Monopoly Millionaires' Club (American game show)
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Monopoly Millionaires' Club is an American game show that debuted in syndication on March 28, 2015. Hosted by stand-up comedian/actor Billy Gardell, best known for his role as Chicago police officer Mike Biggs on the sitcom Mike & Molly, it was initially based on an unsuccessful drawing game of the same name that was coordinated by the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL), using the Monopoly board game brand under license from Hasbro. The lottery game returned, in scratch-off form, in the spring of 2015.
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Monopoly Millionaires' Club | |
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Genre | Game show |
Created by | Steve Saferin |
Based on | Monopoly Millionaires' Club by the Multi-State Lottery Association (under license by Hasbro) Monopoly by Hasbro |
Presented by | Billy Gardell Todd Newton |
Starring | Paige Collings Korrina Rico |
Narrated by | Joe Cipriano |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 25 |
Production | |
Executive producers | Scott St. John Kevin Belinkoff Todd P. Levitt Billy Gardell Steve Saferin Stephen Davis |
Production locations | Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas (season 1) Bally's Las Vegas, Las Vegas (season 2) |
Camera setup | Multi-camera |
Running time | 60 minutes (season 1) 30 minutes (season 2) |
Production companies | Entertain the Brutes Hasbro Studios Scientific Games |
Original release | |
Network | Syndication |
Release | March 28, 2015 (2015-03-28) ā April 30, 2016 (2016-04-30) |
Each episode culminated with a round called "Go for a Million," a bonus game with a top prize of $1,000,000. The show originated as an hour-long program in its first season, which aired from March 28 to June 13, 2015, consisting of five games per episode. For the second and final season, which aired from September 12, 2015, to April 30, 2016, the show was reduced to a 30-minute format incorporating only three games. In February 2016, the series was canceled after two seasons. The final episode aired on April 30, 2016.[1]