“Million Dollar Password” Returns December 21st

CBS finally announced the return of Million Dollar Pyramid, er Million Dollar Password after taping a long time ago.  It’ll come back on Sunday, December 21st, at 8PM ET.  At least they aren’t doing the same mistake they did with Power of 10 by putting it in a suicide slot against shows like American Idol.  I’m not a big fan of this new version of Password, but it deserves better.  On the first episode, the celebrities will be Aisha Tyler from CSI and Talk Soup, and William Shatner from everything.

We were given the official rules a bit ago.  It included their rules for judging clues; we’ll have to post that up here this weekend possibly.  But the only change this season is that the $250,000 level is now a milestone.  If you win a quarter of a million dollars, you can’t leave with less than that and you get a free shot at the million.  You also get a preview of the six words you will play at the quarter million dollar level; you only need five.

I’m not really a big fan of the free shot at a million.  It really takes away the drama of the big gamble for the money.  I’m not saying all or nothing, but just something.  I mean I’m not going to feel bad if someone loses because they have a quarter of a million no matter what.  It won’t be that thrilling to see a millionaire really.  the only people who will be jumping for joy are those who get amused by big numbers.  And looking at how popular Deal or No Deal was for a while, I don’t see any big issues.  Am I the only one who doesn’t like the guaranteed free shot at $1,000,000?