Season 17 (U.S. syndication)

The seventeenth season of the U.S. syndicated version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? will premiere on September 10, 2018. It's hosted by Chris Harrison.

There will be a set of minor changes, most of them graphical. The studio was upgraded to have darkening multicolor lights. The logo was slightly simplified, removing the central pattern and replacing the ITC Conduit "WHO WANTS TO BE A" text with Helvetica Neue (which looks closer to Copperplate Gothic). The question graphics have also been changed, replacing the traditional lozenge look Millionaire has been using in one form or another since 1999 with a more abstract, slant and bevel heavy package. The last remnant of the Shuffle format, the Bank, has also been removed.

Lifelines
There are three lifelines that are used regularly. During Whiz Kids Weeks, an additional lifeline is used:
 * Ask the Audience
 * 50:50
 * Plus One
 * Cut the Question (Whiz Kids Weeks only)

Episodes
Malcolm Brooks ($30,000) Sarah Sanders ($0) Susannah Brooks (continued) Susannah Brooks ($100,000) Keri Buck (continued) Keri Buck ($20,000) Sam Stubblefield (continued) Sam Stubblefield ($50,000) Natasha Alford ($10,000) Audience contestant ($1,000) Steven Johnson ($5,000) Steve Johnson ($10,000) S'Christen Johnson ($30,000) Jeremy Davis ($50,000) Ellen Sarem ($10,000) Nick DeGuzman (continued) Nick DeGuzman ($20,000) Janet Azevedo ($20,000) Robert Kim ($20,000) Audience contestant ($1,000) Stan Jastrzebski ($20,000) Audience contestant ($1,000) Lissa Gregorio ($20,000) Brandon Leeberg (continued) Brandon Leeberg ($20 000) Andrew Thomas (continued) Andrew Thomas ($50,000) Megan Turner (continued) Megan Turner ($5,000) Shane Cunningham (continued) Shane Cunningham ($20,000) Curt Bell ($5,000) McKinnie Sizemore (continued) McKinnie Sizemore ($5,000) Chip Bell ($5,000) Jeffrey Thompsen (continued) Jeffrey Thompsen ($5,000) Tara Whittle (continued) Tara Whittle ($20,000) Lisa Karahalios (continued) Lisa Karahalios ($20,000) Jay Malarcher ($0) Julia Novakovic (continued) Julia Novakovic ($50,000) Sam Brown (continued)
 * Episode 1 (September 10, 2018)
 * Episode 2 (September 11, 2018)
 * Episode 3 (September 12, 2018)
 * Episode 4 (September 13, 2018)
 * Episode 5 (September 14, 2018)
 * Episode 6 (September 17, 2018)
 * Episode 7 (September 18, 2018)
 * Episode 8 (September 19, 2018)
 * Episode 9 (September 20, 2018)
 * Episode 10 (September 21, 2018)
 * Episode 11 (September 24, 2018)
 * Episode 12 (September 25, 2018)
 * Episode 71 (December 17, 2018) - Secondary Run Week (1)
 * Episode 72 (December 18, 2018) - Secondary Run Week (2)
 * Episode 73 (December 19, 2018) - Secondary Run Week (3)
 * Episode 74 (December 20, 2018) - Secondary Run Week (4)
 * Episode 75 (December 21, 2018) - Secondary Run Week (5)
 * Episode 76 (December 24, 2018) - Secondary Run Week (6)
 * Episode 77 (December 25, 2018) - Secondary Run Week (7)
 * Episode 78 (December 26, 2018) - Secondary Run Week (8)
 * Episode 79 (December 27, 2018) - Secondary Run Week (9)
 * Episode 80 (December 28, 2018) - Secondary Run Week (10)

Trivia

 * Sarah Sanders is first contestant of this season, who used all lifelines on the 4th question and walked away with nothing.
 * Susannah Brooks is first contestant in this season, who saved the Ask the Audience lifeline to $250,000 question where used it. Most of the audience failed.
 * Andrew Thomas is contestant, who answered the $250,000 question wrong.
 * On May 17, 2019, 3,000th show will air.

Links

 * List of episodes of Season 17 (syndicated)