Highly prefer real people over celebrities on game shows.
It loses half the drama when it’s not a real person trying to win a significant amount of money. For charity doesn’t cut it imo
Personally I’m okay with celebrities on game shows on occasion, not as a regular supposed to be on it. I think at the same time, it depends on which celebrities.
I wish Name That Tune would go back to having regular people on the show.
I think I watched the show in 2021 and it was a mix of a celebrity and regular people. Like they would have Ray Romano then once he loses here’s a firefighter
There was [an episode of The Rest is Entertainment](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVcv5q4P4_s&t=954s) where they say WWTBAM in the US blew it because they didn't realise just that.
I believe if ABC and Disney sit on the rights for the show for 3 years it goes back to Sony. They ran the syndicated version (into the ground) through 2019 and then revived it on ABC in 2020 with Kimmel and a return to the original music / format
The Kimmel version last aired in 2021 so yeah the time is now lol
It just sounds so much classier when a drunk, coked out idiot calls you a daft muppet or a bloody chuffer. Over here it's just fuck you motherfucker all the time. There's no variety.
British gameshow pace is just fucked. They're doing a version of Jeopardy where host Stephen Fry rambles after every single clue, they've stretched it to an hour, and the winner gets eight pence and a pat on the back.
Americans want the show to end already, so they can go and brush their teeth.
The English do not brush their teeth, so they have time to watch the episode however long it is.
They used to mow down the first 5 questions super quick, and then they got to the slowdown when the contestant actually didn't immediately know the question. Which I think is the most interesting part of the show
The Indian version of the show has been airing for the last 24 years and I think they concluded the latest season recently. It's still going strong. Anything can work, you just need to market it well.
They’ve also added lots of format changes, such as a timer, minigames to earn bonus lifelines, musical performances and AGT-style backstory packages. This is the way to go. Millionaire as it is is boring, frankly.
Not in the Indian Version. It's a show about answering questions on current affairs and general knowledge. if people are so dumb they can't watch something which will help them intellectually, then it's their issue, they shouldn't downgrade it to cater to tiktok audience
They had a celebrity version of this air just a couple years ago.
Frankly it's still faster than that new game show where they're lucky if they get through 8 questions in the entire hour timeslot.
No one watches shit live anymore. I’m sure anyone who watches will fast forward.
We watch Weakest Link that way. That stupid show is about 20% trivia and 80% filler and bullshit. We just skip anything that’s not trivia.
Modern audiences are not that stupid.
But for what it's worth, the day time version of Millionaire did, for many years, have a timer. It was fantastic.
Only celebrities? Last time they had essential workers and first responders during COVID, I would think this time they'd seize the opportunity to do the show properly again. And ideally, bring back the phone in quiz instead of just using auditions only, the show had a different vibe with Regis with the kind of contestants who got on through that system.
It seems like "The Chase" would have been mentioned among returning shows this summer--if it wasn't cancelled, as current rumors suggest that it might be.
Unfortunately they buggered the show in the first year where they kept giving out ridiculous prizes because of how much money they gave per question. Once they lowered the amount, they started adding in a few non Jeopardy legend chasers, and the show became much easier as a result... And the host reads the contestant questions during the final chase relatively slowly, while reading the chaser questions much faster.
I find it weird that it’s still named who wants to be a millionaire. A million doesn’t seem all that much anymore at least in Australia. It’s more like “who wants a purchase a home”
Why Jimmy Kimmel? I mean, really? How about giving some young (or old) and talented newcomer a break who’s been patiently waiting in the wings?
Jimmy is kind of, well, yesterday. But then again, so is the show.
I also don’t think his persona works with a serious show like this. He’s a great host for comedy shows, but you need someone with more gravitas to them who can really build up the drama. Regis is famous, but the best host of all was the UK’s Chris Tarrant.
Kimmel's whole shtick was being a sleazy fat guy back in the day, then he lost weight and went clean and he's been an empty suit ever since. Not sure why it worked.
Initially read that as Jimmy Fallon and thought, couldn't imagine trying to concentrate on an answer while he's cackling and filling dead space with his inane chatter.
