Deal or No Deal (UK game show) to other people, for example, a friend of a contestant who won only a small amount in their own game. Such twists happen rarely, but happened more regularly during the themed weeks. There are 22 cash prizes contained in the boxes on the programme. These cash prizes range from 1p to £250,000. The highest five valued boxes are referred to as the "Power Five", whilst the lowest five valued boxes are referred to as the "Banker's Power Five". For the 500th show and Christmas specials, £500,000 was made the top prize. In order to make room for this, the £15,000
Deal or No Deal (U.S. game show) or No Deal" on NBC. "Note: Each U.S. network television season starts in late September and ends in late May, which coincides with the completion of May sweeps. All times mentioned are in the Eastern and Pacific time zones." Early ratings for the show were extremely encouraging. According to "Zap2it", "all five shows [during the week beginning December 19, 2005 and ending December 25, 2005] finished in the top 15 among total viewers, peaking with 14.1 million people watching the Wednesday, December 21, 2005 installment. For the week, "Deal or No Deal" averaged about 12.7 million viewers and a solid