24Jun2010
“Let’s Make A Deal” Tapes July 9th; See It in Person
As we previously announced, the popular CBS daytime game show Let's Make A Deal has been renewed for a second season. The Wayne Brady hosted show, along with Jonathan Mangum and Tiffany Coyne, will be returning to Los Angeles to tape another season of the show. They are currently looking for contestants and I'd love to see some of you there. Unlike most other shows you don't need need to audition. Go to Deal's website to get tickets to the show. Then show up to Sunset Bronson Studios in a costume, be energetic, and hopefully you'll get called on to win some cash, a trip, or maybe a car. The show begins taping on Friday, July 9th. They will tape two shows a day usually on Thursdays through Sundays. Some other days may be thrown in throughout.
Read MoreView Comments (2)15Jun2010
“Pyramid” And Fall 2010 Shows Need Audiences
The Fall 2010 television season isn't too far away and some of your favorite game shows, including new comers, need an audience. These are mostly all Los Angeles based so if you're in that area you're in luck. The news most people are waiting for (and quite a few apparently on verge of a nervous break down to hear about given the comments everywhere) is Pyramid. The audience notice is out now, and you can get tickets here. As we reported a few days ago by us the taping will be for an hour-long show. I just want to make sure to warn those foaming at the mouth...the show hasn't been picked up yet. It's just a pilot. Don't jump to giant conclusions. I heard from multiple people a big reason the last pilot didn't sell was the tone was incredibly different from The Price is Right and they wanted something that was more of a companion show. I don't know what they are specifically looking for this time.
Read MoreView Comments (3)08Jun2010
“Let’s Make A Deal” Officially Renewed; Tapes in July
It can now be confirmed that, yes, Let's Make A Deal, along with Wayne, will be returning to the CBS daytime lineup Fall 2010 for a second season. No word if announcer Jonathan Mangum or Tiffany Coyne will return but I highly doubt we won't see them showing up as well.
Read MoreView Comments (12)16May2010
Rumor Control: “Let’s Make A Deal” Renewed?
ossibly good news for all us Let's Make A Deal fans. Our sister site, Game Show News Net, is reporting that a Facebook post from Deal host Wayne Brady says that the show will officially be returning for a second season. The show currently airs in daytime along with companion The Price is Right and is the first daytime network game show in over a decade.
Read MoreView Comments (23)13May2010
Game Shows Up for Daytime Emmy Awards
The nominees for 2010 Daytime Emmy Awards have been announced and game shows were well represented. Some of them are the usuals, but this year there were quite a few names we haven't seen before.
Read MoreView Comments (12)19Apr2010
“Price is Right” and “Let’s Make A Deal” Host Giant Earth Day Specials
We've teased it a lot on Facebook and Twitter, but we'll finally let you know more. CBS has announced the annual The Price is Right Earth Day special on Thursday, April 22nd. Its companion show Let's Make A Deal is getting in on the act as well. This year, Price will probably have its most exciting episode of the season on Earth Day. The show will be giving away eco-friendly items like cell phones and wallets from recycled materials, wind turbines, and more like that. The biggest part of the show will come in the first game. Price will give away its most expensive prize ever offered. It's a car that has a value of more than $100,000. One contestant will be playing for this car: a Tesla Electric Roadster. When I was first told
Read MoreView Comments (26)25Mar2010
Monty Hall’s Dealing Again
This week has been an especially fun one on Let's Make a Deal. Monty Hall is back, dealing out one game in each episode (Don't worry if you missed him; he'll be on again on Friday's show at some point). Wednesday's episode, especially, was a blast, as apparently something that never happened in all of Let's Make a Deal's history finally happened, and with Monty, no less! [stream provider=youtube flv=http%3A//www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3Duft7Wsp2fzI img=x:/img.youtube.com/vi/uft7Wsp2fzI/0.jpg embed=true share=true width=642 height=352 dock=true controlbar=over bandwidth=med autostart=false
Read MoreView Comments (37)22Mar2010
Monty Hall Returns to “Let’s Make A Deal” Today on CBS
Just a small reminder that Monty Hall will return to his original home, Let's Make A Deal, starting today on CBS. Check your local listings since air times vary across the
Read MoreView Comments (5)09Mar2010
Monty Hall Returns to “Let’s Make A Deal” March 22nd
All classic fans of Let's Make A Deal be alert. We previously said that Monty Hall was returning to the show. CBS gave us a date. The original host, Monty Hall, will be returning to Let's Make A Deal for a full week starting March 22nd. Monty was the original host and creator in 1963 and hosted through 1986. He again hosted in 1990 and made a guest appearance on the ill-fated 2003 NBC remake. This makes the sixth decade for Monty hosting the show. He will host one game each show along with current host Wayne Brady. So are we excited to see this? He's still a pro. I talked to him a bit at the Game Show Awards, which was a giant thrill. I've not heard a single bad thing about him. I got emails from people auditioning to host
