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title: Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (U.S. game show) text: Millionaire?" franchise. The original U.S. version aired on ABC from August 16, 1999, to June 27, 2002, and was hosted by Regis Philbin. The daily syndicated version of the show began airing on September 16, 2002, and was hosted for eleven seasons by Meredith Vieira until May 31, 2013. Later hosts included Cedric the Entertainer in the 2013–14 season, Terry Crews in the following season (2014–15), and Chris Harrison, who began hosting on September 14, 2015. As the first U.S. network game show to offer a million-dollar top prize, the show made television history by becoming one of the highest-rated title: Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? text: answer questions; and the amount offered increases as they tackle questions that become increasingly difficult. The maximum cash prize offered in most versions of the format is one million of the local currency. The original British version debuted on 4 September 1998, and was aired until its final episode on 11 February 2014; a revived series of seven episodes to commemorate its 20th anniversary in 2018, were aired from 5 to 11 May. Since its debut, international variants of the game show have been aired in around 160 countries worldwide. The format of the show was created by David Briggs, title: Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (U.S. game show) text: which began airing December 18, 2017. Various special editions and tournaments have been conducted which feature celebrities playing the game and donating winnings to charities of their choice. During celebrity editions on the original ABC version, contestants were allowed to receive help from their fellow contestants during the first ten questions. The most successful celebrity contestants throughout the show's run have included Drew Carey, Rosie O'Donnell, Norm Macdonald, and Chip Esten, all of whom won $500,000 for their respective charities. The episode featuring O'Donnell's $500,000 win averaged 36.1 million viewers, the highest number for a single episode of the show. title: Sherman Hemsley text: Real Live Jeffersons" stage show in the 1990s. Sanford and he made a cameo appearance in the film "Sprung". They continued to work together on occasion until Sanford began having health problems that led to her death in 2004. In 2001, Hemsley appeared as a contestant of the "Celebrity Classic TV Edition" special of ABC's hit primetime quiz show "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" and won $125,000 for his charity. Hemsley made four appearances in the sitcom "Sister, Sister" as Ray Campbell's father. He also made a voice appearance as himself in the Seth MacFarlane animated comedy "Family Guy". title: Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (U.S. game show) text: The U.S. version of "Millionaire" is a co-production of 2waytraffic, a division of Sony Pictures Entertainment, and Valleycrest Productions, a division of The Walt Disney Company. 2waytraffic purchased "Millionaire"s original production company Celador in 2008, while Valleycrest has produced the series since its beginning, and holds the copyright on all U.S. "Millionaire" episodes to date. The show is distributed by Valleycrest's corporate sibling Disney-ABC Home Entertainment & Television Distribution (previously known as Buena Vista Television). The U.S. "Millionaire" was taped at ABC's "Television Center East" studio on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York from 1999 to 2012.