Generous Deal or No Deal?

Generous deal (or no deal?)
12:00 AM CST on Sunday, February 26, 2006
Linda Stewart Ball
Want to get on a national TV game show where you don't have to eat bugs or frogs? Take a tip from Cheryl Jackson of Plano: Ask, and it shall be given – maybe.
When Ms. Jackson heard that NBC was creating a new one-hour show called Deal or No Deal, she sent an audition tape to every name she found associated with the program on the Internet.
If she won the $1 million prize, she told the producers, she'd give to her church, DayStar Deliverance Ministries. The church, where her mom happens to be the pastor, recently moved from Plano to Richardson. It pretty much needed everything, from pews to the pulpit.
Somehow her pitch worked. She got to be a contestant on the wacky show hosted by Howie Mandel.
The network flew Ms. Jackson, her husband, kids and 30 choir members to Los Angeles for the taping.
Did she win the $1 million prize?
Ms. Jackson, who normally loves to talk, will only say: "You have to see this show. You're going to die laughing. We had a great time."
Deal airs at 7 p.m. Monday and Tuesday on NBC. You can watch it on the big screen with Ms. Jackson at Studio Movie Grill, 4721 W. Park Blvd. in Plano.