"There is one other line in those rules which says that commercial breaks must be taken in a way that doesn't disrupt the flow of the program. It explicitly rules out that Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? trick where someone has just chosen their answer, and it's all dramatic, and the host says..."
[Clip from a 2018 Millionaire episode: "Time for a break."]
"... Like, it's really clear, that's not allowed, there's no other way to read that sentence. But the show's hosts have been doing that for 20 years now [since 1998], and they've never been called on it. There are some rules, apparently, where entertainment can come first."
[Clip from a 2018 Millionaire episode: "Time for a break."]
"... Like, it's really clear, that's not allowed, there's no other way to read that sentence. But the show's hosts have been doing that for 20 years now [since 1998], and they've never been called on it. There are some rules, apparently, where entertainment can come first."
