What’s this? NBC giving ACTUAL NEWS about Deal or No Deal? An NBC spokesperson stated that comedian Howie Mandel will host the newest entry into the primetime million dollar game show genre. Mandel makes frequent appearances on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and also had his own show, Hidden Howie, most recently on Bravo along with being featured on St. Elswhere for 6 years. Deal or No Deal will start production this week, although no air date has been set. However, rumors, and I stress rumors, from people close to the network have said that this will be a midseason replacement. (Make that your rumor control for the day)