MUMBAI: Viacom's US broadcast network CBS has announced that two of its reality shows Big Brother and the Emmy Award-winning The Amazing Race will kick off their new seasons on 6 July. In India, The Amazing Race airs on AXN.

Into its fifth season, The Amazing Race will pit 11 teams of American couples against one another in a race around the globe for a prize of $ one million. The show is executively produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and Bertram van Munster who co-created the series along with Elise Doganieri.

CBS has announced that it will launch a new reality show The Will. It has been produced by Mike Fleiss who was also responsible for The Bachelor, The Bachelorette. The head of a household with substantial assets will give away the family fortune to one of his or her potential heirs.