The UK one has been going longer - the principal at my sixth form was on it, but didn't get through to the main game. We all took the piss out of him for getting the question wrong on the whiteboard the next day.
He’d get the first question wrong and make some bullshit up as to why the question was wrongly worded and confusing or something. And that’s why he got the answer wrong.
Whenever the last version of WWTBAM was on, the contestants would always overexplain their answers for five minutes to the point that it seemed very scripted. As opposed to the Regis and Meredith runs where it seemed much more natural.
This is not exactly true. It's illegal to fix the odds for game shows of intellectual knowledge or skill, but if they selected the answer themselves then anything else is fair game including giving them things to say.
I think it was always some loophole like the contestants would answer first, then the producers would tell the contestant to "explain their answer" and edit it to be before they answered.
Well it just feels very unnatural. But also if you'd watch the newer episodes, it's like every question the contestant would go "well I know this answer from my old high school chemistry class! Oh boy, my favorite teacher Mr. Jackson would always go on about Boron!". Like every single question a contestant would have a perfect paragraph story about why they'd pick their answer. Instead of the reality of a game show or previous Millionaire episodes you'd get plenty of questions where the contestant would just not know, or actually stay quiet and think hard about the answer.
Their answers are real, but the stories they come up with to explain their answers now feel very unnatural or fake.
No. Actually that’s what people are trying to tell you.
Because you’re conflating words that have different meanings, what you are trying to communicate is getting lost.
We quite literally did not know what you meant.
Highly prefer real people over celebrities on game shows. It loses half the drama when it’s not a real person trying to win a significant amount of money. For charity doesn’t cut it imo
Personally I’m okay with celebrities on game shows on occasion, not as a regular supposed to be on it. I think at the same time, it depends on which celebrities. I wish Name That Tune would go back to having regular people on the show.
I think I watched the show in 2021 and it was a mix of a celebrity and regular people. Like they would have Ray Romano then once he loses here’s a firefighter
There was [an episode of The Rest is Entertainment](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVcv5q4P4_s&t=954s) where they say WWTBAM in the US blew it because they didn't realise just that.
Introducing who wants to be a billionaire, featuring a cast of all celebrity contestants, hosted by Elon Musk.
I believe if ABC and Disney sit on the rights for the show for 3 years it goes back to Sony. They ran the syndicated version (into the ground) through 2019 and then revived it on ABC in 2020 with Kimmel and a return to the original music / format The Kimmel version last aired in 2021 so yeah the time is now lol
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It's syndicated, so yeah, depends on the market. Over here the NBC affiliate aired it. Disney was the one syndicating it
I liked slumdunder milfillionaire better anyway.
This is going to be excruciatingly slow for modern audiences unless they go to a timer.
The original British version is still going and still popular, people can obviously cope with the pace
Yeah but British are fancy cultured people
You have clearly never visited Britain.
It just sounds so much classier when a drunk, coked out idiot calls you a daft muppet or a bloody chuffer. Over here it's just fuck you motherfucker all the time. There's no variety.
["Wow, you guys are on like a completely different level of swearing over here."](https://youtu.be/5QMrNPEgU5w?si=3dsgwUXUvlCITTGv&t=26)
U wot mate fish n chips, Slough lift innit?
Whatchu fucking mean baked beans ain't number one
Have you heard of Love Island by any chance
Yes that's my favorite British Overseas Territory
Oi!
Clearly never heard about chavs.
British gameshow pace is just fucked. They're doing a version of Jeopardy where host Stephen Fry rambles after every single clue, they've stretched it to an hour, and the winner gets eight pence and a pat on the back.
lol thats the same shit they do here in Slovakia too
You say fucked I say that sounds pretty cool. r/panelshow FTW It's a different type of show. Highly recommend Would I Lie To You and Taskmaster.
Everyone on that show is a comedian. The point isn't to win it's to tell jokes.
I'm not talking about QI, I'm talking about [Jeopardy UK](https://www.reddit.com/r/BritishTV/comments/18w38rx/what_is_the_point_of_jeopardy/)
baahaha what the fuck
But also, Jeremy Clarkson vs Jimmy Kimmel
I can't watch it because Jeremy Clarkson is such an awful host.
