WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE Season Premiere Week Spikes by Double Digits

By: Caryn Robbins Sep. 27, 2016

Based on National Live + Same Day ratings for its season premiere week (w/o 9/12/16), "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire" with Chris Harrison in its new location of Las Vegas shot up by double digits over its year-ago opening week (w/o 9/14/15) in Households (+33% - 1.6 rating vs. 1.2 rating), Total Viewers (+30% - 2.079 million vs. 1.603 million), Adults 25-54 (+25% - 0.5 rating vs. 0.4 rating) and Women 25-54 (+50% - 0.6 rating vs. 0.4 rating). In fact, "Millionaire" was up the most among all Syndicated game show premieres on all four Nielsen measures.

In addition to posting big year-over-year season premiere growth, "Millionaire" topped every single week of its 2015-16 season to deliver a 1-year high in Households - since w/o 9/7/15.

About "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire" The Emmy-nominated "Millionaire" airs across the country weekdays in national syndication. Go to MillionaireTV.com for time and channel. "Millionaire" is produced by Valleycrest Productions Ltd. and is distributed by Disney|ABC Home Entertainment and Television Distribution. James Rowley serves as executive producer.

Source: The Nielsen Company, National Live + Same Day Program Ratings, week of 9/12/16.