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The Price Is Right is an American game show centering on contestants guessing the retail prices of featured prizes and other promotional products. The current version premiered on September 4, 1972 on CBS and was hosted by veteran game show host Bob Barker until his retirement at the end of the 35th season. The 36th season started on October 15, 2007 with comedian Drew Carey succeeding Barker.
TV Guide named The Price Is Right the “greatest game show of all time”. The show is well-known for its signature line of “Come on down!” which the announcer implores new contestants to do when their names are called.Still airing today, it continues to extend its record and has aired more than 6,700 episodes through its first 35 seasons.
Combined with its original 1956 version, the format is one of two US game shows to have been seen in every decade from the 1950s on.
