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Who Wants to Be a Millionaire recently returned for a second episode of the season and likely had viewers stumped with one of the big money questions.

However, a celebrity contestant guessed the correct answer, seemingly with ease.

The popular game show features celeb pairs trying to answer increasingly difficult questions correctly.

Questions are multiple-choice, and thanks to various lifelines, they can narrow down a potential answer.

The most money possible is $1 million from the game show hosted by Jimmy Kimmel.

One celeb pair received a $250,000 question, and their ability to arrive at the answer impressed Kimmel and fans.

Millionaire celebrities figure out $250K answer

Abbott Elementary actress Lisa Ann Walter and former The View co-host Rosie O’Donnell teamed up in a recent episode of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?

Kimmel revealed they’d both done well on previous game show appearances, as Lisa Ann won on Celebrity Jeopardy!...

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Get ready for an exciting episode of “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire” airing on ABC at 8:00 Pm on Wednesday, July 24, 2024. In this special installment, celebrity contestants Nicole Byer, Sasheer Zamata, John Stamos, and Dave Coulier step into the hot seat to test their knowledge and compete for a chance to win big for charity.

Nicole Byer and Sasheer Zamata, known for their comedic talents, bring their wit and humor to the game, aiming to answer tough trivia questions under pressure. Their dynamic personalities promise to add a lively twist to the show as they navigate through the rounds of increasingly challenging questions.

Meanwhile, John Stamos and Dave Coulier, beloved actors from the hit sitcom “Full House,” reunite on the “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire” stage. With their combined experience and entertainment prowess, they embark on a quest to reach the million-dollar prize, all while supporting charitable causes close to their hearts.

On Wednesday July 17 2024, ABC broadcasts Who Wants to Be a Millionaire!

In the Hot Seat: Rosie O’Donnell & Lisa Ann Walter; Sebastian Maniscalco & Omar J. Dorsey Season 3 Episode 2 Episode Summary

In this episode of “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire” on ABC, celebrity contestants Rosie O’Donnell, Lisa Ann Walter, Sebastian Maniscalco, and Omar J. Dorsey take the hot seat. Viewers can expect an exciting and entertaining showdown as these well-known personalities try their luck at answering trivia questions to win big money for charity.

Rosie O’Donnell and Lisa Ann Walter bring their wit and charm to the game, while Sebastian Maniscalco and Omar J. Dorsey add their own unique flair to the competition. With each contestant bringing their own personality and knowledge to the table, the episode promises to be full of surprises and suspense as they aim to reach the million-dollar mark.

As the tension rises and the questions get tougher,...

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ABC shows (so far): 9-1-1, 20/20, The $100,000 Pyramid, Abbott Elementary, America's Funniest Home Videos, American Idol, The Bachelor, Bachelor in Paradise, The Bachelorette, Bad Romance, Celebrity Family Feud, Celebrity Jeopardy!, Celebrity Wheel of Fortune, Claim to Fame, The Conners, Dancing with the Stars, The Golden Bachelor, The Good Doctor, The Great Christmas Light Fight, The Great Halloween Fright Fight, Grey's Anatomy, The Interrogation Tapes, Jeopardy! Masters, Judge Steve Harvey, Not Dead Yet, Press Your Luck, The Rookie, Shark Tank, Station 19, What Would You Do?, Who Wants to be a Millionaire, and Will Trent.

CBS shows...

Celebrity guests Rosie O’Donnell, Lisa Ann Walter, Sebastian Maniscalco, and Omar J. Dorsey take centre stage in the upcoming episode of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. Airing on ABC on Wednesday night, the game show welcomes this star quartet as they put their knowledge to the test and play for charity. The celebrities will […]

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire: Rosie O’Donnell & Lisa Ann Walter / Sebastian Maniscalco & Omar J. Dorsey...

The season premiere of “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire” scored 3.71 million viewers on July 10, making it the most-watched telecast of the night among broadcasters.

Hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, “Millionaire” is celebrating its 25th anniversary. The show, returning for the first time in several years (and marking the return of a studio audience after two seasons without one due to Covid-19) opened with John Mulaney and Nick Kroll paired for one segment, and Kenan Thompson and Kel Mitchell and paired for the other. The episode outperformed its most recent season finale in 2021 by 28% in total viewers, and stood as the night’s top entertainment telecast in adults ages 18 to 49 (0.44 rating).

After three days of time-shifted viewing, the premiere remained the top program of the night in L+3 (0.47 rating).

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Jimmy Kimmel is finally hosting “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?” the way it’s supposed to be done — in front of a studio audience. The landmark game show returns with an all-celeb edition for its 25th anniversary on Wednesday night, and although this is the third season he’s been in the chair that Regis Philbin made famous, this is the first time fans have finally been allowed back in the studio.

