"and seated 647 park guests. The multiple hosts that were used for the attraction were various Disney cast members who tried to emulate U.S. primetime host Regis Philbin's hosting style, including his mannerisms. The Disney park version of the game differed from the television version in several ways: Upon correctly answering each question, the player received a collectible lapel pin with the attraction's logo and question point value. Various other prizes were awarded at milestone questions. The chart below references all the prizes obtained by achieving each milestone. No cash prize was awarded. In the early days of the attractions,"
"The Public and Private Struggles of Three American Women"" by Elsa Walsh. Meredith Vieira Meredith Louise Vieira (born December 30, 1953) is an American journalist and television personality, who was the original moderator of the ABC talk show ""The View"" (1997–2006), and co-hosted the long-running NBC News morning news program, ""Today"" (2006–2011). Vieira was the original host of the syndicated version of ""Who Wants to Be a Millionaire"". She has been a contributor to ""Dateline NBC"" and ""Rock Center with Brian Williams"", and was the presenter on Lifetime Television's ""Intimate Portrait"" series. She hosted a syndicated talk show, ""The Meredith"
"Meredith Vieira Meredith Louise Vieira (born December 30, 1953) is an American journalist and television personality, who was the original moderator of the ABC talk show ""The View"" (1997–2006), and co-hosted the long-running NBC News morning news program, ""Today"" (2006–2011). Vieira was the original host of the syndicated version of ""Who Wants to Be a Millionaire"". She has been a contributor to ""Dateline NBC"" and ""Rock Center with Brian Williams"", and was the presenter on Lifetime Television's ""Intimate Portrait"" series. She hosted a syndicated talk show, ""The Meredith Vieira Show"", from 2014 to 2016. She is a special correspondent for"
"Philbin was the original host of the U.S. version of ""Who Wants to Be a Millionaire"", an ABC game show that had its roots in Britain. ""Millionaire"" was a big ratings success in its 1999 debut, when it was intended as an occasional special series. ABC aired ""Millionaire"" as a regular series with frequent episodes, but its viewership slowly declined. After ""Millionaire"" was canceled, it was retooled in 2002 as a syndicated series hosted by Meredith Vieira, which continues today. ABC brought back ""Millionaire"" in 2004 with Philbin, retitled ""Who Wants to Be a Super Millionaire"", a related series that"
"Vieira herself, who continued to hold the title until her departure in 2013 (sharing her position with Sirop for the 2009–10 season). Producers of the network version included Hampton, Rubino, Leslie Fuller, Nikki Webber, and Terrence McDonnell. For its first two seasons the syndicated version had Deirdre Cossman for its managing producer, then Dennis F. McMahon became producer for the next two seasons (joined by Dominique Bruballa as his line producer), after which Jennifer Weeks produced the next four seasons of syndicated ""Millionaire"" shows, initially accompanied by Amanda Zucker as her line producer, but later joined for the 2008–09 season"
"shared with the main 7:00 to 9:00 a.m. block – this was particularly the case during instances where Matt Lauer or his co-host (Katie Couric, then Meredith Vieira from 2006 to 2011, Ann Curry from 2011 to 2012 and finally Savannah Guthrie during the final months of the original format) could not be present for the entire hour due to reporting assignments or personal commitments. Vieira, outside of breaking news situations, was specifically disallowed by contract from any duties in the third hour due to her hosting commitments to the syndicated version of ""Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?"" by"
"Grammys, and Academy Awards, and hosted ABC's live pre-show for the 2004, 2005 and 2006 Academy Awards and the ""2006 Emmy Red Carpet Special"". Bush was a reporter for NBC at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, and was the host for ""Access Hollywood's"" coverage of the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino as well as the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. In addition, Bush hosted the reality competition """" on NBC in 2007, and stood in for Meredith Vieira for a week of ""Who Wants to Be a Millionaire"" shows on April 21–25, 2008. He and Vieira both had credited"
"Host in 2001, while Vieira received one in 2005 and another in 2009, making her the second woman to win an Emmy Award for hosting a game show, and the first to win multiple times. ""TV Guide"" ranked the U.S. ""Millionaire"" No. 7 on its 2001 list of the 50 Greatest Game Shows of All Time, and later ranked it No. 6 on its 2013 ""60 Greatest Game Shows"" list. GSN ranked ""Millionaire"" No. 5 on its August 2006 list of the 50 Greatest Game Shows of All Time, and later honoured the show in January 2007 on its first,"
