The Price is Right: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

The Price is Right is an American game show where contestants made successive bids on merchandise prizes with the goal of bidding closest to the actual retail price of the prize without going over. The show was a precursor to the current and best-known version of the show, which premiered in 1972 on CBS' daytime schedule. This makes The Price is Right one of only a few game shows that have aired in some form across all three of what were then the Big Three television networks.

The series premiered on NBC's daytime schedule on November 26, 1956, and quickly spawned a primetime series that aired once a week. Bill Cullen hosted both versions of the show; his easy-going personality was cited as a key element of the show's success. The Price is Right became one of the few game shows to survive the rigging scandal of the late 1950s, and gained even more popularity after other game shows exposed for being rigged had been cancelled.

In 1963, The Price is Right switched networks and both the daytime and primetime series moved to ABC. On September 3, 1965, the show aired its final episode after nearly nine years on the air.

Series details

• Title: The Price is Right
• Format: Game Show
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 1956-11-26
• Final broadcast date listed: 1965-09-03
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: ABC
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 6679
• TVDB ID: 404715

Cast and credited roles

• Bill Cullen — Host

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1956-11-26; final listed air date 1956-11-26.
• Season 10: premiered 1965-01-01; final listed air date 1965-09-03.

Source and licence

Adapted from The Price is Right on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.