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Post by samiwin on Nov 14, 2014 19:30:54 GMT -5
Just saw Millionaire, now they're gonna make us wait until Monday to see if Ken Jennings wins it all! I know I'm such a nerd about this, but I'm excited and kinda nervous!
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Post by ladykelsey on Nov 18, 2014 21:05:51 GMT -5
Here's the results of Ken Jennings Millionaire debut, Ken Jennings ended up winning $100,000 at the end. Not bad for a first time Millionaire player Hope this info helps Sami, Kelsey |
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Post by Frank on Nov 22, 2014 22:38:10 GMT -5
Does that put him back ahead of Brad Rutter in all time winnings?
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Post by phimat37 on Nov 24, 2014 17:32:33 GMT -5
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Post by thekid965 on Jan 8, 2015 9:39:09 GMT -5
Don't take this as gospel, but it does come from a reliable source (Alex Davis's BuzzerBlog Twitter account) so there may well be some fire to go with this smoke.
It appears that WABC in New York, arguably the flagship station for Millionaire since the beginning, has released its tentative Fall 2015 schedule—and where Millionaire currently is, there will be a Tyra Banks-hosted talk show. Millionaire itself is nowhere to be found.
Granted, this doesn't mean anything in and of itself (the operative word is "tentative"; it could be that WABC hasn't carved anything in stone yet, or that another area station is in the process of picking it up). However, given the recent grim Neilsens the show has garnered (it was only two weeks ago that Millionaire posted a fifteen-year ratings low, i.e. the show's poorest performance ever), I think it can safely be said that there is cause for concern about the now-venerable quizzer's future.
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Post by Mandoli on Jan 8, 2015 11:38:26 GMT -5
I think it can safely be said that there is cause for concern about the now-venerable quizzer's future. I think we've said in a thread somewhere that if you toy with the format too much, people are going to stray away. I'm not going to say "go back to the original format", because that would make me sound like a fangirl who wants everything back to factory settings. I just want the original money tier back. All I'm requesting. Demise of Millionaire as we know it? |
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Post by phimat37 on Jan 8, 2015 12:30:13 GMT -5
Millionaire died when they screwed with the format. Maybe they thought that would get viewers. Family Feud never really screwed with their format, even before Steve came along.
Also, as I've said, that 30 minutes of Millionaire goes by too fast. Sure, they want to keep you in suspense for the next episode to see how the last contestant for that last show does, but maybe people like the trivia questions too. Jeopardy's 30 minutes aren't as fast, because they have a big board filled with clues. Same for Wheel, that was meant as a 30 minute show.
A show like Millionaire goes too fast, I mean, it seems like there are a lot of commercials, when maybe they're a sizable amount.
Maybe if Regis originally hosted the daytime version the show would've gotten somewhere without changes to the format. Everybody loves Regis, well most people do. Yeah, in my dreams.
I'm looking for Millionaire to get the hook one of these years as the ratings continue to decline.
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Post by thekid965 on Jan 8, 2015 13:23:53 GMT -5
Millionaire died when they screwed with the format. Maybe they thought that would get viewers. See, I can't get behind this sentiment. It seems to be sending the message that "change is, by nature, bad." The point is, I suspect the show would have died long ago if they hadn't tried to shake things up, simply because people were burned-out on the game as it had been. The ratings collapse we're seeing now could very well have happened in 2009 or even earlier. That is, of course, the purest speculation. We'll never know for sure what would have happened. But the case could certainly be made that the new format did in fact prolong Millionaire's life, even if only in the short term. Disagree. The hourlong Family Feud Challenge counts as "screwing with the format" to me, as did dropping the team size from five to four in 1994. Both were disastrous. Even with these changes, however, Feud retained its essential character throughout... as has Millionaire, to be honest, though granted you have to squint a bit harder to find it now. Despite the rejigged money tree, the changing nature of the Lifelines, and the shuffled money amounts, the actual game remains the same: Answer a series of multiple-choice trivia questions for ever-increasing sums of money, with one mistake knocking you out of the game and potentially costing you all, or a very significant amount, of your earnings. So was Millionaire, if you remember the original limited-engagement ABC runs. It only became an hourlong show when it became a permanent fixture in 2000. Bingo. That's precisely the problem. There is much more advertising per hour of television today versus what it was even in 1999, and the syndie market has always had more commercials than a Big Three network show. A typical 30-minute show in 2015 actually contains only 19-20 minutes of actual editorial content, leaving 10-11 minutes of advertising... and that's not including any product placement there may be within the show itself, such as we see on Wheel. This was probably one of the reasons they instituted the much-reviled clock; to hurry the game along, so they could get in as many questions as they could (by reducing the amount of time a player had to make deliberations) and still allow them to run the required amount of ads per show without being forced to chop each episode to pieces. Obviously, it didn't work and the fans almost universally hated it, but (assuming this was indeed a consideration) the theory wasn't a bad one. Nobody creates a format, or makes changes to an existing one, intending for it to be a failure. That only happens in the wild conspiracy theories of embittered fans who simply don't like the direction their favorite show(s) might be headed down. At some point in the creative process, somebody had to think "This is a good idea, it will keep us on the air," and thus did it get approved and make it to broadcast. You never know what's going to work and what won't until you get it out to the masses, after all. And it is the masses that are important, because they're the ones who have to keep watching in order to keep Millionaire and every other mainstream TV show alive. With all due respect to everyone here, because I'm going to include myself in this population as well, a producer cannot afford to let the most vocal fanboys/girls of a particular series dictate the course of that series. Doing that will inevitably leave only that very tiny percentage of superfans still watching, and in virtually all cases, that's nowhere near enough to sustain a series. One day, it will, no question about it. Not even the most successful TV series of all time lasts forever, after all. The question is, "Is 2015 going to be the year Millionaire gets the final ax?" And to that question, my Magic 8-Ball says... "REPLY HAZY, TRY AGAIN." |
