Facing Ratings Road Block, "Amazing Race" Shifts to Wednesday

Faced with declining ratings this season for the classiest of reality shows, CBS is pushing The Amazing Race to Wednesdays, reports Variety. Beginning as early as next week, Amazing Race will leave its current Tuesdays at 10 pm timeslot for a new, earlier, family-friendly timeslot on Wednesdays at 8 pm.

CBS claims that the shift is in due to viewer complaints that the show airs too late for family viewing. (While I don't have a kids to worry about, my girlfriend and I are always complaining that we preferred when the show aired earlier in the evening. Yes, we're getting old.)

The move is expected to increase the ratings of Amazing Race, though the series faces tough competition from NBC's bizarro game show Deal or No Deal and the return of ABC's Alias in three weeks.

And, no, Race contestants Eric and Jeremy won't seem any less annoying at the earlier hour.