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 - lost on $3,000) Susannah Brooks ($30,000, continued) Susannah Brooks ($100,000) Keri Buck ($10,000, continued) Keri Buck ($20,000) Sam Stubblefield ($50,000, continued) Sam Stubblefield ($50,000 - lost on $100,000) Natasha Alford ($10,000) Audience contestant ($1,000) Steven Johnson ($5,000 - lost on $10,000) Steve Johnson ($10,000) S'Christen Johnson ($30,000) Jeremy Davis ($50,000 - lost on $100,000) Ellen Sarem ($10,000) Nick DeGuzman ($10,000, 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) Devon Nichols ($30,000) Paul Fajman ($7,000, continued) Paul Fajman ($5,000 - lost on $10,000) Robin Adams ($5,000 - lost on $30,000) Laurence Levy ($5,000 - lost on $50,000) Carmen Apelgren ($10,000) Tom Colocci ($50,000, continued) Tom Colocci ($50,000 - lost on $100,000) Sarah Arora ($0 - lost on $500) Mark Ryder ($100,000, continued) Mark Ryder ($100,000) Bret Kimple ($10,000) Molly Mollin ($20,000) Audience contestant ($1,000) Brett Lazer ($50,000, continued) Brett Lazer ($50,000 - lost on $100,000) Trent Edwards ($5,000 - lost on $20,000) Audience contestant ($1,000) Craig Handy ($5,000 - lost on $10,000) Karen Robinson ($7,000) Dan Wu ($20,000) Rebecca Price ($5,000 - lost on $10,000) Bud Humphrey ($5,000 - lost on $50,000) Audience contestant ($1,000) Howie Dorough & AJ McLean ($5,000 - lost on $50,000) Cheryl “Salt” James & Sandra “Pepa” Denton ($20,000, continued) Cheryl "Salt" James & Sandra "Pepa" Denton ($5,000 - lost on $30,000) Tom Green ($10,000, continued) Tom Green ($20,000) Paul Shaffer ($5,000, continued) Paul Shaffer ($20,000) Audience contestant ($1,000) Chris Severn ($5,000 - lost on $7,000) Tom Grabon ($5,000 - lost on $10,000) Peter Jung ($5,000 - lost on $20,000) Cris Pannullo ($5,000, continued) Cris Pannullo ($5,000 - lost on $7,000) Katie Champlain ($30,000) Claudia Perry ($0 - lost on $3,000) Herb Brown ($5,000 - lost on $10,000) Aaron Himmel ($20,000, continued) Aaron Himmel ($30,000) Linda Altieri ($5,000 - lost on $20,000) Audience contestant ($1,000) Pat Baxt ($20,000) Robin Richards ($7,000, continued) Robin Richards ($50,000 - lost on $250,000) Andrew Bloomberg ($5,000 - lost on $30,000) Miles McMahon ($7,000, continued) Miles McMahon ($5,000 - lost on $20,000) John Beerling ($5,000 - lost on $30,000) Audience contestant ($1,000) Kyle Foster ($100,000) Lori Bailey ($5,000 - lost on $10,000) Eileen Lanzarone ($10,000, continued) Eileen Lanzarone ($10,000) Chuck Tessman ($5,000 - lost on $10,000) Anne Benovil-Murphy ($5,000, continued) Anne Benovil-Murphy ($30,000) Audience contestant ($0) Greg Anders ($5,000 - lost on $20,000) John Butler ($5,000 - lost on $20,000) Ashley Durkin ($20,000) Audience contestant ($1,000) Mary El Pereda ($50,000, continued) Mary El Pereda ($100,000) Anne Moore ($10,000, continued) Anne Moore ($5,000 - lost on $20,000) Michael Caveliere ($20,000, continued) Michael Caveliere ($30,000) David Chancellor ($50,000 - lost on $100,000) Shiva Oswal ($100,000, continued) Shiva Oswal ($50,000 - lost on $250,000) Jamie Huston ($50,000, continued) Jamie Huston ($50,000 - lost on $100,000) Katherine