BREAKING. The amazing chace: SABC3 trying hard to get The Amazing Race back.

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SABC3 is trying to get The Amazing Race back - but it's not a done deal yet.

With the SABC's money problems last year, SABC3 dropped the ball for viewers when the TV channel was no longer able to alternate season of the American hit reality shows Survivor and The Amazing Race in SABC3's Monday night reality slot. The timeslot gave way to low rated reality trash. But now SABC3 is clawing its way back.

SABC3 already got roadblocked by Sony Entertainment Television (DStv 113) that brought the premiere rights to new seasons of The Amazing Race, and then SABC3 also couldn't afford to even buy the second window airings of the show anymore. (The Amazing Race XV is set to start on Sunday, 15 April at 19:45 on SET by the way.) But SABC3 is trying to get back in the race.

The new Survivor season, Survivor Micronesia, is set to start on SABC3 on 28 June at 20:00 on SABC3. But what happens after that? I wanted to know whether viewers will get to see The Amazing Race again, alternating with Survivor.

''That alternating strategy of SABC3 of showing Survivor and The Amazing Race will hopefully get back to normal,'' Buli Siwani, SABC3's acting marketing manager tells me. ''At this stage we are in discussions with distributors to bring back The Amazing Race,'' she said - but warned: ''At this stage nothing concrete has been done or signed yet. But you will be first to know.''