Netflix promo week on Millionaire

Maybe this entry's title is a little cynical. After all, why shouldn't Netflix promote itself every which way? It's just that "theme weeks" on game shows sometimes get on my nerves. Producers seem to think that regular old gameplay is too dull, so let's jazz it with some asinine theme for a week.

All that said, Millionaire's movie-trivia theme week is a fairly long-established tradition, leading into the Oscars broadcast. Regis even did such theme shows long, long ago on the ancient network version of Millionaire. This year the week occupies February 21-25 before the Oscars on February 27. Appropriately, a local St. Louis movie critic, Matt Dekinder, will appear on the Friday episode. The sponsor, as you've probably already guessed, is Netflix.

Matt says that he and his wife have an Oscars routine: "turn off the phone, get cozy in bed, order Chinese food and enjoy the show." The story also offers some typical questions from the movie week on Millionaire. Hopeless movie non-buff that I am, I couldn't answer any of them. I bet Watson could nail them all, though. Maybe the supercomputer can turn up on Meredith's show after the gig with Alex.