Deal or No Deal: Season 1
  • Network: NBC
  • Series Premiere Date: Dec 19, 2005
  • Season #: 1 , 2 , 3 , 4
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Metascore
48 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 5 Critics What's this?

User Score
8.0 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 375 Ratings

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  • Starring: Howie Mandel, Peter Abbay
  • Summary: Running every night this week is the first U.S. installment of the internationally popular game show, which vaguely recalls "Let's Make A Deal" in its basic premise.
  • Genre(s): Game Show

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 5
  3. Negative: 2 out of 5
  1. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Linda Stasi
    100
    Maddening and exciting.
  2. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
    Reviewed by: Rob Owen
    50
    "Deal or No Deal" may be the dumbest TV game show ever, or, quite possibly, it is brilliant in its simplicity. But it's certainly not a quiz show.
  3. Variety
    Reviewed by: Brian Lowry
    50
    [The] first episode of this weeklong experiment does a creditable job building suspense, but it's hard to imagine the premise... possessing much staying power.
  4. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Matthew Gilbert
    20
    It's only a few shades more adult than, say, playing with blocks.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 238 out of 296
  2. Mixed: 12 out of 296
  3. Negative: 46 out of 296
  1. Zilcell
    10
    This is one of the most memorable game shows ever created. You'll like the suspense of seeing which case holds the big bucks and which does not. This is my kind of game show.… Expand
  2. Annoymous1
    8
    An excellent Game show that is so entertaining you will want to super glue yourself onto the seat. So many dramatic moments and that joy dance when you get $200,000 is really cool. If this is not the best game show i am not sure what else is better.… Expand
  3. SusanM.
    7
    Stupid, but totally addicting.
  4. JaneW
    4
    Drags on way too long. Too much talking from Howie, only get to see 1 person win per episode.Losing interest in this show

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