Bruce's Journal

Bruce Slutsky was born in New York City in 1949. I retired six years ago after working as a Science/Engineering Librarian at the New Jersey Institute of Technology in Newark for 25 years. I was married to Karen until she passed away in February 2021. I have a son Lee who is now 35 years old. I am very much interested in the popular music of the 1960s, especially Bob Dylan and the Beatles. I am interested in rock and roll radio. I am an enthusiastic fan of the New York Mets.

Sunday, August 9, 2009

The Regis Philbin Version of Who Wants to be a Millionaire Returns

To make a long story short Who Wants to be a Millionaire premiered in the evening with Regis Philbin as the host in 1999. In 2004 a daytime version hosted by Meredith Viera premiered and is seen in NYC weekdays at 12:30 on Channel 7. To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the show, Regis Philbin will be hosting the show for 11 nights over the next two weeks. I was wondering over which rules would be used for this version since new lifelines were introduced over the years.

The fastest finger round has returned
After the contestant gets the first 5 questions correct he gets the "Ask the Expert lifeline" Tonight the expert was Sam Donaldson
There are time limits for answering each question
The value of Question #10 is $25,000 as it is in the daytime version

This helps me fill the void while Jeopardy is running repeats.