Thanks to reader Dan M. for this link. The Australian edition of Temptation, which is being syndicated in the USA starting September 10th, has been canceled in favor of a weeknight return of Who Wants to be a Millionaire?. No word if it’s the good regular version or the “eh” new British edition. It will be on the shelf for at least the rest of the year, which means if daily Millionaire with returning host Eddie McGuire bombs, we might be seeing Temptation back on the air. The Millionaire season is to be 40 episodes currently. The decision to bring Millionaire back was necessary to “keep the rights to the show alive”, Nine sources said yesterday.
Source: Daily Telegraph
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Maybe if Temptation comes back they’ll rename it “$ale of the Century: The New Temptation.” But 9 have their reason for canceling the show. I would like to see it go back to the classic shopping format.
Aww, and I’d just started watching the torrents of this show, too…
Two notes.
-The show isn’t officially axed as they are still holding auditions. Melbourne are holding auditions today (21st Aug) at Channel Nine HQ.
-If Millionaire does bomb (and I say if as it’s a very popular show down there), Temptation will not return in 2007. Channel Nine’s procedure is to replace bombed shows with reruns featuring imported shows. When Sale was axed in 2001 it was replaced with a new quiz, namely Shafted. When that bombed, it was replaced with reruns of Frasier. When Family Feud was axed earlier this year, it’s currently being replaced with reruns of UK shows Antiques Roadshow and Bargain Hunt.
I hope aussle millionaire stays the old way the new music does not fit the british show at all. They should atleast change the lighting or something on the set. It sounds like its from a cheap sterio
I like Temptation and millionaire i dont like the host of Temptation.
Relax, this is like a local US station putting a show at 3a to keep the rights, they got something better, “temptation” but dont want another network (seven) to get Millionaire to go head to head.
There has to be a way for the two Eds’ quiz shows to peacefully coexist. Maybe Channel 9 could put “Millionaire” in “Family Feud”’s old spot, which I think might put it up against Channel 7’s “Deal or No Deal”. (Correct me if I’m wrong.)
two.They’ve already done that in 2004. It was suppose to last for four weeks, it lasted two.
It’s a shame that they had to ax their best show to keep the rights to Millionaire. I hope this cancellation turns out to be more of a hiatus.