and Rob KelleyAges: 31 and 36Hometown: Dallas, TexasRelationship: Dating DivorceesArt Velez and J.J. CarrellAges: 43 and 42Hometowns: Temecula, Calif. and Carlsbad, Calif.Relationship: Border Patrol Agents/FriendsSubscribe to TV Guide Magazine now!

Monday TV in Review: Alcatraz, Lost Girl, Being Human plus much more

Anna Silk Something under a great escape, Fox's intriguing but formulaic Alcatraz (8/7c), from people of Lost's brain trust, proves a relatively tough "Rock" to compromise. Basically a procedural getting a 4400-style fantasy gimmick, this twists the America's Popular concept through getting its parade of crooks leave the shadowy past: 250-odd inmates from the well-known California prison who disappeared in 1963 and so are now out of the blue returning, without getting aged every day, on missions of mayhem."No an individual's prone to be capable of see them as they do not exist," growls hard-boiled Mike Neill since the enigmatic agent accountable for a secret task pressure, a walking scowl who knows greater than he's letting on. An optimistic factor, because the mysteries in the mythology - Where were they throughout the final half-century? Who's yanking their violent strings? - tend to be compelling in comparison to plodding mechanics in the weekly manhunt, introduced by Sarah Manley just like a generically spunky detective designated for the team, possibly because of her family link to the big Mystery.Character is initially subsumed with the show's high concept, no matter the engaging presence of Lost's Jorge Garcia just like a smarter-than-he-looks Alcatraz scholar who arrives for your ride, though he's worries once he becomes alert to the danger they all are in. "This isn't a comic-book world, can it be?In . he miracles in tonight's second hour of back-to-back chases. (May have fooled me.) Earlier, since the premise begins to exhibit itself, he marvels, "Is anybody else's mind overflowing at this time around?Inch If perhaps.Want more fall TV news? Subscribe to TV Guide Magazine now!It's the libido that's overflowing on Syfy's provocative Lost Girl (10/9c), a saucy Canadian import that owes a sizable debt to Buffy the Vampire Slayer inside the sexually charged misadventures from the soul-drawing succubus named Bo (Anna Silk, an action-figure version of Mary Louise Parker). Bo knows she's special - her literal hug of dying can be a giveaway - but she must uncover the shateringly pricey way that's she part of the "Fae" race and really should choose to follow either the sun's rays or Dark subculture. "I wasn't expecting Thunderdome," she wisecracks when provide a violent survival test.Using a punk partner (scene stealer Ksenia Solo), Bo forges her path, trying to help keep her lethal desires under control, as well as the action and whimsy help atone for an over-all flatness inside the relaxation in the ensemble casting and low-budget production. I'm still waiting being attracted - but Lost Girl was already well into its second season in Canada, so there's the required time with this to discover its way.Lost Girl continues to be scheduled just like a companion piece for the second season of Syfy's underwhelming adaptation in the British Being Human (9/8c), where casting is a lot more from the problem. (The far superior original is returning to BBC America for just about any fourth season on Feb. 25, but minus some key cast people, so that it remains to look how good that will endure.)In Syfy's version in the three-magicians-talking about-a-house premise, occur a very unconvincingly photoshopped (in Montreal) Boston, dark-and-handsome Mike Witwer costs the most effective at offerring the timeless angst of reluctant vampire leader Aidan, and also the might be probably the most effective story, evoking the metaphor (familiar from Twilight, True Blood stream as well as the Vampire Journals, to title a couple of) of feeding as addiction. Abstaining from live kills though sorely tempted, Aidan finds themselves playing babysitter and consultant for the Vampire Queen's daughter Suren, a pouty "errant