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Millionaire is a good show, but come on! It is not as good as Twenty One. Why? Because you have two people competing against each other - not one person spending a lot of time contemplating (boring) and staring at Regis. Because occasionally the two contestants get a chance to answer the same question if they pick the same level of difficulty. There is no limit to the money they can win. All the contestants will most likely be chosen - if they miss one night, they carry into the next - not like being one or two out of ten, and the rest go home. But I still think the big edge is the one-on-one competition.

I find it ironic that a host for shows that featured people doing bad things is also the host for a game show that brought on the quiz show scandal. I've watched this show and it is one of the worst of all times. I'm not surprised that it didn't get a second season. There's no suspense or drama like there should be in quiz shows. The fact that there are 2 people competing against each other doesn't really add anything to the game. They go back and forth. They really aren't competing against each other. The games go really quick and there's no time to enjoy each game. I think it's good that people get to go as long as they can.

The NBC "Twenty One" revival, as hosted by Maury Povich, was an under-appreciated gem that never should have been canceled, but unfortunately just couldn't muster the ratings.

This version of "Twenty One" was based on the classic "Twenty One," which was the victim of a quiz show scandal featured in the film "Quiz Show." Maury Povich seemed like an odd choice to be tapped as host, but ultimately proved to be an adept emcee.

In each episode, two players were locked in isolation booths so that they would have no idea how their opponent was doing. They would then select a category and then choose to go for a multiple-choice question with a point value from 1-11. Obviously, 1 point questions were ridiculously easy and 11 point questions were rather difficult. The first player to reach 21 was the champion. The first game won was worth $25,000, but returning champions could play for up to 1 million dollars, and keep going! "Twenty One" had truly big money and a fun format. It also had thrilling music, contestants you generally wanted to cheer for and excellent suspense. At the end of two rounds of questions, Maury would ask if either play wanted to stop the game. This often proved to be a wise decision for some players, but backfired in other cases. Generally, a contestant wanted to stop the game if he/she believed there was a good chance their point value was great than their opponents' because when the game was stopped, whoever had the most points would win.

I wouldn't mind seeing this show revived again sometime and I'm thrilled GSN has picked up the repeat rights. This show is as compelling in repeats as it was originally.

Back in the late 90s, early 2000s, my family didn't have Cable or internet, so whenever a new TV show came onto the UHF signal we had, it was a big deal. So when i heard Maury povich was going to host a new cutting edge game show called Twenty-one, my 9 year old self got excited. I remember being so psyched to see this for the first time on BCTV after Jeopardy (i think it was after jeopardy) and i was hooked.

Maury povich hosts this show where 2 contestants have to answer multiple choice questions for points, the first to make it to 21, or the person who asks for the game to stop after the 2nd, 4th, and so on rounds in the lead is the winner. if they missed 3 questions, they lose. if they miss 2 questions using their "Second Chance" they lose. here's the catch - they don't know how the other contestant is doing at all. When the contestants lose, their winnings are hand-delivered to them from the models.

the winner of the round goes on to a mini-game called Fast Twenty-one, where they answer up to 6 True or false questions, if they mess up one question, they lose the money they've earned in the mini-game (but not their overall winnings) And then the game goes back to square one, with a new opponent to play against.

Now at the same time, Who Wants to be a millionaire? was also in it's prime (we can honestly say that considering how it's format has changed a billion times since 1998) but how millionaire stayed on the air (and still is) and Twenty-one didn't after a few months only proves why people think American Television is stupid. Cause Twenty-one is clearly a more exciting show, it's music was done live, the prize money more generous (even after they changed that format a few months in) and with Maury povich as a host, how can you go wrong?

If They wanted to bring this show back, with Maury hosting, same music, same format, same everything, I would skip work just to see it again.

Ok, so most networks have hopped on the gameshow bandwagon, but this is just sooooooo boring. The music, the cheesy models, MAURY, and the pace, come on! liven it up! The format I realize is taken from the 1950's show, but come on, its 2000. Millionaire and Greed even is so much better.