The Price is Right Timeline/Season 40

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Season 40 (2011-2012)[]

Pricing game calendar for Season 40, hosted by Scorpz.

Week 1 (1,562 – 563xK): September 19-23

The set is decorated for the season premiere all week, the "40 Years" signs near the Big Doors and George's podium remain for the entire season.
On Monday, the light border becomes silver; additionally, its outer edges no longer obscure the audience, similar to how the original border appeared before the luma key was adjusted in the early '80's.
On Monday, the opening shot changes to the "40 Years" sign near George's podium.
On Monday, a new larger Door #4 is introduced.
On Monday, the audience undergoes, for lack of a better term, a set change: The chairs change back to blue; a strip of LED lights surrounds the audience, running around the top of Door #4; new curtains are introduced that are somewhat less pastel, although the basic colors remain the same; the stairs in the back become black; blue borders are placed on the floor along the aisles; a gray backing is placed along the base of the rear wall, replacing at least one row of seats; the raised stage is redone with a pattern resembling the front side of the spinning panel of the Turntable wall; and the PA booth is extended to the rear right-hand corner, with a metallic Goodson-Todman asterisk reclaiming the spot it had once held before being covered with a curtain during Season 33.
On Monday, the audience signs are moved from the rear wall to the new light strip, from which they hang in front of the back corners; additionally, the dollar signs in the audience signs now rotate. The latter change is not permanent at this point, as this week's episodes were taped out of order.
Monday's opening spiel is, "Here it comes! From the Bob Barker Studio at CBS in Hollywood! It's the premiere episode of the 40th season of The Price Is Right!"
On Monday, a "40 Years" logo is introduced with that text on a banner under the main logo; the "40" spins into place on an animated Big Wheel. This graphic is used in the opening, on Door #4, in the closed-captioning and consolation prize plugs, and during the mid-show bumper; the logo also replaces the Season 36 logo on the lights in the ceiling.
On Monday, the silver edges are removed from the Contestants' Row displays, and the green borders are enlarged; additionally, a metallic base is placed underneath the displays.
On Monday, Race Game is played for four cars.
On all shows this week, classic clips are shown while going into two of the commercial breaks.
On Monday, George's call-down windows and its dollar sign become silver.
On Monday, Win at Home's name is changed to "Play at Home."
Beginning on Monday, the light strips on the Big Doors and the Turntable spend large portions of the show with the same colors as their respective doorframes' bases -- purple for the Turntable wall, orange for Door #1, blue for Door #2, and green for Door #3.
On Monday, during the last commercial, everyone in the audience receives a copy of the Xbox 360 version of The Price Is Right Decades; this also serves as the day's PriceIsRight.com plug, as Drew instructs viewers to visit the website for a chance to win a copy of said game.
On Tuesday through Friday, the last line of the opening spiel is, "It's the 40th season of The Price Is Right!"
On Friday, Spelling Bee is played for a restored 1956 Chevrolet 210.

Week 2 (1,563 – 564xK): September 26-30

Beginning on Monday, several changes seen in Week 1, which was taped out of order, are temporarily undone; these include the spinning dollar signs on the audience signs, the "40 Years" logos on the lights above the audience, the blue audience chairs (which go back to being red), and the color-coded light strips on the Big Doors and the Turntable. Additionally, the "40 Years" signs by the Big Doors temporarily change to the signs from the Season 39 premiere, relabeled for Season 40.
Wednesday show is the 7,500th episode. It is also the earliest known correct on-air acknowledgment of the episode count.
On Wednesday, the dollar sign by George's podium reads "7,500th episode" instead of "40 Years".
On Wednesday, the background on Door #4 is the 2001-2007 audience curtains.
On Wednesday, the "40 Years" banner in the logo is replaced with a clapboard reading "7500th Show"; in addition to the usual places, this logo appears during every commercial outro.
Wednesday's opening ends with, "You are the first four contestants on our special 7,500th episode of The Price Is Right!"
On Wednesday, every game is played for either a car or cash; three of each are used.
Wednesday show is the first three-car day since Roger's lineups ran out after the seventh week of Season 37.
Wednesday show is the only episode to feature three cash games.
On Wednesday, Push Over is played for a car.
On Wednesday, the prizes in the Showcase are inspired by prizes on earlier "landmark" episodes; the prizes in the first showcase are based on clips from the ceremonial 1,000th, 2,000th, and 3,000th episodes, and those in the second showcase are based on clips from the ceremonial 4,000th, 5,000th, and 6,000th episodes.
On Wednesday, there is no music or audience shot while returning from the final commercial.
On Thursday, Pick-a-Number is played for a car.
On Thursday, the slip distribution in Punch a Bunch is significantly altered; there are now one $25,000 slip, two $10,000 slips, four $5,000 slips, eight $2,500 slips, ten $1,000 slips, ten $500 slips, ten $250 slips, and five $100 slips. The $50 slips are done away with, as are the Second Chances.
On Friday, George Lopez appears to help present the second showcase. This was the result of winning a bet he had made with Drew on Lopez Tonight in 2010 over whether or not LeBron James would leave the Cleveland Cavaliers; that portion of Lopez's show was replayed just before the second showcase.
On Friday, the PriceIsRight.com plug occurs after the last commercial, with Drew instructing viewers to go there to see behind-the-scenes clips with George Lopez.

