ABC Gives ‘Millionaire’ the Old Heave-Ho
from the thank-God dept.
ABC, reeling from a 23% drop in its ratings over the past year, has instituted a major shakeup in its just-announced fall schedule, including cancelling “Who Wants To Be a Millionaire,” the Regis Philbin-hosted primetime game show whose precipitous ratings plunge was a big part of the network’s overall drop.