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Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?: Season 1

102 episodes Premiered Aug 16, 1999 Updated Jul 23, 2026
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S1·E1 Mytharc

Episode 1

Aug 16, 1999

In this episode, David Korotkin worked his way up to the $4,000 question and missed, thus taking home with him $1,000. Hillary Daw ran out of time at $8,000, so she'll carry over t

S1·E4 Core

Episode 2

Aug 17, 1999

Hillary Daw carried over from the previous show and walked away from her $32,000 question, giving her $16,000 in prize money. The show ended with Norman Payne at $32,000. He'll ret

S1·E5 Core

Episode 3

Aug 18, 1999

Norman Payne returned from the previous show and missed his $64,000 question, walking away with $32,000. David Honea got to $32,000 before time ran out. But he'll be back next time

S1·E15 Core

Episode 13

Nov 19, 1999

John Carpenter, the carryover contestant from the previous episode, is already at $200 with all 3 lifelines. He works his way up the Money Tree without a single trouble along the w

S1·E29 Core

Episode 26

Nov 19, 1999

John Carpenter, the carryover contestant from the previous episode, is already at $200 with all 3 lifelines. He works his way up the Money Tree without a single trouble along the w

S1·E35 Core

Episode 32

Jan 9, 2000

Jim Meyer is the first hot seat contestant in the year 2000. He cruises on up to $2,000, but needed his 50:50 on his $4,000 question. He then works his way to the $16,000 question

S1·E36 Core

Episode 33

Jan 10, 2000

David Fite returns to the hot seat. When he left off, he was at $1,000 after using his Ask the Audience on his $100 question. David takes a little revenge as he works all the way t

S1·E37 Core

Episode 34

Jan 11, 2000

Jeff Wilkie is the returning contestant on this episode of Millionaire. At the beginning of the show, Regis says he got some fortune cookies for Jeff because he claimed that the co

S1·E38 Core

Episode 35

Jan 12, 2000

Jason Block is the returning contestant in this episode. He has already won $16,000 with 2 lifelines left. Jason then wins $125,000 without a hitch. However, his $250,000 question

S1·E39 Core

Episode 36

Jan 13, 2000

Mark McDermott is the returning contestant in this episode. He has already won $64,000 with 2 lifelines left: his Phone-a-Friend and his 50:50. He works his way to $250,000 without

S1·E40 Core

Episode 37

Jan 14, 2000

The returning player in this episode is Sean Farrelly. He has already won $1,000 with all 3 lifelines with him. He works his way up to $64,000 with no problems. But his $125,000 qu

S1·E41 Core

Episode 38

Jan 15, 2000

The returning contestant in this episode if Lawrence Caplan. He has already won $2,000 with his 50:50 and his Phone-a-Friend left. He used his 50:50 on his $32,000 question about t

S1·E42 Core

Episode 39

Jan 16, 2000

The returning contestant in this episode is Karl Schreiter, who has already won $200 with a 3 lifelines left. He works his way to $2,000 without a hitch. However, he needed to ask

S1·E43 Core

Episode 40

Jan 18, 2000

This episode's returning contestant is Dan Blonsky. He has already won $2,000 with all 3 lifelines left. He works his way to $4,000 without a hitch. However, he had to use his ask

S1·E44 Core

Episode 41

Jan 20, 2000

This episode's returning contestant is Joel Vincent. He has already won $200 with all 3 lifelines with him. He asks the audience on his $300 question about which of 4 hats doesn't

S1·E45 Core

Episode 42

Jan 23, 2000

The returning contestant in this episode is Nathaniel Zylstra, who has already won $8,000 with all 3 lifelines left. He wins $64,000 without a problem. He uses his 50:50 on his $12

S1·E101 Core

Episode 118

Jul 11, 2000

This episode's returning contestant is Eric Lillienthal, who left off at the $32,000 question with two lifelines left. He uses both his remaining lifelines, Phone-a-Friend first, t

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