Yes, you read that right. The host of the syndicated Deal or No Deal will be Howie Mandel. Not Arsenio Hall, not Carson Daly, or Mark Curry. Personally, I would’ve liked to see somebody other than Howie, especially since he already hosts two other versions, but he’ll do. His head just needs to be shaved more often, I guess.
32 Responses
Alex Davis
1June 11th, 2007 at 11:25 am
This is a win-lose situation in my mind. I think Howie is one of the best person around right now to host the show, and it’s been proven. The bad thing is that I think I might get really sick of him after a bit. The interesting thing is that Cynopsis says it’s not sure if this will be 30 minutes or 60 minutes. Surely this can’t be a full 60 minute edition of the show. I was looking forward to a half hour edition for the sole fact that the gameplay would have to speed up.
Wheelloon
2June 11th, 2007 at 12:40 pm
Okay, that’s fine and dandy, IMHO, (sure there is an overexposure issue, but Howie is a good host) but..
I haven’t heard final word of when it’s coming to our TV screens. Has it been confirmed for 2007-2008, or will we not be seeing it until next year? If it is coming this September, is it a firm go on any stations, or even any NBC O&O’s? It seems awfully late in the game, for the 07-08 season, for NBCU just to give a firm go for the host, and then for the show, without having any stations approved, 30 or 60 mins, and then, obviously, final rules ironed out…
Gene
3June 11th, 2007 at 12:49 pm
Good maybe people will get tired of deal or no deal and they will get rid of it.
The good thing is they got Howie to do it. instead of someone stupid look what happen to syncated wwtbam and weakestlink two good shows and horrible hosts I just dont understand why do tv networks want to make a daytime verson of every hit primetime show? Look at the foreign countries they have the same show same host in primetime and its doing good in the rating I give it to next year that the primetime verson will be gone.
Brandon
4June 11th, 2007 at 1:22 pm
Wheelloon, it would be for fall of 08.
The one thing I would hope for is that the show is all about the game play, and cuts the obnoxiousness of the primetime version. I’d love to think they’d cut the circus atmosphere if it’s a half-hour show.
And Millionaire has proven that you can still have a successful daytime game show, even after its primetime counterpart got old.
William
5June 11th, 2007 at 2:42 pm
The thing about Millionaire’s daytime counterpart … different host. How well do you think Howie would do holding down both daytime AND primetime?
Mike
6June 11th, 2007 at 2:43 pm
What’s wrong with Meredith Vieira? If she was such a horrible host, either she would’ve been replaced some time ago or the show wouldn’t be entering its sixth syndicated season in 2007-08.
I’m not thrilled with the syndie Deal, as I fear primetime overexposure and all the ridiculous stunts could kill the show before Fall ‘08. The powers that be should look at the models of success around the world and notice that it’s the game and the players that matter, not ponies, Celine Dion, playing a round in someone’s front yard, or lime green blinged out Escalades.
Brandon
7June 11th, 2007 at 3:26 pm
Not to mention Meredith has an Emmy to her credit. I’ve never understood what people had against her. She’s proven to be a competent host.
As for syndie D/ND, that’s exactly how I feel. Honestly, the hour-long show is already drawn out way too much. I just don’t think you can feasibly include all the hour show’s elements into 22 minutes. Even if you cut out the long, drawn-out reveals, you still can’t keep all the silliness and expect to open briefcases.
NBC really needs to take a long look at this idea, considering they can’t even get a Top 20 show.
HQ
8June 11th, 2007 at 3:29 pm
I’m sick of Deal or No Deal just running in primetime. I wonder how long before the “average joes” get sick of it as well especially with it running during the day as well.
Matt
9June 11th, 2007 at 3:49 pm
Will this be the first gameshow to be daytime/syndicated and in primetime at the same time since Match Game and Match Game PM?
They should call it Deal or no Deal, and Deal or no Deal PM
Intelligentfan777
10June 11th, 2007 at 3:50 pm
This is great news. But I’m definitely with you all on the fact that the game and the players should be the real stars of the show, and cut the stunts. Although some of them are actually meaningful, for the most part, cut the stunts and just play the game. Hope the 3rd primetime season heeds this word. DOND is too good of a show to spoil, please NBC, don’t spoil this gem.
l.e.
11June 11th, 2007 at 3:58 pm
Hopefully the nighttime version will end in favor of the daytime one. I think if it was 30 minutes I would get less bored.
