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Who wants to be a Millionaire
« on: Jan 27^th, 2004, 1:55pm »

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Two years after the quiz show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire died on US TV from oveexposure, is is being brought back with a ten million dollars (Ł5.5 million) first prize.

ABC is hoping the return of the British created show will boost its ratings. Super Millionaire will air five times in six days next month.

The value of the shows easiest question will jump to 1,000 dollars (Ł550) and the 15th and final question will similarly be worth 10 times what it was in the shows initial incarnation, said Lloyd Braun, ABC entertainment chairman.

Three new lifelines will be added to help contestants, who have been able to ask the audience and phone a friend for help answering a question. The game will also take on a different look when big money is at stake, he said.

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire was both ABCs biggest success of the past decade and a huge downfall. An immediate sensation when introduced in the summer of 1999, ABC rode its success to a surprise season victory in the ratings.

The game was scheduled so often that audiences grew sick of it. When the ratings suddenly tumbled, ABC had little to replace it, leading to a collapse the network is still trying to recover from.

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