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America
- Enforced Method Acting: The first time Howie Mandel attended a taping was the first time Mandel was in the studio. His reactions throughout that first day from seeing the set to watching how the featured contestant played were authentic.
- Follow the Leader: A self-inflicted example. Endemol gave ABC a big-money, luck-based "pick the object" game called Set for Life in Summer 2007. It was terrible and got canned after seven episodes.
- Missing Episode: For some reason, NBC yanked at least two — the very first game of the Million-Dollar Mission (with LeAnn Rimes) was pulled because the network didn't think a contestant knocking out both $1,000,000 cases right off the bat was a good way to start (she was still given the $50,000 she earned), and another because it wasn't exciting enough (although it eventually got on their website, which is now devoid of all DOND videos).
- Overtook the Manga: Even though the show ended in 2010, the licenced arcade machine is still regularly serviced, and is a common sight across many arcades in the States.
- Out of Holiday Episode: The Samsung TV Plus channel shows holiday-themed episodes of the show in regular rotation. Given that the channel seems to run on auto-pilot, it's rather justified.
- Prop Recycling: Of a sort. The U.S. syndicated run used a smaller version of the Deal Wheel (take a metal ball, spin the wheel, run up stairs, drop the ball through Plinko-esque pegs before it lands on spaces that halve/double/triple your money, used as part of several gimmick episodes on the NBC version) as a contestant selection device.
- Screwed by the Network: NBC apparently didn't learn about the consequences of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?'s Wolverine Publicity and, much like Millionaire, the network's actions eventually led to a drop in the show's popularity and subsequent cancellation after four seasons. The show was screwed with so often, and so badly, that people got sick of the syndicated version as well, which was canned after two seasons.
- What Could Have Been: As revealed in Alex Trebek's documentary Game Changers, Mandel initially wanted nothing to do with the show. He eventually relented, but had to rehearse what he was given days before taping started.
United Kingdom
- Adored by the Network: Channel 4 had hopes right from the start, to the point it was the only daytime game show to air six days a week. Averted near the end of its run (see below).
- Holiday Episode: The show adored this trope, and had many specials that utilized many themes, although most of these are just cosmetic.
- Screwed by the Network: The show ended up being this near the end of it's run. Channel 4 began airing horse racing on weekdays, which led to the show's scheduling becoming erratic. This meant that holiday specials were retired because it was uncertain when episodes would actually air. In the end, Channel 4 canceled the series after deciding it had lasted its run.
