Maybe my home town should offer tax incentives to the networks. It's working for Connecticut. Not only did NBC announce that the half-hour syndicated version of Deal or No Deal is returning for a second season with host Howie Mandel, but it will be relocating and filming in Connecticut. I guess with a game show it doesn't matter where you film since it's the same set all the time, but are there as many incredibly gorgeous chicks in Connecticut as there are in California? Isn't Cali where they all go to see their dreams of being an actress reduced to standing on a stage next to a briefcase?
The syndicated Deal joins Maury, The Jerry Springer Show and The Steve Wilkos Show (the bald security guy who used to be on Springer) in Connecticut. This means that there's a 50/50 chance on any given day that the Springer/Wilkos crowd will walk into the wrong studio and start throwing chairs and briefcases all over the Deal or No Deal set. No word on whether or not the prime-time Deal is moving as well, or if Howie will have to commute back-and-forth. If he can't make it one day, I'm sure Wilkos would do it. He's bald and can bump fists, no one would notice!
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4-30-2009 @ 10:15PM
MacGuffin said...
This is why these spin-offs never work. Originally they are good, then the bean counters come and relocate the show to Connecticut.
Connecticut? Give me a break! The only reason to suffer through DOND is the hot babes.
Pretty soon they will replace the banker with a 800# to India and replace Howie with one of those cardboard cut-outs.
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4-30-2009 @ 10:57PM
Elf said...
I thought the syndicated version of DOND did not use a full set of models. They only have two who do something at the start of the show then disappear until the end. Actual contestants open the suitcases, not models.
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5-01-2009 @ 2:24AM
Graham said...
Elf,
You are right, except the models collect the opened cases.
This makes me think that the poster of this article doesn't watch the show and didn't do any research before posting it, but did it just to get his post count for the day up.
5-01-2009 @ 2:45AM
Jason Hughes said...
Or as there are models on the show still, he was referring to them. And as he mentioned there was no word on whether the primetime DOND would be moving as well, perhaps he was speculating on how that might be impacted as well.
I love the positive vibe that comes from the TV Squad commenters. You guys are the best!
5-01-2009 @ 5:36PM
Graham said...
If you want to get petty Jason, the models in question retreive the suitcases in the syndicated version. Also, there is no mention of the prime-time version until the end of the article, so any normal person would assume you are talking about the synicated version and not the prime-time one.
I do enjoy TV Squad as a site, but I have an issue with lazy writing. If you want a position like this, I'd suggest that you either grow a thicker skin or make your point better.
4-30-2009 @ 11:21PM
christopher said...
Conn. offers a 40% tax break.
There's your answer.
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4-30-2009 @ 11:30PM
Edward said...
when and where is the syndicated version broadcast?
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5-01-2009 @ 2:48AM
Jason Hughes said...
That would vary depending on where you are. You'd have to check your local listings as it would depend on whichever local channel picked it up in your area.
5-01-2009 @ 7:53AM
mc said...
Would it not make more sense to film Maury/Springer/Wilkos in a more southern state so they wouldn't have to fly the "people" that appear on the show to CT? I was thinking WV, KY, TN, GA (Macon County).
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5-01-2009 @ 8:39AM
SadOldMan said...
As long as they still have my darling Tameka on the show...nothing else matters.
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7-23-2009 @ 6:17PM
koneil said...
Wrong, wrong wrong. As someone else mentioned above, the syndicated version only uses two models. I'm guessing they'll have the opportunity to stay with the show before they would bother to recast, but even if they do recast, I'm sure we in the state of CT can manage to scrape up two somewhat pretty girls. ;)
Also, Deal or No Deal will not shoot in the same location as the other two shows mentioned in the article -- in fact, they are hours of driving away from each other, so no accidentally showing up on the wrong set. Really lazy writing. As a former reporter, I am ashamed for you.
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