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| Release | December 30, 1963 (1963-12-30) – December 27, 1968 (1968-12-27) |
| Network | ABC |
| Release | December 30, 1968 (1968-12-30) – July 9, 1976 (1976-07-09) |
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| Release | August 30, 1971 (1971-08-30) – May 28, 1977 (1977-05-28) |
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| Release | September 17, 1984 (1984-09-17) – May 23, 1986 (1986-05-23) |
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| Release | July 9, 1990 (1990-07-09) – January 4, 1991 (1991-01-04) |
| Release | March 4 (2003-03-04) – March 18, 2003 (2003-03-18) |
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| Release | October 5, 2009 (2009-10-05) – present |
Let's Make a Deal (also known asLMAD) is an American televisiongame show that originated in the United States in 1963 and has since been produced in many countries throughout the world. The program was created and produced by Stefan Hatos andMonty Hall, the latter serving as itshost for nearly 30 years.
The format ofLet's Make a Deal involves selected members of the studio audience, referred to as "traders", making deals with the host. In most cases, a trader will be offered something of value and given a choice of whether to keep it or exchange it for a different item. The program's defining game mechanism is that the other item is hidden from the trader until that choice is made. The trader thus does not know if they are getting something of equal or greater value or a prize that is referred to as a "zonk", an item purposely chosen to be of little or no value to the trader.
WhenLet's Make a Deal first started, contestants wore suits and dresses, normal attire for the time. In short order, however, audience members began to dress in outrageous and unique costumes to increase their chances of being selected as a trader, and that has become a signature feature of the show.[1][2][3]
The current edition ofLet's Make a Deal has aired onCBS since October 5, 2009, when it took over the spot on the network's daytime schedule vacated by the soap operaGuiding Light.Wayne Brady is the host of the current series, withJonathan Mangum as his announcer/assistant.Tiffany Coyne is the current model, joining in 2010, with musician Cat Gray in 2011.
From Season 12 (2020–21) to Season 14 (2022–23),Let's Make a Deal filmed with a hybrid of audience members in-studio seated in pods as well as virtual traders playing from their homes during theCOVID-19 pandemic (nicknamed "At-Homies") that delayed the start of Season 12. According to executive producer John Quinn, all COVID-19 protocols are in effect during production, including social distancing, testing, masks (only for crewmembers and while off set), andpersonal protective equipment.[4]
The 15th season of the current version premiered on September 25, 2023, and six primetime episodes were filmed during the season. One is the show's Christmas primetime episode, and five more were broadcast in January and February 2024, between seasons ofSurvivor.[5]
The show is owned by Glass Entertainment Group (owned byNancy Glass) following an August 2021 acquisition of Hatos-Hall assets, with Sharon Hall, a former Endemol Shine executive, as the consultant.[6][7]
As of January 2022, CAN'T STOP media has been in charge of the format's international distribution.[8][9][10]
Let's Make a Deal first aired onNBC on December 30, 1963, as part of itsdaytime schedule. After 1,257 episodes on NBC Daytime[11] and 16 episodes on NBC Primetime,[12] the show moved toABC 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.[13] The firstsyndicated edition ofLet's Make a Deal premiered on August 30, 1971. Distributed by ABC Films, and then by its successorWorldvision Enterprises oncethe fin-syn rules were enacted, the series ran until 1977 and aired weekly.[14]
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 byCatalena 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 asThe All-New Let's Make a Deal. Running for two seasons until 1986, this series was distributed byTelepictures.[15]
NBC revivedLet'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.[16] Instead, the show was a production ofRon Greenberg andDick Clark, and featuredBob Hilton (best known for announcing other game shows) as host[17] (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 reporterBilly Bush as host, and had a significantly larger budget.[citation needed]
A partial remake calledBig Deal, hosted byMark DeCarlo, was broadcast on Fox in 1996. In 1998 and 1999, Buena Vista Television (nowDisney–ABC Domestic Television) was in talks with Stone-Stanley (the producers ofBig Deal) to create a revival hosted byGordon Elliott, but it was never picked up. The show was one of several used as part of the summer seriesGameshow Marathon onCBS in 2006, hosted byRicki Lake.[citation needed]
The current edition ofLet's Make a Deal premiered on October 5, 2009. Like the show it replaced,Guiding Light, CBS gives affiliates two options on when to air the game show. Some markets, particularly those in Eastern time such as flagshipWCBS-TV, airLet’s Make a Deal at 10:00 AM to serve as the lead in toThe Price Is Right. Others air the game show in the 3:00 PM Eastern slot whereGuiding Light traditionally had aired, where as of 2025 it serves as the lead out program for the serialBeyond the Gates. (In all other time zones outside the Eastern Time Zone, the programs start an hour earlier.)
