‘Who Wants to Be a Millionaire’ Return Wins Night in Total Viewers (TV News Roundup)
variety.comSelena Kuznikov The season premiere of “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire” scored 3.71 million viewers on July 10, making it the most-watched telecast of the night among broadcasters.
Hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, “Millionaire” is celebrating its 25th anniversary. The show, returning for the first time in several years (and marking the return of a studio audience after two seasons without one due to COVID-19) opened with John Mulaney and Nick Kroll paired for one segment, and Kenan Thompson and Kel Mitchell and paired for the other.
The episode outperformed its most recent season finale in 2021 by 28% in total viewers, and stood as the night’s top entertainment telecast in adults ages 18 to 49 (0.44 rating).
After three days of time-shifted viewing, the premiere remained the top program of the night in L+3 (0.47 rating). In other TV news: “GMFB: Overtime,” a new two-hour daily show that adds to the “Good Morning Football” series, is coming to the Roku Channel.
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