“I really wanted to do it the proper way in front of people because you like to hear people laugh at your jokes,” Kimmel says. “Also, the drama that goes along with a couple of hundred people watching the action happen is an important part of the show. I mean, doing the show in front of nobody is no fun.”

But that’s what Kimmel had to do in March 2020 when he first came on to host the primetime series’ revival.

Jeremy Clarkson’s “awful” comments about Meghan Markle have had “no washover onto the ITV brand,” according to CEO Carolyn McCall.

Addressing the now-disgraced Sun column from the Who Wants to be a Millionaire? host this morning, McCall said she believed her team had “handled it well.”

Clarkson is contractually committed to one further series of ITV format Who Wants to be a Millionaire?, a show he has been hosting for the past five years, and ITV is very likely to drop him after filming has ended, although McCall stressed that “neither Who Wants to be a Millionaire? or Jeremy Clarkson have been cancelled by ITV.”

“We’ve handled it well and been very clear,” she added. “We have said his comments were awful and I don’t think there has been any washover onto our brand.”

Deadline revealed in January that McCall had written to a UK MP saying...

Jeremy Clarkson has denied being “sacked” by ITV as the presenter of its flagship quiz show, Who Wants To Be a Millionaire?.

On Wednesday (1 March), ITV boss Carolyn McCall confirmed that the show’s forthcoming season, which is currently in production, will be Clarkson’s last.

The news came after Clarkson’s recent controversy surrounding a column he wrote about Meghan Markle. The former Top Gear host wrote that he hated the Duchess of Sussex on a “cellular level” in his piece for The Sun.

However, on Wednesday evening, Clarkson denied that he had been “sacked” from the show.

“So many kind messages about today’s reports,” he tweeted. “But relax. [Partner] Lisa and I have not split up and I have not been sacked as host of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire.”

In her interview with Variety, McCall did not say that Clarkson had been sacked, but that the...

Jeremy Clarkson won’t be returning for “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?” after the latest season following the controversy surrounding his comments about Meghan Markle.

In December, Clarkson wrote a column for The Sun stating that he hated Meghan “on a cellular level” and dreamed of her parading naked through British towns “while the crowds chant ‘Shame!’ and threw lumps of excrement at her.”

Carolyn McCall, who has been the chief executive of ITV since 2018, has since confirmed Clarkson won’t be returning to “Millionaire”.

She insisted of the column in an interview with Variety, “We don’t endorse that in any way,” adding: “There’s no place for that on ITV.”

Despite Clarkson returning for the latest season, which just wrapped a few weeks ago, McCall added, “We’re contracted to this one.

“So we will do that. And then we have no future commitments, and we haven...

The next series of Who Wants to be a Millionaire? will be Jeremy Clarkson’s last, it has been confirmed, following backlash to the columnist’s words on Meghan Markle.

Last year, Clarkson’s future on the show was called into question after reaction to a column he wrote in The Sun where the former Top Gear host said he hated the Duchess of Sussex on a “cellular level”.

Clarkson apologised and later said that he had reached out to the Duke and Duchess of Sussex over the article. However, Harry and Meghan issued their own statement claiming that Clarkson had only apologised to Harry.

At the time, ITV said that Clarkson would remain as the host of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?, a role he took on in 2018, “for the moment”.

Production is currently underway on the series, but it has now been announced that the forthcoming series will be his last.

The next season of Jeremy Clarkson’s “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?” on ITV will be its last on the British broadcaster, with “no future commitments” in the works.

ITV boss Carolyn McCall tells Variety that the forthcoming season of the game show, which is currently in production, will be Clarkson’s final foray as host. The “Grand Tour” presenter has been at the center of a media firestorm over his December column in British tabloid The Sun. In the piece, which is currently being investigated by British media regulator Ipso, Clarkson said the Duchess of Sussex should be forced to parade the streets naked with “lumps of excrement thrown at her.”

“We have a contract. We’re contracted to this [season], so we will do that,” said McCall. “And then we have no future commitments. And we haven’t made any statements about that.”

When asked whether ITV may...

The UK’s newspaper watchdog has launched a formal investigation into Jeremy Clarkson’s now-disgraced column about Meghan Markle.

The confirmation comes weeks after the column in Rupert Murdoch’s Sun newspaper became the most complained about UK article of all time with more than 25,000 complaints.

The UK’s Independent Press Standards Organisation said in a statement that it was acting following complaints in particular from The Fawcett Society and The Wilde Foundation over breaches of accuracy, harassment and discrimination.”

The outcome of the investigation will be made public once it has concluded.

