Editing Let's Make a Deal (section)

==Broadcast history==
''Let's Make a Deal'' first aired on [[NBC]] on December 30, 1963, as part of its [[Daytime television in the United States|daytime]] schedule. After 1,257 episodes on NBC Daytime<ref>{{Cite episode |series=Let's Make a Deal |network=NBC |date=27 December 1968 |number=1257 |language=English}}</ref> and 16 episodes on NBC Primetime,<ref>{{Cite episode |series=Let's Make a Deal |network=NBC |date=3 September 1967 |number=16 |language=English}}</ref> the show moved to [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] on December 30, 1968, where it remained until July 9, 1976; and on two occasions the show was given a weekly nighttime spot on those networks.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/TV/03/19/television.deal.reut/| title=New ''Let's Make a Deal'' gets Zonked| work=[[CNN]]| date=March 19, 2003| access-date=2009-09-01}}</ref> The first [[broadcast syndication|syndicated]] edition of ''Let's Make a Deal'' premiered on August 30, 1971. Distributed by ABC Films, and then by its successor [[Worldvision Enterprises]] once [[Financial Interest and Syndication Rules|the fin-syn rules]] were enacted, the series ran until 1977 and aired weekly.<ref>{{cite web |title=Let's Make A Deal- Spring 1975 (SYN, Big Deal: $12,589) |url=https://archive.org/details/letsmakeadealspring1975bigdeal12589convertvideoonline.com |website=archive.org |date=August 19, 2019 |access-date=September 8, 2024}}</ref>

A revival of the series based in Hall's native Canada was launched in 1980 and aired in syndication on American and Canadian stations for one season. This series was produced by [[Catalena Productions]] and distributed in America by Rhodes Productions, Catalena's partner company; Catalena was forced into bankruptcy by an unpaid Monty Hall in August 1981. In the fall of 1984, the series returned for a third run in syndication as ''The All-New Let's Make a Deal''. Running for two seasons until 1986, this series was distributed by [[Telepictures]].<ref>{{cite web |title=The All-New Let's Make a Deal |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0198169/ |website=imdb.com |publisher=IMDb, Inc. |access-date=September 8, 2024}}</ref>

NBC revived ''Let's Make a Deal'' twice in 13 years. The first was a daytime series in 1990 that was the first to not be produced or hosted by Monty Hall.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Herbert |first1=Steven |title=Monty Hall Deals Himself Out of 'Deal' |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-01-24-ca-556-story.html |website=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=January 24, 1990 |access-date=September 8, 2024}}</ref> Instead, the show was a production of [[Ron Greenberg]] and [[Dick Clark]], and featured [[Bob Hilton]] (best known for announcing other game shows) as host<ref>{{cite web |title='Let's Make a Deal' game show host Monty Hall dies at 96 |url=https://www.jacksonville.com/story/news/nation-world/2017/09/30/let-s-make-deal-game-show-host-monty-hall-dies-96/15775031007/ |website=jacksonville.com |publisher=www.jacksonville.com |access-date=September 8, 2024}}</ref> (although Hall would eventually return as guest host after Hilton's dismissal).

A primetime edition was launched in 2003 but drew poor ratings and was canceled after three of its intended five episodes had aired. This version had reporter [[Billy Bush]] as host, and had a significantly larger budget.{{fact|date=May 2024}}

A partial remake called ''[[Big Deal (game show)|Big Deal]]'', hosted by [[Mark DeCarlo]], was broadcast on Fox in 1996. In 1998 and 1999, Buena Vista Television (now [[Disney–ABC Domestic Television]]) was in talks with Stone-Stanley (the producers of ''Big Deal'') to create a revival hosted by [[Gordon Elliott (journalist)|Gordon Elliott]], but it was never picked up. The show was one of several used as part of the summer series ''[[Gameshow Marathon (American game show)|Gameshow Marathon]]'' on [[CBS]] in 2006, hosted by [[Ricki Lake]].{{fact|date=May 2024}}

