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"The Amazing Race" takes back Emmy crown

September 18, 2011 / 11:27 PM EDT / CBS News

"The Amazing Race" team holds the awards for Outstanding Reality-Competition Program in the press room at the 63rd annual Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles on Sept. 18, 2011. Getty Images

(CBS/AP) "The Amazing Race'' has returned to the winner's podium at the Emmy Awards, reclaiming the crown for outstanding reality-competition program.

The CBS show had been a consistent winner until last year, when it was unseated by Bravo's "Top Chef."

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Despite the show's reign at the top, its host Phil Keoghan has been unable to take the Emmy away from "Survivor" host Jeff Probst. Probst accepted his fourth consecutive Emmy at the Creative Arts Emmy ceremony, held the week before the Sept. 18 Primetime Emmys ceremony

Keoghan owns seven Emmys but none for his hosting duties.

"The Amazing Race" kicks off its 19th season on Sept. 25 with 11 teams, including pairs of Las Vegas cocktail waitresses and professional skateboarders. Also among the two-man teams are "Survivor" winners Ethan Zohn and Jenna Morasca, who have been dating for several years.