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Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?

1999–2009 · 10 seasons

A tense but easy watch where ordinary people face high-stakes trivia under bright lights, with suspense building as the prize money grows.

Created by
Steven Knight
Genres
Talk
Starring
Meredith Vieira, Regis Philbin, Bill Nye
Overview
American version of the tense gameshow where contestants tackle a series of multiple-choice questions to win large cash prizes.

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Created by
Steven Knight
Genres
Talk
Starring
Meredith Vieira, Regis Philbin, Bill Nye
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How it feels

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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • ambition
  • fate
  • class
Places
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
  • procedural
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour3
Realism8
Romance0
Tension6
Darkness1
Complexity2
Emotional weight3

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Details

Genres
talk
Created by
Steven Knight
Starring
Meredith Vieira, Regis Philbin, Bill Nye, Jay Thomas
Music
Matthew Strachan, Keith Strachan
Length
10 seasons, 1062 episodes, 60 min each
Network
ABC
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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