Just when you think the game is dead, it might be time to think again. I am signed up with a casting agency and I just got a note in my mailbox that says they are looking for contestants for Deal or No Deal to win One Million Dollars. I am very surprized. I thought this game was a goner.
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Deal or No Deal returning to NBC? It just might be
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searadiofreak
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One of the things the networks like to do, is bring back former hits to see if they can generate ratings. I wouldn't be surprised to see "Deal" back. However, I firmly believe that for game shows to survive longterm, they need to involve "skill", which "Deal" does not. "Deal" is basically a lottery game, and that can't sustain an audience in the long run.
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kenrayc
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They should bring back "One verses One Hundred".
While we are on the subject of "game shows", if "Deal Or No Deal" returns, it should occupy 8pm on Friday Nights, combine that with "1 vs. 100" at 9pm where it use to be and NBC might have a decent shot of doing something, i will be curious to see
"Minute To Win It" but i can't see this doing anything, especially at 7:00 on Sunday Night, look for this show to be gone by the
end of April.
One other game show i wish would return is "Twenty One", but with the economic times we are living in, i don't think NBC can afford to do this, although if they could, this would be great.
"Minute To Win It" but i can't see this doing anything, especially at 7:00 on Sunday Night, look for this show to be gone by the
end of April.
One other game show i wish would return is "Twenty One", but with the economic times we are living in, i don't think NBC can afford to do this, although if they could, this would be great.
What's interesting (at least to me) is that tonight on NBC is the premeire of "Minute to Win It" hosted by Food Network's Guido "Guy" Fieri. Then at 9PM it's the Season Preimere of "Ultimate Recipe Showsdown" on Food Network, which is also hosted by Guy Fieri. How weird is that to have 2 shows hosted by the same guy (pun intended) premire on the same night on 2 different networks? At any rate it's way too much hair gel and bleached blond hair for one night. 
I agree. This is why games like "Jeopardy!" have lasted so long. However, I'm at a loss to explain the longevity of shows like "The Price is Right." Unless the skill involved includes being able to discern a retail price just from looking at a product, it's just a simple guessing game (guess the price, that is - and you don't necessarily have to be exact, just close).searadiofreak said:
That being said, DOND would probably do better in the ratings than most of the other stuff NBC has on the air right now.
It just might be? Based on what? It's out of production and the set is gone. I suppose it could be rebuilt, but it's doubtful Howie Mandel would be back as host unless he takes a big pay cut.
The immediate hole NBC could fill with it is the one created when the NBC O&O's lose Martha Stewart in daytime this fall.
The immediate hole NBC could fill with it is the one created when the NBC O&O's lose Martha Stewart in daytime this fall.
Well, TPIR USED to have games that required some skill. However, frequent malfunctions and Bob Barker's age eliminated some of the more complicated games. Now, with Drew, they tend to go with the fast paced, guessing games rather than the more intelligent games.
The other issue is, in this day and age, who actually knows the manufacturers' suggested retail price? Now that we are a nation of discount shoppers, the idea of a "sticker price" seems antiquated at best!
The other issue is, in this day and age, who actually knows the manufacturers' suggested retail price? Now that we are a nation of discount shoppers, the idea of a "sticker price" seems antiquated at best!
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imhomerjay
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Let's not forget the reduced time Price has per episode--that alone makes it necessary to use more quick games. That aside, at least there's still an argument that Price, overall, requires some modicum of basic skill about how to price things to have a reasonable (or reasonably improved) chance of winning a game. While luck has always been a part of the show's formula, there's still more knowledge/skill required than with Deal or No Deal.
You still have to pay taxes on whatever amount you won so it's six of one, half dozen of the other. I understand that most games shows will let you decline some or all of the prizes so you don't have to pay the taxes. So say someone on The Price Is Right won a fridge, a couch and a Camaro, they could say "keep the couch and the fridge but I'll take the car" and only have to pay taxes on that.
YEKIMI said:
The taxes are all the more reason I'd rather have the cash than prizes. Once there was a woman from my home town of Dyersburg, TN who won a car on TPIR and found out that the taxes had to be paid before leaving. That included the income taxes and also CA AND TN sales taxes! If she hadn't been able to come up with the money from her famly she would have had to forefit the car. There wasn't an option to pay them later. At least with the shows that mainly give away cash, the taxes could come out of the winnings.
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