The Price is Right: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

The Price is Right, originally hosted by Bob Barker until 2007 and Drew Carey thereafter -- features a wide variety of games and contests with the same basic challenge: Guess the prices of everyday (or not-quite-everyday) retail items. Four contestants, all of whom are seated in one of the wildest audiences in daytime game-show history, are called to the stage to play a preliminary pricing round. That winner joins the host on stage for one of more than 70 different pricing games. After three such games, the contestants spin a big wheel -- hoping to get as close to $1 as possible -- in the "Showcase Showdown". The two highest winners of that round advance to the final, where prizes could be cars or roomsful of furniture. A trio of models presents the prizes.

Series details

• Title: The Price is Right
• Format: Game Show
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 1972-09-15
• Status in TVmaze: Running
• Network listed by TVmaze: CBS
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 6.7/10
• TVMaze ID: 6657
• IMDb ID: tt0068120
• TVDB ID: 77072

Cast and credited roles

• Bob Barker — Host
• Drew Carey — Host
• Janice Pennington — Model
• Holly Hallstrom — Model
• Dian Parkinson — Model
• Kathleen Bradley — Model
• Chantel Dubay — Model
• Rod Roddy — Announcer
• Kyle Aletter — Model
• Cindy Margolis — Model
• Johnny Olson — Announcer
• Rich Fields — Announcer

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1972: premiered 1972-09-04; final listed air date 1972-12-19.
• Season 1973: premiered 1973-01-02; final listed air date 1973-03-01.
• Season 1974: premiered 1974-01-02; final listed air date 1974-12-31.
• Season 1975: premiered 1975-01-02; final listed air date 1975-04-30.
• Season 1976: premiered 1976-09-03; final listed air date 1976-12-27.
• Season 1977: premiered 1977-01-06; final listed air date 1977-12-06.
• Season 1978: premiered 1978-01-09; final listed air date 1978-08-28.
• Season 1979: premiered 1979-02-20; final listed air date 1979-02-20.
• Season 1980: premiered 1980-02-21; final listed air date 1980-06-26.
• Season 1981: premiered 1981-03-26; final listed air date 1981-12-31.
• Season 1982: premiered 1982-01-04; final listed air date 1982-12-31.
• Season 1983: premiered 1983-01-03; final listed air date 1983-12-23.
• Season 1984: premiered 1984-01-03; final listed air date 1984-12-21.
• Season 1985: premiered 1985-01-02; final listed air date 1985-12-13.
• Season 1986: premiered 1986-01-02; final listed air date 1986-10-29.
• Season 1987: premiered 1987-01-05; final listed air date 1987-12-17.
• Season 1988: premiered 1988-01-04; final listed air date 1988-12-30.
• Season 1989: premiered 1989-01-03; final listed air date 1989-12-22.
• Season 1990: premiered 1990-01-02; final listed air date 1990-12-25.
• Season 1991: premiered 1991-01-02; final listed air date 1991-12-12.
• Season 1993: premiered 1993-02-26; final listed air date 1993-09-13.
• Season 1995: premiered 1995-10-12; final listed air date 1995-12-25.
• Season 1996: premiered 1996-01-02; final listed air date 1996-12-25.
• Season 1997: premiered 1997-01-02; final listed air date 1997-12-16.
• Season 1998: premiered 1998-01-02; final listed air date 1998-12-24.
• Season 1999: premiered 1999-01-04; final listed air date 1999-12-24.
• Season 2000: premiered 2000-01-03; final listed air date 2000-12-22.
• Season 2001: premiered 2001-01-02; final listed air date 2001-12-24.
• Season 2002: premiered 2002-01-02; final listed air date 2002-12-24.
• Season 2003: premiered 2003-01-02; final listed air date 2003-05-26.

Source and licence

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