Who Wants to be a Millionaire? lands spin-off show after show’s reboot proves a hit for ITV
thesun.co.ukWHEN hit quiz Who Wants to be a Millionaire? returned to our screens four years ago, the reboot instantly recaptured the public’s imagination.
In fact the revival, with sardonic new host Jeremy Clarkson, proved so successful that ITV is now creating a spin-off called Fastest Finger First.
As the name suggests, it will expand on the first round of Millionaire where contestants have to put the answers to a multiple choice question in a specific order.
The winner is the quickest to get it right. A TV insider said: “This is a reflection of just how much of a triumph the reboot has been, because even the original Millionaire didn’t spawn a spin-off show. “And that was a phenomenon which was on our screens for a staggering 16 years under its former host, Chris Tarrant, before it was eventually axed in 2014. “So this shows how much ITV believe the contest has captured the imagination of a whole new generation of viewers.” ITV bosses were unsure what the reception would be when the batch of new Millionaire shows aired in 2018.
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