princess" she must groom to get control in the Boston pack. As carried out by Dollhouse's exotic Dichen Lachman (who not appear until next Monday's episode), Suren brings some much-needed attitude with this largely toothless enterprise.Aidan's roomies, serious werewolf Josh (Mike Huntington, mugging as if he were in the sitcom) and shrill ghost Sally (the intolerable Meaghan Rath), are less palatable company, also it doesn't help that Huntington has zero chemistry with Kristen Hager since the nurse/girlfriend he may have switched wolf through the final full moon. (Difficult to imagine, but MTV's Teen Wolf is telling this type of story that has a lot more verve, wit and magnificence.)Since the show's title signifies, what these figures desire most significantly is normalcy, the sensation to be human. (Sally's best moment, in episode 2, comes when she takes getting a partygoer's body which is completely capable of feel the various senses again, if possibly briefly.) I'd be happy with them just being interesting.A few more highlights which is turning that need considering a really busy holiday weekend:STILL White-colored HOT: Who not love Betty White-colored? (That's not just a leading or rhetorical question cynics don't need to respond.) The revered artist is formally turning 90 Tuesday, but NBC is praising her still-vibrant career and existence tonight while using prime-time special Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden Girl (8/7c). Among people arriving: her co-stars within the legendary The Mary Tyler Moore Show - sadly, White-colored might be the only real which makes it through part of The Golden Women - and her current cohorts on Hot in Cleveland, plus comedy best Carl Reiner and Carol Burnett. (Just like a bonus, Hallmark Funnel is airing an 11-hour "Rose's Finest Hits" marathon of Golden Women classics, beginning at 3 pm/2c.)And lest you think White-colored is slowing down lower lower, NBC is carrying out a all-star party getting a sneak have a look at her latest venture, the hidden-camera comedy-reality show Betty White's Off Their Rockers (9:30/8:30c), a Punk'd gone AARP through which senior citizens engineer pranks on naive whippersnappers. In some manner In my opinion distributing the term among involved to build up up wouldn't do much good.THEIR ROOTS ARE SHOWING: More tales have been told by, because the famous host the famous host oprah Winfrey opens her California where you can cast people of just one of TV's most well-known and popular miniseries inside the OWN special The famous host the famous host oprah as well as the Legendary Cast of Roots 35 Years Later (8/7c). When the sprawling dramatization of Alex Haley's genealogy and family history and genealogical best-seller first broadcast in 1977, it absolutely was an authentic phenom, drawing an average audience of nearly 80 million. From her living room in Montecito, symbolic for a number of of techniques far African-Us citizens came since the era of slavery, The famous host the famous host oprah interviews Cicely Tyson, LeVar Burton, John Amos, Leslie Uggams, Louis Gossett Junior. and Ben Vereen regarding participation in this particular legendary broadcast.Odds And Ends: Perhaps you have place the clean-shaven, shorter-haired version of Ashton Kutcher showing within the Golden Globes Sunday evening? On tonight's two and a half Males (9/8c, CBS), uncover how that found pass. ... Half-hour earlier, funny lady Jennifer Coolidge site visitors on 2 Broke Women (8:30/7:30c) since the girls' new upstairs neighbor. ... Ripoffs threaten longtime associations, when NY's mayor and Castle's patron (Derek Webster) is involved in the murder analysis on ABC's Castle (10:01/9:01c), and also on CBS' Hawaii Five- (10/9c), McGarrett confronts Joe White-colored (Terry O'Quinn) because he finds out some shocking news from Face Ho, while Danny's ex-wife switches into early labor. ... First lady Michelle Obama appears on Nickelodeon's iCarly (7:30/6:30c) inside an episode adoring military families like Carly's.Subscribe to TV Guide Magazine now!

