Post by Admin on Mar 31, 2018 9:20:59 GMT -4
The Millionaire is an American anthology series that aired on CBS from 1955 to 1960. It was originally sponsored by Colgate-Palmolive. The series, produced by Don Fedderson and Fred Henry, explored the ways that sudden and unexpected wealth changed life, for better or for worse, and became a five-season hit during the Golden Age of Television, finishing in the Nielsen ratings at #9 for the 1955-1956 season, #13 in 1956-1957, #17 in 1957-1958 and #30 in 1958-1959. It told the stories of people who were given one million dollars ($9.14 million in 2017 dollars) from a benefactor who insisted they never knew him, with one exception.
The series was known in syndication by two titles, as The Millionaire and as If You Had a Million.
The 1932 film If I Had A Million had a similar plot to this TV show.
