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The Price Is Right is a television game show format currently owned by the FremantleMedia wing of the RTL Group, originally created in 1956 by Bob Stewart, former employee of Goodson-Todman Productions in the United States.
The most popular version is currently airing in the United States. From September 4, 1972 to June 15, 2007, the show was hosted by Bob Barker. On October 15, 2007, Drew Carey debuted as the new host. The U.S. version, now in its 36th season, is both a spin-off of a previously successful version and the seed for many international versions of the show.
The 1972 American version was hosted by Bob Barker from September 1972 to June 2007; his last new episode aired on June 15, 2007. After a season-long search for a new host, Drew Carey took over the helm of the show, with production resuming in August 2007, with Carey’s first episode airing on October 15. It is believed to be the second longest-running game show on television, trailing only the Spanish-language variety show Sábado Gigante; it is also the longest running five-days-a-week game show in the world. (Wheel of Fortune began its syndicated run in 1983, and Jeopardy! followed in 1984.) The Price Is Right is one of only two game show franchises to be seen nationally in either first-run network or syndication airings in the US in every decade from the 1950s onward; the other is To Tell the Truth, another show created by Bob Stewart for Goodson-Todman.