In the former Top Gear host’s much-maligned column, Clarkson wrote that he “dreams of the day when [Markle] is made to parade naked through the streets of every town in Britain while the crowds chant ‘Shame!’ and throw lumps of excrement at her,” in a callback to a Game of Thrones scene.

The fallout was swift and severe.

A contestant on the latest instalment of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? accidentally revealed a little-known behind-the-scenes secret.

Last weekend’s episode of the hit ITV quiz show featured a contestant called Maria King.

The episode finished partway through Maria’s run of questions, with the end being signalled by a loud sound effect.

As Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? viewers no doubt are aware, the show’s format allows Maria to resume her quiz at the beginning of the next episode.

When the klaxon sounded, host Jeremy Clarkson asked the contestant: “Do you know what that means?”

To which Maria unexpectedly replied: “I’ll have to go and get changed.”

She then hurriedly added: “I’m not supposed to say that, am I?”

Rather than film each episode separately, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire in fact shoots multiple episodes at once.

Contestants leave the set at...

Old Hollywood actor and activist Marsha Hunt has died at the age of 104.

Best known for her roles in films such as These Glamour Girls, Pride and Prejudice and Raw Deal, Hunt fell into obscurity after being blacklisted from the industry during the McCarthy communist witchhunts.

Roger C Memos, the writer and director of the 2014 documentary Marsha Hunt’s Sweet Adversity, confirmed news of her death to The Hollywood Reporter.

Hunt died of natural causes at her home in Sherman Oaks, California.

She started her career as a model, before being signed to Paramount Pictures studio at the age of 17.

Her breakthrough came in MGM’s These Glamour Girls in 1939, in which she featured opposite Lana Turner.

A number of other well-received roles followed, including in Anthony Mann’s Raw Deal in 1948.

Hunt’s career took a turn in 1947, when she and her second husband, screenwriter Robert Presnell Jr, joined...

The family of Bill Turnbull paid tribute to him as they announced his death yesterday, saying the BBC and Classic FM presenter made them laugh every day and that they were “immensely proud” of him.

The 66-year-old, who co-hosted Breakfast for 15 years, died at home in Suffolk almost five years after being diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer.

A special programme will be shown in his honour on Friday, the BBC said.

“The last week of his life was very special: the whole family was with him and we shared some wonderful moments,” wife Sarah McCombie said in a statement read out on air by Naga Munchetty.

“Even though he was often in pain, Bill was dignified and brave throughout, and he was his usual determined self right to the very end.

“Billy made us laugh every day and we are immensely proud of him – he was the heart of our family.

Exclusive: In May, we revealed Indian studio Applause Entertainment was deep in development on a big-budget drama series about independence hero Mahatma Gandhi, and the studio has now turned to a pair of familiar faces to supercharge the project.

Hansal Mehta, who helmed Applause’s SonyLIV drama Scam 1992, has been named director and showrunner of Gandhi (working title) and Siddhartha Basu, who worked with Applause CEO Sameer Nair on the first seasons of India’s version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (titled Kaun Banega Crorepat), has joined as historical consultant, factual advisor and creative consultant.

Gandhi will be period drama set during the Indian Independence struggle and is billed as epic in scale, with multiple characters and locations from the Mahatma’s life featured. It is being adapted from historian and author Ramachandra Guha’s books Gandhi Before India and Gandhi — The Years That Changed the World...

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When it comes to making successful television comedies, the challenges are always changing. Producers from seven shows, which span multiple formats, genres, and sensibilities, joined TheWrap’s awards reporter Libby Hill for a spirited conversation about finding the funny no matter the method.

The panel featured “Abbott Elementary” creator, star, and executive producer Quinta Brunson. She was joined by “Peacemaker” creator and executive producer James Gunn; Jeff Astrof, co-creator and executive producer of “Shining Vale;” Bill Wrubel, executive producer of “Ted Lasso;” Steve Yockey, co-showrunner and executive producer of “The Flight Attendant;” Justin Noble, co-creator and executive producer of “The Sex Lives of College Girls;” and Steve Holland, executive producer of “Young Sheldon.”

“I’ve gone through like a lot of tectonic shifts. I was [working] on ‘Friends’ and the counter-programing was going to...

Maryanne Oketch is the winner of Survivor Season 42! Despite being considered one of the weakest players, Maryanne convinced the jury she was the most deserving between her, Mike Turner (one vote), and Romeo Escobar (no votes) in the May 25 finale of the CBS reality competition. Here, Maryanne chats with TV Insider about her win, from pre-game preparation and early game mistakes to the strategic moves that led her to victory. Are you proud of yourself? How do you feel? Maryanne Oketch: I feel amazing. It feels so good to say, “My name’s Maryanne, I’m the Survivor Season 42 winner.” I’m so happy I can finally go out and say it! Will you be introducing yourself that way now? Oh my goodness, no. But I did go down and tell my family, “you must call me by Millionaire-yanne now, or, like, we will have a problem.” [Laughs.] I think...