"two Daytime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Game Show Host for her hosting duties on ""Millionaire"" (one in 2005, the other in 2009); as such, she is the second woman ever to win an Emmy Award in this category (after Betty White for ""Just Men!"" in 1983), and the first to win multiple times. In addition to hosting the show, Vieira also served as its co-executive producer, a title that she would hold from 2005 until her departure from the show. ABC originally offered Vieira hosting duties on the syndicated ""Millionaire"" to sweeten one of her re-negotiations for ""The View"". When"
"team felt that it was not feasible for Philbin to continue hosting, as the show recorded four episodes in a single day, and that the team was looking for qualities in a new host: it had to be somebody who would love the contestants and be willing to root for them. Rosie O'Donnell was initially offered a hosting position on this new edition, but declined the opportunity almost immediately. Eventually Meredith Vieira, who had previously competed in a celebrity charity event on the original network version, was named host of the new syndicated edition. ABC originally offered Vieira hosting duties"
"11 February 2014. Four years later, ITV revived the programme for a special 7-episode series, to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the British original. This series of special episodes was hosted by Jeremy Clarkson and aired every evening between 6 May and 11 May 2018. Since the British original debuted in 1998, several different versions of ""Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?"" have been created across the world, including Australia, the United States, and India. In total over 100 different international variations have been made. On 18 April 1999, Nine Network launched an Australian version of the game show for"
"regular series, returning on January 18, 2000. At its peak, the program aired as much as six nights a week. Buoyed by ""Millionaire"", during the 1999–2000 season, ABC became the first network to move from third to first place in the ratings during a single television season. ""Millionaire"" ended its run on the network's primetime lineup after three years in 2002, and in September of that year, Buena Vista Television relaunched the show as a syndicated program which throughout its run starred various hosts, of whom the first and longest-tenured, Meredith Vieira, became the first woman to win multiple Emmy"
"by a celebrity guest. The California Lottery has donated over $20 billion to state public schools since its inception in 1985. By 1993, there were so many Spanish-speaking contestants on the show that Maiquel Alejo (known as Maiquel Suarez until 1997) was brought in as co-host, in addition to serving as a translator for Spanish-speaking contestants. The announcer for at least the first three months was Charlie O'Donnell, then Rich Hardaway until 1999, followed by Jackie Taylor from 1999 to 2003 (who also filled in for Maiquel as co-host during her 2001 maternity leave). Veteran game show announcer Randy West"
"been given to 18 hosts. In 1983, Betty White became the first woman to win the award. White also joins Meredith Vieira as the only two females to have garnered the award. In 1990, Bob Barker and Alex Trebek tied for the award, which was the first tie in this category. Also in 1990, Barker became the host with the most wins in the category when he won a fifth time, surpassing Marshall's previous record of four; Barker went on to win in nine additional years, ultimately receiving fourteen wins. Trebek has since received four additional wins. Trebek also has"
"Cedric was the host of the classic American TV show ""Who Wants to Be a Millionaire"" beginning with its 12th season in national syndication, which premiered on September 2, 2013. ""With his deep roots as a legendary stand-up comedian and actor, Cedric will bring his fresh approach and unpredictable fun to the show,"" said Janice Marinelli, president, Disney-ABC Domestic Television. On April 30, 2014, Cedric announced that he was leaving ""Who Wants to Be a Millionaire"" after the 2013–14 season to focus on his busy schedule. Terry Crews took over as host on September 8, 2014. He is married to"
"ordered a game show pilot that Hughley will host entitled ""Who's Bluffing Who?"" Also in June 2010, Hughley served as special guest moderator of ABC's ""The View"" for one day. Hughley is scheduled to guest-star on TBS's ""Glory Daze"" as well as guest host of ""Who Wants to Be a Millionaire"". Hughley has filled in for Meredith Vieira as a guest host on the game show ""Who Wants to Be a Millionaire"". Hughley's first book, ""I Want You to Shut the F#ck Up: How the Audacity of Dopes Is Ruining America"", with contributions from Michael Malice, was published on July"
"on the syndicated ""Millionaire"" to sweeten one of her re-negotiations for the network's daytime talk show ""The View"", which she was moderating at the time. When the show was honored by GSN on its ""Gameshow Hall of Fame"" special, Vieira herself further explained her motivation for hosting the syndicated version as follows: From 2007 to 2011, when Vieira was concurrently working as a co-host of ""Today"", guest hosts appeared in the second half of each season of the syndicated version. Guest hosts who filled in for Vieira included Philbin, Al Roker, Tom Bergeron, Tim Vincent, Dave Price, Billy Bush, Leeza"
