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Season 37 (2008-2009)[]

Pricing game calendar for Season 37, hosted by Scorpz.

Week 1 (1,442 – 443xK): September 22-26

Beginning on Monday, the daytime show is broadcast in HD.
Beginning on Monday, the Big Doors and Turntable walls from the MDSs are used on the daytime show.
On this week's shows, the set is decorated for the start of the new season.
On Monday, Mike Richards is added to the staff as Syd's co-executive producer.
Monday show features the debut of Gas Money.
Roger had originally planned to introduce a new pricing game every day this week, however, budget issues with CBS ended up causing all of them besides Gas Money to be cancelled (although Tuesday's game, Do the Math, would ultimately be introduced during Season 42).
Gas Money was originally played by having the contestant guess the car's price first, and then eliminate the remaining prices one at a time.
In Monday's opening, "Television's most exciting hour of fantastic prizes!" is replaced with "The first show of our 37th year on CBS!"
Monday's opening titles are "37 Years!," "Now In High-Definition," and "Better Than Ever!"
As of Monday, the light strips around the Big Doors remain light blue through the entire show except for the Showcase Showdowns, during which they are still red, this lasts until a point in the spring that I have not yet been able to determine.
On Monday, Most Expensive is played for three cars, the game's standard prize backdrops are not present on this playing.
Beginning on Monday, the logo spins into position as it slides onto the screen during the first closed-captioning intro.
On Monday, the Big Wheel is redone, with the lights, space separators, and split-screen separator in silver and the numbers in a slightly different font, additionally, the borders are redone with an orange version of the Turntable wall, complete with a silver dollar sign (albeit studded, not flat) on each side. Also, the scoreboard is now attached to the wall itself instead of being at the top of a post. In addition, a new, rectangular Showcase Showdown carpet is introduced, with red and orange squares around the edges and an orange Goodson-Todman asterisk under the scoreboard.
On Monday, the cash awards for bonus spins in the Showcase Showdown are increased, the green sections are now worth $10,000, and the dollar is worth $25,000.
Beginning on Monday, the "Turntable wall" graphics shown in the widescreen-only portion of the screen during trip videos carry over to the daytime show, they are also used during the e-ticket plug.
On Monday, the first and third transitions during the consolation prize plugs are changed to diagonal wipes.
Tuesday's Check Game was originally scheduled as the debut of Do the Math.
On Tuesday, Check Game's win range is raised to $7,000-$8,000.
On Tuesday, the font of the dollar signs below Check Game's price displays is changed, making them noticeably larger than the rest of the text.
On Thursday, Golden Road is played for a boat.
On Friday, Safe Crackers is played for a car.

Week 2 (1,443 – 444xK): December 1, September 29, December 2-4

Originally scheduled for September 29-October 3.
On the first five shows taped for this season, which were recorded before Week 1 and include all of this week's shows except for Tuesday, the Big Wheel takes on a vastly different color scheme: All of the black on the wheel itself is painted purple, the black edges of the prop are painted green, and the side panels, which are also painted purple, are covered with small Pricedown dollar signs in a lighter shade of purple, resembling a miniaturized version of the pattern used in that spot for much of the 1980's. The post-less scoreboard, altered numbers, and silver Pricedown dollar signs seen in Week 1 are present, the carpet, however, is the same one used through the end of Season 36. The remaining changes seen in Week 1 were instituted after Drew, who had not been informed of the purple repaint before it happened, reacted to the new color scheme extremely negatively.
On the episodes with the purple Big Wheel, the Showcase Showdown's split-screen separator graphic is green.
On the episodes with the purple Big Wheel, the "money win" graphics for the Showcase Showdown are purple instead of red.
On all shows this week except for Tuesday, the logo in the first closed-captioning intro simply slides onto the screen, as it did during Season 36.
On Tuesday's show, which was the last episode taped at the premiere week session, all aspects of the Showcase Showdown are identical to those in Week 1.
On Monday only, the first and third transitions during the consolation prize plugs use a wipe in an "X" pattern.
Mike Richards is not on staff for any shows this week except for Tuesday's, as most of the week was taped before he was hired, however, his name appears to have been edited into some of their credit rolls despite this.
On Tuesday, Grocery Game's prices are redone in the More or Less font.
On Tuesday, Bonus Game is played for a car.
On Wednesday, Punch a Bunch's top prize is increased to $25,000, this is accomplished by replacing one of the $10,000 slips with a $25,000 slip.
On Wednesday, Balance Game is played for a car.
On Thursday, Squeeze Play is played for a car.
Some of this week's episodes that were rescheduled to December feature "Win at Home" segments after their second Showcase Showdowns, this contest is described in more detail in Week 4. As the segments were added to the episodes well after their intended airdates, they are presented in the form introduced during Week 8.

Week 3 (1,444 – 445xK): December 5, October 2, September 30, October 1, October 3

Originally scheduled for October 6-10.
Monday show is the last of the episodes with the purple Big Wheel.
On Monday, Plinko is accidentally played with a rigged board when a set of guide wires that had been installed to ensure that all the chips dropped during the taping of a commercial would land in $10,000 is not removed before the show, this results in the contestant winning $30,000 before anyone realized what was happening. This portion of the game was edited out of the show and completely redone with the board set up legitimately, the contestant was awarded the $30,000, but none of it was counted toward her official winnings for purposes of placement in the Showcase Showdown or the Showcase.
On Tuesday, the last show of the taping session with the purple Big Wheel episodes, the Showcase Showdowns utilize the replica of the Big Wheel from the The Price Is Right LIVE! stage show in Las Vegas while the real Big Wheel is de-purpled and redone with its appearance that debuted in Week 1. The Vegas wheel is best described as a smaller, knock-off-ish duplicate of the real wheel's appearance from the late '80s through the end of Season 36.
Like the purple wheel episodes, Tuesday's show utilizes the red and yellow Big Wheel carpet seen through the end of Season 36.
On Tuesday, probably due to the absence of the real Big Wheel, the wheel's beeps are badly out of synch and are clearly being controlled from the sound effects booth.
On Wednesday, the Big Wheel's appearance and graphics from Week 1 return permanently.
Mike Richards is not on staff on this week's Monday or Tuesday shows, which were both taped before he was hired.
Beginning on Thursday, the first number in the car's price in 3 Strikes is revealed at the beginning of the game.
On Thursday, for the first time since February 20, 1998, 3 Strikes is played with all three strike chips, this was intended to be a permanent change but ended up only happening on one episode.
On Thursday, 3 Strikes briefly stops being played for luxury cars.
On Friday, Push Over is played for a car.
Beginning on Friday, the opening titles having spinning rays of light radiating from their centers.
Beginning on Friday, Rich is frequently involved on-camera in the Showcase.

