Say that to Seven. I think 10 has done a pretty good job at balancing new and old formats in recent years out of all the networks. Seven has recycled so much old rubbish.
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A real audience for once. Actually pleasantly surprised by how the show looks (and confused about Gladiators not having an audience).
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I think the thing that put me off the most was the chanting which was OTT. Will give it another crack.
Will be interesting to see the ratings this morning - no doubt a Ten press release saying it reached 20 million viewers across the 3 channels and probably settled on 60,000 nationally.
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Grant told TV Tonight that he had already filmed around 70 episodes.
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Watched the first segment on 10play last night. I think Grant really needs to tone it down a bit, but otherwise it was ok.
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It does feel good to have the show back. Can kind of feel the shrinkage with the reduction in cases though.
Speaking of cases, the audience contestants trying to get the open was the most annoying part (besides Grant being Grant). I guess they will be easier as the show progresses and they are used more.
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i did notice there was a bit of a struggle there, seem a bit stiff to start off with.
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Remind me, the banker knows what is in the contestants case right?
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I had assumed there would be a list of the values in all the cases that they’d have kept as well as some formula for calculating the offers based on the values of what cases are left.
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I think the banker doesn’t know.
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No - if the banker knew the contestant only had 50c then why would they offer anything above this amount?
it’s based on what amounts are on the board and an average is calculated based on that
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I think serious offers (say around 6 cases left) are around the average value of the cases left (give or take a bit - maybe someone with a good sob story gets offered a little more so the banker buys them out, maybe someone cocky toward the banker gets short-changed to get them riled up to not play optimally ).
Early offers tend to undershoot that average to encourage the players to play on (there wouldn’t be a show of someone taking the first offer - I presume producers at least want the player to get to the final 6 cases).
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I thought that, but then also was wondering for the game play etc. Like they toy with the contestants knowing what they are up for. But not knowing is a good thing !
I’ve always seen it as The banker essentially wants to ‘buy’ the case to limit the amount of money they’re “giving away”. So it’s about curbing their losses but also playing the odds in their favour too around what’s left on the board.
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Deal or No Deal is being roadblocked for the rest of the week according to the guides.
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This episode is much better than episode 1. Grant and the contestant are less over the top. This probably would have been a better opening episode.
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In tonight’s episode in the first round the contestant didn’t lose any green figures and her first offer was $2,090. I think between $5,000-$6,000 would’ve been a reasonable first offer.
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Amazing episode tonight. Vibe felt much better than the first episode.
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Agree. A lot more energetic than the other two.