History YMMV / DealOrNoDeal

* '''{{Padding}}''': The NBC run might as well have been ''Padding: The Game Show''. Seriously, did it really have to take ''44 minutes'' to pick out '''12 cases'''?! The syndicated run improved in this department with a more fast-paced game.
** A Website/YouTube user chopped out the filler in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmZFHjQfx-o the January 3, 2007 show]], and got an episode just [[spoiler:2:46]] long. Need further proof the show wasted time? (Note: That was for an episode with ''two'' contestants (some countries only have one at a time). It actually took [[spoiler:1:40 for the first contestant and just 1:05 for the second]].)

** The 200th episode completely averted the trope by playing "Speed ''Deal or No Deal''": having the players pick the cases they wanted in that round all at once, then having them all opened in rapid succession and knocking all the money amounts found at the same time instead of one by one. No phone calls by the Banker were ever made, opting to show the offer right away and giving the contestant 20 seconds to make a decision. The whole purpose behind this was, rather than an acknowledgement and reversal of the show's padding practices, a stunt — if at least $1,000,000 was won that night, the Banker would dive into a cake made to celebrate the 200th episode; if not, Howie would jump into the cake instead. [[spoiler:The goal wasn't reached.]]

* GameBreaker: The NintendoDS version has no randomization for the first round.

* FranchiseOriginalSin: ''DOND's'' tactics with how it's production went was just the first of a boatload of padded game shows to come.

* DeaderThanDisco: This show's format, its WolverinePublicity, and everything else including padding and being directly responsible for the game show genre's worst DorkAge in recent years left it this by the time TheNewTens began, and most certainly this ten years after the program first began airing.

* DorkAge: While ''Deal or No Deal'' did revive the American game show genre somewhat and built on the boost ''Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?'' gave it, it also convinced the major networks to go full throttle with all the elements that propelled the genre into its most severe Dark Age since the Quiz Show scandals of the 1950s, which is still in effect for ''DOND's'' 10th anniversary in 2015 (only the holdovers from [[Series/FamilyFeud the]] [[Series/WheelOfFortune 80's]] [[Series/{{Jeopardy}} and]] [[Series/ThePriceIsRight 90's]] plus the ''Series/LetsMakeADeal'' revival have escaped this, although ''Series/TheChase'' is doing OK).

** The syndicated run took a great element of the British one (prospective contestants holding the 22 cases) and took away the ''one'' thing about it that makes the Brit take on the format great. On the British version, those holding the boxes stay on the show until they're chosen by the producers — which may be days, weeks or even ''months'' — and in the meantime the group becomes like a family (as can be seen in virtually any episode); in the syndicated version, however, each week was self-contained...until the very end, at which point TheyJustDidntCare anymore and taped four weeks with the same group ''which then aired OutOfOrder''.

* TheyJustDidntCare: The syndicated run, whose main draw was having each week be self-contained, used the same gallery of 22 contestants for four weeks near the end of the run — which then got aired ''OutOfOrder''.

** A Website/YouTube user chopped out the filler in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmZFHjQfx-o the January 3, 2007 show]], and got an episode just [[spoiler:2:46]] long. Need further proof the show wasted time?
*** Note: That was for an episode with ''two'' contestants (some countries only have one at a time). It actually took [[spoiler:1:40 for the first contestant, and just 1:05 for the second.]]

** Proof if proof were needed that game had a lot padding is that, on the U.S. version, recordings of a single player's game could take upwards of ''eight hours.'' For one contestant. For a one-hour show (without commercials).

* DorkAge: While ''Deal or No Deal'' did revive the genre somewhat and built on the boost ''Who Wants to Be a Millionaire'' gave it, it also convinced the major networks to go full throttle with all the elements that propelled the genre into its most severe Dark Age since the Quiz Show scandals of the 1950s, which is still in effect for ''DOND's'' 10th anniversary in 2015 (only the holdovers from [[Series/FamilyFeud the]] [[Series/WheelOfFortune 80's]] [[Series/{{Jeopardy}} and]] [[Series/ThePriceIsRight 90's]] plus the ''Series/LetsMakeADeal'' revival have escaped this, although ''Series/TheChase'' is doing OK).

** The 200th episode special completely averted the trope by rapid picking each case (Howie picked each case and then the contestant would pick cases on their own after a certain amount were left) and then knocking all the money amounts chosen at the same time instead of one by one. No phone calls to the Banker were ever made, opting to show the offer right away and giving the contestant 20 seconds to make a decision. The whole purpose behind the change was, of course, a stunt — if the show gave away at least $1,000,000 that night, the Banker would dive into a cake made to celebrate the 200th episode; if not, Howie would jump into the cake instead. [[spoiler:The goal wasn't reached.]]
** Proof if proof were needed that game had a lot padding is that, on the U.S. version, recordings of a single player's game could take upwards of 8 hours. ''8 hours''. For one contestant. For a one-hour show (without commercials).
* SurprisinglyImprovedSequel: Removing the family members, whose basic purpose on the Creator/{{NBC}} version was just to shout, "You're a risk taker! No deal!" and give bad advice, made the game run a lot more smoothly.

