Deal or No Deal (American game show)

Deal or No Deal
GenreGame show
Created by
Presented byHowie Mandel
Starring
  • Peter Abbay
  • Carrie Lauren
Narrated byJoe Cipriano
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons8 (5 on NBC, 2 in syndication, 1 on CNBC)
No. of episodes
  • NBC: 274
  • Syndication: 300
  • CNBC: 31
Production
Executive producers
Production locationsCBS Television City (2005)
Sunset Gower Studios (2006)
The Culver Studios (2006–2009)
Sonalyst Studios (2009–2010)
Universal Studios Florida (2018–2019)
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running time
  • 44 minutes (NBC, CNBC)
  • 22–26 minutes (Syndicated)
Production companies
Original release
NetworkNBC
ReleaseDecember 19, 2005 (2005-12-19) –
May 18, 2009 (2009-05-18)
NetworkSyndication
ReleaseSeptember 8, 2008 (2008-09-08) –
May 28, 2010 (2010-05-28)
NetworkCNBC
ReleaseDecember 3, 2018 (2018-12-03) –
August 7, 2019 (2019-08-07)
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Deal or No Deal is an American version of the international game show of Dutch origin of the same name. The show is hosted by Howie Mandel, and premiered on December 19, 2005, on NBC. The hour-long show typically aired at least twice a week during its run, and included special extended or theme episodes. A daily syndicated half-hour version of the show debuted on September 8, 2008, and continued for two seasons.

The game is primarily unchanged from the international format: a contestant chooses one briefcase from a selection of 26. Each briefcase contains a cash value from $0.01 to $1,000,000. Over the course of the game, the contestant eliminates cases from the game, periodically being presented with a "deal" from The Banker to take a cash amount to quit the game. Should the contestant refuse every deal, they are given the chance to trade the case they chose at the outset for the only one left in play at the time; they then win the amount in the selected case.

Special variations of the game, including a "Million Dollar Mission" introduced in the third season, were also used, as well as a tie-in with a viewer "Lucky Case Game".

The show was a success for NBC, typically averaging from 10 to 16 million viewers each episode in the first season, although the subsequent seasons only averaged about 5–9 million viewers each episode. It has led to the creation of tie-in board, card, arcade, and video games, as well as a syndicated series played for smaller dollar amounts.

The show went on hiatus in early 2009, and its Friday night time slot was replaced with Mandel's other series Howie Do It.[1] The network later announced that Deal or No Deal would return on May 4, 2009, to air its remaining episodes. These remaining four were taped in September 2008, and aired on three consecutive Mondays, May 4, 2009, May 11, 2009, and the final two on May 18, 2009.

On December 3, 2018, the show returned to NBC as a holiday special with original host Howie Mandel. New episodes of the program began airing on CNBC on December 5, 2018. The show aired its final episode on August 7, 2019.

  1. ^ Schneider, Michael (November 25, 2008). "Variety.com". Archived from the original on February 2, 2009. Retrieved January 21, 2009.