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player ready...As promised, ABC is bringing back “Super Millionaire” in May in hopes of getting a ratings bump as the TV season draws to a close.
The game show will stick to the same schedule as its successful February run, airing five times over the course of a week in May. It will premiere at 8 p.m. May 16, preceding the series finale of “The Practice.” Additional episodes will air at 9 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday of that week.
The Sunday installment will displace the season finale of “Alias”; ABC doesn’t have a new airdate for it yet.
“Super Millionaire’s” first go-round produced one million-dollar winner and a second contestant who took home $500,000. The top prize in the game is $10 million.
ABC got solid ratings from the Regis Philbin-hosted show’s first run. The five specials all finished in the Nielsen Top 30 and averaged 13.5 million viewers, with the Feb. 16 debut drawing close to 17.5 million.
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