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Q: Has anyone heard if the selection process has started yet for the Amazing Race 8 (family edition)?

A: While the application for "Amazing Race 8" can still be downloaded from the CBS site, it looks like it's too late to apply. The document states that applications must be received by March 11 and March 15 (the March 15 deadline is only for applications in conjunction with a local casting call). Semifinalists are being interviewed this month.

This round of "Race" should be interesting. Instead of two-person teams, the show will now feature four-person "family" teams. That doesn't mean the teammates all need to be related by blood, "non-traditional families and families-in-the-making" are also welcome.

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Competitors can also be younger this time around. Some can be as young as eight, although at least one person must be 21, and a team with competitors under 18 must also have at least one parent or guardian. And as continues to frustrate the many Canadians who write in to this column, the requirement that all contestants be American citizens still stands. —G.F.C.

Gael Fashingbauer Cooper is MSNBC.com's Television Editor. Andy Dehnart is a writer and teacher who publishes reality blurred, a daily summary of reality TV news. Wendell Wittler is a writer living in Los Angeles.