Let’s start with Deal or No Deal’s schedule change. You know NBC couldn’t resist putting the show on twice a week, didn’t you? Deal or No Deal will be seen on Mondays at 9PM ET starting on January 7, 2008. It follows American Gladiators. Deal will still be seen on Wednesdays at 8PM ET. The move to Monday comes from the far superior 1 VS 100 taking its place on Fridays at 8PM ET starting January 4th.

Now on to the Christmas special. On December 25th, Deal runs for two hours, from 8PM ET to 10PM ET. The cases are being knocked down to 25, which is an interesting little twist, as well as lower values being replaced by coal, egg nog, and fruit cake. There are two games in the hour, both consisting of $1,000,000 games.

In addition, this episode of Oprah, er, Deal or No Deal will be giving twelve gifts to the audience which will be sung to them in the tune of “The Twelve Days of Christmas”. The Lucky Case Ornament Game will be played for $100,000 as well. I’ve never been a big fan of all of Deal’s twists, but they are getting the hang of them this season. They’ve managed to keep a show that should get old quickly fresh and exciting. The show seemed doomed at the end of last season. They’ve really pulled a major comeback.