But coming from a company that's been doing better with Howie "Deal or No Deal" Mandel than Aaron "Studio 60" Sorkin, the move shouldn't be a total shock.
That pushes Deal or No Deal to Fridays, where it should serve as a strong lead-in for Friday Night Lights, a show Silverman calls "efficient" (that's Hollywood speak for cheap).
It turns out that when viewed as a Magic Eye poster, Pitbull and those 25 backup Slinkys of his looked like Howie Mandel and his Deal or No Deal human props.
Reilly boasted a strong development track record during his three-year tenure, which includes both critically acclaimed newcomers (30 Rock and Friday Night Lights) and established ratings successes (Deal or No Deal and The Office).
The channel also won best drama serial for Top Boy, the popular factual and features prize for Hugh's Big Fish Fight with Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and the best daytime programme for Deal Or No Deal Live.
"If it comes to a vote, the House of Commons will face a choice - a deal or no deal, " he said - adding that the alternative to ratifying a multi-year deal would be a series of annual negotiations.
Of course, anyone would be a step-up from the hodge-podge of reality hosts (Project Runway's Heidi Klum, American Idol's Ryan Seacrest, Dancing with the Stars' Tom Bergeron, Survivor's Jeff Probst and Deal or No Deal's Howie Mandel) who collectively--and awkwardly--hosted the award show last year.
"There was no overt deal for support, there was no covert deal, there were no nods or winks, " he said.
Sweetheart deal or no, the Air Transport Association (ATA) will be a formidable force in the debate.
And a source familiar with the investigation told CNN that no plea deal or proffer was made to Najibullah Zazi during his questioning.
They don't want a confrontation with Iran or North Korea, or Venezuela or Turkey for that matter, because they don't want to deal with difficult situations with no easy answers or silver bullets to make problems disappear.
The company had no immediate comment on the deal or the possibility of its own bid.
For most people, it is enough that the latter deal is no longer secret or glorified.
Yet such an agreement, which the conventional wisdom deemed highly significant and urgent just a few months ago, now appears superfluous (or in any event no big deal).
The Palestinian Authority is dependent on outside foreign assistance, and since Hamas is on the State Department's list of terrorist organizations the Bush Administration has made clear it has no plans to fund or deal with a Hamas-led Palestinian Authority.
His thoughts that raising the capital gains tax to 20% or 28% is no big deal is the epitome of economic illiteracy, a glaring example of the ignorance of the central role that risk-taking plays in growth and that taxes play in the value of hard and financial assets.
Back in the 1950s, it was no big deal to have Gene Kelly or Debbie Reynolds sing on screen.
MBNA's shares had been drifting up for weeks, but no one expected a deal so big or so soon.
In places like Colombia, Korea, and the Philippines, eating insects as a snack or with a meal is no big deal, but in Europe and the United States, the idea of chomping down on a crunchy critter makes many people squeamish.
Once you get this figured out it is no big deal, but it seems weird and to make it worse, there are no markings or temperature indications at all.
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No luck so far getting a radio deal or a traveling reporter from the Long Beach Press-Telegram.
The Provo deal contains no published rates for Internet or TV service.
"This deal in no way represents the interests or agreement of the people being harmed by fracking in Ohio, " said Sandy Buchanan, the director of Ohio Citizen Action.
No one likes to deal with a do-or-die, rule-or-ruin sort of person.
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Gazprom is no longer interested or capable of doing this deal, but the Russian government has always been in control since nobody is exporting gas to China without its approval.
Armed knowing it can find another such deal for MMR if it can successfully recover hydrocarbons from the Ultra Deep, Moffett has no incentive whatsoever to seek or want a deal now.
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There are as yet no coherent rules to deal with either foreign direct investment or competition policy.
"There is no deal to release players for extra training days before or during the Six Nations, " said Calleja.
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