Legendary game show with celebrity host finally returning to ITV this month after string of delays
A LEGENDARY game show with a celebrity host is finally returning to ITV this month after a string of delays.
Coverage of the 2023 Rugby World cup meant ITV had to drop a number of shows from their autumn lineup.
This included Who Wants to be a Millionaire, which is hosted by Sun columnist Jeremy Clarkson.
Last year bosses were forced to deny rumours the show - and Jeremy, 63 - had been 'cancelled'.
And now the show is finally back in the schedules, with the first new episode since October 2022 set to air on Sunday, January 28.
Fans of the show will be thrilled to see it back on their TV screens, with Jeremy once again on hosting duties.
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The star took over from original host Christ Tarrant when Who Wants to be a Millionaire was rebooted in 2018.
The show first launched in 1998 before coming to an end in 2014.
But four years later it was brought back with Jeremy as the presenter and it has remained as popular as ever.
Speculation that the show - and Jeremy - had been 'cancelled' arose last year after an article in Variety.com quoted ITV chief exec Carolyn McCall saying: “We have a contract.
"We’re contracted to this [season], so we will do that. And then we have no future commitments. And we haven’t made any statements about that.”
This was misinterpreted as confirmation that The Sun columnist would be dropped by the Saturday night quiz show after a five-year run.
But Clarkson’s Farm star Jeremy took to Twitter to tell followers: “So many kind messages about today’s reports.
"But relax. Lisa and I have not split up and I have not been sacked as host of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire.”
That was followed by an ITV statement: “For the avoidance of doubt, neither Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? nor Jeremy Clarkson have been cancelled.”
Who Wants to be a Millionaire returns on Sunday, January 28 on ITV1.