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Who wants to be a millionaire? Well, everyday people do! And fans want that too.<\/p>\n
The game show<\/a> is set to air its fifth season on ABC<\/a>, 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.<\/p>\n Hosted by Jimmy Kimmel<\/a>, 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.<\/p>\n This season, the lineup<\/a> includes Jeopardy!<\/a>\u2018s Jamie Ding<\/a> with Ben Affleck<\/a>, Larry David<\/a> with his daughter, Cazzie, Seinfeld<\/a>\u2018s\u00a0Jason Alexander<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Wayne Knight<\/a>, Tig Notaro<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Pete Holmes<\/a>,Brad Paisley<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Clayton Kershaw<\/a>,Michael Kosta<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Wendi McLendon-Covey<\/a>, Jesse Eisenberg<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Paul Giamatti<\/a>, Krysten Ritter<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Sarah Shahi<\/a>, Michael Keaton<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Jon Lovett<\/a>, Paul Scheer<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Rob Huebel<\/a>, Awkwafina<\/a>\u00a0and director\u00a0Paul Feig<\/a>, Billy Porter<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Leslie Odom Jr.<\/a>, Nobody Wants This<\/a>\u2018\u00a0Timothy Simons<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Jackie Tohn<\/a>, sisters Sarah Jane Nader and\u00a0Brooks Nader<\/a>, Saturday Night Live<\/a>\u2018s\u00a0Colin Jost<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Michael Che<\/a>, and Taran Killam<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Will Forte<\/a>.<\/p>\n 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\u2018s Instagram on July 16, the game show invited fans to \u201csay hello to the iconic pairs taking the hot seat.\u201d<\/p>\n As the celebrity contestants waved in the video, most of the comments said the same thing \u2014 bring back regular contestants. \u201cStill want regular customers back, but anyway, great seeing Mr. Pool from Sabrina!\u201d one fan said.<\/p>\n \u201cBring back regular contestants again!!\u201d another wrote.<\/p>\n \u201cYes!\u201d replied a fan.<\/p>\n \u201cPlease bring back regular contestants. For this and Weakest Link<\/a>,\u201d a third added. When Weakest Link was revived, the first season was regular contestants, and then it switched to all celebrities.<\/p>\n Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? first aired in 1999 and was hosted by Regis Philbin<\/a>. Then, Meredith Vieira<\/a> took over in 2002. After that, it was Cedric the Entertainer<\/a>, Terry Crews<\/a>, Chris Harrison<\/a>, and Kimmel. All of the other versions before Kimmel, who has hosted since 2020, were everyday civilians.<\/p>\n Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, Season 5 premiere, Wednesday, July 22, 8\/7c, ABC, stream next day on Hulu<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.tvinsider.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 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. 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