'Who Wants To Be A Millionaire' to Travel to Disney-MGM Studios in Florida, January 12-15, 2006

'Who Wants To Be A Millionaire' to Travel to Disney-MGM Studios in Florida, January 12-15, 2006

Audience Members to Become Hot Seat Contestants During 'Walk In and Win' Week Tapings, January 14

NEW YORK, Jan. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire," hosted by Emmy Award-winner Meredith Vieira, is taking the show on the road during the month of January. The syndicated game show will tape twenty episodes at the "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire -- PLAY IT!" attraction in the Disney-MGM Studios at the Walt Disney World(R) Resort in Florida. Multiple episodes will be taped each day, January 12-15, including specialty episodes for "Walk In and Win" Week on January 14.

Fans of "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire" and Disney-MGM Studios park guests will be able to participate as audience members for the Florida-based tapings of the game show. Details on how to obtain tickets can be found at www.millionairetv.com.

On January 14, audience members will be given the unique opportunity to participate in "Walk In and Win" Week, where hot seat contestants will be selected from the audience. Audience participants may find themselves in the hot seat, competing for $1 million, at any point during five show tapings. There are no qualifying tests to take.

The special audience for "Walk In and Win" Week will be determined by a random drawing on the morning of January 14. In order to be part of the audience, participants must be at least 18 years old, a U.S. resident, meet all eligibility requirements and have a list of phone-a-friends lined up and ready to participate. Go to www.millionairetv.com for a complete list of eligibility requirements.

Participants for "Walk In and Win" Week must be at the Main Entrance of the Disney-MGM Studios at Walt Disney World Resort in Florida starting at 6:00 A.M. on Saturday, January 14. No one will be admitted to the parking lot before 6:00 A.M. Space is limited to 1,500 people. Participants will be admitted on a first-come first-serve basis. Only those people who are participating in "Walk In and Win" Week will be admitted. A random drawing will be conducted with all the people who are in line by 7:30 A.M. (maximum of 1,500 people). 325 people will be selected by a random drawing to be in the studio audience and given the opportunity to be selected to play in the hot seat for $1 million.

Episodes of "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire" taped at Disney-MGM Studios in Florida, will air in nationwide syndication throughout February, April and May, 2006. Viewers should check their local listings for more information.

MEREDITH VIEIRA AND THE "MILLIONAIRE" TEAM:

"Who Wants To Be A Millionaire" currently is in its fourth season in national syndication and is hosted by Meredith Vieira, who is fresh off of her 2005 Daytime Emmy win for Outstanding Game Show Host. Vieira also is a critically-acclaimed broadcaster and moderator of ABC Daytime's "The View." "Millionaire" is produced by Valleycrest Productions and is distributed by Buena Vista Television. Michael Davies, Paul Smith and Leigh Hampton are executive producers. Meredith Vieira is co-executive producer. Go to www.millionairetv.com for more information.

Source: Buena Vista Television

CONTACT: Trisha Miller, "Millionaire" Publicist of Buena Vista
Television, +1-212-456-2559, or cell, +1-917-848-5787,
Trisha.L.Miller.-ND@abc.com; or Charles B. Stovall, Walt Disney World(R)
Resort Publicist, +1-407-566-5332, Charles.B.Stovall@Disney.com

Web site: http://www.millionairetv.com/

NOTE TO EDITORS: Photos from "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire" and of host, Meredith Vieira, can be downloaded at www.bvtvpress.com (UserID: bvtvpress1, Login: bvtvpress1).

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