Week 4 (1,445 – 446xK): October 6-10

Originally scheduled for October 13-17.
Tuesday show has Season 37's only playing of Triple Play.
On Tuesday, after the first two games are lost, Drew promises the third onstage contestant, a college student studying the piano, that he'll let him play the piano later in the show if he wins his game, he does win, and Drew indeed lets him play "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" as the commercial outro for the first part of the Showcase.
Tuesday's show features a showcase that involves Rich reading prize descriptions under ridiculous circumstances, as a follow-up to this, Rich signs off from the show with his lungs filled with helium.
On Wednesday, Bullseye is played for a car.
Thursday show features the final playing of the game known for most of its existence as Barker's Marker$.
On Thursday, the Showcase Showdown's split-screen separator graphic changes back to gold.
On Thursday, Drew explains Barker's Marker$/Make Your Mark incorrectly, stating that the contestant will win the $500 regardless of the game's outcome as long as he does not move the third marker, in lieu of having to inform him of his mistake, the staff declares his faulty description to be the "new rules" in the middle of the taping. This incident was directly responsible for the game's retirement following this episode.
Starting on Thursday, the first part of the Showcase opens with a close-up of the right-hand "The Price Is Right" sign behind the audience followed by a pan of the audience, accompanied by music, the pan is followed by a dissolve to the Turntable.
On Friday, the above change is also added to the second part of the Showcase, although it is not accompanied by music.
On Friday, Range Game is played for a car.
On Monday, October 13, a "Win at Home" contest begins in which a prize is shown for viewers to bid on after Act 3 three days per week, viewers enter the contest via touch-tone phones. The contest is also plugged in an onscreen graphic that appears during the second Showcase Showdown. Due to shows airing out of order, no episodes from this week were actually broadcast the week of October 13, and as such, none of them feature the contest, however, they would have if the reschedulings caused by the purple Big Wheel had not occurred.

Week 5 (1,446 – 447xK): October 20-24

This week's shows have four Barker's Beauties, each day, three of the regular Beauties are joined by one of five finalists in a national competition who are vying for the chance to appear for a whole week later in the season, on January 12-16. Viewers are able to vote for their favorite model at PriceIsRight.com and CBS.com.
On this week's shows, the second opening title is "Model Search Week" (or, on Thursday and Friday, "Model Search Week!").
On this week's shows, the TPIR logo on the raised stage in the back of the audience is surrounded by a black carpet.
As this week's shows were taped out of order, several changes appear on them that do not take effect permanently until later in the season:
- The opening does not utilize the light border.
- The front of Rich's podium is a green wall with a yellow Goodson-Todman asterisk, similar to the frame of Door #3.
- The Clam is redone with the square pattern from Door #2 and three silver Pricedown dollar signs, additionally, the inside of the Clam receives its most drastic makeover in the show's history, now sporting light-up Goodson-Todman asterisks and hypocycloid diamonds.
- The octagonal trip skins are replaced with a trip skin-shaped green screen, this results in the cameras not being able to show Door #3 opening when it conceals a trip. The edges of the octagons are studded in the same manner as the Showcase podiums.
- The logo no longer appears in the first closed-captioning plug.
- The logo appears in the upper-right corner during the second closed captioning plug.
- The background for the second transition in the consolation prize plugs is a large TPIR logo in front of the square pattern from the Turntable wall.
- 4-digit prices are used in Tuesday's Clock Game.
- The Pass the Buck board on Wednesday's show is altered to have the numbers resting in grooves.
- In Thursday's Plinko, the scoreboard displays "$50,000" during the game's introduction.
- Friday's Let 'em Roll uses a new set of styrofoam cubes.
Monday show mark's Manuela's very first appearance on the show, while she does not win the search's voting, she nonetheless becomes a permanent Barker's Beauty later in the season.
Monday show features the infamous "Fried Chicken" showcase.
Wednesday's Any Number was originally scheduled as Golden Road.
Thursday's Switch? was originally scheduled as Barker's Bargain Bar.
Friday's lineup was originally planned as Swap Meet, Dice Game, Range Game, Safe Crackers, Gas Money, Clearance Sale, various factors caused the lineup to be rewritten, and a new policy detailed in Week 8 allowed Let 'em Roll to be played first.
On Friday, Range Game is played for a car.

Week 6 (1,447 – 448xK): October 13-16, October 31

Originally scheduled for October 27-31.
By Monday, a new, square-pattern-themed "Double Showcase Winner!" graphic has been introduced.
On Monday only, music is played while returning from commercial during the second part of the Showcase.
On Tuesday, Lanisha legitimately plays the drums during the fourth item up for bids.
On Wednesday, 3 Strikes goes back to using only one strike chip.
After Wednesday, 3 Strikes is removed from the pricing game rotation for the remainder of the season.
On Wednesday, the TPIR logo in the second closed-captioning plug appears in the upper-left-hand corner of the screen.
On Thursday, the TPIR logo in the second closed-captioning plug moves permanently to the upper-right-hand corner of the screen.
Thursday show is Shane's last episode.
Friday's show is a Halloween-themed episode.
On Friday, the set is decorated for Halloween, and the Pricedown dollar signs displayed above the Big Doors are replaced with an image of a spooky forest.
For Friday's show, the light border is replaced with a pattern of bats and spider webs on an orange background.
Friday's opening titles, which are done in a gothic-style font and are bathed in orange light, are "Boo-tiful prizes!," "Frightfully Fun!," and "A Spook-tacular Show!"
In Friday's opening, the TPIR logo is recolored in shimmering orange text and silver borders.
In Friday's opening, the star wipe is redone to resemble ghost floating into the center of the screen.
On Friday, Drew and Rich wear Halloween costumes, additionally, the Beauties shuffle through numerous costumes throughout the episode, with most of the prize presentations themed around what they are currently wearing.
On Friday, Push Over is played for a car.
Friday's show features the final playing of Credit Card.
On Friday, Rich is shown on-camera while calling the eighth contestant.
Friday's Cover Up was originally scheduled as Dice Game, it was likely changed due to the episodes being broadcast out of order, which would have resulted in Dice Game appearing on CBS two weekdays in a row.