From September 27 to October 1, 2010,Let's Make a Deal andThe Price Is Right aired two episodes a day on an alternating week. CBS did this to fill a gap between the final episode ofAs the World Turns, which ended a fifty-four-year run on September 17, 2010, and the debut ofThe Talk. The double-run games aired at 2:00 pm. Eastern.[citation needed]
Although the current version of the show debuted in September 2009, long afterThe 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 tohigh definition,Let's Make a Deal was, along withBig Brother, one of only two programs across the five major networks that was still being actively produced instandard 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, withBig 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.[18]
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 starPhil 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 theWriters Guild of America andSAG-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 newThe Price Is Right at Night episodes for Season 52, were announced as replacement programming. TheLet's Make a Deal episodes aired Fridays from November 3–17, 2023 in the 8:00 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'sSuper 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.[19]
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The family of Monty Hall has been involved in all versions in one form or another since the original episode in 1963. Monty was the host of nearly every episode ofLet's Make a Deal that aired from 1963 until 1986. This encompassed the entire original daytime series, which ran until 1976, as well as the accompanying primetime episodes that aired on both NBC and ABC and the three syndicated productions that launched in 1971, 1980, and 1984. He was absent only twice during that span due to illness; in 1971Dennis James was called on to substitute while in 1985Geoff Edwards hosted a week of episodes while Hall recovered from a bout of laryngitis.[20]
Bob Hilton became the new host for the NBC 1990 series;[21] however, due to low ratings, Hilton was fired from the show and in October 1990, Hall returned to the show (but was announced as "guest host") and remained as host until the series was canceled in January 1991.Billy Bush emceed the 2003 series, with Hall making a cameo appearance in one episode.[citation needed]
EachLet's Make a Deal announcer also served as a de facto assistant host, as many times the announcer would be called upon to carry props across the trading floor. The original announcer for the series wasWendell Niles, who was replaced byJay Stewart in 1964. Stewart remained withLet's Make a Deal until the end of the syndicated series in 1977. The 1980 Canadian-produced syndicated series was announced by Chuck Chandler. The 1984 syndicated series hadBrian Cummings in the announcer/assistant role for its first season, with disc jockey Dean Goss taking the position for the following season. The 1990 NBC revival series was announced by Dean Miuccio, with the 2003 edition featuringVance DeGeneres in that role. The 2009 (current) CBS version featuresJonathan Mangum, although co-executive producer Chris Ahearn (nicknamed "Money Fairy") is his backup, filling in for Mangum on a few episodes during Season 14 when Mangum was not cleared to participate in taping because of illness.[22] After Season 14, Mangum surpassed Stewart as the longest serving announcer in the show’s franchise history.
Carol Merrill served as the prize model on the original 1963 series for its entire run, ending in 1977. She served for 14 seasons. The models on the 1980s series were Maggie Brown, Julie Hall (1980), Karen LaPierre, and Melanie Vincz (1984). For the 1990 series, the show featured Georgia Satelle and identical twins Elaine and Diane Klimaszewski, who later gained fame as theKlimaszewski Twins.[citation needed]
Hall (2010 and 2013) and Merrill (2013) both appeared on the current Brady version, each making one-week appearances. The 2013 celebration of the franchise's 50th anniversary was Hall's last official appearance on the show prior to his death, but Hall also appeared in 2017 CBS publicity shots with Brady as part of a CBS Daytime publicity photo celebrating the network's daytime ratings.[23] Hall served as a consultant on the show from 2009 until his death, although episodes which he worked continued to air into 2018 because of taping days (Hall's death resulted in a later-season episode to be repurposed and aired earlier as a memorial episode). Following the 2021 Marcus/Glass acquisition of Hatos-Hall, television executive Sharon Hall, Monty's daughter, was named consultant.[24]
When the current version debuted in 2009 at Las Vegas, Alison Fiori was the show's original model, lasting for much of the first season in Las Vegas before the show moved to Los Angeles.Danielle Demski serves as the show's backup model, having been involved in most Season 5 episodes with Coyne onparental leave, and in Season 11 when Coyne was unavailable.[25] In 2023, Coyne surpassed Merrill as the longest serving hostess in franchise history.