Ammon ($30,000, continued) Katherine Ammon ($50,000 - lost on $100,000) Abdiah Sagert ($5,000 - lost on $10,000) Audience contestant ($1,000) Adam Burstein ($5,000 - lost on $30,000) John Dale Beety ($5,000, continued) John Dale Beety ($5,000 - lost on $7,000) Liz Hoopfer ($5,000 - lost on $10,000) Ben Parker ($0 - lost on $5,000) Cameron Russell ($0 - lost on $3,000) Jimmy Macrina ($5,000 - lost on $20,000) Lizzie Lockard ($5,000, continued) Lizzie Lockard ($10,000) Mario Calero ($10,000, continued) Mario Calero ($5,000 - lost on $30,000) Tom Zulewski ($30,000, continued) Tom Zulewski ($50,000 - lost on $100,000) Nicole Kuklok-Waldman ($10,000, continued) Nicole Kuklok-Waldman ($5,000 - lost on $30,000) Linwood Sasser ($5,000 - lost on $10,000) Tom Pack ($0 - lost on $5,000) Jonathan Hughes ($30,000, continued) Jonathan Huguhes ($100,000) Shannon Thomas ($7,000, continued) Shannon Thomas ($50,000 - lost on $100,000) Bruce Lin ($2,000, continued) Bruce Lin ($5,000 - lost on $10,000) Robin Poche ($5,000 - lost on $7,000) Audience contestant ($1,000) Peter Morris ($5,000 - lost on $50,000) Audience contestant ($1,000) Lissa Gregorio ($20,000) Brandon Leeberg ($7,000, continued) Brandon Leeberg ($20,000) Andrew Thomas ($20,000, continued) Andrew Thomas ($50,000 - lost on $250,000) Megan Turner ($7,000, continued) Megan Turner ($5,000 - lost on $30,000) Shane Cunningham ($20,000, continued) Shane Cunningham ($20,000) Curt Bell ($5,000 - lost on $10,000) McKinnie Sizemore ($5,000, continued) McKinnie Sizemore ($5,000 - lost on $10,000) Chip Bell ($5,000 - lost on $10,000) Jeffrey Thompsen ($7,000, continued) Jeffrey Thompsen ($5,000 - lost on $30,000) Tara Whittle ($10,000, continued) Tara Whittle ($20,000) Lisa Karahalios ($20,000, continued) Lisa Karahalios ($20,000) Jay Malarcher ($0 - lost on $5,000) Julia Novakovic ($50,000, continued) Julia Novakovic ($50,000 - lost on $100,000) Sam Brown ($10,000, continued) Sam Brown ($10,000) Major Baisden ($5,000 - lost on $7,000) Danielle Stillman ($20,000, continued) Danielle Stillman ($5,000 - lost on $30,000) Greg Watson ($50,000, continued) Greg Watson ($50,000 - lost on $100,000) Glory Fagan ($5,000 - lost on $30,000) Audience contestant ($1,000) Daniel Okamura ($20,000) Brenna Landis ($10,000, continued) Brenna Landis ($5,000 - lost on $20,000) Charles O'Neill ($5,000 - lost on $20,000) Audience contestant ($1,000)
 * 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 13 (September 26, 2018)
 * Episode 14 (September 27, 2018)
 * Episode 15 (September 28, 2018)
 * Episode 16 (October 1, 2018)
 * Episode 17 (October 2, 2018)
 * Episode 18 (October 3, 2018)
 * Episode 19 (October 4, 2018)
 * Episode 20 (October 5, 2018)
 * Episode 21 (October 8, 2018)
 * Episode 22 (October 9, 2018)
 * Episode 23 (October 10, 2018)
 * Episode 24 (October 11, 2018)
 * Episode 25 (October 12, 2018)
 * Episode 26 (October 15, 2018) - Celebrity Week (1)
 * Episode 27 (October 16, 2018) - Celebrity Week (2)
 * Episode 28 (October 17, 2018) - Celebrity Week (3)
 * Episode 29 (October 18, 2018) - Celebrity Week (4)
 * Episode 30 (October 19, 2018) - Celebrity Week (5)
