Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
Episode 1
TV Flash files “Episode 1” as the first listed hour of season 29 — Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (1999–present) on ABC, season 29, episode 1, aired 2012-01-03, 60 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S29E01: listed hour 334 of 450 in the Who Wants to Be a Millionaire guide, first listed hour of season 29. It aired 2012-01-03 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Episode 6” (S28E06). Next is “Episode 2” (S29E02). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Episode 1 sit in the Who Wants to Be a Millionaire guide?
S29E01 is listed hour 334 of 450 — first listed hour of season 29, season 29 episode 1.
When did Who Wants to Be a Millionaire S29E01 air?
Episode 1 aired 2012-01-03 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Is this the British show or the U.S. one?
U.S. primetime, hosted by Regis Philbin from August 1999, adapted from the British format that debuted in 1998.
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Why this series still plays
Regis in the hot seat, a pulsing soundtrack, and a nation screaming answers at the set. Quiz-show architecture rebuilt as primetime siege warfare — lifelines, dramatic lights, and the fantasy that trivia could pay the mortgage. The format that hijacked ABC’s schedule at decade’s end and taught networks that a game could be an event again.
Calendar first: **August 16, 1999**. ABC drops a British quiz format into primetime and treats weeknights like a siege window. Rex can toast the golden-age podium until the ice melts; this is inventory that hijacked a schedule, not a museum hour with a nicer lamp. Contestants climb a cash ladder with lifelines while America yells answers at the screen. The metric is not nostalgia for a bell. The metric is **multi-night airings** at the turn of the millennium — a game stacked like a sports series, not parked as a…
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- Regis Philbin as Host
Regis Philbin hosted Who Wants to Be a Millionaire from the hot seat — 1990s quiz-show architecture rebuilt as primetime siege warfare, a pulsing soundtrack, a nation screaming answers at the set. Lifelines, dramatic lights, the fantasy…