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“LET’S MAKE A DEAL” GOES INTERACTIVE WITH SPECIAL TWITTER EPISODES

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…From CBS Daytime

Fans Can Vote Via Twitter To Choose Game-Changing

Elements, Including Cash and Prizes  

First of Two Episodes Tapes Nov. 8 and Airs Nov. 13

Click Here for Wayne Brady’s Announcement

            LET’S MAKE A DEAL will tap into the power of social media with two special Twitter episodes this season.  The first episode will tape Friday, Nov. 8 (1:00 PM, PT) and air Wednesday, Nov. 13 (check local listings) on the CBS Television Network.  To participate, fans should follow @letsmakedealCBS beginning at 3:00 PM, ET / 2:00 PM, CT / 12:00 PM, PT on Friday, Nov. 8 when the taping begins.  Via the show’s Twitter handle, fans can then vote on elements of the show, which will include more than $150,000 in cash and prizes.

Each act of the show will have a key element to be voted upon – from choosing whether an exotic sports car should be in a deal or its cash equivalent, to the prizes affecting the “Big Deal of the Day”-- the fans decide!  By using the hashtag #DecideTheDeal, fans votes will be received.  Votes will then be tallied immediately, with the most popular choices incorporated into the episode as it happens.  The fun will include the guest audience who will receive a special giveaway announced by host Wayne Brady.  The second Twitter episode will tape Friday, Dec. 6 to be broadcast Wednesday, April 23, 2014.

CBS Daytime has been #1 in the daypart for 27 consecutive years, featuring a balance of dramas, game shows and talk. The Network’s daytime lineup includes television’s #1-rated daytime program and longest-running game show THE PRICE IS RIGHT, the #1 daytime drama THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS, daytime talk show THE TALK as well as THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL and LET’S MAKE A DEAL.

 

CHEAT TWEET:  #LMAD fansvotelive during taping 2 determine $150,000+ deals & B part of the action. Tweet #DecidetheDeal 2 vote 11/8 http://bit.ly/1hn7fx9

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Website: http://CBS.com/deal

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/LetsMakeADealCBS

Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/LetsMakeDealCBS

CBS Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/CBSTweet

 

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Press Contacts:

Vernon Cheek    818-655-1588  vernon.cheek@cbs.com

 

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Molly O’Gara (BWR)   818-248-6185 mogara@bwr-la.com

Christine Shaw   818-748-1148 christine.shaw@fremantlemedia.com

 

Photo Contacts:

Gaye Ann Bruno (Deal)  818-655-1542  gayeann.bruno@cbs.com

Tim Kuratek (Deal)   212-975-7068  tkuratek@cbs.com