Week 7 (1,448 – 449xK): October 27-30, October 17

Originally scheduled for November 3-7.
On Monday, Rich's redone podium first seen in Week 5 is introduced permanently.
After Tuesday, Barker's Bargain Bar is removed from the pricing game rotation, it is not played again for three years.
On Tuesday, Check-Out and Safe Crackers are both played for a car.
On Thursday, the TPIR logo vanishes from the first closed-captioning plug permanently.
On Thursday, one of the showcases involves Rachel dating a giant replica of the mountain climber.
Friday show is believed to be the only episode in the history of the hour format with neither a small prize game nor a grocery item game.
Friday's Lucky $even was originally scheduled as Money Game, it was likely changed due to the episodes being broadcast out of order, which would have resulted in Money Game appearing on CBS three weekdays in a row.
On Friday, in addition to the above, Lucky $even ends up being used as a substitute for itself, with the game actually being played two times. After the first playing, which was lost, the contestant claimed that he had been confused by Drew's explanation of the rules - a dubious claim according to a site member who was in the audience and heard the explanation, but one that Drew apparently felt held merit. A different car was subsequently brought in so that the contestant could have a fair second shot at the game, and the first playing was edited out of the episode.
Friday show has Season 37's only playing of Step Up.

Week 8 (1,449 – 450xK): November 4, 3, 5-7

Originally scheduled for November 10-14.
Beginning this week, games whose staging should logically prevent them from being played first without an audience entrance are no longer restricted from that slot, additionally, for approximately the next three months, car games and cash games are played first significantly more frequently than usual.
On Monday, the green screens permanently replace the trip skins.
On Tuesday, the light border is permanently removed from the opening.
On Tuesday, when Switch? is played for two trips, both destinations are displayed on one green screen at the same time, with a divider running down the middle to separate the images, this staging came off as very awkward and was not used again.
On Tuesday, contestant Dorothy from the second episode, #0012D, the first person ever to play Grocery Game, is called down again, she makes it onstage and plays Coming or Going.
On Wednesday, the LA Kings appear to take part in a hockey-themed showcase.
On Thursday, the Win at Home contest's presentation is revamped and moved to the end of the second Showcase Showdown, it is no longer presented by Rich, and, somewhat ironically, a light border is added to it.
On Friday, the winner of the model search is announced before the commercial break during the Showcase.
Friday's show was taped out of order and features all changes listed in Week 5 that have not appeared permanently yet.
On Friday, Secret "X" is directed significantly differently than usual, with the main camera angle being a wide shot that includes both the board and the small prize podiums.
Friday's taped-out-of-order show has the first appearance of a second trip green screen, the edges of this screen feature wide, colored borders, reminiscent of the skins used from the mid-'80's through 2005, and its sides are adorned with a string of Goodson-Todman asterisks and hypocycloid-ish diamonds.
On Friday's taped-out-of-order show, part of the theme plays as the show returns from commercial before the end of the Showcase, this change becomes permanent later in the season.

Week 9 (1,450 – 451xK): November 10, night of 14, 12-14

Originally scheduled for November 17-21.
On Monday, Plinko's scoreboard flashing "$50,000" during the game's introduction begins permanently.
On Monday, Range Game is played for a car.
Tuesday show has an all-military audience, the revised schedule had originally had it airing on Veterans' Day before CBS decided to broadcast it in primetime.
Tuesday's opening spiel is, "Here it comes! The Army, the Navy, the Air Force, and the Marines! The Price Is Right salutes our troops!"
Tuesday's show only has one opening title, "We Salute Our Troops.” Instead of the usual color schemes, this title is displayed with cascading reds and blues.
On the first broadcast of Tuesday's episode, which was moved to primetime, the opening is altered, the opening title is edited out, and the opening spiel is again altered to reflect the later timeslot, this time to, "The Army, the Navy, the Air Force, and the Marines! Tonight, The Price Is Right salutes our troops!" Additionally, a montage of moments from Seasons 36 and (mostly) 37 accompanied by a voiceover from Rich is shown at the top of the hour before the program transitions to the actual opening.
Tuesday's rerun broadcast in daytime on July 3, 2009, restores the episode's original opening.
Tuesday show features a Marine Corps band playing throughout the opening, during every commercial outro, while returning from commercial for both segments of the Showcase, and during the credits, "Walking" is not played during the opening, "Dig We Must" does not end the second Showcase Showdown, and the theme is only played briefly after a pricing game or the Showcase is won.
The opening logo on Tuesday's show is modified to have a red dollar sign, white words, and blue borders, the logo is also designed to appear to have light shimmering over it.
In Tuesday's opening and credits, the colored strips around the Big Doors flash only red, white, and blue.
On Tuesday, Door #2 is flanked by stands reading "The Price Is Right Salute to the Military" similar to those seen on The Price Is Right Salutes in Season 30, behind the stands are the flags of the four branches of the military.
In Tuesday's opening, members of the Marine Corps color guard stand in front of Door #2, the provide a rear guard for Drew as he makes his entrance.
Tuesday show uses a modified contestant selection process, with six potential contestants being selected from each branch of the military, the first four contestants include one member of each branch, and each is replaced with a member of their own branch after getting onstage.
On Tuesday, each contestant who plays a pricing game automatically receives a 1,000-minute phone card and a $1,000 online shopping spree from AAFES.com, the website of the Army & Air Force Exchange Service.
On Tuesday, Let 'em Roll permanently goes back to using styrofoam cubes.
On the modified primetime version of Tuesday's show, during each commercial outro except the end of the Showcase, a member of the service stationed overseas is shown saying hello to his family back home.
The modified primetime version of Tuesday's show does not include the closed-captioning plugs.
On Tuesday, probably due to the primetime timeslot, more of the credits than usual are shown on CBS, these credits do not scroll up the screen the way they normally do.
Oddly, Tuesday's show's credit roll is not accurate, although it does contain the correct staff for episodes taped near the program's airdate, it is possible that it was tacked onto the episode at the last minute for reasons related to the above note.
Presumably due to its primetime broadcast, Tuesday's show appears to not be counted as a daytime show in Price's records, this adds one to the discrepancy between the real and official episode counts, increasing it from 145 to 146.
On Thursday, 4-digit prizes return to Clock Game permanently.
On Friday, the second showcase involves a pie fight, a Beauty is pied after each prize description, Rich is pied at the end of the showcase, Drew is pied during his signoff, and the Showcase winner is pied during the credits.