Week 3 (1,564 – 565xK): October 10-14

Originally scheduled for October 3-7.
On Thursday, during the break after the sixth game, Drew is given a signal that the show is on the air when, in fact, it is not; as a result, the first spin of the second Showcase Showdown occurs during the commercials with no cameras rolling. After the consolation prize plugs, Drew explains to the viewers why the first spinner already has 85¢ and allows her to redo the hellos that she had said during her spin.
On Friday, during the final commercial, everyone in the audience is given a bag of Gimbal's jelly beans; this also serves as the day's PriceIsRight.com plug, as Drew instructs viewers to visit the website for a chance to win a bag of said jelly beans.

Week 4 (1,565 – 566xK): January 6, 2, 4, 5, 3

Originally scheduled for October 10-14.
On Monday, October 10, the presentation for Play at Home is redone; it now starts and ends with announcements by George. This change does correspond more reasonably to a calendar date than to a particular episode.
On all shows this week, a celebrity helps the contestants play their pricing games -- Heidi Klum on Monday, Snoop Dogg on Tuesday, Neil Patrick Harris on Wednesday, Chris Daughtry on Thursday, and Jenny McCarthy on Friday. The celebrities also help to present the showcases each day.
The celebrity guests this week win the equivalent of the contestants' pricing game winnings in cash for the various charities they are playing for; they also spin the Big Wheel at the beginning of the second Showcase Showdown and win cash in the value of their spin times $100 (or, alternately, the value of cents spun times 10,000). Heidi Klum plays for UNICEF, the United Nations Children's Fund; Snoop Dogg plays for the Snoop Youth Football League, an inner-city children's sports program; Neil Patrick Harris plays for the Noreen Fraser Foundation, which funds cancer research; Chris Daughtry plays for the Alzheimer's Association, which seeks to eliminate and combat the most widely-known form of dementia; and Jenny McCarthy plays for Generation Rescue, an organization which promotes the scientifically discredited concept of autism in children being caused by vaccinations.
On this week's shows, which were all taped drastically out of order, the set changes seen in Week 1 are present.
On this week's shows, the PriceIsRight.com plugs take place at the beginning of the second part of the Showcase and involve Drew instructing viewers to visit the site for a chance to win a TPIR name tag signed by that day's celebrity; these name tags also serve as the door prizes this week. This does not occur on Monday, nor does any sort of PriceIsRight.com plug; however, it could have merely been edited out, as the episode visibly underwent an unusually large amount of editing.
On Monday and Friday, presumably due to time constraints, the consolation prize plugs are not done; similarly, on Wednesday and Friday, the first part of the Showcase begins as it did for the first 36 seasons.
On Tuesday, Lucky $even is played for a Chevy Camaro.
On Tuesday, Check-Out is played for a car -- specifically, a restored 1962 Lincoln Continental convertible.
On Tuesday, Drew lets Snoop Dogg reveal the prices of the showcases.
On Friday, Punch a Bunch is introduced with the mid-'90s Plinko harps.
On Friday, the blue portions of the Punch a Bunch logo are significantly darker than usual; due to the episode being taped drastically out of order, this change does not become permanent for several more weeks.
On all of this week's shows except for Monday's, the Showcase includes a prize that is not intended to be included in the contestant's bid, as it cannot reasonably be assigned a price; Tuesday offers VIP onstage tickets and backstage passes to Snoop Dogg's concert at the Voodoo Music Festival; Wednesday a VIP backstage tour of and a walk-on role on How I Met Your Mother; Thursday offers tickets for a Daughtry USO concert at NavSta Rota, and Friday offers VIP tickets to attend a Blackhawks-Kings hockey game with Jenny McCarthy.

Week 5 (1,566 – 567xK): October 17-21

On Tuesday, at the start of Act 4, Drew recognizes cameraman Marty Wagner, who is working his last taping before retiring.
On Tuesday, after the Showcase, Drew again wishes Marty a happy retirement and also offers condolences to the family of Sylvester, a CBS commissary worker who had recently passed away.
On Wednesday, the new "40 Years" signs and color-coordinated lights strips at the Big Doors return permanently.
On Wednesday, Double Prices is played at Door #3.
On Friday, for no apparent reason, Grocery Game's sign is absent.

Week 6 (1,567 – 568xK): October 3-5, December 15, June 19

Originally scheduled for October 24-28.
Originally rescheduled for October 3-5, December 15, October 7.
Originally rerescheduled for October 3-5, December 15, June 18.
On Tuesday, Range Game is played for a car.
On Tuesday, a rare reference to a retired pricing game is made as a result of contestant Darren's Professor Price t-shirt; Drew explains to the audience that the game was played only two times before being done away with.
Thursday's show, which was not broadcast until December, has a "holiday gift idea of the day" announcement added to the first Item up for Bids.
On Thursday, Larry Emdur, the longtime host of The Price Is Right in Australia, appears on the show; he calls down the seventh contestant, announces the fourth Item up for Bids, hosts the fourth game (Cliff Hangers), and participates in the first showcase.

