Deal Or No Deal to return with popular ITV star to replace Noel Edmonds as host

thesun.co.uk:

DEAL Or No Deal is being lined up for a return on ITV – eight years after it was axed. The original series, fronted by Noel Edmonds, ran on Channel 4 for 11 years until 2016.

Insiders have revealed ITV are now working to reboot the popular show which saw contestants choosing one of 22 boxes and gambling against the banker in a bid to walk away with the highest sum.

Popular ITV star Stephen Mulhern has been approached as the favourite to front the show. A source said: “Deal Or No Deal was absolutely huge back in the day and pulled in millions of viewers. “ITV think there is still a huge appetite for it and think they could make a huge success of the show if they brought it back.

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