Week 10 (1,451 – 452xK): November 17, 18, 20, December 16, November 21

Originally scheduled for November 24-28.
After Tuesday, Shopping Spree is removed from the game rotation for the remainder of the season.
On Thursday, the new Clam design first seen in Week 5 is introduced permanently, however, it is not seen until Friday for the simple reason that the prop is not used on Thursday's episode.
Thursday's first showcase is designed to "give the Beauties a break," the prizes in it are modeled by the three players who did not get out of Contestants' Row.
Thursday show features a rare appearance of the "Every Trip in the House" showcase.
On Thursday, for the second time in the show's history, a contestant bids perfectly in the Showcase.
On Friday, the shelves first seen in Week 5 are permanently added to the board for Pass the Buck.

Week 11 (1,452 – 453xK): November 24-26

Originally scheduled for December 1-3.
Planned for the revised schedule as Thanksgiving week, only three shows.
For the first time since the third-last week of shows hosted by Bob, no episode this week includes a playing of Double Prices.
On November 26, the wrong episode of The Price Is Right is uploaded to CBS.com's InnerTube service, television viewers see the December 3 episode, #4533K, as planned, while online viewers instead see the December 17 episode, #4553K. The correct episode is eventually uploaded on Monday, December 1.
On Monday, the Win at Home game moves back to after the third pricing game.
On Wednesday, Cliff Hangers is played for a car.
After Wednesday, "Take Two" is removed from the game rotation for the remainder of the season.
On Wednesday, the new background for the consolation prize plugs first seen during Week 5 is introduced permanently.
On Wednesday, Greg Rikaart and Emily O'Brien, the portrayers of Kevin Fisher and Jana Hawkes on The Young and the Restless, appear in a showcase written as a spoof of soap operas.

Week 12 (1,453 – 454xK): December 8-12

Monday show is Gabrielle and Phire's last episode.
On Tuesday, the TPIR logo on the raised stage in the back of the audience is surrounded by a black carpet.
Wednesday's show is the first of several episodes which Drew hosts with an injured foot, on the first four of these episodes, he walks with a cane. On these shows, he enters the studio in unorthodox ways, and the Beauties help him operate several pricing games. For reasons unknown, most of Drew's entrances on these episodes have a prize backdrop behind Door #2 instead of the Barker Wall.
On Wednesday, Drew enters the studio by driving through Door #2 in a GEM car.
On Wednesday, probably due to Drew's foot injury, Tamiko operates the One Away board.
In Wednesday's One Away, Drew does the "Do I have X numbers right?" routine by himself in order to make the game go faster so that he could get off of his injured foot.
On Wednesday, two members of the LA Galaxy appear to model a set of soccer equipment.
In Thursday's opening, Tamiko drives Drew through Door #2 in a team dual trike.
On Thursday, Rachel helps Drew run Spelling Bee and Hi-Lo.
In Friday's opening, Rachel pushes Drew through Door #2 on a recliner.
On Friday, Tamiko helps Drew run Bullseye, and Rachel helps him run Dice Game.

Week 13 (1,454 – 455xK): December 15, November 19, December 17, November 11, December 18

Originally scheduled for December 15-19.
Wednesday's show was accidentally uploaded to CBS.com's InnerTube service on November 26.
Monday show is the last episode that Drew hosts with a cane.
In Monday's opening, Rachel and guest Beauty Stephanie push Drew through Door #2 in a canoe.
On Monday, Check-Out is played for a car.
On Monday, the refurbished trip green screens first seen on Friday of Week 8 have been introduced permanently, the original green screens continue to be used alongside them through this Wednesday.
On Monday, a new set that makes use of green screens is introduced for the "Every Trip in the House" showcase.
In Tuesday's opening, Tamiko drives Drew onto the stage from behind the Turntable in a go-cart.
By Tuesday, Let 'em Roll's cubes have had red borders painted around their edges, additionally, the money amounts have been redone in the More or Less font.
On Tuesday, Drew does the "Do I have X numbers right?" routine in One Away by himself in order to make the game go faster so that he could get off of his injured foot.
On Tuesday, Tamiko helps Drew operate the One Away board.
On Tuesday, Ashley Jones, the portrayer of Bridget Forrester, appears in the second showcase to offer a role as an extra on the November 19, 2008 episode of The Bold and the Beautiful, the contestant is instructed not to include this in her bid.
On Tuesday, possibly to save time for the above-mentioned showcase, both segments of the Showcase begin the normal way instead of with shots of the audience.
In Wednesday's opening, Drew is pushed through Door #2 on a motorcycle by Rachel, the motorcycle is also the first Item up for Bids.
On Wednesday, after being absent for a week, the Barker Wall returns.
On Thursday, Drew's entrances go back to normal.
On Thursday, Gwendolyn returns from her maternity leave.
On Thursday, after six and a half years, the Barker's Beauty rotation begun at the end of Season 30 comes to an end, with no additional models being brought on board for only a few weeks at a time. All episodes from this point onward include three Beauties from a group consisting of Brandi, Rachel, Lanisha, Gwendolyn, Tamiko, and Amber.
On Friday's show, which was taped out of order, Drew begins wearing a normal pair of glasses instead of his trademark "geeky" ones, this becomes permanent later in the season.
On Friday, part of the theme again plays as the show comes out of commercial before the end of the Showcase.
On Friday, the second showcase includes a chance to walk down the red carpet at the premiere of the movie Hotel for Dogs, this is considered a bonus for winning that showcase, and the contestant is instructed not to include it in her bid.

