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) show also did well in the ratings and won its time slot against the other networks. The Tuesday and Thursday episodes suffered from tough competition: "Dancing with the Stars", "Grey's Anatomy" and "CSI". The success of "Deal or No Deal" was a factor in NBC's decision to program another Endemol game, "1 vs. 100", which premiered on October 13, 2006 and assumed "Deal"<nowiki>'</nowiki>s Friday night time slot on October 27, 2006. Meanwhile, NBC announced the Thursday episodes would end with the November 8, 2006, to be replaced by sitcoms "Scrubs" and "30 Rock". Through all these changes, the Monday night