Scott
12June 11th, 2007 at 4:44 pm
Guys,
I’m sure it’ll work out just fine, I see your points about Match Game, and how it was successful daytime/primetime show! Remember when Wheel Of Fortune, started with started with Chuck Woolery, and then Pat Sajak, did it in daytime and primetime? Well, give Deal Or No Deal daytime a chance please, even with Howie hosting! :)
Greg
13June 11th, 2007 at 4:57 pm
It can’t be worse than St. Elsewhere.
Mike
14June 11th, 2007 at 5:14 pm
Matt,
Win, Lose or Draw had concurrent runs on NBC daytime and in syndication for a number of years, as did Family Feud in the 1990s. Heck, you could even make a case for The Price is Right, even though the syndicated show in 1994 and early 1995 was vastly different from its daytime brethren.
Nikolai
15June 11th, 2007 at 9:14 pm
Ray Combs did “Family Feud” on CBS and in syndication five days a week for five years. Even though Richard Dawson did the ABC daytime version five a week, I believe in nightime it was only once a week. As for Howie, it would probably get exhausting should they decide to produce more episodes for Canada. Sure they only did five episodes exclusively for Canada, but exhausting nonetheless.
Andy
16June 11th, 2007 at 9:51 pm
Howie Mandel doing three versions of DOND? That is too much for any regular person to do, but remember that Howie has OCD so guys like him can try to do more things than what they think they can do. I don’t think the syndicated version will be as good as the primetime version.
Anyway, here is what the board might look like for the syndicated version of DOND:
Left Side: $0.01; $1; $5; $10; $25; $50; $75; $100; $250; $500; $750; $1,000; $2,500
Right Side: $5,000; $7,500; $10,000; $25,000; $50,000; $75,000; $100,000; $125,000; $150,000; $175,000; $200,000; $250,000; $500,000
Here is what a board might look like if the NBC version were to use a special 10 million dollar board:
Left Side: $10; $50; $100; $250; $500; $750; $1,000; $2,000; $3,000; $4,000; $5,000; $7,500; $10,000
Right Side: $100,000; $200,000; $300,000; $400,000; $500,000; $600,000; $700,000; $800,000; $900,000; $1,000,000; $3,000,000; $6,000,000; $10,000,000
Marc Power
17June 12th, 2007 at 8:01 am
I was picturing this for daytime:
$0.01, $0.50, $1, $5, $10, $25, $50, $75, $100, $200, $300, $400, $500,
$750, $1,000, $2,000, $3,000, $4,000, $5,000, $10,000, $20,000, $30,000, $50,000, $75,000, $100,000, $250,000
Greg
18June 12th, 2007 at 8:33 am
With a $250K or $500K max payout, everyone will want to go to the network show. Everybody wants a chance at a million. To me, a million dollar top prize has become a prequisite to having a successful game show these days.
Andy
19June 12th, 2007 at 9:00 am
I was thinking $500,000 for the top prize in order for the syndicated version to be successful. If the top prize was $250,000 that would be too cheap. If they use the same board as the NBC version then the syndicated version will suffer. If they use Canada’s version with “Looney” “Tooney” that would be even worse. By the way, has anyone on the Canada version got the penny or a “Looney” or a “Tooney”? The lowest given in the US is one dollar, but the penny was almost given away. A contestant had the penny and ten dollars left on the board, but sadly won ten bucks instead of the penny. I think someone in the US version will win the penny first before someone wins a million.
Neville
20June 12th, 2007 at 11:57 am
Although people want to win the million dollars, it would be much easier to get on the syndicated version than the primetime version simply because its on five days a week, even if they didn’t speed up gameplay (which they really ought to, just like they did with Millionaire.) Personally, if I were trying to get on the show, I know I’d pass up a chance at going for the million in order to increase my odds of getting to play, so from a contestant’s perspective, I don’t see it as a big of a deal, especially since only two cases are above half a million in primetime. However, I can see that, to the average viewer, this might look like an attempt to cheapen the game - a thought that many had about syndicated Weakest Link. Here’s the thing - no one won really big money on either Weakest Link, and people still don’t win that big of money on syndicated Millionaire (some of the upper tier questions are rather esoteric). Endemol’s probably figuring out a combination of suitcase values to ensure that big winners are few and far between, while still putting the million dollars at the top - perhaps an immediate drop to $250,000? We’ve seen Jeopardy up the ante with unlimited returns and Wheel with the $100,000. Syndicated Weakest Link only put $75,000 on the line and it bombed, but the new Millionaire’s still going strong… but they really couldn’t change the top prize payout without changing the name of the show :) If the New Deal wants to retain viewership, they;ll have to keep the prizes big without giving to big prizes away.
David Howell
21June 12th, 2007 at 12:40 pm
One way of doing that - probably the quickest and easiest - is to dump the one-to-open finishes. That completely changes the game.
