I'm a big game show fan, and have liked most game shows through the years (not reality shows however). This one is terrible. It exploits people's greed which in most cases on this show far outweighs their common sense. The vast majority of contestants will keep going on with only 2 or 1 high amounts remaining on the board. They want to drive the deal up with the extreme risk that they'll hit one of the high amounts with the next case they pick. Or they have the completely baseless and empty belief that their case has the million or one of the high amounts. But then they hit the second to last high amount or the last high amount with the next case they pick and the deal goes way down. And then going to all the hassle and effort for appearing on the show isn't worth much to them after that. The deals can be low sometimes, but they're not bad and definitely worth taking as opposed to taking an enormous risk. Sometimes they get caught up in the excitement. Sometimes it's their idiotic family or friends encouraging them to keep going on. Foolish people making foolish decisions, it repeats so much. You wonder if the contestants have ever watched the show and seen others do the same stupid thing they're doing. Where do they find these contestants? I'm sure they go to Vegas and find the stupidest, most foolish people they can find, the people who go against all odds no matter what. The producers love them because they don't have to give away much money. However it's a painful watching experience. Enough people must've got sick of it for it to be cancelled, however it lives on in reruns on GSN unfortunately. We could have more classic game shows on the channel but there's unfortunately enough of a market left for this show for them to put it on a lot. Give this one a pass unless you like torturing yourself with depressing contestants.
Review of Deal or No Deal
