![]() I am going to resurrect ABC!’’ Philbin said.Īnd he was right. ‘‘I told David Letterman the other night that I am going to be the savior of the ABC network. What made it a cultural phenomenon was the host, the genial and magnetic Regis Philbin. The set, the music and the creative questions all made the show a hit. The format was great, and the block scheduling was brilliant. By the end of the first week, it was reaching an audience of 15 million viewers. ‘‘Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?’’ was given a two-week trial run in which it aired almost every night. ![]() But the show, adapted (copied) from a show in Britain, introduced ‘‘lifelines,’’ which helped contestants with answers. 16, a deceptively simple trivia quiz show appeared on ABC in which contestants had to answer questions of increasing difficulty for amounts of money that swelled with each correct answer. ![]() ![]() There was no streaming, Netflix or anything of the like. August of 1999 was another typically dreadful summer month of reruns and lame replacement shows. ![]()
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