"were ending their marriage. Chris Harrison Christopher Bryan Harrison (born July 26, 1971) is an American television and game show host, best known for his role as host of the ABC reality television dating show ""The Bachelor"" since 2002, and its spin-offs ""The Bachelorette"" since 2003, ""Bachelor Pad"" from 2010 to 2012, ""Bachelor in Paradise"" since 2014, the first season of ""Bachelor in Paradise: After Paradise"" in 2015, ""Bachelor Live"" in 2016, and ""The Bachelor Winter Games"" in 2018. He has also served as the host of the syndicated version of ""Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?"" since 2015. Harrison"
"Couric. In recent years, NBC's coverage has been hosted by ""Today"" anchors Matt Lauer (from 1998 to 2017), Meredith Vieira (from 2006 to 2010), Ann Curry (2011), Savannah Guthrie (since 2012) and Hoda Kotb (since 2018) as well as ""Today"" weather anchor Al Roker who usually joins the producers of the parade and special guests in the ribbon cutting ceremony. From the early 1980s until circa 1994, the television broadcast was produced and directed by Dick Schneider; since circa 1994, it has been executive produced by Brad Lachman (who has otherwise been known for producing reality television series), produced by"
"to leave the show in order to lighten his workload, resulting in him being succeeded by Terry Crews for the 2014–15 season. Crews was succeeded by Chris Harrison, host of ""The Bachelor"" and its spin-offs, when season 14 premiered on September 14, 2015. The original executive producers of the U.S. ""Millionaire"" were British television producers Michael Davies and Paul Smith, the latter of whom undertook the responsibility of licensing ""Millionaire"" to American airwaves as part of his effort to transform the UK program into a global franchise. Smith served until 2007 and Davies until 2010; additionally, Leigh Hampton (previously co-executive"
"The Meredith Vieira Show The Meredith Vieira Show is an American talk show that was hosted by Meredith Vieira and produced by NBCUniversal Television Distribution. It premiered on September 8, 2014, and was airing in syndication. The second and final season premiered on September 8, 2015. NBCUniversal canceled the show after two seasons because of low ratings. The final show aired on May 20, 2016. In July 2013, NBCUniversal Television Distribution ordered ""The Meredith Vieira Show"", with a fall 2014 premiere. Everett Bradley served as show's band leader, with Jon Harris as announcer. ""The Meredith Vieira Show"" was sold to"
"human letter. Roker has hosted NBC's coverage of the ""Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade"" since 1995, where he provides commentary along with some of his Today Show colleagues. Roker is a game show fan. From 1996–1997, he hosted a game show on MSNBC called ""Remember This?"". He substituted for Meredith Vieira for a week of ""Who Wants to Be a Millionaire"" shows from March 5–9, 2007. In 2008, Roker hosted NBC's ""Celebrity Family Feud."" He hosted a week-long feature on ""Today"" profiling five game shows and their hosts in July 2016 titled ""Game On TODAY"". He has appeared as a celebrity"
"in 2013, and Terry Crews in 2014, before Chris Harrison took full hosting responsibilities in Autumn 2015. On 1 October 1999, NTV launched a Russian version the game show, entitled ""О, счастливчик!"" (""Oh, lucky man!!!""). This version ran until its final episode on 28 January 2001, whereupon a few weeks later it was relaunched under the Russian translation of ""Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?"", on Channel One. The relaunched version was hosted by Maxim Galkin until 2008, when he was replaced as host by Dmitry Dibrov after that. On 3 July 2000, an Indian version of the game show"
"format, hosted by Monique Evans and Paulo Bonfá. In 2001, the show started to be presented by Nelson Rubens and Janaína Barbosa.In 2002, Janaína was replaced by Luísa Mell, who co-presented the show with Nelson until 2006. Íris Stefanelli and Adriana Lessa co-presented the program along with Nelson Rubens from 2007 until 2010. In May 2010, both Lessa and Rubens left the series and Íris Stefanelli became the sole presenter and continued hosting the show. In 2014, Iris Stefanelli returned to command the TV Fama, next to Nelson.Currently, the show is hosted by Nelson and Flávia Noronha, who has presents"
"the series due to other work commitments. They were replaced by Vicky Pattison, Stacey Solomon and Chris Ramsey. On 13 April 2017, Pattison and Ramsey both stated on social media that they would not be returning to the show in 2017. It was confirmed that 2016 winner Scarlett Moffatt was announced as a new presenter in September 2017 and will join long-running presenter Joe Swash on the new series. It was also confirmed that Joel Dommett would join the presenting lineup. Various TV presenters and comedians have hosted the show since it began in 2002, with Joe Swash having presented"
