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The Price Is Right is an American television game show where contestants compete by guessing the prices of merchandise to win cash and prizes. A 1972 revival by Mark Goodson and Bill Todman of their 1956–1965 show of the same name, the new version added many distinctive gameplay elements.
The original version of The Price Is Right was first broadcast on NBC, and later ABC, from 1956 to 1965.Hosted by Bill Cullen, it involved four contestants bidding on a wide array of merchandise prizes with retail prices ranging from a few dollars (in many cases, "bonus" prizes were given to the winner afterward) to thousands.
During episodes of The Price Is Right $1,000,000 Spectacular, contestants had an opportunity to win $1 million in the Showcase Showdown for spinning $1.00 in their bonus spin. If no contestant earned a bonus spin in either Showcase Showdown, the winner of the showcase spun the Big Wheel once and could win $1 million for landing on $1.00.
"The Price is Right" is now 8,000 episodes old. To celebrate the milestone, "CBS This Morning" took a behind-the-scenes look at one of daytime TV's most popular shows - including how producers ...
For people who can't make it to The Price Is Right tapings, there's another option: The Price Is Right Live!, a touring stage show that brings the same games to cities around the U.S. Contestants ...
The Price Is Right first aired 67 years ago, and the beloved game show is showing no signs of stopping. If you've never been in the audience before, now is the time to plan your trip.
The Price Is Right was an exception; Goodson and Todman had built a squeaky-clean reputation upon relatively low-stakes games. Thus, as the more popular competition was eliminated, The Price Is Right became the most-watched game show in the country, and remained so for two years.
Perfect Bid: The Contestant Who Knew Too Much is a 2017 American documentary film that profiles Ted Slauson, an elementary school mathematics teacher and super fan of The Price Is Right. Interviews with Slauson reveal how he became fascinated with the show in the early 1970s, which drove him to memorize the prices of products, and his ...