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Aired
Syndicated, September 11, 1972 – May 24, 1980
Number of episodes
300
Run time
30 Minutes
Hosts
Dennis James (1972-1977)
Bob Barker (1977-1980)
Announcers
Johnny Olson
Origination
Studio 33, CBS Television City, Los Angeles, California

The (New/Nighttime) Price is Right (1972) is the half-hour syndicated version of an ultra successful hour-long CBS daytime game show.

Game Format[]

One Bid[]

One Bid is a qualifying game, played with four contestants standing at the foot of the stage ("Contestants' Row"). A prize is shown and each player gives a bid for the item. Contestants bid in dollars and not cents (as the retail prices are rounded off to the nearest dollar) and may not bid the same amount as any player bid previously for that item. The contestant who bids closest to the actual retail price of the prize, without going over, wins the prize and advances on to the stage for an individual pricing game. If all four contestants overbid, they all must bid again, lower than the lowest bid. Four initial contestants are chosen from the audience at the start of the show to play the first One Bid round and bid in order from left to right; before each subsequent One Bid round, a new contestant is chosen from the audience to replace the previous winner (new contestants always went first).

Pricing Games[]

Each winner of the One Bid round is called onto the stage to play a pricing game to play for a prize or prizes valued at least several thousand dollars.


After three pricing games had been played, the two on-stage contestants with the greatest winnings faced off in the Showcase.

The Showcases[]

The two qualifying contestants are shown a large prize package. The contestant with the larger total of cash and prizes (the "top winner") may either bid on that showcase or pass it to their opponent (the "runner-up"). A second prize package is then shown, and whichever contestant has not yet bid must bid on that showcase. Unlike the One-Bid, one player may bid the same bid as the other, as they are each bidding on separate prize packages. The contestant who bids closer to the combined "actual retail price" of the items in their showcase without going over wins that showcase. If both contestants bid higher than the actual price of their own showcases, referred to as a "double overbid," they both lose.

Trivia[]

  • Before and in the early days of TPIR, Studio 33 (a.k.a. The Bob Barker Studio) was the home of the formerly popular 1967-1978 sketch comedy show The Carol Burnett Show.
  • Dennis James was the initial choice of Goodson-Todman to host all versions of the program. However, CBS wanted Bob Barker, which is why James only hosted this version (save for a few daytime episodes were he filed-in for a sick Bob Barker).
  • Unofficially called "The Nighttime Price is Right" as it aired Saturday or Sunday evening in most markets.
  • The entire run of this series exists (Except for 001N), but the program never aired in reruns. A large reason for this was Barker's ban on rerunning episodes of the show featuring fur prizes, with this version featuring them much more than the daytime version.
  • The third episode of this run (003N) which was taped on August 28th 1972, was thrown out and never aired due to a mistake during the Showcase that no one could figure out how to fix. A replacement wasn't tape until after #039N (the season finale) on May 4, 1973.
  • In the show's 1976-77 season, An unfortunate incident occurred for Dennis James during an early playing of the Cliff Hangers game on one nighttime episode. James called the mountain climber Fritz by shouting out "There Goes Fritz" when the contestant lost the game and the climber fall over the cliff. He was not aware that model Janice Pennington's husband Fritz Stammberger had vanished while mountain climbing in the mid 1970s. James' comments distraught and upset Pennington so much, that she ran off backstage crying and not appearing on camera nor on air for the remainder of that show.
  • The show started off strong in the ratings. However, it began to decline when the daytime version moved to one hour and this version was compared unfavorably to that version. Dennis James signed a five-year contract to host, which expired in 1977 and wasn't renewed. Barker hosted the final three seasons in an attempt to improve the ratings, which was unsuccessful.
  • NBC Owned and Operated stations ran the syndicated version from 1972-1977. When Family Feud (Dawson) premiered, they dropped this program and picked up that one instead. CBS Owned and Operated stations picked up the series in 1977 and aired it until 1980.
  • In 1980, Goodson-Todman moved their weekly syndicated shows to 5 days a week, including Family Feud (Dawson) and Match Game (Rayburn). However, they decided to cancel this version of The Price is Right to focus on a daily syndicated version of To Tell the Truth (Ward) instead.
  • The biggest total awarded was $35,142.

Stations[]

These are the stations that carried the syndicated 1972-1980 version of "The Price is Right."

  • New York - WNBC (1972-78), WCBS (1978-80)
  • Los Angeles - KNBC (1972-77), KNXT (now KCBS-TV, 1977-80)
  • Chicago - WMAQ
  • Philadelphia - WPVI
  • Dallas - WBAP (Now: KXAS-TV)
  • Atlanta - WAGA
  • Washington D.C. - WRC
  • Minneapolis - KSTP
  • Orlando - WESH (1972-77), WFTV (1977-1980)
  • Denver - KOA
  • Miami - WTVJ
  • Cleveland - WKYC
  • Sacramento - KXTV
  • Charlotte - WBTV
  • Portland, OR - KOIN
  • Indianapolis - WLWI
  • Salt Lake City - KUTV
  • San Diego - KGTV
  • Hartford - WFSB
  • Columbus, OH - WBNS
  • Kansas City - KCMO
  • Greenville, SC - WFBC
  • Cincinnati - WCPO
  • Milwaukee - WTMJ
  • West Palm Beach - WEAT
  • Las Vegas - KLAS
  • Norfolk - WAVY
  • Birmingham - WBRC
  • Oklahoma City - WKY
  • Fresno - KFSN
  • Buffalo - WKBW
  • Richmond, VA - WTVR
  • Scranton - WBRE
  • Albany, NY - WTEN (1972-78)
  • Knoxville - WBIR
  • Lexington - WKYT
  • Tucson - KVOA, KOLD
  • Dayton - WHIO
  • Des Moines - WHO
  • Green Bay - WBAY
  • Roanoke - WDBJ
  • Toledo - WTOL
  • Waco - KWTX
  • Syracuse - WHEN
  • Springfield, IL - WCIA
  • South Bend - WNDU
  • Evansville - WTVW
  • Lansing - WJIM
  • Sioux City - KCAU
  • Rochester, MN - KAUS
  • Bangor - WABI
  • Terre Haute - WTWO
  • Kirksville - KTVO
  • Zanesville, OH - WHIZ
  • Presque Isle - WAGM

Merchandise[]

Main Article: The Price is Right (1972)/Merchandise

Trade Ads[]

Episode Status[]

The Price is Right (Nighttime - 1972)/Episode List [1]

See Also[]

The Price is Right
The Price is Right (1972)
The Price is Right (1985)
The Price is Right (1994)
Bob Barker: Master of Ceremonies
E! True Hollywood Story: The Price is Right
Road to Price
Gameshow Marathon
InFANity: The Price is Right
Rich Fields Gone Wild
The Price is Right Male Model Search
Perfect Bid: The Contestant Who Knew Too Much
The Price is Right: The Barker Era
The A.V. Club Hosted by John Teti
The Price is Right with Drew Carey

Links[]

Official Website of The Price is Right
The Price is Right Wiki

Video[]

The_Price_is_Right_ticket_plug,_1973

The Price is Right ticket plug, 1973

The_Price_is_Right_ticket_plug,_1975

The Price is Right ticket plug, 1975

The_Price_Is_Right_1977_KMGH_Nighttime_Promo

The Price Is Right 1977 KMGH Nighttime Promo

1977_Dennis_James_The_Price_Is_Right_Nighttime_Prome

1977 Dennis James The Price Is Right Nighttime Prome

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