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"Secret Millionaire" show puts ABC over the top Sunday

A still from "Secret Millionaire." ABC

(CBS) It's been an entire news cycle since it aired, but people are still talking about "Secret Millionaire." So apparently the trick to getting people to watch your reality show is to make it a feel-good money giveaway. (Are you listening, "America's Next Great Restaurant"?)

The premiere of ABC's "Secret Millionaire," in which the undercover wealthy give money - a lot of money - to people that are less fortunate, beat out it competition pretty handily, with "Amazing Race: Unfinished Business" trailing by about 3 million viewers, says The Hollywood Reporter.

"America's Next Great Restaurant" tanked on NBC but another reality show, "Celebrity Apprentice," beat scripted shows in its 10 p.m. timeslot.

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