"Deal or No Deal" (2005) TV series 2005-????

User Rating:

5.3/10   

Director:

Bob Levy

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | unknown

Release Date:

19 December 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Game-Show

Plot:

26 sums of money, 26 suitcases and one question: Deal or no deal

Plot Keywords:

Chance | Briefcase | Non Fiction

Awards:

Nominated for Primetime Emmy. Another 2 wins & 2 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Wed. Oct. 22

9:00 PM

NBC

Cast

Katie Cleary	...	Model (147 episodes, 2005-2008)
Anya Monzikova	...	Briefcase Model #10 / ... (147 episodes, 2005-2008)
Marisa Petroro	...	Herself - #18 (105 episodes, 2005-2007)
Tameka Jacobs	...	Herself / ... (76 episodes, 2005-2007)
Donna Feldman	...	Model (60 episodes, 2006-2007)

Runtime:

60 min (including commercials) | 120 min (including commercials) (Some Episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

USA:TV-PG

Filming Locations:

Columbia/Sunset Gower Studios - 1438 N. Gower Street, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Endemol Entertainment

Trivia:

According to Howie Mandel, the models often faint from standing at attention for so long.

Quotes:

Host: [To a contestant who took an offer of $99,000 way too early in the show, and would find out he had the million.]
[As he opens the case]
Host: You made a horrible decision.

Movie Connections:

Spoofed in "Saturday Night Live: Steve Carell/Usher (#33.12)" (2008)

A couple of episodes and that'll do ya.

I once used to watch deal or no deal regularly. I watched it every time it came on NBC or any other network, but one day I stopped and thought to myself, did I just succumb to insanity as Einstein defined it, according to Einstein insanity is doing the same thing over and over expecting a different outcome (not verbatim). What does this have to do with this show, well keep reading. Deal or no Deal is a show you become an expert at after watching a couple of episodes. Same story same occurrences but maybe the models might differ from one episode to another but mostly even they are the same. So for me there is no point on watching this show regularly when I can predict what's going to happen. After seeing about five or six episodes of this, I could literally tell what case number the players will choose, and what the banker will offer. For a game show it's not bad. But this is not a show you would never get tired of, or at least be in love with for a long time.