The original daytime series was recorded atNBC Studios inBurbank, California, and then atABC Television Center in Los Angeles once the program switched networks in 1968. The weekly syndicated series also taped at ABC Television Center, doing so for its first five seasons. After ABC cancelled the daytime series in 1976, production of the syndicated series ceased there as well and the sixth and final season was recorded in the ballroom of theWestgate Las Vegas hotel inLas Vegas,Nevada.
The 1980 Canadian series was taped atPanorama Film Studios inWest Vancouver, British Columbia, which production company Catalena Productions used as its base of operations.The All-New Let's Make a Deal taped its first season of episodes in Burbank at NBC Studios, then moved toSunset Las Palmas Studios (known as Hollywood Center Studios at the time) inHollywood for the second and final season. The 1990 NBC daytime series was recorded atDisney-MGM Studios on the grounds ofWalt Disney World nearOrlando, Florida. The 2003 revival returned production to Burbank.
The current edition of the series first originated from theTropicana outside of Las Vegas. The show returned for good to Los Angeles in 2010, first atSunset Bronson Studios[26] from 2010 to 2015 and later atRaleigh Studios from 2015 to 2017. From 2017 to 2022, the show taped at Saticoy Studios inVan Nuys. During the 2022–23 season, the show taped at Quixote Studios inSylmar. Beginning in its 2023–24 season, the show will be taping at Haven Studios inAtwater Village; the facility is leased by Fremantle, and will also houseThe Price is Right and other Fremantle-produced game shows in California.[27]
The theme music for the 1963–77 versions was composed bySheldon Allman. The theme, along with all incidental music, was performed by an in-studio combo led by Ivan Ditmars, consisting of an electric organ, guitar, drums, and on the nighttime version, a harp. In some seasons of the nighttime show, the combo was further augmented by a horn section. The final season of the nighttime show taped in Las Vegas eliminated the in-studio band in favor of pre-recorded tracks, due to Ivan Ditmars' retirement.[28]
The 1980–81 theme, composed by Stan Worth, was an updated version of the original theme, with more of adisco sound.
The 1984–86 version featured a brand new theme provided byScore Productions, although original composer Sheldon Allman returned as music director for the first season.Todd Thicke replaced Allman in that role for the second season. Both music directors used music from previous Hatos-Hall shows, such asSplit Second andIt's Anybody's Guess as incidental cues during the show.
The 2009 revival features another new theme composed by Brian Teed. Since 2011, keyboardist Cat Gray has provided in-studio musical accompaniment.[29]
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Each episode ofLet's Make a Deal consists of several "deals" between the host and one or more members of the studio audience, referred to as "traders". Audience members are picked at the host's whim as the show moves along, and married couples are often selected to play together as traders. The deals are mini-games within the show that take several formats.
In the simplest format, a trader is given a prize or cash amount of medium value (on the order of a few hundred dollars), and the host offers them the opportunity to trade for an unknown prize. This latter item may be concealed on the stage behind one of three curtains, within a large "box" onstage (large panels painted to look like a box), inside a smaller box carried on a tray, or occasionally in other formats. On occasion, the initial prize may itself be hidden behind a curtain, or in a box or some other container.
Technically, traders are supposed to bring something to trade in, but this rule has seldom been enforced. On several occasions, a trader is actually asked to trade in an item such as their shoes or purse, only to receive the item back at the end of the deal as a "prize". On at least one occasion, the purse was taken backstage and a high-valued prize such as the ignition key to a new car was placed inside of it.
Prizes generally consist of either cash or merchandise with genuine value, such as a trip, electronics, furniture, appliances, or a car. At times, a small prize (typewriter, pocket tape recorder, etc.) may contain a cash bonus or a written/recorded message awarding cash or a larger prize to a trader who has chosen it.
Traders who choose boxes or curtains are at risk of receivingbooby prizes called "zonks", which can be outlandish items (live animals, junked cars, giant articles of clothing, etc.) or legitimate prizes with relatively very little value (wheelbarrows, giant teddy bears, piles of food, etc.). On rare occasions, a trader receives a zonk that proves to be a cover-up for a valuable prize, such as a fur coat hidden inside a garbage can.
