Twenty-One {The 2001 Maury Povich Version}

[ladykelsey]

In 2001 NBC brought back Twenty One this time hosted by Maury Povich and I remember it very well because Mom and I were gonna make Dad audition for it but we never got around to it and what made this remake of Twenty-One unique was that the winners got to take their winnings home in tote bags and also Twenty-One had it's first million dollar winner in history.  Twenty-One also ran in reruns for a short time on PAX as well and it's really a shame that the 2001 version of Twenty-One was cancelled too soon because Maury Povich was a really cool host for Twenty-One and it's a shame that it wasn't picked for another season by NBC,
Who remembers the 2001 remake of Twenty-One?,
Kelsey

[WarioSajak]

Eh...it was okay. Nothing really notable, in my opinion.

(Also, this version was in 2000. And only 2000.)

[Frank]

I heard Monty Hall was a first choice but he turned it down because of the history of 21

[ladykelsey]

Monty Hall was gonna be first choice to host the 2000 version of Twenty-One? What a surprise because I knew Monty Hall would've made a comeback to game shows with Twenty-One. But I was surprised that Maury Povich became the star of Twenty-One because his cool personality is wonderful and it shocks me that Maury Povich hasn't hosted another game show since Twenty-One's cancellation in 2000. But the Twenty-One revival was really neat and should've been given another chance at another season
Kelsey,
P.S. Did Twenty-One also have two models named Melissa and Mercedes? Because if I remember correctly the models would appear to bring the Second Chance helpers