Millionaire returns

Caught the Millionaire season debut today. It's a little hard to believe that the syndie has endured for eleven seasons now, after ABC gave up on Regis' prime time version.

The supposedly big news before the debut was the new set. Except the new set looked pretty much like the old set. I saw a few tweaks here and there, but I was looking for them. Maybe it was just my imagination, but I thought the color green, as in the color of money, got more play on the new set. The most noticeable change was the podium, which had a more sculpted, metallic look...for folks who like sculpted, metallic things.

The gameplay was unchanged. They still randomized everything, which has never made much sense to me. But the random money and questions are here to stay, so I might as well get used to them. One spoiler: the season's first contestant bombed but the second guy did better. Meredith was chatty and competent as ever. Millionaire rolled on.