They could do a lot worse than stealing the UK’s £500,000 board, changing to dollars, and keep it as five in round one and three between offers thereafter (both £500,000 games have gone one-at-a-time from the five-box point). Then you have big money, but it’s very much more detached than in the US show - the top three would be $100k, $250k, $500k - and furthermore the three-to-open structure will make it far more dangerous to continue, facilitating lower Deals than would occur otherwise. Furthermore it’s a quick-and-dirty way to speed up the gameplay.
Chris
22June 12th, 2007 at 1:06 pm
I think perhaps a way to make the top prize $1,000,000 could be worked out. Perhaps the top prize on the board could be $500,000, but at the end a double or nothing option could be given out. The cases could be reset, with half of them having “Double” inside and the other half having “Nothing”. Of course I know that no one is even going to risk $500,000 for a chance at a million, but it gives the show the opportunity to offer a million dollar grand prize.
Or they could give the contestant the chance to select the top prize for their game at the beginning, with values ranging from $100,000 to $1,000,000.
Bob
23June 12th, 2007 at 1:24 pm
I think syndicated Deal will do just fine as well. As for board configurations, a tone down to 22 cases would be nice, and have a Power 5 like the UK ($100,000-$200,000-$300,000-$500,000-$1 Million). I say a top prize of either $500,000 or $1 Million would work. Having a “5 cases to open then 3 after scenario” would be more exciting towards the end. Even though it may create bigger risks, the reward and excitement is there!!! There are even some countries that use a 20-box system, and it’s 3 to open each round.
All I know, is that when the syndie version is released, it’ll be fine the way it is. Hopefully, anyone who reads ALL our posts on this topic, and that works for NBC, could take these ideas into consideration. We are the fans, and we know what will and will not work.
JD Nole
24June 12th, 2007 at 1:50 pm
I’ve given up on the primetime show, but just might watch a daytime version. I think keeping the prize package Deals on primetime and going “strictly cash” for daytime might also be a good way to Deal with the daily version.
Adam
25June 12th, 2007 at 2:12 pm
IMO, I think a good way to lead fans of the show into the new syndicated version would be to follow Millionaire’s example, they ran from 1999-2002 on ABC and then immediately went into syndication. What Deal Or No Deal should do is complete the 2007-2008 season which will be it’s third and then have the syndicated version start in the fall of 2008. If they do that they would be doing what the producers of Millionaire didn’t do until the ratings started to fall, end the primetime version and ease into with little problems the syndicated version
Andy
26June 12th, 2007 at 2:44 pm
Double or Nothing should be used in the syndicated version for every contestant.
If the ratings on NBC’s DOND contuine to decline then Howie will only have to do two versions because NBC might cancel its version next year. Who knows how DOND Canada in the ratings?
Joe Capitano
27June 12th, 2007 at 3:39 pm
My idea for the syndie board:
Left side: 0.01, 1, 5, 10, 25, 50, 100, 200, 300, 500, 750 ($1,941.01 total)
Upper Right side: 1,000, 2500, 2,500, 10,000, 15,000, 25,000 ($58,500)
Power Block: 50,000, 75,000, 100,000, 250,000, 500,000 ($975,000)
Total Board Value: $1,035,441.01
I wouldn’t put any amount above three figures on the left side.
As to game play, adopt the UK format outright: or with a slight modification to 5-4-4-3-2-2. No one-pick rounds.
Joe Capitano
28June 12th, 2007 at 3:41 pm
Oops. Strike the extra 2500 on the middle line. That should be 5,000.
Jordan Hass
29June 12th, 2007 at 7:10 pm
i was expecting either duplicate VAS O NO VAS…
or Keep It Normal…
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If I would guess… i would say they will steal the Oprah $100,000 Concept.
Jerry Adkins
30June 13th, 2007 at 4:26 am
Well,NBC could lure Rosie hosting DoND! Howie should do fine!
Zach
31June 15th, 2007 at 4:08 am
Here’s an idea. They only need to have a possibility of a million, right? So let’s say there’s 3-5 “luggage racks” with different prize levels. The contestant picks one, the top prize for that rack is revealed, the models dutifully take their suitcases from the selected set and play begins as usual.
Say the show has one $250,000 set, one $500,000 set and one $1,000,000 set. The average top prize would be under $600,000, and the overall payout could be further adjusted by distributing the case values differently for each set. You could keep the $250,000 set interesting by still providing five or six $100,000+ amounts, while making the million-dollar set go $100K, $200K, $300K, $500K, $1M.
Greg
32June 15th, 2007 at 8:29 am
That sounds like a good idea. In other words, you’re letting the contestant determine his own top prize. Cool!
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