 * Episode 31 (October 22, 2018)
 * Episode 32 (October 23, 2018)
 * Episode 33 (October 24, 2018)
 * Episode 34 (October 25, 2018)
 * Episode 35 (October 26, 2018)
 * Episode 36 (October 29, 2018)
 * Episode 37 (October 30, 2018)
 * Episode 38 (October 31, 2018)
 * Episode 39 (November 1, 2018)
 * Episode 40 (November 2, 2018)
 * Episode 41 (November 5, 2018) - Victories for Veterans Week (1)
 * Episode 42 (November 6, 2018) - Victories for Veterans Week (2)
 * Episode 43 (November 7, 2018) - Victories for Veterans Week (3)
 * Episode 44 (November 8, 2018) - Victories for Veterans Week (4)
 * Episode 45 (November 9, 2018) - Victories for Veterans Week (5)
 * Episode 46 (November 12, 2018) - 100 Millon Dollar Season (1)
 * Episode 47 (November 13, 2018) - 100 Millon Dollar Season (2)
 * Episode 48 (November 14, 2018) - 100 Millon Dollar Season (3)
 * Episode 49 (November 15, 2018) - 100 Millon Dollar Season (4)
 * Episode 50 (November 16, 2018) - 100 Millon Dollar Season (5)
 * Episode 51 (November 19, 2018)
 * Episode 52 (November 20, 2018)
 * Episode 53 (November 21, 2018)
 * Episode 54 (November 22, 2018)
 * Episode 55 (November 23, 2018)
 * Episode 56 (November 26, 2018)
 * Episode 57 (November 27, 2018)
 * Episode 58 (November 28, 2018)
 * Episode 59 (November 29, 2018)
 * Episode 60 (November 30, 2018)
 * Episode 61 (December 3, 2018)
 * Episode 62 (December 4, 2018)
 * Episode 63 (December 5, 2018)
 * Episode 64 (December 6, 2018)
 * Episode 65 (December 7, 2018)
 * Episode 66 (December 10, 2018)
 * Episode 67 (December 11, 2018)
 * Episode 68 (December 12, 2018)
 * Episode 69 (December 13, 2018)
 * Episode 70 (December 14, 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)
 * Episode 81 (December 31, 2018) - Secondary Run Week (11)
 * Episode 82 (January 1, 2019) - Secondary Run Week (12)
 * Episode 83 (January 2, 2019) - Secondary Run Week (13)
 * Episode 84 (January 3, 2019) - Secondary Run Week (14)
 * Episode 85 (January 4, 2019) - Secondary Run Week (15)

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.
 * Ellen Sarem became the first contestant in the U.S. version of the show to walk away without using all her lifelines in almost 11 years (excluding the Double Dip lifeline from Seasons 7-8) and the first one to do it in Season 17.
 * Sarah Arora is the first contestant in almost 3 years to miss the very first question.
 * In 30th episode, Paul Shaffer walked away without going with 87% of the audience. Also he appeared as audience contestant and won an extra $1,000 for his charity.
 * In 39th episode, Miles McMahon's $20,000 question, 71% voted for the wrong answer and 15% were right.
 * In 51st episode, Shiva Oswal's $250,000 question, 80% voted for the wrong answer and 8% were right.
 * In 56th episode, Cameron Russell on his 4th question had 61% of audience, who voted for wrong answer. He agreed with the majority of the audience and left with nothing.
 * Robin Richards, the return of Shiva Oswal, and Andrew Thomas are contestants, who answered the $250,000 question wrong.
 * On May 17, 2019, 3,000th show will air.

Links

 * List of episodes of Season 17 (syndicated)