2000: A Year of Successes

The Winning Combination of 2000

The year 2000 was a wonderful year for Squares 98...so many great things happened over those 12 months to make it really special. Let's have a look back at some of the great moments of Y2K.

January
03--First episode of the new year
25--Sharon Barnhill becomes 4th 5-time champion

February
11--Tom appears on The View
23--Heather Francine becomes 5th 5-time champion

March
01--Dave Brownlee becomes 6th 5-time champion and the series' all-time money winner
15--Squares receives 4 Daytime Emmy nominations

April
03--Tom appears on Politically Incorrect

May
01--Official website re-opens
05--Dave Brownlee wins Tournament of Champions
12--Nita Lynch becomes 7th 5-time champion and first qualifier for Tournament of Champions 2001
16--Alicia Paulk wins $50,731 Secret Square prize package
19--Tom wins Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Game Show Host
22--John Lathan becomes new all-time money winner

June-August
Summer hiatus

September
08--Season 2 ends
10--Tom co-hosts Primetime Emmy pre-show
11--Season 3 begins
25--Survivor week airs
28--Tom makes a second appearance on The View and chats with fans at iwon.com

October
09--May Leale becomes first 5-time champion of Season 3. Tom appears in People magazine
14--Squares goes on the road to New York
19--Erik Friend becomes second 5-time champion

November
06--New York episodes air
08--Tarek Tolba becomes third 5-time champion and the new all-time money winner
24--Mike Scanlon wraps up New York run by becoming fourth 5-time champion

December
11--Kat Chiu becomes fifth 5-time champion
15--Last first-run episode of 2000

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