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Post by Mandoli on Jan 8, 2015 13:50:47 GMT -5
Millionaire died when they screwed with the format. Maybe they thought that would get viewers. Problem: Tinkering with the format just slightly isn't so bad. Millionaire has messed up theirs. It's not even the same show as it was in the years past. Now you have randomized cash values. What is the point in that? |
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Post by phimat37 on Jan 8, 2015 15:30:51 GMT -5
Millionaire died when they screwed with the format. Maybe they thought that would get viewers. See, I can't get behind this sentiment. It seems to be sending the message that "change is, by nature, bad." The point is, I suspect the show would have died long ago if they hadn't tried to shake things up, simply because people were burned-out on the game as it had been. The ratings collapse we're seeing now could very well have happened in 2009 or even earlier. That is, of course, the purest speculation. We'll never know for sure what would have happened. But the case could certainly be made that the new format did in fact prolong Millionaire's life, even if only in the short term. Disagree. The hourlong Family Feud Challenge counts as "screwing with the format" to me, as did dropping the team size from five to four in 1994. Both were disastrous. Even with these changes, however, Feud retained its essential character throughout... as has Millionaire, to be honest, though granted you have to squint a bit harder to find it now. Despite the rejigged money tree, the changing nature of the Lifelines, and the shuffled money amounts, the actual game remains the same: Answer a series of multiple-choice trivia questions for ever-increasing sums of money, with one mistake knocking you out of the game and potentially costing you all, or a very significant amount, of your earnings. So was Millionaire, if you remember the original limited-engagement ABC runs. It only became an hourlong show when it became a permanent fixture in 2000. I'm not saying change is bad, but sometimes it isn't always for the better. Newer doesn't exactly mean better. To me, the show just seems slower with this format, I watched Millionaire with the old format and I'm sure it had a lot of commercials then, but it was more exciting to see the contestant work their way up, than the shuffle format. Chances are, if people didn't watch before, they won't watch now. Or, they'll try it out and see if they like it. Casual viewers might tune in regardless, or loyal viewers. The show has a following, obviously. But the show is on different time slots across the country when, either people are sleeping, or people are working. More people work now than years ago. And there are also a lot who stay home. Millionaire has aired at 11:30am, 4:30pm, 2:30pm, and now 3:00pm here in Sacramento/Stockton/Modesto's market. I remember I used to try looking for Millionaire one time, only to find another show was occupying its spot, a local show on Fridays. That Millionaire would be moved to Sunday evenings. Syndication is a bitch sometimes. -- I'm talking about traditional Family Feud, not the reincarnations, such as "Family Feud Challenge" or the Bullseye era of the game, which was just in the beginning of each show for the Combs/some O'Hurley era. Hell, I don't even remember the Family Feud Challenge. In my opinion though, Dawson was the best host of the show. Steve Harvey comes a close second in todays standards. -- I do recall in the early years of Millionaire with Regis when it was 30 minutes, such as when John Carpenter was working his way up to $1,000,000, the continued episode if I recall was an hour. Nowadays you have too much advertising as I mentioned, especially in syndication. It turns me away from the show in a way. |
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Post by wildjackmonroe on Apr 13, 2015 16:36:12 GMT -5
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Post by Kaos on Apr 13, 2015 17:09:16 GMT -5
Well, I hope Chris does well on Millionaire. At least he's keeping it in the ABC family.
Yes, I KNOW it's syndicated, but it's an ABC production.
As for Terry, well, he does have a lot on his plate with shows like Brooklyn Nine 9 and World's Funniest Fails, as well as film roles.
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Post by caseyabell on Apr 13, 2015 19:13:36 GMT -5
Posted a long comment on the blog, just a couple days after I had posted another long comment speculating on Millionaire's future. It's obvious that the producers have given up on the quest for another Steve Harvey, and are just trying to find a competent host. Harrison can certainly run the show well enough, and it will be a relief not enduring Terry's cranked-to-the-max volume. Will the numbers reverse their decline, or at least stabilize? Only the Nielsen Company will eventually tell the story. |
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Post by ladykelsey on Apr 14, 2015 0:43:36 GMT -5
Chris Harrison is gonna replace Terry Crews on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire this fall? That's interesting news because I have only known Chris Harrison from The Bachelor because I have a virtual likeness of Chris Harrison on my The Bachelor video game and that's all I know about Chris so far. But I think when Who Wants To Be A Millionaire starts it's new season this fall I bet a lot of girls will watch it because of Chris Harrison because for the first time Who Wants To Be A Millionaire will have a host that's such a cutie-pie. But Millionaire should be a lot of fun with Chris Harrison as the new star this fall,
Kelsey,
P.S. Why is Terry Crews leaving Who Wants To Be A Millionaire in the first place? Is it because his contract to host Millionaire expires this year? Or is it because Terry's moving on to other shows at the moment?
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Post by Mandoli on Apr 14, 2015 7:00:40 GMT -5
Why is Terry Crews leaving Who Wants To Be A Millionaire in the first place? Ratings. They're so God-awful, that people are trying a new host in an attempt that it will work. Harrison's not going to save this show. It's a sinking ship without any way of getting it to float reasonably. |
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