There’s a line that host Howie Mandel likes to revisit throughout the all-too-brief duration of the first season of Bullsh*t the Game Show, Netflix’s new entrant to its (largely unsuccessful) game-show canon. The contestant has won a significant amount of money answering trivia questions, despite getting a sizable percentage (in some cases, most) of those questions wrong, simply by being able to convince a panel of judges that their answer was right. After the contestant wins, say, 25,000, Mandel will comment on the absurdity of the situation: “You just won 25,000 by knowing absolutely nothing.

Banijay Germany Hires

Banijay’s German labels have made a series of appointments. At Endemol Shine Germany, Panagiota Vafea has joined from ITV Studios Germany as Executive Director. She will be responsible for formats including Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? and Lego Masters. Tom Kühn has joined also joined Endemol as Executive Producer, he was previously at I&u TV. Elsewhere, at Good Times, former RTLZwei head of entertainment Shona Fraser will join Sylvia Fahrenkrog-Petrsen as joint Managing Director, with Creative Director Cornelia Landgraf promoted to Deputy Managing Director. Fabian Tobias, Managing Director of Endemol Shine Germany said: “Panagiota is a trusted award-winning producer and a valuable asset to our Management Board. We also warmly welcome Tom to the Endemol Shine Germany family who brings his wealth of TV expertise to the company. With our strengthened team, we are ideally positioned in the market to further drive success for our...

Nominations

Nominations have been revealed for the Virgin Media Must-See Moment, the only award that is voted for by the public at the BAFTA TV Awards. The nominees include ITV 1’s “An Audience With Adele” – Adele’s surprised by the teacher who changed her life; ITV 1’s “I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! – Ant and Dec dig at Downing Street’s lockdown parties; Channel 4’s “It’s A Sin” – Colin’s devastating AIDS diagnosis; BBC Three’s “RuPaul’s Drag Race U.K. – ‘UK Hun?’ – Bimini’s verse; Netflix’s “Squid Game” – Red Light, Green Light game; and BBC One’s “Strictly Come Dancing” – Rose and Giovanni’s silent dance to ‘Symphony’.

Members of the public can vote for their Must-See Moment online here and will be entered into a prize draw to win tickets to attend the 2022 Virgin Media BAFTA TV Awards. Nominations for the...

The truth is out! The leading men of Fox‘s Joe Millionaire revival For Richer or Poorer have each found “the one,” revealing their true identities to their new partners during the Season 1 finale on March 10. Millionaire Steven McBee was searching for someone who would love him for his heart, not his bank account. Lucky for him, he found that partner in his now-girlfriend, Calah Jackson, who, after being torn between him and fellow “Joe” Kurt Sowers happily accepted his promise ring. Now living together in Steven’s hometown of Gallatin, Missouri, the happy couple dished about their Joe Millionaire journey in a chat with TV Insider, looking back at their ups and downs, off-camera moments, and how they each knew the other was the right one. First and foremost, congratulations! How has life post-show been treating you so far? Are you excited to be moving in together? Steven McBee:...

Matthew Macfadyen and Keeley Hawes are to play the leads in an ITV/BritBox U.S. drama about a disgraced British politician who faked his own death.

Stan & Ollie director Jon S. Baird is behind Stonehouse from The Dig writer John Preston, in which Succession star Macfadyen will play John Stonehouse and Keeley Hawes his wife Barbara.

Stonehouse was a high-flying politician in the Labour Party in the 1970s but was involved in an extramarital affair, had financial problems and had acted as a spy for the Czech Secret Service, which took its toll and led to him faking his death and fleeing to Australia. He was eventually found and brought back to England by British detectives.

The drama represents a return to ITV for Macfadyen who also starred in Quiz as a former soldier accused of cheating on popular ITV gameshow Who Wants to be a Millionaire?.

Stonehouse is...

Double the men means double the fun! Halfway through the first season of Fox’s Joe Millionaire revival For Richer or Poorer, leading men Steven McBee and Kurt Sowers continue to get one step closer to finding “the One,” but not without facing some challenges along the way. With only a handful of episodes left until the women find out the bachelors’ true identities (and bank account amounts), things at Lakeshore Manor are heating up as connections grow deeper and drama is brewed. Are Steven and Kurt sure the ladies are falling in love for the right reasons? The duo dished on everything Joe Millionaire in a chat with TV Insider, from joining the series as reality TV newbies to difficult eliminations to their fan-favorite bromance. Find out what’s still to come this season down below! How did you both become involved with the show? Were you familiar with the original Joe Millionaire?...

