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* EnforcedMethodActing: The first time Howie Mandel attended a taping was the first time Mandel was in the studio. His reactions throughout that first day from seeing the set to watching how the featured contestant played were authentic.
* FollowTheLeader: A self-inflicted example. Endemol gave Creator/{{ABC}} a big-money, luck-based "pick the object" game called ''Series/SetForLife'' in Summer 2007. It was terrible and got canned after seven episodes.
* MissingEpisode: For some reason, NBC yanked at least two — the very first game of the Million-Dollar Mission (with [=LeAnn=] Rimes) was pulled because the network didn't think a contestant knocking out both $1,000,000 cases right off the bat was a good way to start (she was still given the [[spoiler:$50,000]] she earned), and another because it wasn't exciting enough (although it eventually got on their website, which is now devoid of all ''DOND'' videos).
* OvertookTheManga: Even though the show ended in 2010, the licenced arcade machine is still regularly serviced, and is a common sight across many arcades in the States.
* OutOfHolidayEpisode: The Samsung TV Plus channel shows holiday-themed episodes of the show in regular rotation. Given that the channel seems to run on auto-pilot, it's rather justified.
* PropRecycling: Of a sort. The U.S. syndicated run used a smaller version of the Deal Wheel (take a metal ball, spin the wheel, run up stairs, drop the ball through [[Series/ThePriceIsRight Plinko]]-esque pegs before it lands on spaces that halve/double/triple your money, used as part of several gimmick episodes on the NBC version) as a contestant selection device.
* ScrewedByTheNetwork: Creator/{{NBC}} apparently didn't learn about the consequences of ''Series/WhoWantsToBeAMillionaire''[='s=] WolverinePublicity and, much like ''Millionaire'', the network's actions eventually led to a drop in the show's popularity and subsequent cancellation after four seasons. The show was [[ExecutiveMeddling screwed with]] so often, and so badly, that people got sick of the syndicated version as well, which was canned after two seasons.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: As revealed in Creator/AlexTrebek's documentary ''Game Changers'', Mandel initially wanted nothing to do with the show. He eventually relented, but had to rehearse what he was given days before taping started.
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* AdoredByTheNetwork: Channel 4 had hopes right from the start, to the point it was the only daytime game show to air '''six days a week'''. Averted near the end of its run (see below).
* HolidayEpisode: The show adored this trope, and had many specials that utilized many themes, although most of these are just cosmetic.
* ScrewedByTheNetwork: The show ended up being this near the end of it's run. Channel 4 began airing horse racing on weekdays, which led to the show's scheduling becoming erratic. This meant that holiday specials were retired because it was uncertain when episodes would actually air. In the end, Channel 4 canceled the series after deciding it had lasted its run.
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