Though usually considered joke prizes, traders legally win the zonks.[30] However, after the taping of the show, any trader who had been zonked is offered a consolation prize (currently $100) instead of having to take home the actual zonk. This is partly because some of the zonks are impractical or physically impossible to receive or deliver to the traders (such as live animals or a stagehand wearing an animal costume), or the props are owned by the studio. A disclaimer at the end of the credits of later 1970s episodes read: "Some traders accept reasonable duplicates of zonk prizes." Starting in the 2012–13 season, CBS invited viewers to provide zonk ideas to producers. At the end of the season, the viewer whose zonk was judged the most creative won $2,500, and other viewers' zonk ideas were also used. Whenever a viewer-submitted zonk appeared on the show, the announcer credited its originator. The contest has been continued throughout the past several seasons after its 2012 introduction.[31] In some deals, it is possible to win both an actual prize or cash as well as a zonk.
As the end credits of the show roll, it is typical for the host to ask random members of the studio audience to participate in fast deals. In the current CBS version, these are often referred to as "quickie deals", and are conducted by the hosts. Marcus/Glass will post information on the show's X address (@LetsMakeADeal) days before taping to encourage audience members to carry certain items in their pockets to win an additional $100–$500 when any of the hosts asks to see such items.[32] The deals are usually in the form of the following:
During Season 13 and 14 (2021–23), as the show modified its format due to the COVID pandemic, traders at home play the Quickie Deals round the same way as the in-studio traders.
Deals are often more complicated than the basic format described above. Additionally, some deals take the form of games of chance, and others are played as pricing games.
Types of trading deals employed on the show include:
A wide variety of chance-based games have been used on the show. Examples:
Other deals related to pricing merchandise are featured to win a larger prize or cash amount. Sometimes traders are required to price individual items (either grocery products or smaller prizes generally valued less than $100) within a certain range to win successively larger prizes or a car. Other times traders must choose an item that has a pre-announced price, order grocery items or small prizes from least to most expensive, or two items with prices that total a certain amount to win a larger prize. The pre-announced price and two-items-to-a-given-amount games were often played multi-player style.
A two-player variant often had traders competing for cash, with the trader who guessed closer to the correct price of a grocery item or small prize getting progressively larger amounts of cash; whomever has a pre-announced amount after (typically) four such questions winning a larger prize. A similar variant had player compete for cash, with double the amount available for exact guesses, and afterward the chance to spend the cash on a curtain or box.
These games are not used on the CBS version because of their similarities toThe Price Is Right.
On the CBS version, due to the similarities of the pricing game concept withThe Price Is Right, quiz games are used instead. These deals involve products in the form of when they were introduced to the market, general knowledge quizzes, currency exchange rates (at the time of taping), or knowledge of geography of trips to certain locales used as prizes.
The Big Deal serves as the final segment of the show and offers a chance at a significantly larger prize for a lucky trader. Before the round, the value of the day's Big Deal is announced to the audience.
The process for choosing traders (two up to 2003, one since 2009) has remained the same. Starting with the highest winner, the host asks traders if they are willing to trade in everything they have won to that point for a chance to choose one of three numbered doors on the stage. The process continues until a trader agrees to play.^ Up to 2003, a second trader was chosen in this fashion and the higher winner of the two received first pick of the doors. In case of a tie between two or more traders, the host starts with the trader that was selected first.
Each of the doors conceals either a prize package of some sort, or a cash award hidden inside a prop such as a bank vault, piggy bank, or blank check. On occasion, a door containing an all-cash prize is opened before the traders make their choices, but the amount of the prize is not revealed. Frequently but not always, one of the two non-Big Deal doors holds a prize whose value is lower than that of the trader's original winnings, while the value of the other one is at least $1,000 more than this total. There are no Zonks in the Big Deal.
Before 2003, a non-Big Deal door chosen by one of the traders would be opened first, and the Big Deal door would be opened last whether it had been chosen or not. This procedure is followed in the majority of episodes since 2009, although occasionally the Big Deal door is instead opened second when a trader has chosen it.
The Big Deal prize is usually the most extravagant on each episode, and is often a car, a vacation with first-class accommodations, or a collection of high-value furniture/appliances. On occasion, the Big Deal consists of one of the all-cash prizes mentioned above; at other times, a cash bonus is added to the prizes in the Big Deal to bring the total up to the announced value. On other occasions, the prize consists of "Everything in the Big Deal", which awards the cash/merchandise behind all three doors to the trader who chooses it.