[Warning: The below contains Major spoilers for Season 6, Episode 5 of This Is Us, “Heart and Soul.”] This Is Us delved into the ups and downs of both romantic and familial love in its latest episode, “Heart and Soul,” directed by star Chris Sullivan. Trading in last week’s primary focus on Jack (Milo Ventimiglia), the show took time to shine a light on The Big 3, their mother Rebecca (Mandy Moore), and their lives both past and present. Below, we’re breaking down all of the key moments as the Pearsons play every key of “Heart and Soul.” Back in the Dating Pool In the past set not long after Jack’s death, Kate (Hannah Zeile) gets ready to go out and meet a friend and finds Rebecca and Miguel (Jon Huertas) sitting on the couch watching Regis Philbin on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?. She calls them out for being lame and the pair begin to question whether they...

Which guy is a winner in the first season of the Joe Millionaire: For Richer or Poorer TV show on Fox? As we all know, the Nielsen ratings typically play a big role in determining whether a TV show like Joe Millionaire is cancelled or renewed for season two. Unfortunately, most of us do not live in Nielsen households. Because many viewers feel frustrated when their viewing habits and opinions aren't considered, we invite you to rate all of the first season episodes of Joe Millionaire: For Richer or Poorer here.

A Fox dating reality series, the Joe Millionaire: For Richer or Poorer TV show is a variation on the Joe Millionaire program which aired for two seasons in 2003. This version features two incredible single men as they meet various prospective mates. One's a millionaire while the other is...

You don't know Joe! Not only did Joe Millionaire forever transform the landscape of reality television when it first premiered nearly 20 years ago, but the dating competition's leading man, Evan Marriott, saw some dramatic changes as well since appearing on the Fox series. Recently, the 47-year-old Virginia native—who was marketed as a millionaire looking for love, but was later revealed to be a construction worker with an annual income of $19,000—was photographed looking almost unrecognizable from his once clean-shaven self. Instead of the well-coiffed 'do that captured America's attention, Evan stepped out in a long ponytail and bushy beard. For the outing, he kept...

‘Big Brother’ Spain Label Zeppelin Unveils MD

Zeppelin, the Banijay Iberia label that introduced Big Brother and entertainment format The Bridge to Spain, has promoted Miguel Martín to MD, replacing Amparo Castellano. Martín joined the label two years ago to work for Banijay Birds, the territory’s creative hub for original streamer IP development, which has seen him exec big local non-scripted titles such as Amazon’s Lol: Last One Laughing. He has previously worked in the U.S. on formats for NBC-Telemundo and Fox. Zeppelin, which will soon turn 30, has introduced Secret Story, Big Brother, The Bridge and Skam España to the Spanish market. Banijay Iberia CEO Pilar Blasco called Martín a “born leader who has shown unbounded creativity.” Castellano spent eight years with the label and one as MD.

ITV Orders ‘Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?’ Spin-Off

ITV has ordered a spin-off of hit gameshow...

Sony Pictures Television-owned independent production outfit Stellify Media has created a new spin-off format from “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?” titled “Fastest Finger First.”

The show will expand on the first round of “Millionaire,” where contestants have to put their answers to a multiple-choice question in a specific order. Five contestants play against each other to take it in turn to work their way up the question ladder. The two players with the biggest score at the end of the round go head-to-head in a “Fastest Finger First” duel. The winner will be fast tracked to sit in the “Millionaire” hot seat in front of Jeremy Clarkson, by-passing the usual Fastest Fingers First round that opens the show.

The ITV and ITV Hub series will lead straight into the new series of “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?” The spin-off, devised by Stellify joint MDs Matthew Worthy and Kieran Doherty,...

Sony Pictures Television-owned independent production outfit Stellify Media, have signed a deal that will see the format of their Netflix series “Flinch” adapted for Russia.

The format is distributed by Sony Pictures Television.

The original show was set on a remote farm in the hills of Ireland where contestants gathered to test their nerve against three fiendish games. If they flinched, there were hilariously painful consequences both for them, and for the hosts, who had each chosen a player to represent them in the games. The original 10-episode series was hosted by comedians Desiree Burch, Lloyd Griffiths and Seann Walsh and debuted on Netflix in 2019. A second season has not been greenlit yet.

The Russian version has been developed in association with Sony Pictures Television and is produced by Spt’s Russian production company Lean-m, and will continue with a barn setting. Mikhail Galustyan, Artur Babich and Valya Karnaval...

