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Who Wants to Be a Millionaire

Episode 10

TV Flash files “Episode 10” as hour 418 of 450 in the TV Flash guide — Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (1999–present) on ABC, season 39, episode 10, aired 2022-10-01, 60 min.

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This leaf is S39E10: listed hour 418 of 450 in the Who Wants to Be a Millionaire guide, hour 10 of 11 in season 39. It aired 2022-10-01 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Episode 9” (S39E09). Next is “Episode 11” (S39E11). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.

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Jeremy Clarkson is joined by six new contestants, all wanting the chance to become millionaires. With the help of 50/50, phone a friend and ask the host, can they answer 15 questions correctly to win the top prize?

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Where does Episode 10 sit in the Who Wants to Be a Millionaire guide?

S39E10 is listed hour 418 of 450 — hour 10 of 11 in season 39, season 39 episode 10.

When did Who Wants to Be a Millionaire S39E10 air?

Episode 10 aired 2022-10-01 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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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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