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Deal or no deal question.

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Yeziknoradio

It is wrong to assume...so I'm asking. Is the banker just a prop for show, while the host is actually making the decision, or...

(I do love Deal or No deal very much, and will watch regardless.
I have respet for what producers may have felt would give the show the best attention.
I was just wondering, as the thought did pass my mind as possible.)

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I don't think it really matters. The end result is the same...


> It is wrong to assume...so I'm asking. Is the banker just a
> prop for show, while the host is actually making the
> decision, or...
>
> (I do love Deal or No deal very much, and will watch
> regardless.
> I have respet for what producers may have felt would give
> the show the best attention.
> I was just wondering, as the thought did pass my mind as
> possible.)
>
 
> It is wrong to assume...so I'm asking. Is the banker just a
> prop for show, while the host is actually making the
> decision, or...
>
> (I do love Deal or No deal very much, and will watch
> regardless.
> I have respet for what producers may have felt would give
> the show the best attention.
> I was just wondering, as the thought did pass my mind as
> possible.)
>

They have the same set up on the original British version of the show. Don't know the answer, but an article put out by Scripps News Service suggests its someone calculating the mathematical equation of the contestant hitting the jackpot.

Likely its just a line producer with a computer screen "calling" in. The "banker" could be a recorded video loop of someone in a control room being that its nothing more than a video screen behind the contestant.

I'm sorry, but the show felt incredibly coached and fake. I realize tonight's episode is the original pilot so it probably was a little more coached than some of the others later in the week (I'm sure the last bit at the end, with the new contestant, was added post-production after getting the greenlight from NBC).

It was like watching an hour-long version of the Price Is Right door game "1/2 Off" (interestingly enough, one of the models tonight was former TPiR model Claudia (2001 - 2003) smashed together with their craptacular "Let's Make A Deal" effort...only without the suspense. Of course, I get bored sitting in front of a slot machine after about five minutes.

This show is not something that's going on my TiVo to-do list.
 
> > It is wrong to assume...so I'm asking. Is the banker just
> a
> > prop for show, while the host is actually making the
> > decision, or...
> >
> > (I do love Deal or No deal very much, and will watch
> > regardless.
> > I have respet for what producers may have felt would give
> > the show the best attention.
> > I was just wondering, as the thought did pass my mind as
> > possible.)
> >
>
> They have the same set up on the original British version of
> the show. Don't know the answer, but an article put out by
> Scripps News Service suggests its someone calculating the
> mathematical equation of the contestant hitting the jackpot.
>
>
> Likely its just a line producer with a computer screen
> "calling" in. The "banker" could be a recorded video loop
> of someone in a control room being that its nothing more
> than a video screen behind the contestant.
>
> I'm sorry, but the show felt incredibly coached and fake. I
> realize tonight's episode is the original pilot so it
> probably was a little more coached than some of the others
> later in the week (I'm sure the last bit at the end, with
> the new contestant, was added post-production after getting
> the greenlight from NBC).
>
> It was like watching an hour-long version of the Price Is
> Right door game "1/2 Off" (interestingly enough, one of the
> models tonight was former TPiR model Claudia (2001 - 2003)
> smashed together with their craptacular "Let's Make A Deal"
> effort...only without the suspense. Of course, I get bored
> sitting in front of a slot machine after about five minutes.
>
>
> This show is not something that's going on my TiVo to-do
> list.
>


What a boring show.

And would someone please give Howie Mandel his hair back? Yuck.
 
The premiere of "Deal or No Deal" won the 8 P.M. (ET) hour.
 
> The premiere of "Deal or No Deal" won the 8 P.M. (ET) hour.
>

Cool... Unfortunately, I have a feeling if this keeps up NBC might "pull an ABC" (Millionaire) with this show...

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> > The premiere of "Deal or No Deal" won the 8 P.M. (ET)
> hour.
> >
>
> Cool... Unfortunately, I have a feeling if this keeps up
> NBC might "pull an ABC" (Millionaire) with this show...
>
> -A
>
In the desperate state they're in? No doubt. I found myself instantly hooked, but I'm a game show junkie and therefore biased. That said, I think it could work well if NBC doesn't suffer a Millionaire lapse, and uses it as a filler stunt in weeks that would otherwise be laden with repeats anyway. (And unlike Millionaire, which has proven itself to be a perfectly good daily show in syndication, I don't see this one working even on a smaller scale on an everyday basis.)

