It’s the end of a game-show era: Who Wants to Be a Millionaire has been canceled.
The syndicated game show, which was a phenomenon in its initial network run on ABC and has aired in syndication since 2002, will end after its current season, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.
“After a successful 17-year run, Who Wants To Be A Millionaire will not return in national syndication for the 2019-20 season,” a rep for the show said. Millionaire is produced by Valleycrest Productions and distributed by Disney ABC Home Entertainment and Television Distribution.
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, an adaptation of a British game show, premiered on ABC in August 1999 with Regis Philbin as host. It quickly became a breakout hit, drawing as many as 30 million viewers in its first season and expanding to as many as four nights a week. Read more