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Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (often informally called Millionaire) is an American television game show based on the format of the same-titled British program created by David Briggs, Steven Knight and Mike Whitehill and developed in the United States by Michael Davies.
One can win up to one million United States dollars ($1,000,000) on the show for answering fourteen (or fifteen in older versions) multiple choice trivia questions in a row. The first version of the show was hosted by Regis Philbin and it aired on primetime on ABC. It aired from August 16, 1999 to June 27, 2002.
- History
- Gameplay
- Super Millionaire
- Jubilee Episodes
- Parodies
- Behind The Scenes
- Trivia
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Primetime version
Who Wants To Be A Millionaire debuted in the United States on August 16, 1999 on the ABC television network, and was hosted by television personality Regis Philbin. The network version, whose episodes were originally shown just a day after their taping in New York, became explosively popular in 2000, and at its peak was airing in prime time four nights a week on ABC. The show was popular enough to find rival networks creating or reincarnating game shows of their own, and created a brief renai...
Syndicated version
In 2002, Disney's Disney-ABC Domestic Television started selling a new version of the show for daily syndication, with a new host, Meredith Vieira (who previously appeared on the nighttime show and won $250,000 during a celebrity week where all the money would go to charities related to victims of 9/11). It was initially proposed and developed under the assumption that the prime time show would still be airing on ABC, but the prime time show was canceled a few months before the syndicated sho...
At its core, the game is a quiz competition in which the goal is to correctly answer a series of consecutive multiple-choice questions. However, the format of the show has been overhauled multiple times along its lifetime.
Template:Main In 2004, Regis Philbin returned to ABC for 12 episodes of a spin-off Millionaire called Who Wants to Be a Super Millionaire, or better known as Super Millionaire, that offered a $10 Million top prize. The show premiered in February 2004 and showed 5 episodes. The show returned later in May 2004 for 7 more episodes. The money tree went...
The 500th episode aired on February 25, 2005. In this period Meredith Vieira has asked over 10,000 questions to 941 contestants in hot seat, who have won a total of $25,936,000.The "1,000th episode" aired on November 9, 2007 (in fact, this is actually the 980th episode).The 1,500th episode aired on November 5, 2010, in which Anne Boyd, Shirley Alfano, and Akiva Fox appeared (winning $100,000, $18,250, and $100,000 respectively).The 2,000th episode aired on October 4, 2013, the 2,500th episode aired on September 30, 2016, and the 3,000th episode aired on May 17, 2019.Mad TV
1. In an episode of the show with Lorraine Swanson and (Alex Borstein) fake Regis Philbin. 1. Featuring Jay Leno (Christian Duguay), Lance Bass (Will Sasso), Catherine Zeta-Jones (Mo Collins), and Macy Gray (Debra Wilson) as contestants and with Regis Philbinas the host. 2. With the title called "Who Wants To Be The President?" featuring Jessa Ventura, Alan Keyes, and Al Gore as contestants and with Regis Philbinas the host.
Spin City
1. Paul Lassiter was a contestant on November 16, 1999 as Regis Philbinhosts the primetime version of Millionaire.
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1. In November, 2000, A clip of Charlie Sheenfrom his appearance on Millionaire was shown, with this question edited over his real question.
The director's panel in the syndicated version has great differences, unlike the classical version: 1. On the top left is HOST CHEAT. In the upper right corner is a screen named PROGRAM that displays the image of the host with the camera opposite it. In the lower left corner is the PROMPTER's screen with the "Let's play Who Wants to be a Millionair...
John Carpenter, David Goodman, and Steve Perryare three contestants, who retained three lifelines to the 15th question.Bob Edgeworth is the first contestant in syndicated version (October 25, 2002 aired), who answered the penultimate question wrong, Rod Martin is second (June 16, 2003 aired), and Ava Johnsonis thir...On April 26, 2005 the 1,000th contestant appeared.In 1976, he was a "field reporter" for ABC's Almost Anything Goes, an American adaptation of the British game show, It's a Knockout. Philbin was the original host of the US version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, an ABC game show that had its roots in Britain.
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?On August 16, 1999, America was introduced to the latest game-show (see entry under 1950s—TV and Radio in volume 3) sensation when Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? made its debut on the ABC network. The show was already a hit in Great Britain.
For the first time in the history of the U.S. franchise, contestants can invite a guest into the hot seat to help them answer questions: it can be a relative, a beloved teacher or a famed trivia...
In Television in the United States: The return of the game show. Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, hosted by TV talk-show veteran Regis Philbin, began as a series of limited runs, functioning as a game show miniseries of sorts. In August, November, and January the show aired on consecutive nights—as many as 18 in a row.… Read More; Kimmel
