The Price Is Right (partially lost Doug Davidson version of Goodson-Todman game show; 1994)
The Price Is Right (referred to as "The New Price Is Right") was a short-lived syndicated game show based on the CBS game show of the same name that ran from September 12th to December 9th, 1994. It was a half-hour version of the hour long CBS version and was the third syndicated incarnation of the show. The show was hosted by actor Doug Davidson (who was known for The Young and The Restless)[1] and announced by Burton Richardson (who would voice the CBS version on several occasions between 2001 and 2006). While this version of the show was short-lived, it would go on to have a cult following and receive praise for fans of the CBS version for being different than the CBS version. Because of the show being short-lived, many of its 65 episodes have become very hard to find.
Format
The format for the show is a spin on the format from the CBS version, one contestant is called up on stage to play a pricing game. This happens two more times before the showcase showdown. The three contestants play "The Price WAS Right" as part of the showcase showdown where all them must bid on an item from a commercial from 40 years prior based on what the price was at the time the commercial aired. The contestant with the closest bid will go on to play the showcase. In some episodes, this was changed to the big wheel. The winning contestant gets shown a showcase and after being shown the showcase, they must stop a $10,000 range going up a chart of amounts ranging from $10,000 to $70,000. If the price of the showcase shows up in the range, the contestant wins the showcase
Episodes
List
# | Pricing Games[2] | Airdate | Status | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Money Game, Race Game, Magic Number | Sep 12th, 1994 | Found | First episode aired. |
2 | Hole in One, Switch?, Safe Crackers | Sep 13th, 1994 | Found | |
3 | Clock Game, Temptation, Squeeze Play | Sep 14th, 1994 | Found | Big Wheel was used. |
4 | Any Number, Shell Game, Most Expensive | Sep 15th, 1994 | Found | |
5 | Punch a Bunch, One Away, Switch? | Sep 16th, 1994 | Lost | |
6 | Temptation, Punch a Bunch, Switch? | Sep 19th, 1994 | Found | |
7 | Danger Price, Lucky Seven, Shell Game | Sep 20th, 1994 | Found | Big Wheel was used. |
8 | Lucky Seven, Magic Number, Plinko | Sep 21st, 1994 | Found | |
9 | Plinko, Ten Chances, Most Expensive | Sep 22nd, 1994 | Found | First episode taped. |
10 | Lucky Seven, Credit Card, Safe Crackers | Sep 23rd, 1994 | Found | |
11 | Safe Crackers, Hole in One, Switch? | Sep 26th, 1994 | Found | |
12 | Cliff Hangers, Dice Game, Danger Price | Sep 27th, 1994 | Found | Big Wheel was used. |
13 | Super Ball!!, Squeeze Play, Danger Price | Sep 28th, 1994 | Found | |
14 | Hole in One, Clock Game, Squeeze Play | Sep 29th, 1994 | Found | Big Wheel was used. |
15 | 3 Strikes, Shell Game, Switch? | Sep 30th, 1994 | Found | |
16 | One Away, Clock Game, Cliff Hangers | Oct 3rd, 1994 | Lost | |
17 | Safe Crackers, 3 Strikes, Make Your Mark | Oct 4th, 1994 | Found | |
18 | Plinko, Ten Chances, Most Expensive | Oct 5th, 1994 | Lost | |
19 | Money Game, Safe Crackers, Punch a Bunch | Oct 6th, 1994 | Lost | |
20 | Hole in One, Squeeze Play, Swap Meet | Oct 7th, 1994 | Found | |
21 | Lucky Seven, Shell Game, Danger Price | Oct 10th, 1994 | Found | |
22 | Ten Chances, Race Game, Most Expensive | Oct 11th, 1994 | Found | Big Wheel was used. |
23 | Plinko, Safe Crackers, Lucky Seven | Oct 12th, 1994 | Found | Big Wheel was used. |
