Deal or No Deal (UK game show) not known to anyone except the adjudicator. At the start of each game one of the 22 contestants, each standing behind one of the red boxes, is selected to be the contestant for that episode. The contestants themselves do not know who is to take the seat until it is revealed at the beginning of the show. Usually, contestants will appear on around 15–25 shows before they are selected to play. The contestant then takes their box and walks to the centre of the set, taking their place at the "pound table", in what Edmonds refers to as the "crazy
Deal or No Deal (U.S. game show) in U.S. television, as "Deal or No Deal" faced a pair highly-rated programs, "" on CBS, and "Grey's Anatomy" on ABC. "Deal"'s Thursday time slot had initially been intended for "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip" when NBC announced its fall schedule. However, the program moved on May 25 from its announced Friday time slot to Thursdays. The drama "Crossing Jordan", which had been planned for a mid-season run, was to be brought into the Friday lineup in what would have been "Deal" 's second weekly time slot. However, after "Deal or No Deal" completed airing special episodes in that