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Deal Or No Deal has jumped the, um, briefcase

by Bob Sassone, posted Nov 3rd 2006 9:16AM

Deal Or No DealI'm officially done with Deal Or No Deal. I've tried to like the show, because I'm a game show geek, but the show is just maddening. And now, even the NBC ads are ridiculous.

Did you see the ads NBC was running the last few days for last night's episode? They showed a woman who did really well in the game. So well that she got to the end of the board with most of the big numbers ($400,000 to $1,000,000) still in play. So why did I have to watch the episode? Couldn't I have just turned in really late in the episode to see what happened? Where's the build up in the episode? Where's the drama?

I mean, think about it: what kind of a game show shows a preview of what's going to happen in the show. Can you imagine The Price Is Right doing that?

Gah! I've written here before on how bad the show is. And it's not like I expect all game shows to be Jeopardy. I like the mindless shows too. But Deal Or No Deal goes beyond mindless into insulting and tedious territory. (And the contestants...wow. The most annoying in history, and that goes for their family members too.)

No more, Howie and Mr. Banker. I'm done with your show.

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matthew osborn

I watch it for the agony.

You should have seen the 11/27 show -- my god, what an example of pathologically irresponsible behavior, a beautiful demonstration of the inability of the contestant to make the right decision, of how his adherence to the image in his head overrides his perception of reality. What an amazing display - it should be shown to every psychology class.

November 30 2006 at 9:37 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
ManekiNeko

Who decided that this show needed to be on the air? Did a television executive suddenly decide that Who Wants To Be A Millionaire was just way too cerebral? I've seen mini-games on The Price Is Right that had more depth than Deal or No Deal... and that includes Superball and Plinko!.

JR

November 04 2006 at 9:58 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Michael C

I have a solution.

DON'T WATCH!!!

simple isn't it.

November 03 2006 at 1:12 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Televinita

I don't understand why anyone watches this show. Maybe it's just because I dislike Howie Mandel, or I don't care about a bunch of women in dresses, but it's no more exciting than watching someone flip a coin twenty times. Having a lot of excited screaming, flashing lights and sparkly things does not change the premise.

November 03 2006 at 12:05 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Monty

I too watched the original couple of weeks cuz I'm a nut about game shows, especially in primetime. But the surprise appearances of family that "couldn't be here" and the "stragety" talk with the friends and family that are there not to mention just the dragging out of the game just got to me. Recently, I've caught commericals of Howie driving out in tractors and monkeys walking in for some reason. Wow, I'm glad I stopped watching.

November 03 2006 at 11:51 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Walt

Someone, somewhere, will piece together nothing but the last ten seconds (or less) of every Deal Or No Deal, put it to music, load it to YouTube and it will look like genius.

November 03 2006 at 11:31 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Rob

The ad for that episode was a dumb move because it did show that she gets pretty far. So i just skipped the first 20 minutes but it did ruin the drama part of a game show.

Now question is if they get a Million dollar winner will they ruin it like ABC did with "Who Want to be a Millionaire" and blab it all over the news the day of the episode.

November 03 2006 at 11:22 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
PAT

THIS SHOW IS STARTING TO GET ANNOYING....HOWIE (A NICE GUY) REALLY HAS TO SPEED THINGS UP. I KNOW THAT THEY WANT TO DELAY,FOR EFFECT BUT ITS BECOMING MORE OF AN ANNOYAANCE THAN ANYTHING ELSE. I PREDICT THAT THIS SHOW WILL COLLAPSE WITHIN 4-6 MONTHS IF CHANGES ARE NOT MADE TO IT .....

November 03 2006 at 11:05 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
don

I agree with Tara. This show is stupid. WHERE IS THERE ANY ACTUAL SKILL? They should try a version similar to the old CONCENTRATION.

November 03 2006 at 11:01 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
pat moran

They are all greedy. Show is annoying now

November 03 2006 at 11:00 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply

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