As far as Hulu Originals and ABC Entertainment president Craig Erwich is concerned, Jimmy Kimmel can keep his late-night slot until the end of time. Or at least for “as many seasons as he wants to be on the air.”

“Jimmy is the king of late night,” Erwich told reporters Thursday during his executive session panel at ABC’s first of two days of presentations at the virtual Television Critics Association’s winter press tour.

In May 2019, Kimmel signed a deal to keep “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” going at ABC for three more years, bringing it to at least its current 20th season. But a new deal extension for the show, which has been on since 2003, has been announced yet.

“He’s the longest-running late-night show host on the air,” Erwich added. “We will have a Jimmy for as many seasons as he wants to be on the air. His tribute...

In the latest TV show ratings, Fox’s Call Me Kat opened Season 2 on Sunday night with 4.7 million total viewers and a 1.1 demo rating (per fast finals) — its best numbers since its yesr-ago series opener, which also was specially scheduled to lead out of season-ending NFL games.

The launch of the sitcom Pivoting in turn retained 2.3 mil and a 0.5.

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Are you ready to meet the bachelors from Joe Millionaire: For Richer or Poorer?

Of course, you are!

If the conversation we had with these two charismatic gentlemen is any indication, the lucky women vying for their attention are going to have a tough choice.

If you have missed previous news on the revival of Joe Millionaire, there's a twist to the original show that last aired in 2003.

There isn't one fellow contending for women's hearts, but two, which is an excellent change to the series format.

With social media and the internet as we know it in 2022, the 2003 format wouldn't have worked.

The show title was a ruse, introducing the bachelorettes to a man believed to be a millionaire only to pull the rug out from under them with the reality that the bachelor wasn't a millionaire after all.

Joe Millionaire: For Richer or Poorer introduces us to 32-year-old Kurt,...

It’s hard to over-exaggerate just how big of a phenomenon “Joe Millionaire” was in 2003. Part of the early “Outlandish Age” of reality TV — particularly under the watch of then-Fox alternative boss Mike Darnell — “Joe Millionaire” set ratings records for an unscripted series, some of which still stand to this day.

“Joe Millionaire” ended its finale with nearly 40 million viewers tuning in to catch its big reveal — in which an unsuspecting woman discovered that the wealthy man she was dating was more hundredaire than millionaire. After the sequel fizzled, however, the franchise was shelved and sat dormant for nearly two decades. Until now.

The new series “Joe Millionaire: For Richer or Poorer,” which premieres in January, follows two men: One wealthy, one not so much. As they date 20 women — who know just one “Joe” is a millionaire, but don’t known who — the goal is to find true love while also learning whether wealth vs.

Fox is gearing up for 2022 with a string of premiere dates for new and returning series.

The fun begins on Sunday, January 2, 2022, when Next Level Chef launches.

Reality on Sundays can be hit or miss for the broadcast networks, but this new series will only be on the night to benefit from a sports lead-in.

It will move to Wednesdays on January 5, out of the premiere of I Can See Your Voice.

9-1-1: Lone Star finally returns Monday, January 3 at 8 p.m.

The series will be airing without 9-1-1 and will lead into new drama series The Cleaning Lady.

However, it is likely the 9-1-1 franchise will team up later in the season when The Cleaning Lady wraps its run.

Thursday, January 6 marks the return of Joe Millionaire, which got a surprise third season pickup last year after over a decade off the air.

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The Simpsons is looking to add a 36th Primetime Emmy Award to its collection… no matter what it takes.

Sunday’s episode (Fox, 8/7c) is the first of a melodramatic two-parter titled “A Serious Flanders,” which the network describes as an “awards-thirsty attempt at prestige TV,” and TVLine has an exclusive first look.

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Fox is putting a fresh twist on one of the most watched dating shows in reality history with Joe Millionaire: For Richer or Poorer.

The fresh spin on the franchise was announced by Rob Wade, President, Alternative Entertainment & Specials, Fox Entertainment. From Fox Alternative Entertainment and produced by SallyAnn Salsano of 495 Productions.

The series is described as "a new take on the original Joe Millionaire dating series that took the world by storm in 2003."

"The new series features two incredible single men... with one Huge difference."

"One's a millionaire, and the other is definitely Not."

Sounds like a compelling hook, right?

The series is set to debut January 2022.

"This revival of Joe Millionaire represents a potent combination: one of the most innovative and popular dating shows of all time with SallyAnn Salsano, who ranks among the most fearless producers in the business," said Wade.

"I've long admired Joe Millionaire for its daring premise,...

