Canceled!? Big Budget TV Shows On The Chopping Block

16. Who Wants to Be a Millionaire

Network: ABC
Status: Renewed

“Who Wants to Be a Millionaire” was created under the premise that it would be a daily event over the course of two weeks in August of 1999, and again in November of the same year, however, after the widespread popularity of the game show, it was given a regular time slot on ABC beginning in the first month of the new millennium.

After 20 seasons, and a handful of different hosts, “Millionaire” aired its final episode on May 31st, 2019, or did it? A little more than half of a year after being canceled, backed by the show’s new host and co-executive producer, Jimmy Kimmel, ABC decided to bring “Millionaire” back for a celebrity edition – which happened to do well enough to warrant additional seasons being added to ABC’s agenda.