"seat was filled by various hosts, consisting of Curry, Morales and Campbell Brown (all of whom were considered candidates to replace Couric), until Vieira took over that fall. In March 2010, Vieira signed a contract to keep her with the program until at least September 2011. However, she announced on May 9, 2011, that she would depart as co-host in the following month, but would remain at NBC News as a special correspondent. After announcing her resignation, Meredith Vieira departed the program on June 8, 2011. Vieira's spot was filled by the program's longtime news anchor Ann Curry, appearing alongside"
"winning its timeslot between March 2001 and September 2018. The Western Australian edition is anchored by Monika Kos. The show was originally presented by Yvette Mooney. In 1997, Mooney resigned and was replaced by Kos, who has continued ever since. The current fill-ins for the Western Australian edition are Tina Altieri or Andrea Burns. The New South Wales edition was originally hosted by a myriad of hosts from 1995 until 2001. Neil Mercer initially hosted the Sydney edition, later succeeded by Helen Wellings (1996). Jill Singer originally hosted the Victorian edition, she remained as host until January 1997 when she"
"donate 1 million dollars for aid in the rescue efforts and encouraged other celebrities and citizens alike to ""give till it hurts"". In 2002, she left her talk show. The show was replaced by ""The Caroline Rhea Show"", with comedian Caroline Rhea, which ran for one additional season. In September 2006, O'Donnell replaced Meredith Vieira as a co-host and moderator of ""The View"", a daytime women-oriented talk show. Star Jones, a co-host on the show, quit, with some speculating Jones's conservative views would be in constant tension with O'Donnell's more liberal counterpoint. O'Donnell had also disputed Jones's route of rapid"
"viewers,"" and added, ""We promise to spend our final weeks producing the best broadcast we know how. And have a blast doing so!"" The Meredith Vieira Show The Meredith Vieira Show is an American talk show that was hosted by Meredith Vieira and produced by NBCUniversal Television Distribution. It premiered on September 8, 2014, and was airing in syndication. The second and final season premiered on September 8, 2015. NBCUniversal canceled the show after two seasons because of low ratings. The final show aired on May 20, 2016. In July 2013, NBCUniversal Television Distribution ordered ""The Meredith Vieira Show"", with"
"producer in the later days of the network version and in the syndicated version's first two seasons) served as an executive producer from 2004 to 2010. Rich Sirop, who was previously a supervising producer, became the executive producer in 2010 and held that position until 2014, when he left ""Millionaire"" to hold the same position with Vieira's newly launched syndicated talk show, and was replaced by James Rowley. Vincent Rubino, who had previously been the syndicated ""Millionaire""s supervising producer for its first two seasons, served as that version's co-executive producer for the 2004–05 season, after which he was succeeded by"
"and won a million pesos in separate instances in 2001. The money tree used in the IBC version is as follows (bold values indicate guaranteed amounts): In April 2009, plugs about the ""comeback"" of ""Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?"" started airing on TV5. Vic Sotto was announced as the host of the show. A promo is being sponsored by the network in connection to its comeback. On January 9, 2010, Sharon Cuneta, who appeared in the previous incarnation became the first winner of the series after she correctly answered the final question worth ₱2,000,000. The following winner was Karl"
"was the female host during the show's first season. Hubert Urbański who originally hosted with Mołek during the first season, stayed with the show until mid-2007 after the fifth season. He is a well-known television host, especially for his work on ""Milionerzy"", the Polish edition of ""Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?"". Katarzyna Skrzynecka, a film, stage actress, and singer, was the female host in seasons 2–12. Piotr Gąsowski was introduced in 2007 as the new host to replace Hubert Urbański. He is an entertainer and an actor. In season 13 Katarzyna Skrzynecka was replaced by Natasza Urbańska as the"
"in New York City. Throughout its run, ""The View"" has had a total of 22 permanent co-hosts of varying characteristics and ideologies, with the number of contracted permanent co-hosts ranging between four and eight women per season. The original panel comprised Walters, broadcast journalist Meredith Vieira, attorney Star Jones, then-newcomer Debbie Matenopoulos, and comedian Joy Behar, while the current line-up consists of Behar, entertainer Whoopi Goldberg, attorney Sunny Hostin, and television personalities Meghan McCain and Abby Huntsman. Furthermore, the show often makes use of male and female guest panelists, including the addition of television personality Ana Navarro as a weekly"