24 | One Away, Plinko, Switch? | Oct 13th, 1994 | Lost | Big Wheel was used. |
25 | Squeeze Play, Hole in One, Danger Price | Oct 14th, 1994 | Found | |
26 | Clock Game, Ten Chances, Cliff Hangers | Oct 17th, 1994 | Found | |
27 | Safe Crackers, Temptation, Swap Meet | Oct 18th, 1994 | Found | Big Wheel was used. |
28 | Plinko, 3 Strikes, Magic Number | Oct 19th, 1994 | Lost | |
29 | Golden Road, Most Expensive, Plinko | Oct 20th, 1994 | Lost | |
30 | Hole in One, Magic Number, Squeeze Play | Oct 21st, 1994 | Lost | |
31 | Hole in One, Race Game, Squeeze Play | Oct 24th, 1994 | Lost | |
32 | Golden Road, Magic Number, Secret "X" | Oct 25th, 1994 | Partially Found | |
33 | Golden Road, Squeeze Play, Magic Number | Oct 26th, 1994 | Lost | |
34 | Any Number, Plinko, Danger Price | Oct 27th, 1994 | Lost | Big Wheel was used. |
35 | Poker Game, Punch a Bunch, 3 Strikes | Oct 28th, 1994 | Lost | |
36 | Any Number, Switch?, Shell Game | Oct 31st, 1994 | Found | |
37 | Ten Chances, Grand Game, Switch? | Nov 1st, 1994 | Lost | |
38 | Grand Game, One Away, Most Expensive | Nov 2nd, 1994 | Found | Big Wheel was used. |
39 | Secret "X", Lucky Seven, Shell Game | Nov 3rd, 1994 | Lost | |
40 | Super Ball!!, Most Expensive, Safe Crackers | Nov 4th, 1994 | Found | Big Wheel was used. |
41 | Any Number, Plinko, Swap Meet | Nov 7th, 1994 | Found | |
42 | Super Ball!!, Most Expensive, Switch? | Nov 8th, 1994 | Found | |
43 | One Away, Secret "X", Clock Game | Nov 9th, 1994 | Lost | |
44 | Shell Game, 3 Strikes, Switch? | Nov 10th, 1994 | Partially Found | |
45 | Ten Chances, Most Expensive, Secret "X" | Nov 11th, 1994 | Lost | |
46 | Any Number, Plinko, Danger Price | Nov 14th, 1994 | Lost | |
47 | Unknown | Nov 15th, 1994 | Lost | |
48 | Unknown | Nov 16th, 1994 | Lost | |
49 | Plinko, Money Game, Safe Crackers | Nov 17th, 1994 | Lost | |
50 | Squeeze Play, Hole in One, Danger Price | Nov 18th, 1994 | Lost | |
51 | Unknown | Nov 21st, 1994 | Lost | |
52 | Unknown | Nov 22nd, 1994 | Lost | |
53 | Money Game, Plinko, Danger Price | Nov 23rd, 1994 | Lost | |
54 | Safe Crackers, Dice Game, Cliff Hangers | Nov 24th, 1994 | Lost | |
55 | Golden Road, Magic Number, Cliff Hangers | Nov 25th, 1994 | Found | |
56 | Unknown | Nov 28th, 1994 | Lost | |
57 | Unknown | Nov 29th, 1994 | Lost | |
58 | Unknown | Nov 30th, 1994 | Lost | |
59 | Unknown | Dec 1st, 1994 | Lost | |
60 | Unknown | Dec 2nd, 1994 | Lost | |
61 | Unknown | Dec 5th, 1994 | Lost | |
62 | Unknown | Dec 6th, 1994 | Lost | |
63 | Unknown | Dec 7th, 1994 | Lost | |
64 | Unknown | Dec 8th, 1994 | Lost | |
65 | One Away, Danger Price, Grand Game | Dec 9th, 1994 | Found |
Unknown Episodes
Cancelation
The show was filmed in the Summer of 1994 after being announced by the show's syndicator Paramount Domestic Television at the NATPE convention that January and was sold in 78 markets[3]. Three months into the show's run, the show was dropped by various markets due to low ratings despite being paired with another Goodson-Todman game show Family Feud. On December 15th, Paramount announced that the show would not be renewed for a second season with the low ratings being cited as the cause for the show's non-renewal. The markets that still carried the show ended up moving the show from an early afternoon timeslot to overnight timeslots and some didn't air the show at all to make way for news coverage of the murder trial of former football player O.J. Simpson. Production on the show officially ceased on January 23rd, 1995[4].
