Ryan McNeil
This isn’t terribly movie related, but it just confounds me so darned much that I had to post it.
It seems as though ABC is seriously considering reviving “Who Wants To Be a Millionaire?”, based in part on the warm reception to a certain Golden Globe winning film.
All I can say to this is “Really???”
That’s silly. They didn’t revive the $64,000 Question after Quiz Show.
Indeed.
That said, when the big money game show craze kicked in after Millionaire got hot, NBC did revive “21”…which was the game show at the heart of QUIZ SHOW.
It’s not like it’s really gone away. Doesn’t the Meridith Viera version still air in syndication to this day?
I don’t think it’s a bad idea. ABC killed it in America with overexposure (let’s run it 5 times a week!!!), but it was and is a captivating and entertaining show. I’m all for bringing it back, and if they can get a host that pronounces it “Millonaire” like the dood in Slumdog…even better. 🙂