Lia Devlin Upped At Altitude

Lia Devlin, the former Head Distributor at Altitude Film Distribution, has been upped to Managing Director. Since joining the UK sales outfit in 2014, Devlin has led distribution for several titles including award-winners Minari and Moonlight. She was previously MD of Momentum Pictures, handling the likes of The Woman In Black and The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. Altitude’s current pipeline includes Palme D’Or winner and Oscar nominee Titane, Keira Knightley-starring Silent Night and Clio Barnard’s multi-bifa nominated Ali & Ava. Devlin has been a “core member” of the team since launch 10 years ago, according to Chair and Co-CEO Will Clarke.

UK South West Netflix Titles Generate $180M For Economy

Netflix titles filmed in the South West of England such as Bridgerton and David Attenborough: Our Planet have generated more than £132M ($180M) for the British economy. According to independent analysis, the...

Joe Millionaire, the controversial reality dating series that launched on Fox in 2003, is being rebooted.

Fox is putting a new twist on the series that saw a group of women date a man that they believed was a millionaire but turned out not to be.

Produced by SallyAnn Salsano and Fox Alternative Entertainment, Joe Millionaire: For Richer or Poorer will debut in January. Watch the teaser below.

The original’s first-season finale, which was produced by Rocket Science Laboratories and Fox World, drew more than 40 million viewers and was the most-watched entertainment show of the 2003 season and Fox’s most-watched entertainment show in its history at the time.

Originally created by former Fox reality chief-turned-Warner Bros TV alternative boss Mike Darnell, Joe Millionaire followed bachelor Evan Marriott, who was thought to have inherited millions of dollars and was searching for a bride. The competition series saw a group of women...

Fox is reaching back to its early aughts glory days for its latest reboot.

The network has ordered a new version of its dating show Joe Millionaire to debut in January — 19 years after the first iteration of the show became a huge hit. The new show is officially titled Joe Millionaire: For Richer or Poorer and will feature two men courting 20 women. One of the guys is, in fact, a millionaire, and the other decidedly isn’t; the women won’t know which is which at the outset.

Fox Alternative Entertainment is behind the show. SallyAnn Salsano (Jersey Shore) will ...

Puneeth Rajkumar, one of the biggest stars of India’s Kannada-language film industry, died of a cardiac arrest in Bengaluru on Friday. He was 46.

Puneeth was born to Rajkumar, the biggest star of Kannada cinema during his lifetime, and producer Parvathamma Rajkumar.

Under his birth name Lohit, Puneeth appeared in several films as a child actor including “Vasantha Geetha” (1980), “Bhagyavantha” (1981), “Chalisuva Modagalu” (1982) and “Eradu Nakshatragalu” (1983). For “Bettada Hoovu” (1985), now christened Puneeth for the screen, he won India’s national film award for best child actor.

In 2002, Puneeth debuted as a lead actor with “Appu,” and went on to star in several successful films including “Abhi” (2003), “Veera Kannadiga” (2004), “Mourya” (2004), “Aakash” (2005), “Ajay” (2006), “Arasu” (2007), “Milana” (2007), “Vamshi” (2008), “Raam” (2009), “Jackie” (2010), “Hudugaru” (2011), “Raajakumara” (2017) and “Anjani Putra” (2017).

In 2012, he debuted as the host of “Kannadada Kotyadhipati,” the Kannada-language version of the “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?” format.

Puneeth was a crowd-pleasing star catering to mainstream audiences.

Dramatist and screenwriter James Graham has a knack for skewering venerable British institutions, from the royal family in an episode of “The Crown,” to the tabloids in his play “Ink,” to politics in Channel 4-HBO special “Brexit: The Uncivil War,” which starred Benedict Cumberbatch.

Even his own industry hasn’t escaped Graham’s examination with last year’s ITV limited series “Quiz,” in which Matthew Macfadyen (“Succession”) and Sian Clifford (“Fleabag”) played a real-life couple convicted of defrauding the gameshow “Who Wants to be a Millionaire?”

So the Metropolitan Police have good reason to be nervous now Graham has turned his eye to law enforcement in upcoming BBC series “Sherwood” starring David Morrissey (“The Walking Dead”) and Lesley Manville (“The Crown”). The six-part show is loosely based on the true story of two unrelated murders that took place within weeks of each other in 2004 in the Nottinghamshire mining village where Graham grew up.