Traders who have won zonks become eligible for the Big Deal only if not enough winners of actual cash/prizes volunteer to play. The Big Deal is the only time during the show in which participants are guaranteed to receive a genuine prize, although it may be of lower value than the one(s) they trade away. (On the pilot episode only, a zonk was placed behind one of the doors; however, it was not chosen.)
During the 1975–76 syndicated season, winners of the Big Deal were offered a chance to win the "Super Deal". At this point, Big Deals were limited to a range of $8,000 to $10,000. The trader could risk their Big Deal winnings on a shot at adding a $20,000 cash prize, which was hidden behind one of three mini-doors onstage. The other two doors contained cash amounts of $1,000 or $2,000; however, the $1,000 value was later replaced with a "mystery" amount between $1,000 and $9,000. A trader who decided to play risked their Big Deal winnings and selected one of the mini-doors. If the $20,000 prize was behind the door, the trader kept the Big Deal and added the $20,000 prize, for a potential maximum total of $30,000. However, a trader who selected one of the other two doors forfeited the Big Deal prizes but kept the cash amount behind the door. The Super Deal was discontinued when the show permanently moved toLas Vegas for the final season (1976–77), and Big Deal values returned to the previous range of $10,000 to $15,000.
From 2012 to 2016 of the Brady version, the Super Deal was offered as a limited event (usually for a week of shows promoted as "Super Deal Week"). In this version, the top cash prize was $50,000 while the other two cash prizes were $1,000 and $2,000. In addition, instead of using mini-doors, the cash amounts were hidden in three large colored envelopes of red, green, and blue, respectively referred by Brady as ruby, emerald, and sapphire.
A "Trip-Tastic" game was played during the first week of the 2019–20 season on the Brady version. At three different points during each episode, the assistant would hand a golden ticket to a trader, enabling them to play the game. The traders were shown a world map with three envelopes attached, and they each chose one in the same order that they received their tickets. Cash prizes of $500 and $1,000 were hidden in two of the envelopes, while the third one awarded three trips.
During the first week of the 2015–16 and 2016–17 seasons on the Brady version, any trader who won a Big Deal had a chance to win the day's "Mega-Deal", which consisted of every non-cash, non-zonk prize offered during the episode. The Big Deal trader would choose both one of the three doors and one of seven cards (reduced by one for every day in which the Mega-Deal went unclaimed during the week). Only if the trader won the Big Deal would the chosen card be revealed; if it was the Mega-Deal card, they won all the prizes, including whatever they had traded away to play the Big Deal. Regardless of the outcome, the trader received the prize(s) in the Big Deal.
The week of May 9, 2016, was designatedMash-Up Week. During each of the five broadcast days,Deal and sister showThe Price Is Right each featured one game from the other's lineup. The games were slightly modified to reflect the nature of the shows on which they were played; those onThe Price Is Right were modified to add a pricing element, while those onDeal used random draws and the offer of cash/prize deals to stop a game early.Mash-Up Week returned to both shows the week of March 23, 2020.
Beginning in season 13, the show began to feature themed days in which at least one deal features a major, high-valued prize within a specific category (such as a cash prize, trip, or vehicle):
The primetime episode on November 17, 2023, featured all three of these deals throughout the show, as well as a "Taco Tuesday" deal (themed around Tiffany driving ataco truck), and "Throwback Thursday" (which featured clips of Monty Hall and Carol Merrill from the original run and Hall's guest appearances on the Brady version).
Upon the originalLet's Make a Deal's debut, journalist Charles Witbeck was skeptical of the show's chances of success, noting that the previous four NBC programs to compete with CBS'sPassword had failed.[33] Some critics described the show as "mindless" and "demeaning to traders and audiences alike".[1]
By 1974, however, the show had spent more than a decade at or near the top of daytime ratings, and became the highest-rated syndicated primetime program.[1] It was so popular that, when Hall movedLet's Make a Deal to ABC because of a contract dispute, doing so greatly damaged NBC's daytime ratings and greatly improved ABC's.[34] The show held the world's record for the longest waiting list for tickets in show-business history; there were 350 seats available for each show, and a wait time of two to three years after requesting a ticket.[1][34]
In 2001,Let's Make a Deal was ranked as No. 18 onTV Guide's list of "The 50 Greatest Game Shows of All Time".[35] In 2006, GSN aired a series of specials counting down its own list of the "50 Greatest Game Shows of All Time", on whichLet's Make a Deal was No. 7.[36]
In 2014, the American series won aDaytime Creative Arts Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Song for "30,000 Reasons to Love Me", composed by Cat Gray and sung byWayne Brady.[37]
Rights were formerly held byRTL Group worldwide, but under current ownersMarcus Lemonis andNancy Glass, international rights are held by Can't Stop Media except for countries where it currently is produced by RTL. The show has been licensed to 22 countries.
