The New Price Is Right (1994 game show)
| The New Price Is Right | |
|---|---|
| Created by | Bob Stewart |
| Developed by | Jonathan Goodson |
| Directed by | Andrew Felsher |
| Presented by | Doug Davidson |
| Narrated by | Burton Richardson |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of episodes | 80 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Kathy Greco |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Mark Goodson Productions, LLC |
| Distributor | Paramount Domestic Television |
| Release | |
| Original network | Syndicated |
| Original release | September 12, 1994 – January 27, 1995 |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | The Price Is Right |
The New Price Is Right is a syndicated edition of the American game show The Price Is Right which aired from September 12, 1994 to January 27, 1995. Doug Davidson, who also appears on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless, hosted with Burton Richardson as the announcer. The prize models were Julie Lynn Cialini, Ferrari Farris and Lisa Stahl. Kathy Greco, then associate producer of the CBS version of The Price Is Right, served as this edition's producer while Jay Wolpert served as associate. The show was produced by Mark Goodson Productions and distributed by Paramount Domestic Television.
The New Price Is Right was the third attempt at a syndicated edition of the CBS daytime show, preceded by a weekly series that ran concurrently with the daytime series from 1972 until 1980 and a daily series that aired from 1985 until 1986. Like those two series, The New Price Is Right was thirty minutes in length as opposed to its parent series, which has been sixty minutes in length since 1975. Another similarity it shared with its predecessors in syndication was an increase in the prize budget as opposed to the daytime series. Despite the similarities, The New Price Is Right was designed to not be a strict copy of its parent series; to this effect, several changes were made to distinguish the series from the daytime Price Is Right.
After this version's cancellation, many of its concepts were adopted by European versions of the show. Various prop changes and rule modifications from this version, as well as many of the music cues, also carried over to the CBS daytime and prime time versions of the show. Additionally, several production members continued their involvement with The Price Is Right after this version's cancellation.
The New Price Is Right differed greatly from its parent show in several ways. The entire concept, which had not been radically modified since 1975, was given a significant update in an attempt to appeal to a younger generation. Davidson was at the time a popular actor on The Young and the Restless, and Burton Richardson had made his mark as the announcer for The Arsenio Hall Show. The show's models were much younger than those appearing at the time on The Price Is Right in daytime. Of the three models, Lisa Stahl was the oldest at the age of 29. By comparison, all three regular daytime Price Is Right models at the time were at least forty years old; Kathleen Bradley was 43, Holly Hallstrom was 44, and longest-tenured model Janice Pennington was 52.
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