Week 14 (1,455 – 456xK): December 19, 22-24, 26

Originally scheduled for December 22-26.
On this week's shows, which were taped at the same time as last Friday's, part of the theme plays as the show comes out of commercial before the end of the Showcase.
This week's shows introduce a new, abbreviated ticket plugin which Drew simply tells viewers to go to CBS.com to find out how to attend a taping, it is used seemingly at random instead of the full online and telephone ticket plugs, which continue to appear with a reduced frequency for a few weeks before giving way to the abbreviated version permanently.
This week introduces a new format for Win at Home, prizes are no longer offered, and the game now involves a chance to win $5,000. This format is also used on the reruns that air the week of December 29-January 2.
After next week's reruns, Win at Home is discontinued.
On Monday, the black carpet surrounding the TPIR logo on the raised stage in the back of the audience returns permanently.
On Tuesday through Friday, the set is decorated for Christmas. In an unusual move, the decorations include an alteration to a permanent part of the set, with the railings on the raised stage in the back of the audience painted to look like candy canes, additionally, snowflakes and ornaments are displayed on the white area above the Big Doors.
On Tuesday through Friday, the opening titles are "Merry Christmas" in English and various other languages.
On Tuesday through Friday, the opening title appear in various combinations of red, white, and green, these titles only have the shimmery appearance that they took on partway through Season 36 on Friday, and none of them have the spinning lights that were introduced earlier this season.
On Tuesday through Friday, a scene of a snow-covered forest serves as a prize backdrop for numerous parts of the show.
On Tuesday through Friday, the background for the second transition in the consolation prize plugs is a scene of snowflakes surrounding the logo, these are on a blue backing on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday and a red backing on Thursday.
On Thursday, "snow" begins falling in the studio as Drew signs off after the Showcase.
On Friday, Rich models the first Item up for Bids, a men's watch.
On Friday, the TPIR logo on Check Game's price tag is changed from the original version to the Season 36 version.

Week 15 (1,456 – 457xK): January 5-9

Tuesday show features the final playing of Clearance Sale.
For reasons unknown, the InnerTube "broadcast" of Tuesday's episode omits the credits, instead of cutting off at the same point as the TV broadcast.
On Monday, Drew's "geeky" glasses return.
On Wednesday, for reasons unknown, CBS airs most of the real credits.
On Thursday, golf-pro Tasha Brower appears to model a set of golf clubs and a golf cart, later in the show, she also performs the inspiration putt in Hole in One.
On Thursday, Rich is shown on-camera while calling the ninth contestant after he accidentally reads the name of someone who was already in Contestants' Row.

Week 16 (1,457 – 458xK): January 12-16

This week's shows feature Amanda Shiflett, the winner of October's model search, as a Barker's Beauty.
On Monday, the theme playing as the show comes back from the commercial before the end of the Showcase is instituted permanently.
On Tuesday, the total value of the prize package in 2 for the Price of 1 is not revealed.
Friday show is Tamiko's last episode, she is not replaced, reducing the number of permanent Beauties from six to five.
On Friday, the three players who did not get out of Contestants' Row help the Beauties present the second showcase.

Week 17 (1,458 – 459xK): January 19, February 16, January 21-23

Originally scheduled for January 19-23.
Episode #4631K was originally planned as episode #4592K, its number was changed before it was taped when it was realized that the show would be pre-empted on January 20 for coverage of the Presidential inauguration.
Monday show is the real episode #7,000.
On Monday, Drew begins wearing his normal glasses permanently.
On Tuesday, Drew helps the Beauties in presenting the fourth Item up for Bids, four pairs of sunglasses.

Week 18 (1,459 – 460xK): January 26-30

On Tuesday, the show begins offering foreign cars besides Hondas again.
On Thursday, the Double Prices podium becomes a lighter shade of blue.

Week 19 (1,460 – 461xK): February 2-6

Week 20 (1,461 – 462xK): February 9-13

On Monday, a new golf bag with the show's logo on it is introduced in Hole in One.
On Monday, Rich models a tuxedo during the Showcase.
On Monday, contestant Bridget is discovered after the taping to be ineligible, as such, she did not receive the consolation prizes she would have otherwise won.
On Tuesday, Squeeze Play is played for a car.
On Wednesday, Balance Game is played for a car.
Beginning on Wednesday, the lights on and around the Big Doors flash when someone wins $11,000 or $26,000 in the Showcase Showdown.
On Thursday, a green border is placed around the carpet at the back of the audience.
On Thursday, the trip green screens are replaced with a set of plasma screens designed to resemble the Big Doors, complete with graphics designed to look like the doors opening, one of the screens, also known as Door #4, is permanently placed in the back of the audience, displaying the TPIR logo on the background from Door #2 while not in use.
Starting partway through Thursday's show, the chairs near the producers' table where contestants sit after playing their pricing games have the same seat covers on them as the ones behind Contestants' Row.
Friday show is a Valentines-themed episode, and the set is decorated accordingly.
On Friday, instead of individual contestants, dating and married couples are called to Contestants' Row.
On Friday, the last line of Rich's opening spiel is, "It's a special Valentine's Day Price Is Right!"
On Friday, the opening titles are in red, have no light effects, and read "Happy Valentine's Day,” "Love Is In The Air!,” and "All Couples.”
On Friday, the logo on Door #4 is surrounded by hearts on a pink background instead of the pattern from Door #2.
Oddly, the eight people called down during Friday's opening are still announced as "the first four contestants on The Price Is Right."
On Friday, the star wipe during Drew's entrance is supplanted by a heart wipe.
Friday's show establishes that six chairs near Contestants' Row have seat covers on them during "couples" episodes instead of the usual four.

Week 21 (1,462 – 463xK): February 17-20

Only four shows, no Monday episode.
While an episode #4631K exists, it was originally planned as episode #4592K and should be regarded as the January 20 show.
On Tuesday, Squeeze Play is played for a car.
On Wednesday, Rich models a watch during the Showcase.
On Wednesday, the square background is removed from the "Double Showcase Winner" graphic.
After Thursday, presumably due to budget issues, Dice Game is not played again for the rest of the season.
On Friday, the "$16,000" sign in It's in the Bag is redone with a purple background and a border made of the pattern from Door #3.
On Friday, Pick-a-Number is played for a car, this is the first playing of the game for a 5-digit car.

Week 22 (1,463 – 464xK): February 23-27

On Monday, the opening logo is slightly altered to conform better to the shape of the logo on Door #2.
On Wednesday, Lou Ferrigno makes an appearance to model a set of dumbbells.
On Friday, Plinko's "$50,000" graphic spins onto the screen and periodically dims and brightens, this version of the graphic ends up only being used once, as the entire intro is overhauled on the game's next playing.
On Friday, Check-Out is played for a car.

