Monopoly Millionaires’ Club has been cancelled and will not pass go for Season 3.
Broadcasting & Cable reports that the weekly syndicated series will end its two-season run on the weekend of April 30 – May 1:
TV station groups carrying the show received a letter on Tuesday informing them of the news. As early as NATPE in Miami last month, the show’s representatives, which include former NBCUniversal Domestic Television Distribution president Barry Wallach, were shopping the idea of turning the show into a daily strip.
The core problem appears to be that Scientific Games’ multi-state lottery, with which the show is coupled, ultimately didn’t work, being overshadowed by games that offer huge, compounding payouts, such as Powerball and Mega Millions. Just last month, the Powerball pool grew to $1.6 billion, which ended up being won by holders of three tickets, one of which remains unclaimed for a total of $528 million.
BuzzerBlog reported that the show was in negotiations for a daily format in Season 3, but those talks appear to have gone bust, with Monopoly Millionaires’ Club now preparing for the cancellation graveyard.
RIP.
Terry says
Sorry to see it go We enjoyed it very much
brenda L Lasich says
Please Please reconsider this show. I actually won a trip to the show and we had a great time. I was really looking forward to trying again. Please don’t cancel!
kelly says
Damn shame..Enjoyed it..