16Apr2012
“Millionaire” Celebrates “American Pride Week” on April 30th
Who Wants to be a Millionaire will be celebrating the United States with a special "American Pride Week" starting April 30th. Running all that week through May 4th, plus May 7th, American heroes will step center stage and hope to win $1,000,000. From the 30th through Thursday, May 3rd, every day American heroes like military, firemen, and teachers will be unsuspectingly pulled from the audience by Meredith Vieira to play Millionaire. Then, on Friday, May 4th, and Monday, May 7th, Millionaire and Meredith will welcome U.S. Olympic medalists to play for $1,000,000 for charity. Click here to learn about who will be playing, plus more information on this special week. Photo courtesy Valleycrest Productions Ltd.
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“Family Feud” Tapes New Season Starting April 24th
Family Feud is back. The newest season, the third with popular host Steve Harvey, begins taping very soon and they're staying in Atlanta, at the Atlanta Civic Center, for the second year in a row. Feud is taping earlier than normal this year to accomodate Steve's new NBCU talk show which will tape in Chicago. The new season of Family Feud will start taping Monday, April 24th, and looks to have two taping times each weekday and some Saturdays. The show will tape through the end of June. This is the first season of the show that will be shot in HD. I've heard nothing but good things from audience members, so I highly recommend going if you can make it. Click here to get tickets from OCA and join in the fun. You'll love it, trust me. Click here to read more, let us know what you think, and to watch a new funny moment the show posted to their YouTube page.
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GSN Acquires Steve Harvey’s “Family Feud”; Debuts March 28th
Did you miss the start of Steve Harvey's run as host of Family Feud, which began the long running show's meteoric rise up the ratings? You're going to get a second chance to watch. GSN has announced they have picked up the rights to over 300 episodes of the Steve Harvey edition of Family Feud. The episodes start Wednesday, March 28th, at 7:00PM ET. The only edition of the modern incarnation of Family Feud which GSN does not have the rights to is Louie Anderson's run. Click here to learn more about GSN's big acquisition.
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“Wheel of Fortune” Ups the Stakes This Week for “Big Money Week”
If you watched Wheel of Fortune yesterday, you may have noticed that it's one of the show's more popular themed weeks: Big Money Week. Beyond the set decorations, a few things have changed that are giving contestants a chance to win bigger than they normally would. The biggest changes are happening in the end game. Wheel has added new dollar amount envelopes to the bonus round week from $65,000 to $85,000. It's easier than ever for a contestant to reach six figures. A Lexus convertible has also been added, so someone may be walking (or driving) away very, very wealthy by the end of the week. The $1,000,000 prize is still up for grabs as well. Watch all week and see if anyone can do it. Click here to discuss the week.
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Could You Miss the Million Pound Question Twice?
No fan of Who Wants to be a Millionaire, regardless of the country, will be able to forget Ken Basin's $475,000 loss after giving the wrong Final Answer to his million dollar question. It's the moment you never really wanted to see, but you still wanted to a little bit. Did you know it happened in England first, though? Well, it sort of happened. On a special celebrity Valentine's edition, Laurence and Jackie Llewelyn-Bowen had the rare chance to face a million pound question twice. The video of the moment has only recently been revealed, finally, and it's a much different reaction than the American miss. Click here to see both moments, including, for the first time ever, the UK big loss, and tell us what you thought.
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Mike Rowe Wins $100,000 on “Millionaire”
We've seen a large number of $100,000 wins (and three $250,000 wins) this season on Who Wants to be a Millionaire. You can add another one to that list. Earlier this week the host of Discovery's Dirty Jobs, Mike Rowe, walked away with $100,000 for his charity, mikeroweWORKS. Mike is the newest big celebrity winner, following other six figure winners such as Anthony Anderson, Suzie Essman, and the Hillstrand Brothers from Deadliest Catch. Mike had some rough luck with the Jumps in round one, but it ended up paying off big time in Classic Millionaire. Click here to see a video of his big win, and to find out what happened after.
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Mike Rowe Plays “Millionaire” Starting Monday, February 27th
Mike Rowe, the star of Discovery's hit reality show Dirty Jobs, is in for a more stressful job today, February 27th, and tomorrow, February. He'll be playing Who Wants to be a Millionaire to win up to $1,000,000 for charity. Mike is playing for the mikeroweWORKS Foundation, which he founded in 2008. Again, Mike is appearing for the next two days so that should give you a hint as to how well he does. Click here to see a Backstage Pass video, giving you a behind the scenes look at Mike's exciting game.
