Overview
- The Ralf Schmitz–hosted quiz premiered Monday in RTL’s 20:15 ‘Wer wird Millionär?’ slot as a planned three-week test.
- The opener drew about 1.40 million viewers, with an 8.8% share among 14–49-year-olds, finishing behind Sat.1’s Kommissar Rex in that demographic, according to AGF data.
- Social media reaction skewed negative, with many viewers calling the pacing slow and criticizing Schmitz’s laugh-heavy style.
- TV critics said the tone spotlights outlier wrong answers for laughs, while praising the clear visual display of the audience’s 200 estimates.
- The format comes from a BBC show and is unrelated to an older German call-in program with the same name, and RTL says the run is a short trial while WWM pauses before its planned late-May return.