The show is exponentially worse than the sum of its parts.
Everything that makes Survivor good isn't there. No tribes, no teams, and most importantly no "survivor" aspect. Contestants are fully clothed, fed, and given every possible accommodation. Aside from getting dirty for some challenges, this is essentially a paid vacation for people who can be considered at minimum - semi-celebrities. A large part of the social aspect is gone too since there's no voting and no goal of controlling a majority. Just a person playing a good or bad game of deal and either getting sent home, or choosing someone to go home - no questions asked. I don't have much hope for many twists either like hidden immunities, large reward challenges, auctions or anything that made survivor exciting to watch.
Everything that makes deal or no deal good is gone too. No studio audience, no support group, little buildups, less intense music, and even the rules change to be something far less exciting. I was hoping they would re-introduce the one-time counter offer as well, but they didn't. A "good-deal" should have meant that they made more than what they discovered in their case (I think that dude found $150,000), setting at least some kind of bar or goal for the contestant to achieve. This would make a unique situation the other contestants to root AGAINST the contestant, or give BAD or misleading advice. The game would possibly end early if the contestant had no chance of making that amount though case elimination, but this depth is taken away and reduced to what's essentially a coin-flip at the end.
The run-time for one episode is 1:04:32 without commercials for the first episode. I felt that they could have cut out at least 3/4 of it for it to not feel like a total drag. I won't be watching episode 2 or the rest of the season. This show sucks complete ass.