Despite everyone's best efforts, the television industry continues being hit with more cancelations due to the spread of 'Covid-19' affecting both cast and crew:

ABC

The $100,000 Pyramid (renewed for Season 5)

20/20 (renewed for Season 43)

American Housewife (canceled; five seasons)

American Idol (renewed for Season 5; Season 20 overall)

America's Funniest Home Videos (renewed Season 32)A Million Little Things (renewed Season 4)The Bachelor (renewed for Season 25)

The Bachelorette (renewed for Season 16)

The Bachelor in Paradise (renewed for Season 7)

The Baker and the Beauty (canceled; one season)

Big Sky (renwed for Season 2)Black-ish (renewed for Season 8; final Season)Bless This Mess (canceled; two seasons)

Call Your Mother (canceled; one season)Card Sharks (renewed for Season 2)

Celebrity Family Feud (renewed for Season 6)

The Conners (renewed for Season 4)

Dancing With The Stars (renewed for Season 29)

Don't (canceled; one season)Emergence (canceled; one season)

For Life (canceled; after Season 2)

Fresh Off The Boat (canceled; six seasons...

Exclusive: Dutch/Belgian unscripted producer Vincent TV has launched a UK hub and partnered with Sony Pictures Television (Spt) and Stellify Media on a primetime pilot for a major broadcaster.

Former Seven Studios head of global development Simon Shalgosky and former ITV Studios development producer Daniel Brookes will act as creative director and development executive of the Brighton hub, which is charged with building a slate of unscripted originals to pitch to broadcasters and streamers both in the UK and internationally.

Vincent TV UK has secured its debut pilot for an untitled Saturday night gameshow for a major UK broadcaster, which is co-produced with Spt and Spt-backed Snoop Dogs indie Stellify Media.

Vincent TV was founded in Holland and Belgium in 2014 by Vincent ter Voert, Vera Driessen and Ruud van Breugel and has since been behind a set of locally adapted UK and US entertainment formats such as Who Wants to be a Millionaire?...

Mayim Bialik and Ken Jennings will host the remaining episodes of “Jeopardy” for the rest of the year, Variety has confirmed. However, the search for a final, permanent host is still ongoing.

The news comes after the short-lived hosting tenure of former “Jeopardy” executive producer Mike Richards, who was named host, then stepped down nine days later after insensitive statements he made on a past podcast resurfaced, along with two previous discrimination lawsuits from his time on “The Price Is Right.” Eleven days later, Richards was fired from the show, and the few episodes he filmed during that brief timespan began airing this week.

Alongside the initial announcement that Richards would be “Jeopardy” host, Bialik was also named as the host of the show’s primetime specials and spinoff series. She was later recruited once again to fill in as the daytime “Jeopardy” host after Richards exited. Michael Davies, executive...

Sony has fired Mike Richards as the executive producer of “Jeopardy” and “Wheel of Fortune.” Michael Davies, the “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire” executive producer whose Embassy Row shingle is based at Sony, will take over production duties in the interim.

The news was announced by Suzanne Prete, executive vice president, business and strategy, “Wheel of Fortune” and “Jeopardy!” in a memo to staff. Prete said she would be also be taking a more active day-to-day role on the shows moving forward.

Richards’ exit comes a little more than a week after he was forced to step down as “Jeopardy!” host, just nine days after he was tapped to succeed the legendary Alex Trebek as the face of the beloved quiz show. Richards currently has a rich overall deal at Sony; discussions on the fate of his relationship at the studio are currently under way.

“We had hoped that...

Detective Daisuke Kambe's catchphrase "pay double the damages" often leads to extraordinary sums of money being spent in his daily life. As the titular Millionaire Detective, Daisuke uses Heusc, an advanced AI butler, to pay off his debts, arrest criminals, and wreak havoc around the city, much to the chagrin of his fellow detective Haru Katou. This anime is different from other detective shows as, although the main character is similar to Sherlock Holmes and Daisuke is certainly intelligent, he heavily relies on his expensive tech to solve mysteries.

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The ridiculous sums of money that Daisuke spends are totaled at the end of each episode of the anime. Each episode showcases Daisuke's unlimited bank balance and disregard for other people's possessions. Spoilers ahead for all episodes of the show!

Which TV shows are doing the best? The worst? Cancelled or renewed? Wondering how your favorite series are doing in the ratings? Here are the season average ratings of the 2020-21 network TV shows -- through the end of week 30.

ABC shows (so far): 20/20, America's Funniest Home Videos, American Housewife, American Idol, The Bachelor, The Bachelorette, Big Sky, Black-ish, Call Your Mother, Card Sharks, Celebrity Family Feud, Celebrity Wheel of Fortune, The Chase, The Con, The Conners, Dancing with the Stars, Emergency Call, For Life, The Goldbergs, The Good Doctor, The Great Christmas Light Fight, Grey's Anatomy, Home Economics, The Hustler, Match Game, A Million Little Things, Mixed-ish, Pooch Perfect, Press Your Luck, Rebel, The Rookie, Soul of a Nation, Station 19, Supermarket Sweep, To Tell the Truth, and Who Wants to Be a Millionaire.