John Mulaney and Nick Kroll mess up $125,000 over ‘obvious’ succession issue in Millionaire premiere – did you know that?

Comedians John Mulaney and Nick Kroll botched what fans called an obvious succession question on the season premiere of Want to Be a Millionaire.

Jimmy Kimmel serves as host, with celebrities competing in pairs for up to $1 million for charity.

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The historic game show returned with a celebrity-only edition for its 25th anniversary Wednesday night on ABC.

The third season, in hour-long installments, comes with a twist; celebrities compete in pairs.

In the first half, fans said “Oh, hello” to comedy duo Nick, 46, and John, 41.

Then, Keenan Thompson and Kel Mitchel of Good Burger fame formed the second team.

They got their lifelines (50:50, Ask the Audience, Call a Friend, and Ask the Host) and got to work.

They breezed through the first eight questions without any lifelines, but exhausted three (including calling their friend John Stewart) on the $64,000 question.

The pair made it to the $125,000 question and were asked what is arguably the most famous line from HBO’s Succession.

The question asked how Cousin Greg referred to his girlfriend’s bag – “Ridiculously roomy.”

The pair didn’t know, so they decided to use the “Ask the Host” lifeline, having already exhausted the other three lifelines.

Jimmy said he was a big fan of Succession and his cousin Greg and remembered the episode.

However, he said that C – “Ridiculously roomy bag” seemed “too much for me”.

The pair chose A, which turned out to be incorrect, so they only won $32,000.

“I blame the writers,” Jimmy said as the audience gasped.

‘NO WAY’

Fans were surprised on social media that the two comics, who also have a show on Netflix, were not on Succession or in the listing, losing almost $100,000.

“There’s no way John Mulaney and Nick Kroll lost Millionaires over a trivial succession issue,” wrote one X user.

“I’ve never seen the show, but damned if I don’t know it’s a ridiculously roomy bag. JOHN GET ON TWITTER!!!!,” wrote another who hadn’t even seen Succession.

“John Mulaney and Nick Kroll on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire trying to answer a question about succession wasn’t on my 2024 bingo card,” joked a third.

“Watching Who Wants to Be a Millionaire and if you watched Succession you know what a LUDICROUSLY CAPACIOUS PURCHASE it is lmaooo,” a fourth wrote.

‘STILL HERE’

While this marks Kimmel’s third season hosting Millionaire, this is the first time fans can return to the studio.

Kimmel’s first two seasons as host of the once mega-popular show were filmed during Covid, without a live audience.

Contestants could bring their phone to a friend into the studio, but they had to stay in the background along the set wall.

Kimmel acknowledged this when opening the season premiere: “This show aired in the summer of 1999, hosted by the late, great Regis Philbin.

“It was by far the most popular show in the world and now I’m the host and it’s not anymore.

“But we’re still here. Because of the pandemic I never presented the program with an audience, we did two seasons without anyone here, so welcome!”

The new season premieres July 10 at 8 p.m. ET, and new episodes air weekly on ABC every Wednesday.

MORE ABOUT MILLIONAIRE

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire debuted on ABC in 1999 and was instantly a smash hit.

Hosted by Regis Philbin, the show’s growing popularity led to it being ordered as a regular series in 2000.

In 2002, nine savvy citizens won the big prize – but no one will forget their first millionaire, John Carpenter.

Meredith Vieira took over as host from 2002 to 2014, with Terry Crews, Cendric The Entertainer and Chris Harrison also hosting over the years.

Three more contestants took home a million during the syndicated version of the show.

The Millionaire Celebrity Edition debuted in 2020 with Kimmel.

ABC put the all-celebrity edition with Kimmel at the helm on indefinite hiatus in 2022 — but now it’s finally back.

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