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On August 16, 1999, Who
Wants To Be A Millionaire debuts on ABC. The Show is an immediate hit,
with ratings soaring to 30 million viewers a night. Many memorable
moments happened those first few nights, including Michael Shutterly's
$500,000 win, Doug Van Gundy's dramatic $250,000 win, Tom Coletta's "I'm
a fat man Regis, my heart can't take it" response, Hillary Daw's joyful
$16,000 win, Doug Foster, John McClain, David Honea, and Norman Payne
agonizing over their $32,000 questions, and finally, David Honea's
return due to a bad question having him win $125,000. |
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Curt Alliaume Launches 'Save
Regis' Online Campaign
Posted: 12-09-01 | News |
IMPORTANT
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 Veteran
game show historian Curt Alliaume is organizing a grass roots online
campaign to save the ABC version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire and
Regis Philbin as host.
Webmaster of Game Shows '75,
an historical tribute to the peak year of game shows on network daytime
television (19 until the ABC cancellation of Blankety Blanks), is
encouraging viewers to e-mail both ABC audience services and to write
personal letters to ABC executive Lloyd Braun, who created the holocaust
of reaction when he told reporters Wednesday he "could not guarantee"
Millionaire will be back next fall.
On the Save Regis page, Alliaume makes a pointed and salient comment about
an unnamed ABC executive's consideration to remaking the show as a comedy
format with Jon Stewart or another top comedian as host: "It’s one thing
to have a comic host Family Feud (in fact, nothing but comics have hosted
it), but quite different to have some standup making wisecracks when a
contestant is pondering whether to risk $218,000 or more on a question.
Alliaume adds: "Only four programs ABC aired last week outpointed the
Monday Millionaire (Monday Night Football, the accompanying seven-minute
pregame show, NYPD Blue, and a rerun of the film "The Santa Clause" – and
this during sweeps month)."- GSCC
Save Regis and Millionaire on ABC!
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