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John Carpenter (game show contestant) John Carpenter (born c. 1968)[1] is an American game show contestant and IRS agent. He is best known for becoming the first top prize winner on the United States version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. He held the record for the largest single win in United States game show history, until it was broken by Rahim Oberholtzer who won $1.12Â million on another U.S. quiz show, Twenty One.[2] Carpenter was also the first top prize winner among all international versions of the Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? series.
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (U.S. game show) The U.S. Millionaire was taped at ABC's Television Center East studio on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York from 1999 to 2012. Tapings were moved to NEP Broadcasting's Metropolis Studios in East Harlem in 2013,[58] and production moved to studios located in Stamford, Connecticut the following year.[59] For the 2016â€“17 season, production relocated to Bally's Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. [60] Episodes of the syndicated version are produced from June to December.[3] The show originally taped four episodes in a single day,[1] but that number has since been changed to five.