The Millionaire
Millionaire Mark Fleming
TV Flash files “Millionaire Mark Fleming” as a desk essential hour — The Millionaire (1955–1960) on CBS, season 6, episode 1, aired 1959-09-16, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S06E01: listed hour 171 of 206 in the The Millionaire guide, first listed hour of season 6. It aired 1959-09-16 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Millionaire Charles Bradwell” (S05E37). Next is “Millionaire Harry Brown” (S06E02).
Essential hour: “Millionaire Mark Fleming”. Millionaire Mark Fleming: late-run naming shift, the check still the plot engine, the patron still unseen.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Millionaire Mark Fleming sit in the The Millionaire guide?
S06E01 is listed hour 171 of 206 — first listed hour of season 6, season 6 episode 1.
When did The Millionaire S06E01 air?
Millionaire Mark Fleming aired 1959-09-16 and is listed at 30 minutes.
Where should I start?
Start with Michael Anthony delivering the check. The unseen Tipton and the stranger's windfall are the entire machine from week one.
In the series
Why this series still plays
The Millionaire is sudden wealth as a weekly moral lab: Michael Anthony delivers a tax-free million from unseen patron John Beresford Tipton, then money ruins or redeems a stranger. High-concept anthology. Watch it now as the ancestor of every what-would-you-do-with-a-windfall reality premise, played as drama.
So about the check. (I said spoiler-free. The premise is the spoiler, and it is the whole fandom.) Every week on CBS, 1955–1960, executive secretary Michael Anthony — Marvin Miller — delivers a $1 million check from unseen tycoon John Beresford Tipton to an ordinary person, and the episode tracks the consequences. The Millionaire is sudden wealth as a weekly moral laboratory, high concept before the term was common, Don Fedderson's 206-episode, six-season windfall machine. Tipton is heard but never shown. Peak…
Filed against
- Marvin Miller as Michael Anthony
Marvin Miller delivered the envelope as Michael Anthony on The Millionaire — sudden wealth as a weekly moral lab, a tax-free million from unseen patron John Beresford Tipton, then money ruins or redeems a stranger. High-concept anthology.…