Availability
The show has not been reran on Game Show Network (unlike the CBS version and the previous Syndicated version). This maybe down to Fremantle (The Price Is Right's current owner) not fully owning this version as it was mostly produced by the syndicator Paramount Domestic Television and the version's current owner is CBS Media Ventures[5][6]. Many of the show's episodes have resurfaced online thanks to home recordings of the episode's original airings and uploads of the episode's master tapes. The rest of the series remains lost to this day.
See Also
Pilots
- Match Game-Hollywood Squares Hour (lost unaired pilot of NBC game show; 1983)
- Showoffs (partially lost unaired pilots of ABC game show; 1975)
- The Price Is Right (partially found unaired pilot for syndicated game show; 1993)
- The New Price Is Right (lost unaired pilot of Goodson-Todman game show; 1972)
- Family Feud (partially found unaired pilot of Pearson game show; 1998-1999)
- Rock Feud (lost unaired pilot of cancelled spin-off of Pearson game show; 2001)
- To Tell The Truth (lost unreleased pilot of Pearson remake of Goodson-Todman panel show; 1999)
- Card Sharks (partially lost pilots of syndicated revival of Goodson-Todman game show; 1996-2000)
Television
- The Price Is Right (partially lost Dennis James episodes of game show; 1972-1977)
- Tattletales (partially found syndicated version of CBS game show; 1977-1978)
- To Tell The Truth (partially found first season of syndicated panel show; 1969-1970)
- The Price Is Right (partially found Australian adaptation of Mark Goodson game show; 1973-1974)
- Snap Judgement (partially found NBC game show; 1967-1969)
- Call My Bluff (partially found NBC game show; 1965)
- Match Game (partially lost Mark Goodson Bill Todman game show; 1973-1982)
- Family Feud - Popular Vs Freaks & Geeks (found episodes of Pearson game show; 2000)
- Family Fortunes (partially lost British version of Goodson-Todman game show; 1980-2002)
- Match Game (found ABC revival of Goodson-Todman game show; 1990-1991)
- Champion Blockbusters (partially found spin-off of British game show, 1987-1990)
- Släktslaget (lost Swedish adaptation of "Family Feud" game show; 2000)
- Password Plus (found unaired George Peppard episode of Goodson-Todman game show; 1979)
- The Price Is Right (partially lost episodes of CBS game show; 1972-2007)
- Distraction (partially found American adaptation of British game show; 2005-2006)
- I've Got A Secret (partially lost syndicated revival of Goodson-Todman panel show; 1972-1973)
- Press Your Luck (lost British adaptation of American game show; 1991-1992)
- Match Game (partially found revival of Goodson-Todman game show; 1998-1999)
- Showoffs (partially found Goodson-Todman game show; 1975)
- Password (partially found ABC revival of Goodson-Todman game show; 1971-1975)
- Mindreaders (partially found Goodson-Todman game show; 1979-1980)
- Sale Of The Century (partially found Reg Grundy revival of Al Howard game show; 1983-1989)
Miscellaneous
- Super Password (lost builds of unreleased NES port of word game; 1980s)
- To Tell the Truth (lost unreleased DVD game based on panel show; 2005)
References
- ↑ https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1994-09-08-9409080162-story.html
- ↑ http://tpirstats.com/Calendars/Season_Davidson_games.html
- ↑ https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1994/BC-1994-01-31.pdf
- ↑ https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1994/BC-1994-12-19.pdf
- ↑ https://variety.com/2006/scene/markets-festivals/cbs-creates-syndie-giant-1117950754/
- ↑ https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/cbs-media-ventures-1234881656/