Thanks to Alex Davis for pointing this out, a promo for the new season of US Millionaire (Facebook link) has come out and, well, it certainly looks as though it’s going to be different. The US producers have the interesting problem of trying to keep the show interesting whilst not giving mega-money away on a daily basis. Will the changes entertain or alienate the viewers? And how much can you modify Millionaire before it stops being Millionaire and becomes something else?

In other news, Tom has made his first 3-2-1 rejection. What has he rejected, and what’s the new prize that’s been bought to the table to replace it? Find out what gets rejected next… tomorrow!

Thanks to James P for pointing out a link to The Amazing Race: China Rush, apparently featuring an international line-up in a race around China. And a title that sounds like an action film. Apparently it’s in English!

In other news: object three is now on Bother’s Prize Table, it’s time for Tom to start rejecting.

Object number two has now been bought out onto Bother’s Prize Table. Any ideas?

It is also NEW!!! Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? this evening at eight. Will it keep its momentum?

Finally this evening, the last few days I’ve been discovering MTVs Real World/Road Rules Challenge (which seems to just be “The Challenge” now). It’s the sort of format you’d think would work quite well on T4 – throw in X amount of young good looking twenty-somethings in a house, get them to perform outward bound-style challenges, let them vote each other into elimination battles, give them alcohol and watch the sparks fly. Host BMX rider TJ Levin seems a bit of a personality vacuum, although I’ve only seen three episodes so far so that might be unfair. Added interest in that most of the contestants seem to be regulars from season to season for added backstory. Not bad, although it’s been going for over ten years so you’d think they’d have it down pat by now.