Monday, September 18 2006

DEAL OR NO DEAL --(8:00PM-10:00PM) --(TV-PG)

"Episode No.201 - Season Premiere"

PREMIERE WEEK EXTRAGAVANZA BEGINS TONIGHT WITH TOP PRIZE MONEY ESCALATING BY $1 MILLION EACH GAME -- Howie Mandel returns as host with an exhilarating premiere week where the top prize in the first game will be $1 million and then escalate by an additional $1 million with each game -- culminating with a record $6 million by week's end -- the highest ever top prized offered on the show. Contestants include, Game one ($1 million top prize): Staff Sergeant Robin Mullins of the United States Air Force from Paducah, Kentucky; Game two ($2 million top prize) :William Ming, a minister from St. Louis, Missouri; Game three ($2 million top prize): Matthew Sollena, a Staten Island, New York truck driver. One lucky contestant breaks last season's record for the most prize money ever given away on the show. Viewers at home can also watch and play the "Play At Home Lucky Case Game," where in celebration of premiere week, $200,000 will be given away.