Deal or No Deal (American game show)

*Deal or No Deal*
Deal or No Deal
Genre	Game show
Created by	Dick de Rijk; John de Mol;
Directed by	Rich DiPirro; Alan Carter; Marco Mancini
Presented by	Howie Mandel
Starring	Peter Abbay; Carrie Lauren;
Narrated by	Joe Cipriano
Theme music composer	GROOVEWORX
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	8 (5 on NBC, 2 in syndication, 1 on CNBC)
No. of episodes	NBC: 274; Syndication: 300; CNBC: 31;
Production
Executive producers	Scott St. John (2005–2019); Howie Mandel (2018–2019);
Production locations	CBS Television City (2005); Sunset Gower Studios (2006); The Culver Studios (2006–2009); Sonalyst Studios (2009–2010); Universal Studios Florida (2018–2019)
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	44 minutes (NBC, CNBC); 22–26 minutes (Syndicated);
Production companies	Endemol USA (2005–2010); Lock and Key Productions (2006); Entertain the Brutes Productions (2008–2010); Truly Original (2018–2019); Endemol Shine North America (2018–2019);
Original release
Network	NBC
Release	December 19, 2005 –; May 18, 2009
Network	Syndication
Release	September 8, 2008 –; May 28, 2010
Network	CNBC
Release	December 3, 2018 –; August 7, 2019
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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.

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

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

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