It's certainly not a bomb by any stretch of the imagination, but CNN.com (and my own math skills) state that Deal or no Deal is starting to soften in the ratings. On Monday the show was off by nearly 25% from it's year ago numbers. Granted it's up against harder competition in Dancing With the Stars, but a show as gimmicky as Deal is bound to start losing traction eventually. Frankly I'm surprised it's taken this long.

Luckily for Howie and the gang, NBC is so hurting these days that the show isn't in any immediate danger. But you have to wonder if Deal will last as long as Millionaire did in primetime before it settles into a near-certain syndicated career.

 

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