I have come to the conclusion that NBC does not care about giving their viewers the thrill of seeing something rare occur on Deal or No Deal; instead, they want to go ahead and tell you that it's going to happen so you'll watch, giving them viewers, which gives them high ratings, and that is all they apparently care about. First off, you all saw that spoiler after the credits last night, and if you didn't, I made mention of it in my post in this thread last night. Well, tonight, during the intro, they showed clips of the upcoming show (like they usually do), and one of the things they showed was Howie saying, "this is the highest offer ever". Gee, thanks! That spoils practically everything! Why? Because Michele had four amounts on the left side, along with $750,000 and $1,000,000. The highest offer before tonight was $701,000 on Tuesday's show, and that was accepted. So, obviously, the only way that could be surpassed is if Michele was down to only $750,000 and $1,000,000. And of course, that's exactly what happened. So, instead of getting to go crazy and enjoy the excitement and thrill of a scenario I've been waiting so long to see on this show, I'm left to sit there and watch as the inevitable unfolds. It was still nice to see Michele's excitement, but it was extremely disppointing and frustrating, because it would've been awesome to have been surprised. Needless to say, that really ticked me off, and made my interest for the show sink. I'll still watch, of course, but it'll be hard to totally enjoy it, knowing that whenever a big moment is ahead, I'll be told about it by ratings-hungry NBC. Ugh. On top of all this, the big-money days are over, and it's back to normal, meaning less excitement and less money. I'm telling you, an escalating jackpot is the way to go. Start at $1,000,000, and up it by $100K every game someone doesn't win it.