Auds mob 'Rob,' don't seek out 'The Finder'

CBS' debut of 'Rob' drew an impressive 13.5 million viewers Thursday.CBS rolled to victory on Thursday behind a huge showing by ''The Big Bang Theory,'' an impressive start for Rob Schneider comedy ''Rob'' and season highs for ''Person of Interest.'' It was slow going though for Fox's ''Bones'' spinoff ''The Finder,'' and NBC didn't see much improvement with its revamped lineup. According to preliminary national estimates from Nielsen, ''The Big Bang Theory'' was easily Thursday's No. 1 program with its first original episode of the new year (5.2/15 in 18-49, 15.9 million viewers overall), racking up one of its best scores of the season. It was followed by ''Rob'' (4.1/11 in 18-49, 13.5 million viewers overall), which fared better than any regular comedy CBS has tried in the half-hour over the last two seasons (''Bleep My Dad Says,'' ''Rules of Engagement'' and ''How to be a Gentleman'') , winning its half-hour with ease and logging the net's best showing in the time period since the last time ''Survivor'' aired on the night, in May 2010. A stronger lead-in also helped 9 p.m. drama ''Person of Interest'' (3.2/8 in 18-49, 14.7 million viewers overall), which hit series highs in demos as well as total viewers, coming in within a tick of ''Grey's Anatomy'' in adults 25-54 and comfortably winning its time period in men 18-49 and 25-54. And at 10, ''The Mentalist'' (2.7/7 in 18-49, 13.4 million viewers overall) figures to place second for its hour to MTV's ''Jersey Shore'' in 18-49 while winning in 25-54 and total viewers. CBS won the night in 18-49 (by 2 shares) and 25-54 (by 3 shares) in addition to a dominant showing in total viewers. Runner-up ABC predictably saw its numbers decline from last week when it faced mostly repeat competition, starting with a third-place showing for ''Wipeout'' (2.2/6 in 18-49, 7.1 million viewers overall). At 9, ''Grey's Anatomy'' (3.8/9 in 18-49, 10.6 million viewers overall) was down about 15% from its season high of the previous week but remained the night's No. 1 drama in adults 18-49. And at 10, ''Private Practice'' ran second among the broadcasters (2.4/6 in 18-49, 6.7 million viewers overall). At Fox, ''Bones'' slid down to 8 o'clock and placed third (2.4/6 in 18-49, 8.6 million viewers overall), but the net finished a distant fourth among the broadcasters at 9 o'clock with the debut of ''The Finder'' (1.7/4 in 18-49, 5.5 million viewers overall); the 1.7 is about half what ''Bones'' did when it opened its season in the timeslot in November. Beginning next week, ''American Idol'' will lead into ''The Finder.'' NBC shuffled its lineup but the results were nothing special. ''30 Rock'' kicked off its season with a 1.8/5 in 18-49 and 4.6 million viewers overall , its lowest-rated premiere to date, though it did outperform the last eight original episodes of ''Community'' to air in the Thursday 8 o'clock slot for the net. It was followed by ''Parks and Recreation'' (1.9/5 in 18-49, 4.1 million viewers overall), which topped its two most recent originals and delivered its largest overall audience since early October but was well behind CBS' ''Rob.'' ''The Office'' was in line with its December deliveries (2.9/7 in 18-49, 5.9 million viewers overall), placing third in 18-49, and ''Up All Night'' moved to its new night with a 2.0/5 in 18-49, 4.3 million viewers overall) , up a tick vs. its last original episode on Wednesday and topping the last three episodes of ''Whitney'' in the Thursday 9:30 p.m. timeslot. And capping the night was ''The Firm'' (1.0/3 in 18-49, 4.2 million viewers overall), which doesn't look to be an improvement over ''Prime Suspect.'' CW saw ''The Vampire Diaries'' (1.2/3 in 18-49, 2.8 million viewers overall) drop off from its strong return last week, but ''The Secret Circle'' (0.8/2 in 18-49, 2.1 million viewers overall) equaled its showing from last week despite tougher drama competition this time around. Preliminary 18-49 averages for the night: CBS, 3.5/9; ABC, 2.8/7; Fox, 2.0/5; Univision, 1.3/3; CW, 1.0/3. In total viewers: CBS, 14.3 million; ABC, 8.1 million; Fox, 7.0 million; NBC, 4.5 million; Univision, 3.1 million; CW, 2.4 million. Contact Rick Kissell at rick.kissell@variety.com

Bethenny Frankel on Jill Zarin's Real Average women Firing: "She's a Survivor"

Bethenny Frankel, Jill Zarin Jill Zarin might have been fired in the Real Average women of NY City captured after four seasons, but Bethenny Frankel is not concerned about her former co-star (and ex-Best friend). "She's a survivor and she or he is certainly well-to-do," Frankel told reporters at Bravo's winter TV previews Saturday. "I do not think she's concerned about getting a job." Bravo axes four Real Average women of NY City castmembers Zarin, 48, was among four NY cast people fired in September following the 4th season. Frankel, 41, left the series this year to film her very own spin-off, Bethenny Ever After. Frankel and Zarin were built with a receding shortly before Season 3 started filming. Within an interview using the Hollywood Reporter the 2009 week, Zarin stated she felt she deserved a finder's fee for getting Frankel onto the show. "I did not reach result in the money Personally i think I deserved," she told playboy. "I did not just help to make the show popular I cast it. I introduced in Bethenny, and that i do not get a portion of anything she spins off." Frankel didn't address individuals comments particularly, but stated that they thinks that Zarin is most likely dealing with a difficult time. "I am sure it simply stings a bit and she or he has her very own method of coping with it," she stated. "I am sure it's tough on her to look at what's gone up with me." Bethenny Frankel prosecuted for $100 million over Skinnygirl cocktails Around the approaching third season of Bethenny Ever After, Frankel addresses the "challenging" scrutiny in the media over her business, and accusations that they lied about being lost at ocean captured on her show. "The moment which i offered a part of my company it had been like someone was waiting inside my doorstep hitting me having a baseball softball bat at the back of the mind," she stated. "There is a period of time where I felt I truly needed to react and explain which period has transpired. Lots of that will get addressed on the program. I am fortunate which i be capable of show everyone what's happening.Inch Now now you ask , whether Frankel, allegedly a multimillionaire because of her Skinnygirl type of cocktails, will sign up for any 4th season of Bethenny Ever After. "Moving forward this is a decision I'm going to make," she stated. "It isn't concerning the salary it comes down to the content.Inch Season 3 of Bethenny Ever After premieres on Monday, February. 20 at 9/8c on Bravo.

