The Price Is Right broadcast history

Since 1956, the American television game show The Price Is Right has appeared on television in some version for 47 years, although not consecutively.
NBC/ABC, 1956-1965
(All times Eastern Time Zone)
Daytime (Monday-Friday)
*November 26-December 28, 1956: NBC, 10:30-11:00 AM Eastern (9:30-10:00 AM Central)
*December 31, 1956-September 6, 1963: NBC, 11:00-11:30 AM (10:00-10:30 AM)
*September 9, 1963-March 27, 1964: ABC, 11:00-11:30 AM (10:00-10:30 AM)
*March 30-December 25, 1964: ABC, 10:30-11:00 AM (9:30-10:00 AM)
*December 28, 1964-September 3, 1965: ABC, 11:30 AM-12:00 PM (10:30-11:00 AM)
Nighttime (weekly)
*September 23, 1957-June 16, 1958: NBC Mondays, 7:30-8:00 PM (6:30-7:00 PM)
*June 26-September 4, 1958: NBC Thursdays, 10:00-10:30 PM (9:00-9:30 PM)
*September 17, 1958-September 6, 1961: NBC Wednesdays, 8:30-9:00 PM (7:30-8:00 PM)
*September 18, 1961-September 10, 1962: NBC Mondays, 8:30-9:00 PM (7:30-8:00 PM)
*September 17, 1962-January 21, 1963: NBC Mondays, 9:30-10:00 PM (8:30-9:00 PM)
*February 1-September 6, 1963: NBC Fridays, 9:30-10:00 PM (8:30-9:00 PM)
*September 18-November 20, 1963: ABC Wednesdays, 8:30-9:00 PM (7:30-8:00 PM)
*December 6, 1963-September 11, 1964: ABC Fridays, 9:30-10:00 PM (8:30-9:00 PM)
CBS, 1972-Present
The most recognized incarnation of the show premiered September 4, 1972 on CBS and was hosted by Bob Barker for the first 35 years of its broadcast run. Drew Carey took over at the beginning of Season 36. The show was first called The New Price is Right to distinguish itself from the earlier Bill Cullen version, but the show proved so popular that on June 26, 1973 the producers dropped the word "New".
The revival of The Price is Right began as a half-hour show. It featured three pricing games and the Showcase with the top two winners of the day participating in the Showcase.
During the week of September 8, 1975, CBS experimented with a one-hour version of the show to celebrate its third anniversary. The ratings for the week were strong enough to convince the network that the arrangement would work well permanently. CBS made the move on November 3, fitting the show to its current six pricing game/two Showcase Showdown format.
CBS Daytime (Monday-Friday)
* September 4, 1972-March 23, 1973: 10:30-11:00 AM, Eastern (9:30-10:00 AM, Central)
* March 26, 1973-August 15, 1975: 3:00-3:30 PM (2:00-2:30 PM)
* August 18-September 5, 1975: 10:30-11:00 AM (9:30-10:00 AM)
* September 8-12, 1975: 10:30-11:30 AM (9:30-10:30 AM)
* September 15-October 31, 1975: 10:30-11:00 AM (9:30-10:00 AM)
* November 3, 1975-January 28, 1977: 10:00-11:00 AM (9:00-10:00 AM)
* January 31-November 4, 1977: 10:30-11:30 AM (9:30-10:30 AM)
* November 7-December 16, 1977: 10:00-11:00 AM (9:00-10:00 AM)
* December 19, 1977-April 20, 1979: 10:30-11:30 AM (9:30-10:30 AM)
* April 23, 1979-Present: 11:00 AM-12:00 PM (10:00-11:00 AM)
CBS Daytime -- Second New Episode
CBS used The Price Is Right in 2009 and 2010 to fill gaps in daytime caused by soap opera cancellations by adding additional episodes of The Price Is Right.
* September 28, 2009-October 2, 2009: 10:00 AM-11:00 AM (9:00 AM-10:00 AM) or 3:00 PM-4:00 PM (2:00-3:00 PM)
* September 20, 2010-September 24, 2010: 2:00 PM-3:00 PM (1:00 PM-2:00 PM) (alternating weeks with Let's Make a Deal)
* October 4, 2010-October 8, 2010: 2:00 PM-3:00 PM (1:00 PM-2:00 PM)
**1. In the two week period between the last episode of Guiding Light on September 18, 2009 and the start of the current version of Let's Make a Deal hosted by Wayne Brady October 5, 2009, CBS ran two Price episodes per day between September 21, 2009-October 2, 2009. The first week contained a repeated episode from Season 37 (2008-2009), while the second week included two new episodes of The Price Is Right (#484xK at 11 AM, #485xK in the Let's Make a Deal time slot) per day.
**2. In the four week period between the last episode of As The World Turns on September 17, 2010 and the start of the new CBS The Talk on October 18, 2010, CBS used the first three weeks to alternate second new episodes of both CBS Daytime game shows. The second The Price Is Right episode was used in the first and third weeks, while the second Let's Make a Deal episode was used in the second week. Both game shows will use new episodes (no repeats) for the second episodes.
CBS Nighttime (Weekly)
* August 14-September 18, 1986 - Thursday nights, 8:00-9:00 PM (The Price is Right Special)
* August 23, 1996 - Friday night (25th Anniversary Special)
* May 17, 2002-Present - Various nights from Monday to Saturday, 8:00-9:00 PM (7:00-8:00 PM)
Syndicated Productions
A weekly syndicated version of the show aired from September 10, 1972 to September 13, 1980. Distributed by Viacom, the nighttime Price was hosted by Dennis James from 1972-1977 and by Bob Barker from 1977-1980. James, a figure from the early days of TV, was originally intended to host both the network and syndicated versions of the program, but CBS executives preferred Barker for the daytime show. Additionally, because the syndicated version was airing on the NBC owned-and-operated stations in major markets, they wanted a different host to differentiate it from its daytime counterpart. It was only when James' contract expired and the long-running Truth or Consequences ended production that Barker added the evening version to his duties.
