ABC to resurrect 'Millionaire' (w/ Regis)

[UrbScotty]

http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/01/26/showbuzz/index.html#1

(CNN) -- It was a phenomenon. Then it crashed. Then it emerged in syndication. Now ABC is trying to revive it in prime time -- at least for a week.

The network is bringing back "Who Wants to Be a Millionare," complete with host Regis Philbin, for five days in late February.

According to an ABC press release, the new version will be known as "Super Millionaire," and the top prize will be $10 million -- up from the $1 million contestants could win on the original program (an amount that continues on the syndicated version, hosted by Meredith Vieira).

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Details were still rather sketchy. The new show will include the familiar three lifelines but add others at a certain level of the game, at which point "the game will 'morph' into a new dimension," the statement said.

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"Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" was the No. 1 show of the 1999-2000 season. "Super Millionaire" will air February 22, 23, 24, 26 and 27.

[cprise]

1. "You Want To Be A Millionaire"

...admit it, you petty middle-class consumer.

[ewagner]

4. Who cares?

I'll never watch it.

[Cush]

2. Nooooooooooooooooooo

no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no.

I partially blame that crap show for the surge in reality tv.


Need I say more?

[tinrobot]

3. ABC, the 80's band?

They had a single "How To Be A Millionaire" off the album called "How to be a Zillionaire..."

ABC, the network, is ripping them off...

[MJP]

5. h8, I like Millionaire

I'll definitely be watching...I love that show.

[UrbScotty]

6. I did, too. (nt)