{{stack|[[Image:2009lmadzonkgoat.jpg|thumb|Alison Fiori models one of the CBS version's zonk prizes, a live [[llama]].]]}}
As noted above, CBS revived ''Let's Make a Deal'' in 2009. The revival premiered on October 5, 2009, and CBS airs the show daily at 10:00&nbsp;a.m. and 3:00&nbsp;p.m. [[Eastern Time Zone|Eastern Time]] (9:00&nbsp;a.m. and 2:00&nbsp;p.m. in other time zones). Like the program that it replaced, the soap opera ''[[Guiding Light]]'', affiliates can choose to air it in either time slot; Eastern time zone affiliates prefer the early slot to pair [[The Price Is Right|the two CBS daytime game shows together]] (which was the case pre-1993 with CBS Daytime game shows as a morning block).  In other time zones, the show more often airs after ''[[Beyond the Gates (TV series)|Beyond the Gates]]'' in the afternoon slot, when many CBS affiliates in the Eastern time zone have either syndicated programming or the beginning of their local news block.  There are notable exceptions on the Eastern time zone – [[WDEF-TV|Chattanooga]], [[WHIO-TV|Dayton]], [[WGFL|Gainesville (FL)]], [[WKYT-TV|Lexington (KY)]], [[WMAZ-TV|Macon]] and [[WTVH|Syracuse]].{{fact|date=May 2024}}  However, no new episode is available on days [[CBS Daytime]] preempts shows for live sports (current such cases are [[NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|the Thursday and Friday of the first round of the NCAA basketball tournament]], [[College Football on CBS Sports|college football games]] on [[Black Friday (shopping)|Black Friday]], the [[Sun Bowl]] and [[UEFA Champions League|UEFA Champions League knockout phase matches]]), to ensure markets that air the show in the afternoon don't lose an episode to live sports.

From September 27 to October 1, 2010, ''Let's Make a Deal'' and ''[[The Price Is Right]]'' aired two episodes a day on an alternating week. CBS did this to fill a gap between the final episode of ''[[As the World Turns]]'', which ended a fifty-four-year run on September 17, 2010, and the debut of ''[[The Talk (talk show)|The Talk]]''. The double-run games aired at 2:00&nbsp;pm. Eastern.{{fact|date=May 2024}}

Although the current version of the show debuted in September 2009, long after ''The Price Is Right'' (which made the switch in 2008, first with primetime episodes in February, then daytime in September) and the two Bell created daytime soap operas had made the switch to [[high-definition television|high definition]], ''Let's Make a Deal'' was, along with ''[[Big Brother (American TV series)|Big Brother]]'', one of only two programs across the five major networks that was still being actively produced in [[Standard-definition television|standard definition]]. For the start of production for its 2014–15 season in June 2014, ''Let's Make a Deal'' began being produced in high definition, with ''[[Big Brother 16 (American season)|Big Brother 16]]'' making the switch later in June. ''Let's Make a Deal'' was the last remaining CBS program to make the switch by air date, with the first HD episode airing on September 22, 2014.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.vulture.com/2014/06/big-brother-16-hdtv-broadcast.html|title=Big Brother 16 Twist Revealed: The Show Will (Finally) Be Seen in HD|last=Adalian|first=Josef|date=June 5, 2014|work=[[New York (magazine)|Vulture]]|access-date=June 5, 2014}}</ref>

In 2020, ''Let's Make a Deal Primetime'' on CBS was announced, making the show one of the first to appear in primetime on the three legacy networks as a regular primetime series. Three primetime episodes were announced, with the first airing on October 27 as part of CBS launching both of their daytime game shows' pandemic-delayed seasons in primetime, the second on December 1 featuring guest star [[Phil Keoghan]], and the third, a Holiday-themed episode with families on December 22. Three more primetime episodes aired during the 2021–22 season and four primetime episodes were filmed and planned to air in April and May during the 2022–23 season, but concerns over the [[Writers Guild of America]] and [[SAG-AFTRA]] labor disputes (the show is under a collective bargaining agreement for daytime shows signed in 2022) led to the four Season 14 broadcasts being moved to the 2023–24 season as part of moves to allow CBS original programming to continue in case of potential labor stoppages.  Both unions eventually went on strike, and in July 2023, those episodes, along with new ''[[The Price Is Right]] at Night'' episodes for Season 52, were announced as replacement programming. The ''Let's Make a Deal'' episodes aired Fridays from November 3–17, 2023 in the 8:00&nbsp;p.m. EDT time slot before Thanksgiving.  Season 15 primetime episodes aired on two consecutive Mondays (November 27 and December 4), with additional episodes in January and February 2024, including the network's [[Super Bowl LVIII]] themed episode (both CBS Daytime game shows aired on February 7 at night featuring themes related with the game that CBS broadcast) and a Valentine's Day themed episode on February 14.<ref>{{cite web |title=CBS Announces Fall 2023 Programming |url=https://www.paramountpressexpress.com/cbs-entertainment/releases/?view=106771-cbs-announces-fall-2023-programming |website=Paramount Press Express | date=July 17, 2023 |publisher=Paramount Global |access-date=2023-07-17 |ref=Labour2023}}</ref>