Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? is an American talk television series that premiered on ABC on August 16, 1999. It ended on September 7, 2009. It was created by Steven Knight. It stars Meredith Vieira, Regis Philbin, Bill Nye and Jay Thomas.
American version of the tense gameshow where contestants tackle a series of multiple-choice questions to win large cash prizes.
Contents
Premise
American version of the tense gameshow where contestants tackle a series of multiple-choice questions to win large cash prizes.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
Guest cast
Episodes
This series spans 10 seasons with 1062 episodes.
Season
Episodes
First aired
Last aired
Season 1 102
August 16, 1999
October 8, 2001
Season 2 25
May 11, 2001
June 27, 2002
Season 3 195
September 16, 2002
July 25, 2003
Season 4 12
September 10, 2001
May 26, 2004
Season 5 201
May 16, 2004
July 23, 2004
Season 6 204
September 13, 2004
July 22, 2005
Season 7 221
September 12, 2005
July 31, 2006
Season 8 60
September 10, 2007
November 30, 2007
Season 9 30
September 8, 2008
October 17, 2008
Season 10 12
August 9, 2009
September 7, 2009
Season 1 episode preview
Episode
Title
Air date
1
Episode 1 In this episode, David Korotkin worked his way up to the $4,000 question and missed, thus taking home with him $1,000. Hillary Daw ran out of time at $8,000, so she'll carry over to the next show to try to finish her journey to $1,000,000.
August 16, 1999
2
First Game
September 23, 1999
3
Second Game
October 3, 1999
Season 2 episode preview
Episode
Title
Air date
1
Celebrity Who Wants to be a Millionaire
May 11, 2001
2
5-27-01
May 27, 2001
3
7-26-01
July 26, 2001
Season 3 episode preview
Episode
Title
Air date
1
Syndicated: September 16, 2002
September 16, 2002
2
Syndicated: September 17, 2002
September 17, 2002
3
Syndicated: September 18, 2002
September 18, 2002
Season 4 episode preview
Episode
Title
Air date
1
Sports Edition
September 10, 2001
2
Millionaire's Last Hour
June 27, 2002
3
Classic TV Edition, part 1
March 19, 2001
Season 5 episode preview
Episode
Title
Air date
1
Super Millionaire: Night One
May 16, 2004
2
Super Millionaire: Night one
3
Super Millionaire:Night Two
May 17, 2004
Season 6 episode preview
Episode
Title
Air date
1
Syndicated: September 13, 2004
September 13, 2004
2
Syndicated: September 14, 2004
September 14, 2004
3
Syndicated: September 15, 2004
September 15, 2004
Season 7 episode preview
Episode
Title
Air date
1
Syndicated: September 12, 2005
September 12, 2005
2
Syndicated: September 13, 2005
September 13, 2005
3
Syndicated: September 14, 2005
September 14, 2005
Season 8 episode preview
Episode
Title
Air date
1
Syndicated: September 10, 2007
September 10, 2007
2
Syndicated: September 11, 2007
September 11, 2007
3
Syndicated: September 12, 2007
September 12, 2007
Season 9 episode preview
Episode
Title
Air date
1
Syndicated: September 8, 2008
September 8, 2008
2
Syndicated: September 9, 2008
September 9, 2008
3
Syndicated: September 10, 2008
September 10, 2008
Season 10 episode preview
Episode
Title
Air date
1
Returns to ABC nightime
August 9, 2009
2
Episode 2
August 10, 2009
3
Season 10, Episode 3
August 11, 2009
Release
Original network/platform
ABC
First aired
August 16, 1999
Last aired
September 7, 2009
Runtime
60 minutes
Status
ended
Schedule
Wednesday at 20:00:00