** Choking from the pressure cost two people in the US version the top prize when they caved to the banker's offer. It would have been alright... had both times not been for ''twice'' and then ''thrice'' the normal $1,000,000. In fact, you could tell when a playthrough was screwed if the banker put up a six-figure offer and the words "college fund" were spoken by a family-supporting contestant. Heartwarming that they look out for their family, but almost always a tell that they are not going to stay in the game.

* HypeBacklash: Deal or No Deal could be the posterboy for this in the United States. It being so aggressively promoted by NBC and aired so frequently, without delivering the potential big wins it boasted, led to its quick downfall; people just got tired of it.

** Proof if proof were needed that game had a lot padding is that, on the U.S. version, recordings of a single player's game could take upwards of 8 hours. 8 hours. For one contestant. For a one-hour show (without commercials).

* DorkAge: While ''Deal or No Deal'' did revive the genre somewhat and built on the boost ''Who Wants to Be a Millionaire'' gave it, it also convinced the major networks to go full throttle with all the elements that propelled the genre into its most severe Dark Age since the Quiz Show scandals of the 1950s, which is still in effect for ''DOND's'' 10th anniversary in 2015 (only the holdovers from the [[Series/WheelOfFortune 80's]] [[Series/{{Jeopardy}} and]] [[Series/ThePriceIsRight 90's]] plus the ''Series/LetsMakeADeal'' revival have escaped this, although ''Series/TheChase'' is doing OK).

* DeaderThanDisco: This show's format, it's WolverinePublicity, and everything else including padding and being directly responsible for the game show genre's worst DorkAge in recent years left it this by the time TheNewTens began, and most certainly this ten years after the program first began airing.

* DeaderThanDisco: This show's format, it's WolverinePublicity, and everything else including padding and being directly responsible for the game show genre's worst DorkAge in recent years left it this by the time The New 10's began, and most certainly this ten years after the program first began airing.

* DorkAge: While ''Deal or No Deal'' did revive the genre somewhat and built on the boost ''Who Wants to Be a Millionaire'' gave it, it also convinced the major networks to go full throttle with all the elements that propelled the genre into its most severe Dark Age since the Quiz Show scandals of the 1950s, which is still in effect for ''DOND's'' 10th anniversary in 2015.

** Proof if proof were needed that game had a lot padding is that, on the U.S. version, recordings of a single player's game could take upwards of 8 hours. 8 hours. For one contestant. For one-hour show (without commercials).

** Proof if proof were needed that game had a lot padding is that, on the U.S. version, recordings of a single player's game could take upwards of 8 hours. 8 hours. For one contestant. For a 45 minute show.

** A Website/YouTube user chopped out the filler in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmZFHjQfx-o the January 3, 2007 show]], and got an episode just [[spoiler:2:47]] long. Need further proof the show wasted time?

* HypeBacklash: Deal or No Deal could be the posterboy for this in the United States. It being so aggressively promoted by NBC and aired so frequently, without delivering the potential big wins it boasted, lead to its quick downfall; people just got tired of it.

* HypeBacklash: Deal or No Deal could be the posterboy for this in the United States. It being so aggressively promoted by NBC and aired so frequently lead to its quick downfall; people just got tired of it.

* HateDumb / MisplacedNationalism: The American version was disparaged simply because "They "Copied" the British." Problem is, ''DOND'' is a '''Dutch''' format.

* SurprisinglyImprovedSequel: Removing the family members, whose basic purpose on the Creator/{{NBC}} version was just to shout, "You're a risk taker!!!! No deal!!!!" and give bad advice, made the game run a lot more smoothly.

* {{Padding}}: The NBC run might as well have been ''Padding: The Game Show''. Seriously, did it really have to take ''44 minutes'' to pick out '''12 cases'''?! The syndicated run improved in this department with a more fast-paced game.

* SurprisinglyImprovedSequel: Removing the family members, whose basic purpose on the {{NBC}} version was just to shout, "You're a risk taker!!!! No deal!!!!" and give bad advice, made the game run a lot more smoothly.

** A YouTube user chopped out the filler in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmZFHjQfx-o the January 3, 2007 show]], and got an episode just [[spoiler:2:47]] long. Need further proof the show wasted time?

** Proof if proof were needed that game had a lot padding is that, on the U.S. version, recordings of a single player's game could take upwards of 8 hours. 8 hours. For one contestant. For a 45 minute show.

** The Dutch original's 2011 series. They dropped the "block versus block" part of the quiz, and instead the top player from each block comes down and plays against another player in a survey question, with the closest answer going through. The third round works a bit like the British game show ''Number 1'', and it works fine, but the greatest atrocity committed comes in the briefcase game. They've dropped having the players from the winning block open the briefcases and make predictions for cash, and now the models themselves have been given the task. A major sting in the tail comes when you realize that almost all the temptations, a major part of the original game, have been removed.