Legal Statement. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by Refinitiv Lipper.PASADENA ABC will bring back Who Wants to Be a Millionaire for a limited run to raise money for charity and celebrate the shows 20th anniversary, and it will be hosted by Jimmy Kimmel.The networks entertainment president, Karey Burke, announced the special on Monday at the Television Critics Association winter press tour at the Langham Huntington Hotel in Pasadena, Calif.
The show will feature celebrity contestants that will invite a guest to sit in the hot seat to help them earn money for a charity of the stars choice. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP The series is set to return on April 8 and runs through May. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. But even with a vaccine and even when things get safer to travel, this has fundamentally shifted how people eat food. The quiz show is in its second season, and is the latest version of Regis Philbins original Who Wants To Be a Millionaire, based on a British format, which became a huge hit in the U.S. This season is hosted by Jimmy Kimmel on ABC and features celebrity contestants playing for charity in addition to front-line workers and others impacted by COVID-19. As a result of his victory, Chang was able to give Southern Smoke Foundation, an organization that provides crisis relief for people working in the food and beverage industry, 1 million to help restaurant workers struggling amid the COVID-19 pandemic, which has had a crushing impact on the restaurant industry and forced Chang to close some his own restaurants. USA TODAY sat down with Chang (virtually) to discuss the win and how restaurants are faring in the midst of a pandemic that has infected millions across the country, forcing Americans to stay home, cancel travel and change their dining habits. Question: How does it feel to be the first celebrity to have won a million dollars for charity David Chang: I honestly cant believe it happened I still havent processed it. Celebrity Who Wants To Be A Millionaire How To Begin WithIts so insane that I even got to do the show to begin with, but then I am actually mostly in shock that I decided to go for it what was I thinking Q: The idea to go on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire was it a no-brainer Chang: I had to think about it because it was filming. No. 1, I wanted to make sure things were safe, but secondly, it is something I grew up watching the very first few seasons of it because it was something like nothing Ive ever seen. I would not have done it if it wasnt for charity Q: How was it onstage throughout the process Chang: Im a very stressed out person to begin with. I watched that first episode with my wife, and she knows me very well and shes like, Oh you really didnt know that answer, and were talking about the first five questions. When youre watching it, youre like, Of course, thats the answer, but when youre in that chair. Q: Apart from choosing teammates, including Alan Yang and Mina Kimes (each contestant is allowed an expert guest and the opportunity to phone a friend, among other lifelines), how did you prepare Chang: I had watched some of last years first season with Jimmy and tried to answer some of those questions. I (also) started to play the app the game and I never made it to a million dollars. I was petrified because I just didnt want to be the first person to lose the first question. Celebrity Who Wants To Be A Millionaire Full Of AdrenalineChang When I got to the last question, I was so full of adrenaline I just decided to go for it. But I like to gamble, and I started to play it out in my head. Then I thought, this is for Southern Smoke, Southern Smoke is for the hospitality industry and we are going through some horrible times. We are in such a bad shape that half a million dollars isnt enough and neither is a million dollars but I wanted to put emphasis on it and raise awareness of the problem, so it was worth the chance. Q: Tell us a little bit about Southern Smoke and what theyre doing. Chang: At the core of it, its always been to help people in need in the restaurant industry that need financial support. Since the pandemic, (Southern Smoke has) shifted to giving money to individuals that need it because were not getting the support we need from the federal level or state level. Unfortunately, a lot of the assistance is being bogged down by politics. Q: Whats the trajectory from the position that you see now Chang: If theres no assistance, its going to get a lot worse. We could have been shut down and we could have ended this if we had governance in a proper way.
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