The British tabs called it: Former Deal or No Deal host Howie Mandel will be replacing David Hasselhoff at the judge’s table on America’s Got Talent, NBC Universal Television Entertainment Chairman Jeff Gaspin confirmed on Sunday morning at NBC’s Television Critics Association panel.

The germaphobic star will join stars Piers Morgan and Sharon Osbourne when the show returns for a fifth season this summer. Last Wednesday, Hasselhoff announced his departure from the reality competition, along with plans to start his own TV show.

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Despite online reports that he might have suffered a heart attack in Toronto late Monday, Deal or No Deal host Howie Mandel, 53, has been hospitalized for an irregular heartbeat and is expected to fully recover. Read the rest of this entry »

After more than three seasons, pregnant stay-at-home mom Jessica Robinson, 27, became the first $1 million winner on the Emmy-nominated NBC game show Deal or No Deal. Read the rest of this entry »

After three seasons, NBC’s primetime gameshow Deal or No Deal will award its first $1 million prize on an episode airing Labor Day Monday, September 1 (8 p.m. ET/PT).

President Bush is featured on the April 21st edition of NBC’s Deal or No Deal in this video clip.