Week 23 (1,464 – 465xK): March 2-6

Monday show is the last episode directed by Bart Eskander and the last episode of the flashing money win.
On Tuesday, Rich DiPirro, also known as R. Brian DiPirro, takes over as director.
On Tuesday, the various "money win" graphics, including the one for the Showcase winner's total, are redone in a sleek font with animated numbers.
On Wednesday, 2 for the Price of 1 is played for a car.
On Thursday, Plinko's introductory graphics are completely redone. They now begin with a series of Plinko chips, whose backs contain a "Plinko" logo on a light blue background, flying onto the screen as Rich announces the game. One of the chips, with its logo side showing, briefly freezes in the lower-left on the picture before rolling away to the right, revealing the new, sleek "$50,000" graphic in the process.
On Friday, Jack Wagner, the portrayer of Nick Marone on The Bold and the Beautiful, "interrupts" the show several times to complain about the noise level disrupting the taping of his soap opera, he later has a change of heart and helps to present the "loud"-themed 2nd showcase.
On Friday, Hi-Lo is played for a car.

Week 24 (1,465 – 466xK): March 9-13

On Monday and Tuesday only, the background behind the logo in the middle of the consolation prize plugs is redone to have smaller squares that are colored more like Door #2 than the Turntable wall.
Tuesday is Brandi's last episode.
Beginning on Wednesday, Rich is shown on-camera during the opening when Drew greets him.
On Wednesday, the practice of showing the announcer calling down one contestant per day that was discontinued at the end of Season 30 is reinstated, Rich's call down window is now surrounded by a shimmering, orange border. The call down shown is now always the final one of the day.
On Wednesday, the "Double Showcase Winner" graphic is changed again, the words now pop onto the screen in a plain, left-justified font and are backed by fireworks.

Week 25 (1,466 – 467xK): June 4, March 17-18, June 5, March 16

Originally scheduled for March 16-20.
On Tuesday, the opening logo is altered, the blank areas are now filled with transparent red and orange. Additionally, the way the logo appears on the screen is changed, the text now flies onto the screen from the left and right, followed by the orange and red backgrounds, which come from the sides a different angle so as to appear to be behind the text.
Tuesday's show is slightly themed around St. Patrick's Day: The opening titles are green, the pattern on Door #4 is a field of shamrocks, the border of Rich's call down window is green, the squares in the second transition during the consolation prize plugs are green instead of blue, the Beauties are dressed in green, and most members of the audience are given either green leis or leprechaun hats to wear.
Tuesday's opening titles are "Happy St. Patrick's Day!,” "Top O' The Mornin',” and "Lucky Contestants!"
On Tuesday, the rainbow from Golden Road is used in the Showcase during the presentation of a trip to Ireland.
On Wednesday, the LA Dodgers appear to help present a Dodger-themed Item up for Bids and a Dodger-themed showcase, members of the team also sign autographs in the audience during the first Showcase Showdown.
On Wednesday, the second part of the Showcase begins the normal way instead of with shots of the audience.
Beginning on Thursday, Switcheroo is revealed between the car description and the small prize plugs.
On Friday, after approximately two decades, the "Dig We Must" cue is restored to the end of the first Showcase Showdown.

Week 26 (1,467 – 468xK): March 23-27

On Wednesday, much of Act 4 is shot by Gwendolyn and Drew with the fourth Item up for Bids, a hand-held camcorder.
On Wednesday, a miniature version of the opening logo flies onto the lower-left corner of the screen during the outro from the fourth pricing game.
On Wednesday, Double Prices is played behind the Giant Price Tag.
Beginning on Thursday, the e-ticket and telephone ticket plugs are again presented intermittently at the end of the first Showcase Showdown.
On Friday, a second Goodson-Todman asterisk is added to the Big Wheel's carpet, this one in front of the wheel itself.
Beginning on Friday, the Giant Price Tag is shown being raised to reveal the One Away board on a semi-regular basis.

Week 27 (1,468 – 469xK): March 30-April 3

On Tuesday, contestant Michael, who wears a shirt reading, "The Price Is Right's first male model," is allowed to help model the prizes in the second showcase.
Wednesday's show is an April Fool's Day episode, and numerous things on it are intentionally done in unusual or flat-out wrong ways:
- Everyone in the studio is wearing a Groucho Marx mask.
- The opening titles appear on the screen diagonally.
- The opening titles are "Dancing Bears!,” "Vowels And Consonants Galore!,” and "Astonishing Magic Tricks!"
- Rich's opening spiel is "Here it comes! From the Bill Cullen Studio at CBS in Rancho Coucamonga! Television's most supercalifragilisticexpealidocious hour of fantastic prizes! The fabulous, 185-minute Price Is Right!"
- The first three contestants called during the opening are told to come on down in foreign languages, and the fourth is not told to come on down at all.
- The first four contestants are told that they are "the first five contestants on The Price Is Right."
- The text in the opening logo is backwards and right-justified.
- Rich introduces Drew with, "And here's the host of The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, Drew Carey!"
- The first Item up for Bids, an inflatable spa, is staged in a scene of the moon landing with spooky music playing during the presentation.
- The prize for Push Over, a Waverunner, is staged in a snowy scene with sleighbell music playing.
- The opening think cue from Match Game is played during Push Over and Cover Up.
- Kathy Kinney, reprising her role of Mimi from The Drew Carey Show, appears as one of the Barker's Beauties.
- Gwendolyn presents the second Item up for Bids, a set of tennis equipment, dressed as a football player.
- The car in Gas Money is up on cinderblocks, with its tires piled next to it.
- The prize package for Grocery Game, a living room group, is staged "outside," with a TV hanging on a tree backdrop, additionally, the TV is airing a Showcase Showdown in reverse.
- The prices in Grocery Game are all written in different fonts.
- The Big Wheel's beeps are replaced with a different out-of-place sound effect on each spin, most notably, the second spin of the first Showcase Showdown is accompanied by On the Franches Mountains, which slows down right along with the wheel.
- At the end of the first Showcase Showdown, a crew member is shown wearing a Jeopardy! hat.
- The Turntable never stops spinning during the fourth Item up for Bids.
- Most Expensive is played for three grandfather clocks.
- The fifth Item up for Bids, a set of water inflatables, is presented completely deflated.
- The car in Cover Up has locks on its wheels and is covered in parking tickets.
- The prizes in Freeze Frame, a pair of motorscooters, are suspended from the ceiling.
- Before the second Showcase Showdown, Rich reads the consolation prizes as "Promotional consideration provided by..." instead of "Contestants not appearing on stage will receive..."
- The first showcase consists of a bed whose covers cause Gwendolyn to fall on the floor, a range covered with blazing pots, and a cruise of the Meditteranean accompanied by a video of a train, tumbledown shacks, a swamp, and a glass of wine.
- The first two prizes in the first showcase are accompanied by The 1812 Overture.
- All of the prizes in the second showcase are staged with their backs facing the audience.
- The Match Game theme is played during the credits.
On Wednesday, Manuela becomes a permanent Beauty.
On Thursday, Squeeze Play is played for a car.
On Thursday, Jim Nantz appears from Detroit to help present the second showcase, which includes a trip to the Final Four.
In Thursday's second showcase, Drew and Jim Nantz are shown in a news broadcast-esque split-screen shot, surrounding each of their images is the erstwhile light border.
Friday show is a salute to the Academy of Country Music Awards, which air on CBS two days later.
On Friday, audience members are invited to dress in country-ish attire.
Friday's opening titles are in a large, gold font and use no lighting effects.
Friday's opening titles are "Country Music Rocks!,” "We're Roundin' Up Prizes!,” and "Special Guest Star Reba McEntire!"
In Friday's opening, Drew comes through Door #2 accompanied by a horse.
On Friday, the Barker's Beauties are dressed as cowgirls.
On Friday, Heidi Newfield and Larry Mitchell appear to help present, respectively, the first and sixth Items up for Bids, they also play the music for the day as the show comes out of commercial at the beginning of the Showcase.
On Friday, after the last commercial, Reba McEntire appears to announce that the winner of the Showcase will also receive tickets to the ACM Awards.

