Who wants to be a millionaire? Well, everyday people do! And fans want that too.
The game show is set to air its fifth season on ABC, starting on Wednesday, July 22. Once again, the cast will be filled with celebrities from all different aspects of entertainment, trying to win $1 million for their charity.
Hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, the celebrities will answer basic knowledge questions that will get harder as the money goes up. The contestants can drop out at any point. If they get a question wrong and are above $25,000, they leave with $25,000.
This season, the lineup includes Jeopardy!‘s Jamie Ding with Ben Affleck, Larry David with his daughter, Cazzie, Seinfeld‘s Jason Alexander and Wayne Knight, Tig Notaro and Pete Holmes,Brad Paisley and Clayton Kershaw,Michael Kosta and Wendi McLendon-Covey, Jesse Eisenberg and Paul Giamatti, Krysten Ritter and Sarah Shahi, Michael Keaton and Jon Lovett, Paul Scheer and Rob Huebel, Awkwafina and director Paul Feig, Billy Porter and Leslie Odom Jr., Nobody Wants This‘ Timothy Simons and Jackie Tohn, sisters Sarah Jane Nader and Brooks Nader, Saturday Night Live‘s Colin Jost and Michael Che, and Taran Killam and Will Forte.
However, some fans are tired of all celebrity contestants and want everyday civilians to try to win the grand prize. In a video posted to Millionaire‘s Instagram on July 16, the game show invited fans to “say hello to the iconic pairs taking the hot seat.”
As the celebrity contestants waved in the video, most of the comments said the same thing — bring back regular contestants. “Still want regular customers back, but anyway, great seeing Mr. Pool from Sabrina!” one fan said.
“Bring back regular contestants again!!” another wrote.
“Yes!” replied a fan.
“Please bring back regular contestants. For this and Weakest Link,” a third added. When Weakest Link was revived, the first season was regular contestants, and then it switched to all celebrities.
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? first aired in 1999 and was hosted by Regis Philbin. Then, Meredith Vieira took over in 2002. After that, it was Cedric the Entertainer, Terry Crews, Chris Harrison, and Kimmel. All of the other versions before Kimmel, who has hosted since 2020, were everyday civilians.
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, Season 5 premiere, Wednesday, July 22, 8/7c, ABC, stream next day on Hulu
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