By no means underestimate the facility of the Jeopardy! fandom. Who Desires to Be a Millionaire? had its greatest scores in 5 years after Ken Jennings and Matt Damon received $1 million for charity on the most recent episode.
Millionaire, which is hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, was the highest program of the evening for the second week in a row, based on a press launch. ABC can thank Ken Jennings for that. He appeared on each episodes with Damon, successful the $1 million prize for Water.org. Their recreation went so lengthy that it stretched into two episodes.
Episode two rose week-to-week in whole viewers from 4.24 million to 4.46 million viewers. Who Desires to Be a Millionaire? additionally held one hundred pc retention in adults ages 18 to 49.
An element that made Millionaire tower over the quantity two broadcast program, Large Brother, on Wednesday was most probably Kimmel and Damon’s ongoing “feud.” Additionally, Damon and Jennings’ quest for the $1 million, which they received with barely any effort, helped the sport present‘s scores. It was forward of Large Brother by 48 %.
Their second episode was the most-watched Millionaire episode in over 5 years (since June 4, 2020), which had 3.33 million viewers. The present’s success additionally pushed ABC to a win for the evening among the many broadcast networks in Complete Viewers with 2.86 million. The revival of Match Recreation airs proper after.
Damon and Jennings’ $1 million query was, “Which of those phrases is commonly used to explain some of the stunning auditory results on Earth: the sound made by the leaves of timber when wind blows by way of them?” The choices have been Apricity, Petrichor, Susurrus, and Eudaemonia.
“You need to know what’s signal?” Ken Jennings mentioned. “Earlier than the choices got here up, I assumed, ‘It’s like suration or one thing earlier than susurrus popped up. I’ve a very good feeling about C.” They went with Susurrus after utilizing their 50/50 Lifeline and obtained it proper, successful the $1 million.
Solely two different celebrities have received the $1 million on Millionaire — Chef David Chang with assist from Mina Kimes and Ike Barinholtz along with his father.
On this week’s Millionaire, Group duo Joel McHale and Jim Rash group up, whereas Severance stars Tramell Tillman and Zach Cherry attempt to bridge the hole to at least one million.
Who Desires to Be a Millionaire?, Wednesdays, 8/7c, ABC, subsequent day on Hulu