| Region or country | Local name | Host | Network | Dates |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Algeria | حياتنا واحدة Heyatna Wahda | Brahim Ghazali | Lina TV | 2020 |
 Australia | Let's Make a Deal | Mike Dyer John Laws Jimmy Hannan Garry Meadows | Nine Network | 1968–69 1976–77 |
| Vince Sorrenti | Network 10 | 1990–91 | ||
 Brazil[47] | Topa um Acordo? | Rodrigo Faro Celso Portiolli | RecordTV SBT | April 26, 2014 – December 2014 October 11, 2023 – present |
 Canada[nb 1] | Let's Make a Deal | Monty Hall | Syndication | 1980–81 |
 Egypt | لعبة الحياة – ليتس ميك آي ديل Lebet el hayat | Moutaz Al-Demirdash | Al Hayat 1 | 2013–present |
 Estonia[48] | Kas lööme käed? | Robert Rool | Kanal 2 | 2023–present |
 France[49] | Le Bigdil | Vincent Lagaf' andBill | TF1 | 1998–2004 |
| RMC Story | January 2, 2025 – present | |||
 Germany[50] | Geh aufs Ganze! | Jörg Draeger (1992–96; 1999–2003; 2021–22) Elmar Hörig (1996–98) Daniel Boschmann (2021–22) | Sat.1(1992–97; 2021–22) tm3(1997–98) kabel eins(1999–2003) | 1992–2003 2021–22 |
 Greece | Το Μεγάλο Παζάρι To Megalo Pazari | Andreas Mikroutsikos | Mega Channel | 1991–95 |
| Πάρ' τα Όλα Parta Ola | Sakis Boulas | Skai TV | 1997 | |
| Το πιο Μεγάλο Παζάρι To pio Megalo Pazari[51] | Andreas Mikroutsikos | Alpha TV | 2006–07 | |
| Κάνε Παζάρι Kane Pazari[52] | Doretta Papadimitriou | Skai TV | 2017 | |
| Το πιο Μεγάλο Παζάρι To pio Megalo Pazari | Ilias Vrettos | Alpha TV | 2023 | |
 Hungary[53] | Zsákbamacska | György Rózsa | MTV 1 | 1994–95 |
| György Rózsa,Majka andJoci Pápai[54] (2023) Peti Marics, Brúnó Pető, Vajk Szente and T. Danny (2024) | TV2 | 2023–24 | ||
 India[55] | Khullja Sim Sim | Aman Verma Hussain Kuwajerwala | StarPlus Big Magic | 2001–04 2012–13 |
 Indonesia | Super Deal 2 Milyar | Nico Siahaan | ANTV | 2006–07 |
| Aditya Herpavi | April 29, 2010 – December 31, 2010 | |||
| Indra Bekti andIndy Barends | July 25, 2011 – November 21, 2011 | |||
| Super Deal | Uya Kuya | 2014–15 | ||
| Raffi Ahmad andRuben Onsu | 2016 | |||
| Irfan Hakim | MNCTV | 2025–present | ||
| Super Deal Indonesia | Ananda Omesh,Andhika Pratama,Edric Tjandra and Papham | GTV | 2018–20 | |
| Andhika Pratama,Edric Tjandra, Gilang Gombloh,Erick Estrada,Rina Nose and Mimin Eva | 2022–25 | |||
 Israel | עשינו עסק Asinu eseq | Avri Gilad (1994–95) Zvika Hadar (1996) | Channel 2 | 1994–96 |
 Italy[56] | Facciamo un affare | Walter Chiari Iva Zanicchi | Telemontecarlo Canale 5 | 1980 1985–86 |
 Lebanon | قصة كبيرة Ossa kbireh | Michel Kazi | Future TV | 2002 |
 Mexico | Trato Hecho | Mauricio Barcelata | TV Azteca | 1999 |
 Poland[57] | Idź na całość | Zygmunt Chajzer (1997–2000) Krzysztof Tyniec (2000–01) | Polsat | 1997–2001 |
| Zygmunt Chajzer andRobert Motyka | TTV | 2025–present | ||
 Portugal[58] | Negócio Fechado | Henrique Mendes | SIC | 1999–2000 |
| Vai ou Racha | Pedro Teixeira | TVI | 2023–present | |
 Romania | Batem palma! | Dan Negru | Antena 1 | 2002–03 |
 Spain[59] | Fem Un Pacte | Joan Monleón | Canal Nou | 1996 |
| Trato Hecho | Bertín Osborne | Antena 3 | 1998–2000 2002 | |
| ¿Hay Trato? | Carlos Sobera | 2004 | ||
 Turkey | Seç Bakalım | Erhan Yazıcıoğlu | Kanal 6 ATV | 1992–95 1995–98 |
 United Kingdom | Trick or Treat | Mike Smith andJulian Clary | ITV | 1989 |
 United States | Let's Make a Deal | Monty Hall | NBC | 1963–67 |
| ABC | Daytime 1968–76 Primetime 1969–71 | |||
| Syndication | 1971–77 | |||