Kaira Anderson Opens The Hive

He's overtaking the thrillerJoel Schumacher does not appear to become getting a simple duration of it at this time. His latest thriller, Nic Cage/Nicole Kidman thriller Trespass showed up having a wet splat at before shuffling off and away to VOD, and former drama Twelve was significantly savaged. So while he'd been searching to obtain into the swing of things with mental drama The Hive, he's now leaped ship, departing the way in which obvious for that Machinist's Kaira Anderson.Regardless of the title, The Hive features no bugs. It is the tale of the 911 emergency call center worker who fields a desperate plea from the youthful girl. She's threatened by from the killer... And also the phone jockey all of a sudden understands the danger echoes an accidents from her very own past. So she risks her existence to try and stop the murderer from striking again. Oh noes!Halle Berry have been in foretells star, but dropped out because of arranging issues. However with Anderson aboard, the film should attract among the other (up to now un named) stars who've been teasing using the role."I am very looking forward to dealing with Troika Pictures around the Hive," Anderson states inside a statement acquired by Variety. "This script has two elements I usually search for inside a thriller: strong, credible female figures along with a wise, very dark and incredibly creepy story which will certainly resonate with large audiences."He's striving to start shooting early in the year.

5 Reasons We Love To The Peanuts Gang

Happy Year, Charlie Brown As Chuck and Co. gather to obtain their "Auld Lang Syne" on in Happy Year, Charlie Brown, tonight's adorable finish-of-the-year special from 1986, you want to consider a cupful of kindness and count lower the key reason why these old acquaintances will not be forgotten. 1. They rock the holidays. The Emmy-winning It's a Charlie Brown Christmas has trained decades the actual concept of year, so when you have not joked about "acquiring a rock" while trick-or-coping with, it's possible you was elevated living under one. 2. Snoopy! Since his debut on October 4, 1950, Daisy Hill Puppy Farm's top graduate has stolen our hearts just like a The Very First World War flying ace, a author and, clearly, Charlie Brown's four-legged nearest friend. No real surprise the boy and also the dog needed no. 8 perfect TV Guide Magazine's report on the 50 Finest Cartoon Figures ever. 3. From Scrubs to Robot Chicken to Saturday Evening Live to Because Of Due To Jimmy Kimmel Live, they have inspired numerous TV's sharpest spoofs. Our fave? The Simpsons' place-on parody of It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown. 4. They're total fashion symbols. Chuck's zigzag. Lucy's little blue dress. Peppermint Patty's sandals. Project Runway might be lucky to achieve looks that timeless. And don't even get us started around the dancing capabilities! 5. They've continued to be gold. Debuting in 1947 as Li'l Folks inside the St. Paul Pioneer Press, the kids have ongoing to become a wonderful reflection in the innocence, optimism and often melancholy charm of creator Charles Schulz. Guess you are able to say happiness gets pals like these. Happy Year, Charlie Brown airs tonight at 8/7c on ABC. Subscribe to TV Guide Magazine now!

Andrew Master journeys 'North'

WalkerAndrew Master, who lately co-starred on Lifetime's "From the Wall," has became a member of the cast of Dimension Films' thriller "Penthouse North." Frederick Ruben directs the genre pic starring Michelle Monaghan like a blind photojournalist who will get swept up in a game title of cat-and-mouse having a sadistic criminal, performed by Michael Keaton. Master, repped by ICM and Thruline Entertainment, will have Monaghan's boyfriend. Contact Shaun Sneider at shaun.sneider@variety.com