Week 28 (1,469 – 470xK): April 16, 7-10

Originally scheduled for April 6-10.
On Monday, Bob appears on the show to plug his book, Priceless Memories. His appearance occurs during the Showcase, and the showcases are built around the book.
On Monday, everyone in the audience receives a copy of Priceless Memories.
On Monday, Bob does the sign-off after the Showcase instead of Drew.
On Monday, two cash games are played, the episode is also noteworthy for having two small prize games and a grocery item game.
Beginning on Monday, Punch a Bunch's $25,000 bill has a different picture of Drew on every playing.
In Friday's opening, Connor comes through the Big Doors with Drew.
On Friday, Mandel Ilagen, the creator of 1/2 Off, makes a guest appearance playing the piano that is being offered in Pick-a-Number.

Week 29 (1,470 – 471xK): April 13-15, 6, 17

Originally scheduled for April 13-17.
On Monday, the curtains behind the edges of the Turntable become the same colors as the ones in the audience.
On Monday, the prize labels in Any Number are altered, they no longer simulate the effect of having a raised center.
On Monday, Win at Home returns, still using its second format, the game now always appears on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.
On Wednesday, two red and yellow zigzag backdrops are added to Most Expensive, they are used in most, but not all, subsequent playings of the game.
On Wednesday, after the Showcase, Drew reminds the viewers that Bob will be on the show "tomorrow," this refers to last week's Monday show, which was aired out of order during this week.
On Thursday's show, which was taped out of order, the curtains behind the Turntable are white one last time.
On Friday, One Away's car is revealed in a long shot of Door #3 bordered on the left by the Giant Price Tag, this is the first usage of this camera shot since Money Game was moved to the Turntable in 1981. After this episode, this happens semi-regularly with car games played at the Giant Price Tag.

Week 30 (1,471 – 472xK): April 20-24

On Tuesday, Make Your Move is played with Push Over's "think" music.
On Tuesday, Make Your Move is played with the Turntable not rotated all the way after Drew runs behind it while it is spinning around.
On Tuesday, Pick-a-Number is played for a car.
Wednesday show is an Earth Day-themed episode, several "green" prizes and groceries are used, and Drew, Rich, and the Beauties all have flowers in their apparel.
On Wednesday, Ed Begley, Jr. appears to help present the prizes in Range Game and the second showcase.
On Wednesday, Range Game is played for a car.
On Wednesday, Paul Alter's Showcase Showdown split screen arrow, not seen since June 6, 1996, is used during a bonus spin, the shot is now achieved by placing the arrow over a full shot of the wheel instead of by capturing the wheel in the midst of a camera transition. This change does not take effect permanently yet, as the episode was taped out of order.
On Wednesday, for what is believed to be the first time ever, the path in Pathfinder ends on the interior of the board.
On Wednesday, the second showcase includes the adoption of an animal through the World Wildlife Fund and planting of six trees in Kenya's Great Rift Valley, both on behalf of the contestant, Drew instructs the contestant not to include these in his bid, as a price cannot reasonably be assigned to them.

Week 31 (1,472 – 473xK): April 27-May 1

Beginning on Monday, one of the Barker's Beauties turns the numbers in One Away.
In Monday's One Away, for what is believed to be the first time ever, all of the right numbers are the same color.
On Tuesday, professional golfer Natalie Gulbis appears to make the inspiration putt in Hole in One and to help present the golf-themed second showcase.
On Tuesday, the second showcase includes a private golf lesson and a round of golf with Natalie Gulbis, Drew instructs the contestant not to include this in her bid, as it cannot reasonably be assigned a price.
On Wednesday, the split screen arrow show is resurrected permanently for use in bonus spins.
On Wednesday, presumably as a result of Clock Game being lost every time it was played with 4-digit prices, the second item bid on becomes a 3-digit portion of the full second prize, this can and does result in Clock Game's second price being lower than its first price.
Beginning on Thursday, a gold-trimmed version of the Season 36 logo appears at the end of the full credit roll, episodes with the short credits continue to end with the old logo.
On Friday, Push Over is played for a car.

