Who Wants to Be a Millionaire TV show
From Wikipedia:
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (often informally called Millionaire) is an American television game show adapted from the same-titled British program created by David Briggs, Steven Knight and Mike Whitehill and developed for the United States by Michael Davies. The show features a quiz competition with contestants attempting to win a top prize of $1,000,000 by answering a series of multiple-choice questions, usually of increasing difficulty. The program has endured as one of the longest-running and most successful international variants in the Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? franchise.
The original U.S. version premiered on ABC on August 16, 1999, as part of a two-week daily special event hosted by Regis Philbin. After this and a second two-week event aired in November 1999, ABC commissioned a regular series that launched on January 18, 2000, and ran until June 27, 2002. Philbin hosted the entire run of the original network series as well as two additional special event series that aired on ABC in 2004 and 2009.
The words “Who Wants To Be A” are wrapped twice around a circle. Dollar signs adorn the middle, with the Word “Millionaire” wrapped around them. All text in the logo was designed in Copperplate Gothic, which is a pretty popular font for logos.
Copperplate Gothic is also used for other graphics in the show. At least in the early years, the multiple-choice questions were shown in ITC Conduit.
The price ladder in Copperplate Gothic, in a show from November 1999
A question and the four possible answers, in ITC Conduit, in a show from November 2000
Pat Thompson has the right answer and wins half a million dollars. The good news is delivered in Copperplate Gothic.
1 Comment on “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire TV show”
Thank you, Daniel! I have added extra images that feature more of the graphics. They are from a show that aired in November 2000. Its result influenced the life of a certain type designer and was subsequently crucial to the existence of Fonts In Use, too. Do you know who I’m talking about (or do you need four options)?