Read MoreView Comments (16)25Feb2010
“Price is Right” and “Let’s Make A Deal” Celebrate Milestones in March
Both The Price is Right and Let's Make A Deal will be having some great specials coming up in March. Two of which in particular are special. Let's start with Let's Make A Deal which is doing well in the ratings and seems to be getting better each day. The show, hosted by Wayne Brady, will be celebrating its 100th episode on Wednesday, March 3rd. That's next week. To celebrate they will have the first annual "Dealie Awards", given away based on the contestant's costumes. The catch is people can trade their awards back for a prize if they want to. Given how these big episodes go, I'd be expecting to see some big prizes given away. Not only that, I'm hearing rumors that the legendary game show host and original Let's Make A Deal host Monty Hall may be appearing on this episode. I'm still trying to get confirmation, but I've heard multiple reports of it
Read MoreView Comments (29)19Feb2010
Ratings Update: CBS Game Shows Post Ratings Gains
Quick ratings update for you all, per a press release sent by CBS. The Price is Right and it's new companion Let's Make A Deal seem to be doing incredibly well right now. Both are posting double-digit gains compared to a year ago. While that's good for Price, it's even better for Let's Make A Deal which hasn't been officially renewed yet, but it's looking likely. First, though, is Price. The Drew Carey hosted game, currently in its 37th season, is up 12% from last year; from around 4.5 million viewers to five. In the important demographics, Price is up 15% in women 25-54 and up 18% in adults 25-54. Fantastic news for the show which came off a rocky season last year. The show's been improving and it just keeps getting better.
Read MoreView Comments (13)31Dec2009
Top 09 of 2009: Number Two
I think I can speak for many by saying I never expected a game show to appear on daytime television again. I don't watch soap operas and I don't know that genre of television in the slightest, so I had no idea the industry was going down for them. One got canceled, and I figured its time slot would just go to another court or talk show. To my surprise and the delight of many (It's still our most popular thread ever), it was announced that a game show was a serious contender. The $1,000,000 Pyramid was thought to be it, but in the end the winner of the afternoon slot, and the first daytime game show in over 15 years, was Let's Make A Deal.
Read MoreView Comments (14)23Nov2009
Let’s Make A Deal: Perpetual Motion Marilyn
I know there were some sore feelings that Pyramid didn't get picked up, and instead Let's Make A Deal did, but it's hard to flat out deny that Let's Make A Deal hasn't been a really good, really funny, really entertaining show. It took two or three weeks to find its groove but it's there and I'm hoping the ratings are equaling the quality of what we're seeing. They've also already provided one of the most memorable moments of 2009, and one of the most memorable game show bloopers in a very long time. Here's advice to all those dressing in costume for Let's Make A Deal: make sure you are wearing proper support if you're going to be wearing something very thin, like spandex. You're going to do a bit of jumping and moving around. Marilyn
Read MoreView Comments (68)28Oct2009
Ratings Report: All Are Up or Flat
We've finally got some good news for basically all the syndicated game shows. But first I want to start with Let's Make A Deal which is really the show to watch. As we reported on last time the ratings are not that bad. Obviously they aren't fantastic but they aren't bad. We've got some more figures for you courtesy of TV MoJoe. The ratings of LMAD versus the ratings of what it replaced, Guiding Light, are up 7%. It's at an average of around a 1.6. That's the good news. The not-so-good news is that it's down in the key women demo. In women 18-49 it's down 13% and in 25-54 it's down 20%. It's flat when we look at women 18-34 though. So the old housewives are a bit bitter I suppose. The interesting thing is it's up a tenth of a
Read MoreView Comments (18)23Oct2009
Wayne Brady Wants His Reese’s on “Let’s Make A Deal”
It took a few episodes but CBS's Let's Make A Deal is really shaping up into an incredibly entertaining and fun daytime show. In that first week they went really by-the-book with the format and didn't try to mix it up at all. But by this week we're starting to have some fun with it and we're seeing some different games thrown in. Wayne Brady is also loosening up a bit and showing us why he is so popular from his Whose Line is it Anyway? days. His co-host Johnathan Mangum is great with him as well. Take a look at a game from this week involving three pinatas, some of which could be holding $5,000 cash or some candy that Wayne really wants. If they can keep this up I can see Let's Make A Deal lasting a while. And no one takes Wayne
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