"Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" is a quiz-type entertainment program, not a talent show or competition program like "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire"?
Therefore, there is no need for celebrities to be the hosts.
Le'Towan Dedeba, an African-American, is a mainstay among the hosts of the UPN television network. After the WB was acquired, he was transferred to the WB television network as the head host. He is mature and steady, has a sense of dry humor, and has excellent stage control, but he is a bit effeminate.
Of course, being a sissy is nothing in America.
Even though gay culture has not become as popular as it did after 2010, there are still quite a few people who dare to come out publicly.
"Dear audience friends, hello everyone!"
"I'm the host you're most familiar with—Letowan Dedéba! Okay, even if many of you don't know me, that's okay, but I believe that starting today, starting with the show 'Who Wants to Be a Millionaire,' you'll definitely recognize me!"
As soon as the words were spoken, many of the audience laughed.
The audience will be tolerant of hosts who are humorous and self-deprecating.
"Who Wants to Be a Millionaire is a reality TV show where contestants who can answer 15 questions correctly will win a $1 million cash prize!"
"Guys, you heard me right!"
"Answer 15 questions correctly, and the $1 million cash prize is yours!"
"For each question, contestants will have 15 seconds to consider the answer from four options. If they choose the correct answer, they will advance and compete for a huge prize."
"At the same time, when contestants encounter difficult questions, they can use three privileges to help answer the questions. They are 50:50 (eliminating two incorrect options), calling an off-site helpline, and asking the audience."
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After the general rules of the program were read out, both the audience at the scene and the audience in front of the TV showed expressions of interest.
"Wow~~!"
"Is this true?!"
"Answer 15 questions correctly,
"I can get $1 million? Then as a history professor, I'm guaranteed to win, right?"
"Let's see if the questions are difficult. If they are not, I can also participate."
After all, you can get money just by answering questions, and if you answer all the questions correctly you will get $1 million. Anyone would be interested.
Even for an economic powerhouse like the United States, which became rich first, the purchasing power of $1 million in 1998 was quite strong.
It is no exaggeration to say that $1 million can change a person's life!
"Knowledge changes destiny, and knowledge creates wealth!"
This is also the slogan of the show "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire".
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Not long.
The first contestant appears.
"Hello sir, please introduce yourself." The host Letouan Dedeba stood up from his position in the center of the stage and said.
"Hi everyone, I'm Collins Orwell, 30 years old, from San Francisco, and currently an accountant for a construction company."
The contestant is a fat man weighing more than 200 pounds and is also a working professional.
After the self-introduction, the audience immediately gave him applause in encouragement.
The question answering officially begins~
Question 1: Which of the following four lakes is not one of the Great Lakes of the United States?
A: Lake Huron;
B: Lake Ontario;
C: Lake Champlain;
D: Lake Superior;
"Mr. Orwell, you have 15 seconds to answer the question. Which one is not one of the five Great Lakes of the United States?" the host asked solemnly.
As soon as the words fell, many spectators outside the venue and the audience were stunned.
"This is too simple." A female audience member couldn't help but curl her lips.
"Yes, our geography teacher taught us this when I was in the second grade, and I still remember it clearly. This is totally giving away points!" another person asked in surprise.
However...
The first contestant, Collins Orwell, a workplace elite, surprisingly... answered wrong!
Many people were shocked.
"Fuck!"
"Such a simple question, and he actually got it wrong?!"
"He actually chose B: Lake Ontario. Didn't his geography teacher tell him that Lake Champlain is the sixth largest freshwater lake in the United States, not one of the Great Lakes?"
Many viewers were speechless.
Even if you don't know that the sixth largest freshwater lake is Lake Champlain, you still know the five Great Lakes, so you can use the process of elimination to figure it out.
Many people shook their heads and thought, "I can definitely do it."
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In the following time, several contestants came on stage to answer questions.
However, no one answered all 15 questions. Most of them failed after answering 6/7 questions. Of course, the person who completed the most questions answered 14 questions correctly, but unfortunately failed on the last question.
The last question the contestant faced was: Who was the champion of the first season of "America's Got Talent"?
He answered wrong!
"Dude, are you an alien?"
"Or, you don't usually watch TV?"
"Talent Show is such a popular show, and he hasn't even watched it!"
This made many viewers in front of the TV very angry.
The questions in the question bank of the "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" program team are all very simple.
Covering sports, geography, history, technology, humanities, classics...
And so many other issues!
The questions in "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" do not test how capable you are, but how broad your knowledge is.
Therefore, some extremely simple and trivial questions can often stump the contestants.
These will give all the audience an illusion - I can definitely do it!
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Unfortunately, no contestant in the first episode of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" successfully won the million-dollar cash prize, but the show became a hit!
Before the show was even finished, there were already 100,000 messages on the official website, and the online registration channel was even blocked, which shows how popular it was.
The next day.
When Kyle arrived at the WB Network, he immediately received the ratings report for "How to Be a Millionaire."
Average viewership: 2.5%
Peak viewership: 3.2%
Although this 2.5% average viewership is not as high as the 7.23% average viewership of the first episode of the second season of "Got Talent", you will be shocked if you see the ratings growth curve of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire".
After all, it is a newly launched variety show!
When the show was first aired, its ratings were only 1.05%, but as the show aired, the ratings immediately soared.
The magnitude of the soaring trend is even more fierce than the first season of "America's Got Talent"!
In the original history, Disney's ABC TV, which obtained the North American production rights, even declared: "How to Be a Millionaire is ABC's most profitable variety show in history, generating $1 billion in profits in three years!"
Looking at the ratings report in his hand, even though Kyle had expected it, he was no longer calm.
"Boss, we've made a lot of money. According to the current trend, the show 'Who Wants to Be a Millionaire' will have a viewership rating of over 5% after a few episodes. It's just around the corner!" Alexander exclaimed.
Kyle nodded immediately.
Although the ratings of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" are not as good as "America's Got Talent", its profits are definitely not bad, because it can broadcast 3 to 5 episodes every week, and it is broadcast all year round, so it will definitely receive a lot of advertising fees.