doug davidson was the host of the price is right from 1972-2007.
doug davidson was the host of the price is right from 1972-2007.
who was the host of the price is right from 1972-2007?
doug davidson
barry was not the original choice to host, due to his past involvement in the 1950s quiz show scandals. as a result, allen ludden hosted the first two pilots for cbs. barry hosted the local ktla series in 1971, but cbs was still hesitant to let him host the network run in 1972. tom kennedy, wink martindale, and ludden were the three top choices to host, but each was already committed to other shows (kennedy was tied to "split second" for abc, ludden had just started hosting a revival of "password", and martindale was to host "gambit" which was to premiere the same day as "joker" on cbs). they even offered it to dennis james, who had originally been the favorite to land the host job for the upcoming mark goodson–bill todman productions' game show "the new price is right". when cbs agreed to a weekday daytime version of "the new price is right", vice president of daytime programming b. donald "bud" grant wanted 15-year "truth or consequences" host bob barker to host "new price" instead of james. barker originally said he would gladly host "joker", but grant convinced him to take the hosting role on "price" instead. with no alternatives after grant pushed barker to "the new price is right" (a position he would hold for 35 years) and james was hired by goodson to host a nighttime syndicated version of the same program, barry was given the green light to host. barry's contract, however, was only for sixty-five episodes (thirteen weeks, a standard run for a daytime game show).
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barker would host "truth or consequences" on nbc until 1965, and later in daily syndication until 1975, by which time he had also taken over a revival of "the price is right" on cbs from 1972 to 2007 (drew carey has been the host since 2007). as a result, thanks to edwards's "be yourself" admonition, barker became as familiar with a generation of "truth or consequences" and "price is right" viewers, as earlier fans had with edwards and original "price is right" host bill cullen during the original versions of the shows in the 1950s and 1960s.









































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