| Syndication | 1980–81* | |||
| The All-New Let's Make a Deal | Syndication | 1984–86 | ||
| Let's Make a Deal | Bob Hilton | NBC | 1990–91 | |
| Big Deal | Mark DeCarlo | FOX | 1996 | |
| Let's Make a Deal | Billy Bush | NBC | 2003 | |
| Wayne Brady | CBS | 2009–present | ||
| United States(in Spanish) | Trato Hecho | Guillermo Huesca | Univision | January 10, 2005 – December 9, 2005 |
 Vietnam | Ô cửa bí mật | Trần Hồng Ngọc | VTV3 | January 6, 2008 – February 19, 2012 |
In 1964,Milton Bradley released a home version ofLet's Make a Deal featuring gameplay somewhat different from the television show. In 1974,Ideal Toys released an updated version of the game featuring Hall on the box cover, which was also given to all traders on the syndicated version in the 1974–75 season. An electronic tabletop version byTiger Electronics was released in 1998. In the late summer of 2006, an interactive DVD version ofLet's Make a Deal was released byImagination Games, which also features classic clips from the Monty Hall years of the show. In 2010,Pressman Toy Corporation released an updated version of the box game, with gameplay more similar to the 1974 version, featuring Brady on the box cover.[60]
VariousU.S. lotteries have included instant lottery tickets based onLet's Make a Deal.[61]
In 1999, the website BuyBidWin.com[62] licensed the rights toLet's Make a Deal as it launched a website featuring Monty Hall.
In 1999, Shuffle Master teamed up with Bally's to do a video slot machine game based on the show with the voice and likeness of Monty Hall.
In 2004, IGT (International Gaming Technology) did a new video slot game based on the show still featuring Monty Hall. In 2023, another version of the video slots[63] featuring Wayne Brady was released atYaamava' Resort & Casino[64] in Highland, California.
In 2004, the now defunct website GameShow24.com was going to release a beta game based onLet's Make a Deal.
In 2012, a Facebook game based on the Wayne Brady[65] version was released by RealNetwork's GameHouse.
In 2013, Aristocrat Technologies did an all-new video slot machine game based on the Wayne Brady version.
In 2024, between October 1-24, the social casino game companySlotomania[66] sponsored "The Big Deal of the Day" rounds during the show.
TheMonty Hall problem, also called the Monty Hall paradox, is a famous question inprobability theory presented as a hypothetical game on the show. In this game, a trader is allowed to choose among three doors that conceal a true prize and two zonks. After this choice is made, the host opens a door that was not chosen and reveals a zonk, and then offers to trade the trader's original choice for the item behind the other unopened door. The problem is to determine whether taking the trade improves the trader's chance of winning. The correct answer is that it does, although people often reach the opposite conclusion through faulty reasoning.[67]
In an interview withThe New York Times reporterJohn Tierney in 1991, Hall confirmed that when the host behaves strictly according to the problem description, it is advantageous for the trader to take the trade. Yet as host on the show, he could decide which trades to offer based on the traders' prior choices, which allowed him to play on them psychologically and control the number of wins.[68]
Wearing costumes was the audience's idea. To attract Monty's attention, the traders got creative to out-do each other.