Read MoreLeave a Comment23Feb2012
“Jeopardy!” Goes to Washington, D.C., in May for “Power Players Week”
The syndicated quiz show Jeopardy! is traveling back to Washington, D.C., to, yet again, put some of the nation's most influential people under the intellectual ringer. Jeopardy! will be holding another "Power Players Week" in May, with the taping happening at the end of April. For the third time in the show's 28 year history, major figures in the Washington scene will compete for a guaranteed $50,000 for charity. Past players include Al Franken, Ari Fleischer and Bob Woodward. Who will pop up this year? Click here to learn more about the week, including how to get tickets.
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What’s the Best “Family Feud” Answer that Steve Harvey Has Ever Heard?
Over the course of two seasons, since the tone of Family Feud has changed to more comedic and risque (to great success), Steve Harvey has heard a lot of bizarre answers. From the nonsensical to the dirty, Steve has nearly heard it all. So we come to a new family of champions playing Fast Money for $20,000. A simple question: "Name a job that's dirty, but someone's got to do it." It's hard to make this one off the wall unless your mind is not there at the moment. The show isn't leading you into any answers. Trust me, what the contestant says...not a single other person ever thought to say it. It certainly threw me off. Click here to watch the very, very funny moment.
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“Jeopardy!” Airing Second Annual Teacher’s Tournament Through February 28th
Regular Jeopardy! viewers have noticed a tournament currently going on. The syndicated quiz show is saluting the nation's teachers with its second annual "Teachers Tournament." The tournament features 15 of the nation's top kindergarten through 12th grade teachers competing for a $100,000 prize and a guaranteed spot in the next Tournament of Champions, where the winner will get $250,000. Second place will receive $50,000 and third gets $25,000. The championship game airs on February 28th, but be sure to check out the entire lead-up to that show for the next two weeks. Click here to see a list of everyone playing, quotes from Harry Friedman (executive producer) and Alex Trebek, and some footage of last year's tournament.
Read MoreLeave a Comment16Feb2012
“Millionaire” Leads to the Oscars With Annual “Million Dollar Movie Week”
Who Wants to be a Millionaire's most popular themed week is back. The annual "Million Dollar Movie Week" returns on February 20th through the 24th. This leads up to Oscar Sunday on ABC, on Sunday, February 26th. Movie buffs from around the country put their film knowledge to the test. You usually see a six figure win during these weeks so it's always a nice treat for those wanting to see some serious money flying. How do you think you'd do at "Million Dollar Movie Week", though? Millionaire supplied us with ten sample questions. Could you take on the game for a million dollars? What the answers? Click here to see the questions and check if you're smart enough to be a millionaire.
Read MoreLeave a Comment15Feb2012
Dan Goldman Goes for $250,000 Today on “Millionaire”
It's "Double Money" week all this week on Who Wants to be a Millionaire and one contestant is going for the big bucks today. Dan Goldman, an executive assistant from Teaneck, NJ, beat round one and entered Classic Millionaire on Tuesday's episode. Dan lucked out by having $25,000 behind his Double Money question, asking what Native American tribe is a member of the Oklahoma Indian Gaming Association. He correctly answered Comanche and scored $50,000 on his ninth question of the game. Dan passed round one with a massive $93,500 and two lifelines, Ask the Audience and Jump the Question left. Click here to find out what happened on Tuesday, and to see an exclusive preview of what Dan's $250,000 question is.
Read MoreView Comments (5)14Feb2012
Ratings Report: Only “Family Feud” Grows
The newest ratings release is in for syndicated game shows. The continuing power of Family Feud has been proven week in and week out over the course of the last two seasons. Whenever a show performs a host change, if we see an uptick in ratings we typically wait for the inevitable downfall because curiosity has to wear off eventually. Feud seems to be the exception to the rule and, unlike nearly anything I've seen before, just keeps getting bigger. The rest of the syndicated shows either stayed level or went down, but it was pretty steady for everyone regardless. Click here to see the numbers of all the shows, plus a new funny clip from Family Feud.
Read MoreView Comments (7)13Feb2012
“Wheel of Fortune” Reunites Military Spouse and Husband
Thanks for dealing with the silence for the afternoon. It's been awfully busy. However, a few interesting things happened over the last few days. Last week we announced that Wheel of Fortune was holding a special "Military Spouses Week". Surprises were all around the week, as was tens of thousands of dollars in cash and prizes. However, Maryanne Rigor got the best surprise: her husband. Click here to see the big moment.
Read MoreView Comments (4)09Feb2012
Jeremy Blais Wins $250,000 on “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire”
Jeremy Blais, a Surf Rescue lifeguard and pharmacist from Matunuck, RI, became the newest mega money winner on Who Wants to be a Millionaire. On Wednesday Jeremy won the $250,000 prize, making him the third person this season to take home the third biggest amount of money the show can offer. Jeremy won by Jumping over the $100,000 question, reasoning out the $250,000 and finding the right answer, and finally walking away on the $500,000 question. Click here to see his journey through Classic Millionaire to the $500,000 question, including some clips of the big win incase you didn't get to watch.
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