Most of the stations that carried the syndicated Price did so as one of five (or seven) different programs every night of the week in one of the available timeslots created by the 1971 FCC Prime Time Access Rule. Usually, the slots were one of two half-hour slots between 7-8 p.m. in the Eastern and Pacific time zones and 6:30-7 p.m. in the Central Time Zone (Mountain Time Zone stations' practices varied). which was faithful to the traditional half-hour format. Kennedy's TPIR replaced the nighttime version of Family Feud (which was canceled that summer, after eight seasons on the air) on many of the same stations that carried it. The Nighttime Price is Right, in turn, was replaced in the syndication market by a new nighttime revival of Card Sharks the following fall.
* In 1994, Young & Restless stalwart Doug Davidson hosted The New Price Is Right, which used more modern elements and changes to several distinct aspects of the program. Some of these elements and changes were moved into the daytime show afterwards.
Neither version was successful, however - Kennedy's version was canceled after a full season while Davidson's got a mere 4 months.
CBS, Primetime Series
CBS attempted to break NBC's dominance of Thursday night primetime by The Cosby Show and Family Ties with a six-episode experimental run beginning on August 14, 1986. In these episodes, host Barker and announcer Roddy wore tuxedos, and colored spotlights surrounded the Big Doors.
On August 23, 1996 CBS aired an hour-long 25th Anniversary Special, using the 1972-75 half-hour gameplay format with a number of retrospective clips, again with Barker in a tuxedo. A 30th anniversary special was recorded at Harrah's Rio in Las Vegas in 2002. This one-time road trip enticed 5,000 potential contestants to line up for 900 available tickets, causing an incident that left one person injured.
On May 17, 2007, CBS aired an hour-long special, A Celebration of Bob Barker's 50 Years in Television. The program featured several interstitial elements including a cameo by Adam Sandler (not to be confused with the show's co-producer), again featuring the 1972-75 format for the game with Barker in a tuxedo.
On November 14, 2008, the cancellation of The Ex List led to CBS moving an already-taped daytime episode into primetime. The episode, originally slated to air November 11, featured an all-military format devised by host Drew Carey with each being a battle of the four Department of Defense service branches, and live music by the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing Band.
The band played The Stars and Stripes Forever to start the show until the color guard (which led the host on stage) exited the stage, and played the winning service's song leading into each commercial break. The move to primetime allowed active servicemen to tape messages that aired on the broadcast that played after the winning service's song was played. Because of the distinct nature of the change, this is slotted officially as a daytime show (#4512K), despite its mote to primetime.
====$1,000,000 Spectacular====
As a tribute to the heroes of the terrorist attacks of 2001, host Bob Barker and CBS arranged a series of six primetime episodes saluting various branches of the United States armed forces, police officers, and firefighters aired during the summer of 2002, as a tribute to the heroes. During the Military Specials, getting the $1.00 on the bonus spin in the Showcase Showdown was worth $100,000 instead of the usual $10,000; this prize went unclaimed.
The success of these episodes, and also a need of CBS to add "filler" programming between seasons of Survivor, led to the primetime series adopting a new name starting with episode #007SP in 2003, The Price is Right $1,000,000 Spectacular. Traditionally, three to six primetime episodes aired each year; because of the 2007-08 Writers Guild of America strike and the resulting success of these episodes, ten were made during the season.
From 2003-2007, the bonus spin payoff for the Showcase Showdown was again increased, this time to $1,000,000. Beginning on the fourth Spectacular the winner of the Showcase earns a million-dollar spin if there was no bonus spin during either Showcase Showdown; during these post-Showcase spins, hitting a green section did not earn any money. For the last (2007) episode of the Barker era, the first dollar was worth $10,000, and the green sections in the bonus spin for that only was worth $20,000.
That was eliminated in 2008, when the show made two major changes; Drew Carey took over hosting duties, and the show moved to 1080i high-definition broadcasts.
The Showcase Showdown spins were changed to five times the daytime value in Season 36, with the first dollar being $5,000, and in the bonus spins, the green sections were worth $25,000, and the dollar was $50,000.
In 2008 a Million Dollar Game was implemented, where a player could win the game by winning a pricing game and also following it with an even more stringent standard, to win $1,000,000. Also, coming within a certain range during the Showcase (originally $1,000 and later $500) will also win $1,000,000.
Bigger and better prizes are generally offered on the Spectaculars: Contestants' Row frequently offers pricing game-caliber prizes; many pricing games, including those played for money, offer larger prizes than on the daytime show and the Showcase will frequently offer multiple or very expensive cars.
The 2008 series also saw the return of tuxedo-clad hosts and evening gown models.
Gameshow Marathon
The Price Is Right was the first of seven classic game-show formats set to be played on the CBS Gameshow Marathon; its episode aired May 31, 2006. Ricki Lake served as host, while celebrities played as contestants. The show didn't take place on the current set, but on a specially-designed smaller set in CBS Television City's Studio 46; however, the episode did use props from the then-current Price set such as the Big Wheel and the Plinko board and featured appearances by the Barker's Beauties and announcer Rich Fields.

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