{"id":2495365,"date":"2026-07-09T18:20:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T18:20:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2495365"},"modified":"2026-07-09T18:20:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T18:20:11","slug":"who-wants-to-be-a-millionaire-reveals-celeb-lineup-ben-affleck-jeopardy-champ-seinfeld-reunion-and-more-exclusive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/who-wants-to-be-a-millionaire-reveals-celeb-lineup-ben-affleck-jeopardy-champ-seinfeld-reunion-and-more-exclusive\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cWho Wants to Be a Millionaire \u201dReveals Celeb Lineup: Ben Affleck, \u201cJeopardy!\u201d Champ, \u201cSeinfeld\u201d Reunion and More (Exclusive)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<h3 class=\"heading\">NEED TO KNOW<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"content-list\">\n<li class=\"list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p><em>Who Wants to Be a Millionaire<\/em> returns with a new season on July 22<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p>PEOPLE can reveal the new lineup of celebrity contestants competing for charitable causes<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p>The list includes Jason Alexander, Brooks Nader, Billy Porter, Will Forte, <em>Jeopardy! <\/em>winner Jamie Ding, Ben Affleck and more<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Jimmy Kimmel;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/jimmy-kimmel\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Jimmy Kimmel<\/a> is putting some of Hollywood&#8217;s biggest stars and reality TV&#8217;s strongest competitors to the test.<\/p>\n<p>PEOPLE can exclusively reveal the celebrity lineup of ABC&#8217;s <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Who Wants to Be a Millionaire;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/the-office-stars-win-top-prize-on-who-wants-to-be-a-millionaire-11819179\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Who Wants to Be a Millionaire<\/em><\/a>, which returns on Wednesday, July 22, with 16 famous duos competing to donate $1 million to a charity of their choice.<\/p>\n<p>The latest batch of episodes will feature a mini <em>Seinfeld<\/em> reunion, some <em>Saturday Night Live<\/em> favorites and even a recent<em> Jeopardy!<\/em> champion teaming up with an A-list movie star, all in an effort to give back.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"content-figure flex justify-center mb-[1em] mx-auto\">\n<div style=\"max-width:960px\">\n<div class=\"content-image\"><\/div><figcaption class=\"fig-caption\">\n<p><i>Taran Killam; Krysten Ritter; Sarah Shahi<br \/>Credit: ABC<\/i><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Among this season&#8217;s team-ups are <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Larry David;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/larry-david\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Larry David<\/a> with his daughter Cazzie David, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Ben Affleck;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/ben-affleck\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Ben Affleck<\/a> with 31-game <em>Jeopardy!<\/em> champ <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Jamie Ding;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aol.com\/lifestyle\/jeopardy-champ-jamie-dings-31-234545639.html\">Jamie Ding<\/a>, and Jason Alexander and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Wayne Knight;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/seinfeld-star-wayne-knight-says-he-has-dropped-110-pounds-since-jurassic-park-8749136\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Wayne Knight<\/a> bringing it back to their <em>Seinfeld<\/em> days.<\/p>\n<p>Other <em>Millionaire<\/em> pairings include <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Tig Notaro;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/tig-notaro\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Tig Notaro<\/a> and Pete Holmes, Brad Paisley and Clayton Kershaw, Michael Kosta and Wendi McLendon-Covey, Jesse Eisenberg and Paul Giamatti, and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Krysten Ritter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/krysten-ritter\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Krysten Ritter<\/a> with Sarah Shahi.<\/p>\n<p>Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:PEOPLE's free daily newsletter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/people-news-daily-newsletter-sign-up-8692701\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">PEOPLE&#8217;s free daily newsletter<\/a> to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"content-figure flex justify-center mb-[1em] mx-auto\">\n<div style=\"max-width:960px\">\n<div class=\"content-image\"><img alt=\"Ben Affleck, Michael Keaton, Leslie Odom Jr.Credit: ABC\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/lo\/mysterio\/api\/1E1863BD60A838BE10ADE6E8809D5DE564483E43DD477530CBB7DDF34D86A413\/subgraphmysterio\/resizefit_w960_h640;quality_80;format_webp\/https:%2F%2Fmedia.zenfs.com%2Fen%2Faol_people_articles_471%2F979bfceec77fbe86b5a0f29742252dcf\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"fig-caption\">\n<p><i>Ben Affleck, Michael Keaton, Leslie Odom Jr.<br \/>Credit: ABC<\/i><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Michael Keaton;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/michael-keaton\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Michael Keaton<\/a> will join Jon Lovett, Paul Scheer teams up with Rob Huebel, Awkwafina and director Paul Feig will be a pair, and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Billy Porter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/billy-porter\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Billy Porter<\/a> and Leslie Odom Jr. will also give it a go.<\/p>\n<p>The cast of competitors will be rounded out by <em>Nobody Wants This<\/em>&#8216; Timothy Simons and Jackie Tohn, Sarah Jane Nader and sister <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Brooks Nader;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/brooks-nader-11824834\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Brooks Nader<\/a>, and the <em>SNL<\/em> pairings of Colin Jost and Michael Che, as well as <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Will Forte;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/will-forte\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Will Forte<\/a> and Taran Killam.<\/p>\n<p>A few celebrity duos have won big before on the series, which Kimmel began hosting in April 2020.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Office<\/em> stars <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Oscar Nu\u00f1ez;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/oscar-nunez-mentor-the-paper-set-alex-edelman-exclusive-11802081\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Oscar Nu\u00f1ez<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Kate Flannery;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/brian-baumgartner-and-kate-flannery-reflect-on-the-office-20th-anniversary-exclusive-11702041\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Kate Flannery<\/a> scored $1 million for charity during the September 2025 season finale. With the help of costar <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Brian Baumgartner;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/brian-baumgartner-and-kate-flannery-reflect-on-the-office-20th-anniversary-exclusive-11702041\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Brian Baumgartner<\/a> (their Phone-a-Friend), the duo came out victorious and donated their winnings to Planned Parenthood and Philabundance, a food bank serving the Philadelphia area.<\/p>\n<p><em>Who Wants to Be a Millionaire <\/em>premieres Wednesday, July 22, at 8 p.m. ET on ABC.<\/p>\n<p>Read the original article on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:People;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/who-wants-to-be-millionaire-celeb-lineup-reveal-exclusive-12014094\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">People<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.aol.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEED TO KNOW Who Wants to Be a Millionaire returns with a new season on July 22 PEOPLE can reveal the new lineup of celebrity contestants competing for charitable causes The list includes Jason Alexander, Brooks Nader, Billy Porter, Will Forte, Jeopardy! winner Jamie Ding, Ben Affleck and more Jimmy Kimmel is putting some of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2495366,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[29466,359140,312564,473180,466883,372306,23060,313544,344617,310557],"class_list":["post-2495365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-ben-affleck","tag-billy-porter","tag-brooks-nader","tag-charitable-causes","tag-jamie-ding","tag-jason-alexander","tag-jimmy-kimmel","tag-larry-david","tag-who-wants-to-be-a-millionaire","tag-will-forte"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Who-Wants-to-Be-a-Millionaire-Reveals-Celeb-Lineup-Ben.com2Fen2Faol_people_articles_4712Ffba5940ab45c5dad6c9e6393c82ec786.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2495365","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2495365"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2495365\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2495367,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2495365\/revisions\/2495367"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2495366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2495365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2495365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2495365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}