Deal or No Deal/DOND In Popular Culture

DOND was also parodied on Mad TV a couple of times in 2006.

DOND was also spoofed on Saturday Night Live [SNL] in 2006 and 2008 with Antonio Banderas and Steve Carrell respectively. Ironically enough, both shows aired on the same network (NBC).

In 2006, the online animated series SuperNews! spoofed DOND as "Nuclear Deal or No Deal" where Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad becomes a contestant on the show and features such as: getting bombed, getting nuked, economic incentives and getting occupied.

Deal or No Deal was parodied on Sesame Street from a August 16, 2007 episode "4138" as "Meal or No Meal" hosted by "Howie Eatswell", a parody portrayal of Howie Mandel. Instead of cash inside the cases, food is inside to make a meal. Instead of the banker, it is the "baker" that is making the offer. It turns out that the baker making all the meal deals is Cookie Monster. When Howie tells the contestant that there was 100 cookies on Dish #2, Cookie jumps out and eats the cookies.

In the hour-long 2007 episode of Family Guy called "Blue Harvest" DOND was parodied where Vader (Stewie Griffin) board's Leia's ship looking for the plans, while Leia (Lois Griffin) has hidden it in one of the 26 briefcases, In the end Vadar/Stewie wins very little money but nevertheless is just happy to be on TV.

the show 30 Rock has a share of references and spoofs of DOND. In the 2007 episode "SeinfeldVision", a clip is shown with Jerry Seinfeld being digitally inserted into as a contestant.

Another 2007 episode called "The Head and the Hair", the show is spoofed as Gold Case hosted by John McEnroe (former host of The Chair on ABC). In the same year, a hobo version was spoofed in the episode "The C word".

In the 2008 episode "Believe in the Stars" when Jack asks Tyler if he would like to host DOND in his own home, he holds up the board game of the show.

In the 2006 episode "Blind Date", the show can be heard in the background.

In the 2007 episode of Medium called "Heads Will Roll", Allison Dubois (played by Patricia Arquette) dreams of becoming a contestant on DOND but only to be accused of cheating after picking the six lowest amounts in order from round 1.

ADDITIONAL NOTE: This clip features first million-dollar winner Jessica Robinson.

DOND was briefly seen in the opening credits of the 2013 romantic comedy-drama film Don Jon.

ADDITIONAL NOTE: This clip featured the 200th episode.