To fill the time slot vacated by the cancellation of the long running soap opera Guiding Light (1952), CBS auditioned 3 shows Game Shows: The $1,000,000 Pyramid, The Dating Game and Let's Make A Deal.
Starting in the show's 3rd season, the contestants were asked to bring items asked for on Twitter. If a contestant was called during the quickie deals at the end and they had the item they would get $500 as opposed to the usual $100 prize.
When the Car Pong game made its debut, if a contestant landed a ball in any of the cups surrounding the car cup they did not win any money. It wasn't until a few weeks later when the various money amounts were added to the surrounding cups and a contestant could win varying amounts from $100 to $1,000 if a ball landed in any of those cups.
On July 8, 2009 a non-airing pilot was taped at CBS Television City in Hollywood, California. Hosted by Wayne Brady, the show put out a casting call. Components featured the same "zonks" behind one of the three curtains and Wayne choosing contestants in the audience based upon their attention-grabbing creative costuming. With the show now owned by FremantleMedia North America, the staff of fellow Fremantle game show The Price Is Right assisted in production of the pilot, with executive producer Mike G. Richards, announcer Rich Fields and model Rachel Reynolds participating in their respective roles.
The first daytime game show on a major network, besides The Price is Right (1972), since the cancellation of Caesar's Challenge (1993) in 1994.