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This was fun when Regis hosted it and it was on once a week. It then became saturated when ti went to the half hour format and Merideth hosted it.

This site is crazy

The game clock format on Millionaire will soon be adopted on another quiz show, Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?. Bet on it!

'Millionaire' has now JTSed with the introduction of the game clock. I say, let the contestants take as much time as they dang well wanted to. Don't put any time constraints on 'em. Peace.

i love Millionaire especially the Meredith Vieira version the only problem i have with this show is when the contestants use the phone a friend lifeline and spend like 10 stinken seconds trying to spell out a word to the friend and then their friend has no time to answer and they are screwed do these contestants not realize they only have 30 seconds for these questions and shouldnt be spending 10 seconds out of 30 to try and spell out a word because they think their friend cant spell and they wonder why they dont get the question or they are forced to walk away because their phone a friend couldnt help because they spent 10 seconds trying to spell out a word instead of reading the question and the answers first its so retarded why this happens also doesnt it seem like more people now are walking away at $16,000 maybe they should change the game's title to Who Wants to Win only $16,000 and not guess on the $25,000 question

I hear that this new upcoming season will not feature Tom Bergeron as the new host, but the format's being changed. The first change would be a clock for questions. The first 5 question would give you 15 seconds, then the next 5 would give you 30 seconds, the next 4 would give you 45 seconds and on the million-dollar, you would be given 45 seconds plus any unused time from those last 14 questions.

The next change would be two new lifelines. They are getting rid of two lifelines, 50:50 and Switch-the-Question and replacing them with Ask the Expert and Double Dip. Among the experts of Ask-the-Expert would be Bill Nye (Airing Sep. 8-12) and Ogi Ogas, $500,000 Winner (Airing Sep. 15-19). The expert would be revealed after the $1,000 question is answered correctly. The Double Dip is taken from "Super Millionaire" and it gives the contestant the oppurtunity to answer twice (As you probably know from watching Super Millionaire").

Another change to look for would be a "Millionaire Menu", in which the contestants will get to see what their categories will be, so they would know what's coming to them. And so the viewers could play along, they'll also see what's coming so that they can probably answer the questions.

So look for these new changes next month on "Millionaire".

What is with all of the "Best of Meredith" shows? I thought they would have been exiled to GSN before now. Is the show even still in production? Or is it on hiatus because Meredith Vieira is in China covering the games and Tom Bergeron has not yet been approached about replacing her?

"Millionaire" JTS when the producers of the daily version opted to do away with the "fastest finger" round and the prior rigorous testing of the participants- instead going for "personalities" via interviews. This assures that most hopefuls with any semblance of intelligence will not be on air. I think a large part of the original's success was the ascension up the money ladder that many players accomplished, usually with some panache.

So what do we have today? A bland mess, with hyper-coy Meredith bantering with a bunch of dolts. I agree with others' observations that there is too much appaluase and staged drama, along with way too many contestants who apparently have never cracked open a book or finished 9th grade- where do they find these people, and why do they think anyone is interested in watching them suffer on the simplest questions?

Meanwhile, my coworkers have this on EVERY DAY and I can't escape it. OH NOOOOOOO

I think the Meredith version jumped the shark when this contestant had to burn up 2 lifelines to figure out a damn thinking question! Everybody knows the seven dwarfs' names; just figure out how many of their names don't end in a "y"! Back when Regis did the show, the contestant got through the question just fine without any lifelines, but with Meredith... heh.

DUMB SHOW! EVEN DUMER CONTESTANTS. ANYONE WITH A FIRST-GRADE EDUCATION COULD GET ON THE PROGRAM! I CAN'T BELIEVE HOW MAY OF THOSE IDIOTS USED LIFELINES ON THE FIRST 5 QUESTIONS! GIVE ME A BREAK! HOW EMBARRASING TO LIVE IN THE SAME COUNTRY WITH THOSE NINNIES!

One thing I noticed is that the audience is LOUDER than ever before (clapping louder) compare when Regis hosted and Meredith's early years. It makes the show dumbed down. Even clapping between Meredith concludes and contestant's final answer after his/her hesitation and confidence on a difficult question. And the contestant's dependency on the "smart" audience then using the lifeline.
I agree with Regis's days. The contestants were the nerdy (mostly male)type that most will leave with $64k. Now today, the 10th question($25000) is always the turning point in difficulty that most get it wrong or leave with $16k or $1k.

Guest hosts on your show Meredith is quite a drop in ratings. I agree with another, you can do it all the time or go and create your own talk show. You try so hard at being funny, it's getting old and I'm sure standards are being lowered. Stick to the talk shows they're more your style. Your small chit-chat does not belong in/on a game show. Regis is yet another story.

Has anyone noticed that since Season 3 of Meredith's edition of the show, the questions got harder? I mean, the questions used to be all about random, useless stuff but now they pop culture-ized the show and made most of the questions pop culture. If the questions were the same as when Regis hosted the show or in the first 2 seasons Meredith hosted, then Jeff Gross, Ogi Ogas and Lyn Payne (the $500,000 winners since Season 3) probably would have won the million.

And another thing is the contestants they have. Back when Regis did the show and in the first 2 seasons with Meredith, the idea of a regular contestant would be a lawyer or an attorney going out with $32,000. But since Season 3 of Meredith's edition, the idea of a regular contestant is an undiscovered New York actor/actress going out with $16,000. I'm getting super sick of people going out with $16,000!

"Millionaire" jumped the shark when I drove to NY, made it through the auditions, and then received a postcard that I still wasn't in the Contestant Pool.

The guest hosts. Seriously, Meredith, if you can't handle hosting the show all of the time, please quit and let someone else who is more committed to do it. Folks like Bob Barker, Gene Rayburn, Alex Trebeck et al hosted the same show for much longer than Vierra, and even had multiple projects going on. They never had to leave for "vacation." You're reading questions and asking for a Final Answer Meredith. How taxing can it be?