I'll admit the whole idea of briefcases escorted by super-sexy models ranks pretty high on the cheese-o-meter, but the overall idea of playing a strictly odds-based game is interesting.

At least NBC registered a pulse in the ratings for the first time out.
 
>
> What a boring show.
>
> And would someone please give Howie Mandel his hair back?
> Yuck.
>
You deserve to be the host then. same show. Challenge is for you to be entertaining, somehow. Howie pulls it off well. I like the comments he makes, but perhaps Regis would be better at the added humour and suspence.<P ID="signature">______________
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I watched again tonight and I'm already getting sick of the show. The problem for me is that the premise of the game is too simple - it only holds your attention for so long. I found Millionaire to be more engaging and dramatic.
 
> >
> > What a boring show.
> >
> > And would someone please give Howie Mandel his hair back?
>
> > Yuck.
> >
> You deserve to be the host then. same show. Challenge is for
> you to be entertaining, somehow. Howie pulls it off well. I
> like the comments he makes, but perhaps Regis would be
> better at the added humour and suspence.
>

I'm not saying he's not funny, his new "extreme" look just doesn't sit well with me, that's all. He's definitely better than Regis, but that's not saying much, so is Meredith Vieira. And Pat Bullard. And almost every other game show host ever.

And it's still an extremely dumb show. At least there's no bug consumption involved.
 
Absolute and total prop. The "phone call" is from the production staff.

The British version (done much more cheaply, no models, lower prize value, etc.) does not have an on-camera banker, but still has the phone call.


--Mike
 
Re: "Deal Or No Deal" question.

Maybe "Deal Or No Deal" might work best for NBC if they use it next Summer as a once-a-week series between the end of the May sweeps and the start of the TV season in mid-September. In future years, it may also appear as a a one-week, five-night run around Christmas, as it is this year.

But I'm afraid that NBC could eventually "run it to death" (i.e. three or four nights a week through an entire season, "Celebrity Editions", etc.).

The only way I think a celebrity version would work is if either: (1) the celebrity was playing for home viewers who could enter by postcard or online via the show's website. Whatever amount the celebrity wound up with is what the home viewer would win, with perhaps a minimum of $100 for the home viewer (should the celebrity end up with the case valued at less than $100), or, (2) Celebritiy/contestant teams, in which the contestant won whatever amount the team ended up with, while a donation to the celebrity's favorite charity would be made in the same amount by the producers in the celebrity's name. For instance, if the team wound up with $50,000 (either the case they picked at the start of the game contained that amount, or they accepted a "Bank" offer for that sum), the contestant gets $50,000 and the celebrity's favorite charity also gets $50,000.
 
Re: "Deal Or No Deal" question.

> The only way I think a celebrity version would work is if...

They don't use them at all. You obviously remember what ABC and NBC did with their primetime games of the recent past. Don't encourage them to relapse.

Common man/woman only or no show. End of discussion.

(OK, maybe a ONE-OFF, but I don't want it to become an every-week deal.)
 
> I watched again tonight and I'm already getting sick of the
> show. The problem for me is that the premise of the game is
> too simple - it only holds your attention for so long. I
> found Millionaire to be more engaging and dramatic.
>
I disagree because there's still some element of suspense, and the humour of the host to go with it. I find that, although one could argue that it's not as involving as a trivia game show, it's still more entertaining than watching some guy munch on a rat. I also find it funny to learn what one's idea of luck is. I'm taking notes, and if I win a lottery from any of this, Thank-you NBC! (Ok, I'm not really, but yes, it is amusing to learn what one can classify as the luck they've brought with them, or what apears to be lucky for them, and why.)<P ID="signature">______________
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> At least there's no bug consumption involved.

That we agree on. Regis isn't a bad host for millionare though.
Also, please read the other comment I made further up in this thread about how I found it entertaining to learn some of the things people classify as luck they brought with them. Lucky for Howie, no one considers a filthy dirty sock to be lucky...I could just picture Howie yelling "A WHAT? YUCK! Get that away from me!...put it away, and keep it away!"


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