Comments on: President Bush’s “Deal” Appearance Brings Lowest Monday Rating Ever

By: devares

devares — Fri, 02 May 2008 21:23:56 +0000

I’m for one am not surprised. It’s Bush, so of course ratings will go down.

By: MrQuiz

MrQuiz — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 20:26:52 +0000

I’m in Alex’s corner on this one! Granted, there’s a lot of coincidence, here; not to mention a lot of “guilt by association,” too.

But, to all who read this, who voted for Dubya not once, but TWICE (could it be the “he’s the kinda guy you’d wanna have a beer” with? Or, “compassionate conservatism” (whatever the f*** THAT is- ah, I know what it is…it’s an OXYMORON), now will you listen to the OTHER half of the country, comprised of people who, on account of that illerate moron who has been living at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue (at taxpayer’s cost), have had their lives ruined, if not by the unnecessary death of a son, daughter, wife, husband, father…WHATEVER because of a fool’s decision to propagandize a war that should’ve never happened; then by the “fuzzy math” the dips***t blabbered on and on about, prior to the 2000 election, which led to economic policies that have led to massive losses of jobs, homes, shall I go on, or have I made my point? Le’me put it in the form of a bumper sticker-type slogan I’d love to see (the Democrats use)

“AMERICA, HAVEN’T YOU HAD ENOUGH…?”

But, I’d be remissed if I didn’t get to the REAL point: like it or not, DOND has “jumped the shark!”

By: Nikolai

Nikolai — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 06:07:56 +0000

Why am I not surprised that it got low ratings? Of course it got that, because it is George Dubya. Anyway, I’ll bet that if this person ended up going with the case that had one penny in it, they would get to go hunting with Cheney as a bonus, lol. This show is definitely in overkill. I’m still pondering whether I should watch the episode this coming Monday, when there will be a “Star Wars” theme to the game.

By: DB

DB — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 16:04:06 +0000

Eh, even though I’m no fan of Bush I still think it was more lame manufactured drama that Deal does. I still watch the show, although my fast forward button gets a huge workout. I can watch an hour show in probably 15 - 20 minutes.

And to DJ, althought I really don’t want this site to be more commentary than actual news, so-called “liberals” are angry because this country is in the toilet. Everyone in this country, regardless of party affiliation should be working to get this country back on track - America needs to get it together.

By: DJ

DJ — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 15:09:04 +0000

Typical modern angry liberals…the President of the United States takes a few moments and sincerely thanks one of America’s finest, and he gets nothing but crap about it from angry liberals (but, then again, is there any other kind anymore?). If you asked the contestant, other than his family, that moment was the highlight of his life. You could tell that those three minutes were among the best in his life. Whoa re you to crap on it?

I agree with Devon. I think Bill Clinton to be pure eveil in every fashion of the word, but when I got a special award from the White House for job performance, I was thrilled, and it hangs in my home to this day.

By: Devon

Devon — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 14:33:41 +0000

I say to hell with anything when you can get a special acknowledgment from the president himself. I mean I did back in 8th grade from Bill Clinton when I got an award for academic excellence. I was speechless too.

By: Alex Davis

Alex Davis — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 02:39:48 +0000

And I was tying it in jest as well. Again, obviously I don’t think the president caused ratings to go down and only an extremely simple minded person would think that.

And to Casey, please do not put words in my mouth. I never advertised for any candidate nor do I plan to. I never said conservatives are this and that, and I don’t plan on it. I made fun of the president, big damn deal, Casey. Not once did I advertise Obama, Hillary, or McCain (who I respect greatly) and, again, nor do I plan to. I’ll save that for my MySpace. I can start advertising politically and show you what it’s really like if you’d like me too.

By: Travis Eberle

Travis Eberle — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 02:36:43 +0000

Interesting, Casey, that you deem Alex’s comment as “unpaid political advertising”. He was merely tying together the ratings of the show to Bush’s approval rating. I was able to see the comment for what it was, not as a VOTE DEMOCRAT OR DIE! sort of thing.

Deal or No Deal is no longer new, and whatever the next new thing is, that will take Deal’s place. That’s all.

By: Casey Abell

Casey Abell — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 02:15:58 +0000

Alex’s remarks about Bush are unpaid political advertising that can and should be ignored. An Alex hero like Obama could appear on the show and not move the needle much if at all, as long as Dancing With the Stars was appearing opposite. The real point is that the weakness of Deal on Monday proves that the show can now be counter-programmed very successfully. A show like Dancing With the Stars, which attracts the older-skewing audience Deal pulls, is a very effective weapon.

All that said, Deal still generally ranks second in its Monday timeslot, as it did with the Bush episode. Rumors of the show’s death are greatly exagerrated. Do I think Deal is on the downslide in prime time? Sure, but I think a couple more seasons are likely before the show tumbles so far that it shuffles off to syndie-land. Which would be a very respectable prime time run for any show, and even more for a game show in the post-1960s era.

By: HomerJay

HomerJay — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 01:59:51 +0000

Deal or No Deal has gone too much into Queen for a Day territory, IMHO. The game itself was never that strong (at its core, it’s not that much better than that God-awful light-stick show on ABC), so they dress it up with more manufactured ‘drama’ than Jerry Springer. If it’s not a tear-jerker sob story worthy of Extreme Makeover Home Edition, it’s some goofy bit with the so-called banker, or it’s a hyped up “mission.”

Keep in mind, these comments come from someone who watched and enjoyed the show initially, so I’m not a “Deal hater” from day one….and I’ll still DVR each episode just to see models 3, 10 and 26 strut in. :-)

It’s just that the show more and more feels like a spoof of itself done by Saturday Night Live…except there’s no spoof, this is really what they’re putting out there.