Week 32 (1,473 – 474xK): May 4-8

As of Wednesday, the practice of using the season number as the top-center choice in Money Game is discontinued.
Beginning on Wednesday, the logo at the beginning on the consolation prize plugs appears on the screen the same way the opening logo does.
On Thursday, the commercial break between Acts 1 and 2 is eliminated, from this point onward, the theme is usually not played at the end of Act 1 if the first game is not won.
On Thursday, Double Prices is played in front of Contestants' Row for a trip displayed on Door #4.
Friday's show, in celebration of the Mother's Day holiday during the upcoming weekend, features pairs of contestants consisting of a woman and one of her children.
Friday's opening titles are "Happy Mother's Day,” "Call Your Mother,” and "Moms Rule!"
On Friday, the contestants being called down are announced as "the first eight contestants on The Price is Right" and "the next contestants on The Price is Right,” on the first "couples" episode on February 13, these slightly altered designations were not present.

Week 33 (1,474 – 475xK): May 11-15

On Monday, Squeeze Play and Bonus Game are both played for a car.
Monday show is the eighth of only eleven known episodes of the daytime show with no real car games.
On Monday, Win at Home begins offering prizes instead of cash again, its award now switches between $5,000 and a new television.
After Thursday's show, Check Game is removed from the pricing game rotation, it is not played again for over four years.
On Friday, Now....or Then is played without its sign present.

Week 34 (1,475 – 476xK): May 18-22

On Monday, That's Too Much! is played without think music.
On Tuesday, one of the green screen "trip skins" is used to display a gigantic treehouse in the Showcase.
On Thursday, Pass the Buck is played for a restored 1969 Mustang.
On Friday's show, which was taped out of order, the commercial break between the first and second games is retained.
Friday, Indy Car driver Sarah Fisher appears to help present the Indy 500-themed second showcase.

Week 35 (1,476 – 477xK): May 25-29

Beginning on Tuesday, the audience curtains extend all the way behind the Turntable.
Beginning on Tuesday, one of the Barker's Beauties helps Drew run Spelling Bee, pulling any cards won from small prizes and turning the cards over during the second part of the game.
On Wednesday, Pick-a-Number is played for a car.
On Thursday, the price tags and envelopes for Contestants' Row, Card Game, and the Showcase, as well as the envelope for Safe Crackers, are redone with colorful designs that utilize various TPIR insignias, such as the square Big Door patterns and Goodson-Todman asterisks.

Week 36 (1,477 – 478xK): June 1-3

Only three shows, on Monday-Wednesday, Thursday and Friday have the delayed March 16 and 19 episodes.
On Monday, Range Game is played for a car.
On Monday, Daniel Goddard and Joshua Morrow, the portrayers of Cane Ashby and Nicholas Newman on The Young and the Restless, appear during the second Item up for Bids to ask for permission to present the Showcase and settle a debate over which one is more romantic, the subsequently present the first and second showcases, respectively.
Wednesday's second showcase includes red carpet access to the premiere of the movie Imagine That, the contestant is instructed not to include this in his bid, as it cannot reasonably be assigned a value.
This week's third Win at Home segment appears on Thursday's broadcast instead of Friday's, this may be related to those two programs being, respectively, a Monday show and a Thursday show.

Week 37 (1,478 – 479xK): June 8-11, 19

Originally scheduled for June 8-12.
On Tuesday, Katie Stam, 2009's Miss America, appears to present Cover Up's car and the second showcase.
On Wednesday, contestant Nakia asks Drew when she gets onstage if she can "be one of your Beauties,” the staff allows her to model one of the prizes for the game in the next act.
Friday's show, billed as "the ultimate wedding shower," purportedly features engaged couples as contestants, although the official rules for the episode state that any couple is eligible, this leads to such oddities as the sixth contestants being a woman whose fiancee is in Iraq and her best friend and the eighth contestants getting engaged in Contestants' Row after being called.
Friday's opening titles are "Engaged Couples!,” "Come On Down...The Aisle!,” and "Get Ready To Say ''I Do!''"
On Friday, the last line of Rich's opening spiel is, "The fabulous, 60-minute Price Is Right for engaged couples!"
On Friday, the contestants being called down are announced as "the first four couples on The Price Is Right" and "the next contestants on The Price Is Right."
In Friday's Plinko, the small prizes are surrounded by lace.
On Friday, Jack Wagner and Ashley Jones, the portrayers of the soon-to-be-married characters Dominic Marone and Bridgette Forrester on The Bold and the Beautiful, appear to present the second Item up for Bids, a tuxedo and wedding gown.
After Friday, Gas Money is removed from the pricing game rotation.
Beginning on Friday, the new logo is sometimes present instead of the original one at the end of the short credits, this does not immediately begin happening consistently due to episodes being taped out of order.

Week 38 (1,479 – 480xK): June 15-18, 12

Originally scheduled for June 15-19.

Week 39 (1,480 – 481xK): June 22-26

On Monday, Balance Game is played for a car.
By Monday, the new logo is always present at the end of the credits.
On Tuesday, the first showcase includes adoptions of several African animals through the World Wildlife Fund, Drew instructs the contestants not to include this in their bids, as it cannot reasonably be assigned a price.
On Wednesday, Tyler Graham, a member of the Seattle Sounders (of which Drew is a part owner), appears to help present a soccer-themed showcase.
On Friday, Squeeze Play is played for a car.

Week 40 (1,481 – 482xK): September 18

Originally scheduled for June 29.
Season finale week, only one show.
Monday's show was delayed to the end of summer because the second showcase contains a plug for the Primetime Emmys, which are airing on September 20.
On Monday, the second showcase includes tickets to the Primetime Emmys, Drew instructs the contestants not to include these while bidding, as they have no price.
Summer reruns begin on June 29 in lieu of the week's actual Monday show.
After Monday's show, Syd Vinnedge is let go from the program, Mike Richards succeeds him as executive producer.
During the summer, in the week over July 6-10, Win at Home begins to offer a larger variety of prizes again.
During the summer, on July 16-17, for no apparent reason, Win at Home is presented at the end of the second Showcase Showdown.
During the summer, on July 17, Win at Home uses a drastically revamped appearance, with different graphics and music and an apparent title of "It's Time to Play" instead of "Win at Home." This presentation's music is used again on August 3, and on August 5, the entire new presentation resurfaces for several days, after this point, the two presentations seem to alternate, switching approximately every two weeks.