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WWTBAM renewed!

#1 Post by bazodee » Thu May 21, 2020 3:32 pm

From Buzzer Blog:

The Hot Seat will return for another year. ABC has renewed Who Wants to be a Millionaire for the 2020-2021 season. This will be its second season in its current incarnation and 22nd season on the air in total. Millionaire can currently be seen Thursdays at 8:00PM on ABC. Jimmy Kimmel hosts. Since moving to its current time, Millionaire has been averaging close to seven million viewers and is regularly ABC’s most watched program of the night.

The current series sees celebrities take a turn in the Hot Seat, trying to answer 15 increasingly difficult questions for up to $1,000,000. To help out are three lifelines: 50/50, Phone A Friend, and Ask the Host. There is no audience and no Ask the Audience lifeline due to the taping just days before the COVID-19 lockdowns.

In interviews, executive producer Michael Davies said he would like to do alternating seasons of celebrity contestants and non-celebrity contestants, so hopefully we’ll see that plan come to fruition. This series has been fun all things considered but Millionaire has always created its best moments with regular contestants winning big.

Congratulations to everyone involved. It’s great to have the show back.

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#2 Post by MarleysGh0st » Thu May 21, 2020 7:39 pm

Alternating seasons of celebrity contestants and non-celebrity contestants? And I suppose we should be grateful for half a loaf.

I still say it would work better if we had regular contestants, with all the risks of the original show. Then we could invite the "most entertaining celebrity we know" to sit behind us and waste time on the meaningless chit-chat.

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Re: WWTBAM renewed!

#3 Post by Bob78164 » Thu May 21, 2020 7:50 pm

bazodee wrote:
Thu May 21, 2020 3:32 pm
From Buzzer Blog:

The Hot Seat will return for another year. ABC has renewed Who Wants to be a Millionaire for the 2020-2021 season. This will be its second season in its current incarnation and 22nd season on the air in total. Millionaire can currently be seen Thursdays at 8:00PM on ABC. Jimmy Kimmel hosts. Since moving to its current time, Millionaire has been averaging close to seven million viewers and is regularly ABC’s most watched program of the night.

The current series sees celebrities take a turn in the Hot Seat, trying to answer 15 increasingly difficult questions for up to $1,000,000. To help out are three lifelines: 50/50, Phone A Friend, and Ask the Host. There is no audience and no Ask the Audience lifeline due to the taping just days before the COVID-19 lockdowns.

In interviews, executive producer Michael Davies said he would like to do alternating seasons of celebrity contestants and non-celebrity contestants, so hopefully we’ll see that plan come to fruition. This series has been fun all things considered but Millionaire has always created its best moments with regular contestants winning big.

Congratulations to everyone involved. It’s great to have the show back.
The story I saw said that the next season will again feature celebrity "contestants" playing for charity. --Bob
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#4 Post by andyrinny2 » Thu May 21, 2020 8:02 pm

I'm happy about this. Celebrity BAM is not nearly as good as regular contestant BAM, but I have warmed to the show and like Jimmy Kimmel as host. And while playing the app game is not nearly as fun as playing the old phone game, I do enjoy it.

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#5 Post by silverscreenselect » Thu May 21, 2020 8:54 pm

Bob78164 wrote:
Thu May 21, 2020 7:50 pm
The story I saw said that the next season will again feature celebrity "contestants" playing for charity. --Bob
The current version without an audience will be easier to film and still adhere to coronavirus safety guidelines.
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Re: WWTBAM renewed!

#6 Post by Bob Juch » Thu May 21, 2020 9:04 pm

Bob78164 wrote:
Thu May 21, 2020 7:50 pm
bazodee wrote:
Thu May 21, 2020 3:32 pm
From Buzzer Blog:

The Hot Seat will return for another year. ABC has renewed Who Wants to be a Millionaire for the 2020-2021 season. This will be its second season in its current incarnation and 22nd season on the air in total. Millionaire can currently be seen Thursdays at 8:00PM on ABC. Jimmy Kimmel hosts. Since moving to its current time, Millionaire has been averaging close to seven million viewers and is regularly ABC’s most watched program of the night.

The current series sees celebrities take a turn in the Hot Seat, trying to answer 15 increasingly difficult questions for up to $1,000,000. To help out are three lifelines: 50/50, Phone A Friend, and Ask the Host. There is no audience and no Ask the Audience lifeline due to the taping just days before the COVID-19 lockdowns.

In interviews, executive producer Michael Davies said he would like to do alternating seasons of celebrity contestants and non-celebrity contestants, so hopefully we’ll see that plan come to fruition. This series has been fun all things considered but Millionaire has always created its best moments with regular contestants winning big.

Congratulations to everyone involved. It’s great to have the show back.
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Re: WWTBAM renewed!

#7 Post by MarleysGh0st » Fri May 22, 2020 9:34 am

silverscreenselect wrote:
Thu May 21, 2020 8:54 pm
Bob78164 wrote:
Thu May 21, 2020 7:50 pm
The story I saw said that the next season will again feature celebrity "contestants" playing for charity. --Bob
The current version without an audience will be easier to film and still adhere to coronavirus safety guidelines.
They could tape with regular contestants without an audience, instead of celebrity contestants.

Heck, they could even make it timely by featuring essential workers as contestants.

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Re: WWTBAM renewed!

#8 Post by ghostjmf » Mon May 25, 2020 4:05 pm

Still can't get the game to run on my tablet beyond the 1st Q.

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