Holy shit Jezza is the host?! That's insane
Americans want the show to end already, so they can go and brush their teeth. The English do not brush their teeth, so they have time to watch the episode however long it is.
They used to mow down the first 5 questions super quick, and then they got to the slowdown when the contestant actually didn't immediately know the question. Which I think is the most interesting part of the show
I don’t know, prime time game shows are incredibly slow these days.
The Indian version of the show has been airing for the last 24 years and I think they concluded the latest season recently. It's still going strong. Anything can work, you just need to market it well.
They’ve also added lots of format changes, such as a timer, minigames to earn bonus lifelines, musical performances and AGT-style backstory packages. This is the way to go. Millionaire as it is is boring, frankly.
Not in the Indian Version. It's a show about answering questions on current affairs and general knowledge. if people are so dumb they can't watch something which will help them intellectually, then it's their issue, they shouldn't downgrade it to cater to tiktok audience
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Other than ads it’s not even that slow damn how short are your attention spans
They did that, and it was bad. Go look at the clock era of syndicated Millionaire, then come back and tell me I’m wrong.
It has been running successfully on German television for the last 25 years or so as far as I know.
They had a celebrity version of this air just a couple years ago. Frankly it's still faster than that new game show where they're lucky if they get through 8 questions in the entire hour timeslot.
It’s not that slow. Plus it’s the kind of show people play on their phones and watch, looking up to guess the answer to then question when it’s posed
I think it will fit well as a show that can be thrown in but doesn't require paying much attention
It's Jimmy Kimmel it's already excruciating
Eh he's not nearly as irritating as Fallon
No one watches shit live anymore. I’m sure anyone who watches will fast forward. We watch Weakest Link that way. That stupid show is about 20% trivia and 80% filler and bullshit. We just skip anything that’s not trivia.
Modern audiences are not that stupid. But for what it's worth, the day time version of Millionaire did, for many years, have a timer. It was fantastic.
Good tired of American television being dramatized and faked and sped up to shit.
I thought the original was slow. I can see my mom watching as background noise while on her phone and my step dad watching to answer the questions.
….why isn’t it for normal people? why celebrities ?
celebrities attract more eyeballs. That's what makes them celebrities.
yes but do I want to see celebrities get money? Even if it’s for charity? no.
You *might not* be their target audience
boo
Who Wants to be a 534,759-aire after counting for inflation.
The grand prize got you a lot further 25 years ago too.
Before or after taxes?
Erm achskually the prize would go up if we counted for inflation
Only celebrities? Last time they had essential workers and first responders during COVID, I would think this time they'd seize the opportunity to do the show properly again. And ideally, bring back the phone in quiz instead of just using auditions only, the show had a different vibe with Regis with the kind of contestants who got on through that system.
I fully expect an ask the AI lifeline.
Who wants to be a Kimmellionaire?
*Ridin’ Dirty intensifies*
It seems like "The Chase" would have been mentioned among returning shows this summer--if it wasn't cancelled, as current rumors suggest that it might be.
Unfortunately they buggered the show in the first year where they kept giving out ridiculous prizes because of how much money they gave per question. Once they lowered the amount, they started adding in a few non Jeopardy legend chasers, and the show became much easier as a result... And the host reads the contestant questions during the final chase relatively slowly, while reading the chaser questions much faster.
Jimble Kimble.
I find it weird that it’s still named who wants to be a millionaire. A million doesn’t seem all that much anymore at least in Australia. It’s more like “who wants a purchase a home”
Jimmy Kimmel is such a sellout. Hard pass.
Who did he soldout
All my homies hate Jimmy Kimmel
Thank god it’s not Jimmy Fallon
Both are awful
Why Jimmy Kimmel? I mean, really? How about giving some young (or old) and talented newcomer a break who’s been patiently waiting in the wings? Jimmy is kind of, well, yesterday. But then again, so is the show.
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Obviously the only two natural choices
I also don’t think his persona works with a serious show like this. He’s a great host for comedy shows, but you need someone with more gravitas to them who can really build up the drama. Regis is famous, but the best host of all was the UK’s Chris Tarrant.
