The popular television game show
Let's Make A Deal continues throughout the world -- forty-four years after its
debut on the NBC Television Network on December 30, 1963!
Sunday, Sept. 7, 2008 - LET’S
MAKE A DEAL RE-RUNS INCLUDED IN GSN MARATHON
On Sept. 7th cable
network GSN is planning a six-hour marathon under the umbrella "Play It Back
Decades: The '70s." The marathon will feature four classic Let's
Make a Deal episodes from 3 to 5 P.M. ET. "Dating Game" and "Match
Game" will also be included in the Marathon.
GSN currently broadcasts episodes of the classic Let's Make A Deal
each weekday at 11:00 A.M. ET and weekends at 1:00 P.M.
Broadcasters in Greece and
Indonesia are now producing their own versions of Let's Make A Deal - to the
delight of their contestants and viewers.
And you can play the
game at home - for fun and a large dose of nostalgia - with the new
Let's Make A Deal DVD Game featuring Monty Hall and clips of
Let's Make A Deal shows broadcast in the 1970's and 1980's . From
IMAGINATION - a new way to play Let's Make A Deal!
Stay alert and you'll catch a glimpse of vintage Let's Make a
Deal when you're watching WE ARE MARSHALL - the new Warner Brothers feature
film based on the 1970 air tragedy in which the Marshall University football
team perished.
Other films which were enlivened by a clip of Let's Make a Deal are
listed on our Movies page.
For information about recent
appearances by Monty Hall
click on the
News
link - and for the latest theories about "The Monty
Hall Problem" - click on the Trivia link.
A Brief History ...
Let's Make A Deal is a creation of Stefan Hatos and
Monty Hall. Carol Merrill and Jay Stewart performed on the
show through 1977. The television production has been broadcast by NBC and ABC
television networks, as well as many channels throughout the country on a syndication
basis.
Re-runs of the original telecasts have been shown on various cable channels.
Since 2001 the Game Show Network has broadcast classic episodes
of Let's Make A Deal from the 1970's and 1980's.
And Trato Hecho (a Spanish-language
version of Let's Make A Deal) was broadcast in 2005 on Univision stations
throughout the U.S.
Since the early 1990's FremantleMedia has licensed foreign
language versions of Let's Make A Deal
in countries throughout the world, including France, Germany, Greece, Hungary,
India, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Lebanon, Mexico, Poland, Portugal, Romania,
Spain and Turkey.
Shuffle Master began distribution of an interactive Let's Make A Deal
Slot Machine in 1998 - and in 2004, IGT produced a new Let's Make A Deal Video Slot Machine:
Several State Lotteries feature Let's Make A Deal on
their scratcher games ...
In 2006 - Let's Make A Deal was part of the
Game Show Marathon in
which recreations of
vintage game shows were broadcast in primetime on the CBS network.
In March
2003 NBC aired a U.S. revival in primetime which
was hosted by Billy Bush and produced by Monty Hall Enterprises and Renegade 83.
Home Games of the show have been
marketed since the early 1960's by Milton Bradley and Ideal Toys. In 1998, Tiger Electronics introduced
an "Electronic Let's Make A
Deal" ... a modest precursor to today's DVD game by Imagination.
In 1999, BuyBidWin.com licensed the internet rights from Let's Make A Deal
and launched a website featuring Monty Hall.
Live productions of the show have appeared throughout the U.S. with host Tim Wise of "Let's
Make a Deal on the Road" - for the latest developments, visit Tim's website at
www.letsmakeadeallive.com.
Contact Information . . .
- Hatos-Hall Productions
- 519 North Arden Drive
- Beverly Hills, CA 90210-3507
- USA
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