Have you been watching The Million Dollar Money Drop, the show where contestants are handed a million dollars and lose it right before your eyes? This is not a show about people winning money. It's a show about them losing it and going home empty-handed and disappointed. Last week, couple after couple lost the million, including one that crapped out on the first question. There have only been a few who left with any money at all and they've taken home amounts that seem tiny, given how they all started with a million dollars and the dream of keeping all or most of it.
Can you have a giveaway show where almost nothing is given away? No, and the ratings are bearing that out.
I'm a little fuzzy on the status of the series. At the end of the initial "tryout" run, there was an announcement that sounded like the show had been renewed…but I think the episodes they're running now are part of the initial series of tapings. That would be why we haven't heard anything more about that couple that lost on one question even though they had the right answer. They've been invited to come back when new episodes are shot…and none have been since then. I'm hearing that there may not be any more. If there are, I'll bet the producers make some revisions in order to cut back the number of folks who crash and burn. No one will watch a show like this unless it seems like someone has a shot at the million.