Deal or No Deal host Howie Mandel wants to produce more scripted TV shows in his native Canada.

“I’m very heavily involved in Canadian production with Canadian networks, as much as I am with the American networks,” Mandel told Playback Daily about pilots he has in the works with CBC, Global Television and other local networks.

Working through his production shingle Alevy Productions, Toronto-born Mandel shot and executive produced the NBC/Global Television prankster series Howie Do It in and around Toronto.

Mandel also has an first-look deal with NBC Universal to help produce his own TV projects, and partly in Canada with programming for international sale.

“There’s a lot of talent coming out of Canada… So I’m using any leverage and any success I’ve had to produce shows in Canada,” he said ahead of hosting the 13th annual Canada’s Walk of Fame induction ceremony on October 20.

Currently in the Alevy pipeline is the He Said, She Said pilot for Game Show Network and a possible reality TV series for WE TV.

Mandel also has scripted projects set up at NBC and USA Network as part of his first-look deal.

The comic said he’s not interested in making recognizably Canadian shows, but instead shows that “tickles my fancy” and which can play worldwide.

“I find that sometimes in Canada they have made shows that are specifically for Canada and you know it won’t transcend beyond that. It’s inside and provincial,” he notes.

Mandel, who has long lived in Los Angeles, said American TV audiences know programming from Britain or Australia, and he wants to generate that same attention and engagement for Canadian TV shows.

“I don’t know that [Americans] know Canadian TV, besides Degrassi,” he insisted.

Mandel, who received his own Canada’s Walk of Fame star last year, will oversee the induction of another seven Canadians, including musician Nelly Furtado and actors Sarah Polley and Eric McCormack.