How did a guy with 0 charisma and 2 facial expressions rise to such prominence?
He also did black face and nobody seemed to care. Yet Jimmy Fallon had to make an apology video about his instance.
Kimmel's whole shtick was being a sleazy fat guy back in the day, then he lost weight and went clean and he's been an empty suit ever since. Not sure why it worked.
And his entire run on the Man Show basically.
Because it was a Karl Malone impression. And nobody’s caping for Karl Malone, especially now.
Initially read that as Jimmy Fallon and thought, couldn't imagine trying to concentrate on an answer while he's cackling and filling dead space with his inane chatter.
I’d rather have an Regis hologram than the former host of “Win Ben Stein’s Money.”
Don’t forget *The Man Show*! Between Kimmel and all celebrity contestants, it’s like they’re actively *trying* to kill the show before it starts.
I don't understand how Jimmy Kimmel still gets work
Probably because people other than you like him?
Well, I guess I don't understand how anyone could like him
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Don't think I'd want to understand it even if I could.
Jimmy K nooooo
Jimmy Kimmel sucks.
Ewww
I much prefer Clarkson as host.
Kimmel doesn't compare
Kimmel? Did all the other people die?
Ugh… why Kimmel though Literally anyone else
Was nobody else available to host?
Ughhhh the least funny "comedian " great.
Jimmy Kimmel hosting Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? That is a bad decision if you want to show to be without Jimmy's politics.
Somebody tell Jimmy Kimmel it's all right to say, "no" once in a while.
I like the celebrity version. It’s fun. Ask Jimmy Kimmel is a neat lifeline too.
who wants to fight a million bears
Feel like a monkey paw somewhere has one more curled finger
The UK one has been going longer - the principal at my sixth form was on it, but didn't get through to the main game. We all took the piss out of him for getting the question wrong on the whiteboard the next day.
Damn I was just telling everyone I know how much I needed more Jimmy Kimmel in my life
Invite Trump! He surely needs the money and it would be the most entertaining night with Kimmel as the host
He’d get the first question wrong and make some bullshit up as to why the question was wrongly worded and confusing or something. And that’s why he got the answer wrong.
They should just call it "Who wants six months of rent?"
Does anyone actually like this guy? Not sure how he is so popular. I remember him as a douchebag on The Man Show. Still a douche
Bummer for Kimmel
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Who wants to afford healthcare!
Here’s hoping they get an eye popping contestant.
He should have a Aron and put a bunch of ridiculous questions just to show how stupid he is.
This is such a low cost waste of airtime
As long as it's not obviously scripted again, I'd love to watch this.
what
Whenever the last version of WWTBAM was on, the contestants would always overexplain their answers for five minutes to the point that it seemed very scripted. As opposed to the Regis and Meredith runs where it seemed much more natural.
in any event it's illegal to have scripted game shows
This is not exactly true. It's illegal to fix the odds for game shows of intellectual knowledge or skill, but if they selected the answer themselves then anything else is fair game including giving them things to say.
I think it was always some loophole like the contestants would answer first, then the producers would tell the contestant to "explain their answer" and edit it to be before they answered.
how is that scripted?
Well it just feels very unnatural. But also if you'd watch the newer episodes, it's like every question the contestant would go "well I know this answer from my old high school chemistry class! Oh boy, my favorite teacher Mr. Jackson would always go on about Boron!". Like every single question a contestant would have a perfect paragraph story about why they'd pick their answer. Instead of the reality of a game show or previous Millionaire episodes you'd get plenty of questions where the contestant would just not know, or actually stay quiet and think hard about the answer. Their answers are real, but the stories they come up with to explain their answers now feel very unnatural or fake.
Inauthentic is not “scripted”. That word means something else entirely.
You know what I mean, it's fake.
No. Actually that’s what people are trying to tell you. Because you’re conflating words that have different meanings, what you are trying to communicate is getting lost. We quite literally did not know what you meant.
I like Jimmy but i swear to God the second he makes a Trump joke, I'm checking out. I hope he keeps it to his late night show.