Week 7 (1,568 – 569xK): October 31-November 4

Monday's show is a Halloween episode themed as a 1970s disco party. Everyone in the studio is dressed in disco costumes provided by Party City (which also provides the third Item up for Bids), many of the prizes relate to either disco or the 1970s, and a number of set elements are temporarily altered to fit the theme; most notably, the original orange shag carpeting returns to the Turntable, and the Turntable walls flash between purple and red for much of the episode.
On Monday, much of the music is altered to fit the disco theme. A disco remix of "Walking" plays during the opening, a disco cue supplants "Walking" for the remainder of the show, and the theme is replaced with a disco remix of the theme that is best described as a cross between the Barker and Davidson versions. Most of the other music is either random disco songs or cues from the largely dormant 1972, 1974, and 1976 music packages. The only standard songs used during the episode are the closed captioning cues and "Dig We Must."
On Monday, the light border is not used during the opening.
On Monday's show, which was taped out of order, the blue seats, rotating dollar signs, and "40 Years" ceiling signs are present.
On Monday, the background on Door #4 is a set of cascading lights similar to the pattern on the Season 31-34 Big Doors; this pattern also appears on George's podium and as the background for the second transition in the consolation prize plugs.
Monday's opening spiel is, "Right on, right on! Here it comes! From the grooviest studio at CBS in Hollywood, it's The Price Is Right!"
On Monday, the contestants are told to "Get on down" instead of "Come on down."
On Monday, Drew is introduced as "Your host with the most, Drew 'Funkmaster' Carey!"
Monday's opening ends with, "You are the first four brothers and sisters as we get down, get funky, I mean funky '70s style, on The Price Is Right On!" The show is referred to as such for the remainder of the episode.
On Monday, the dollar sign on George's podium is gold.
On Monday, all of the pricing games' sets are temporarily altered to make them look more 1970s-ish; this is somewhat ironic, as all six of the games were introduced during the first two seasons.
On Monday, no real car games are played; Bonus Game and Grocery Game are both played for a car. Bonus Game specifically is played for a restored 1973 Ford Mustang convertible. This is only the ninth known daytime show with no real car games and is currently the most recent.
On Monday, George's call-down window and its dollar sign are green.
On Monday, shots of everyone in the studio disco dancing are shown between the third game and the first Showcase Showdown and between the fifth and sixth games. George announces, "We'll be back, and I mean way back, right after this," over the first shot and, "Groove on back to The Price Is Right On right after this!" over the second.
On Monday, a special version of the logo surrounded by a disco ball appears during the "everyone dancing" shots, the mid-show bumper, and the shot of the contestants not appearing onstage during the consolation prize plugs.
On Monday, Ted Lange appears to help present a showcase themed around The Love Boat.
On Monday, during the last commercial, everyone in the audience receives a five-pound Hershey bar; this also serves as the day's PriceIsRight.com plug, as Drew instructs viewers to visit the website for a chance to win one of the said candy bars.
On Monday, an unidentified contestant was disqualified after the taping when it was discovered that he or she was ineligible.
On Thursday, Squeeze Play is played for a car.
On Thursday, Daniel Russell and Griffin Birney from Billy Elliot appear to help present the second showcase, which is themed around the musical.
On Thursday, during the last commercial, everyone if the audience receives a copy of the Billy Elliot soundtrack; this also serves as the day's PriceIsRight.com plug, as Drew instructs viewers to visit the website for a chance to win one of the said soundtracks.
On Friday's show, which was taped out of order, the blue seats, rotating dollar signs, and "40 Years" ceiling signs are present.

Week 8 (1,569 – 570xK): November 7-11

On Tuesday, the rotating dollar signs, blue chairs, and "40 Years" ceiling logos are added to the set permanently.
Friday show is a Veterans' Day-themed episode.
On Friday, everyone in the audience is a member of the military.
On Friday, The Star-Spangled Banner, played by a marine band in the audience, is heard instead of "Walking" and the theme during the opening, as well as during the credits; it and various other patriotic songs are also used during all commercial outros, and the theme is not played at these times even if pricing games are won. The theme is heard in its usual places in the first closed-captioning plug, the consolation prize plugs (in remixed form, as always), and while returning from the final commercial.
On Friday, the logo in the opening and on Door #4 is surrounded by a ring with stars and the words "Salute to the Military." This ring also appears on the logo on the logo that flies onto the bottom of the screen for the closed-captioning and consolation prize plugs and after the fourth game, which appears before every commercial on this episode.
On Friday, the square pattern on Door #4 is replaced with an image of the American flag; this also serves as the background for George's podium, whose dollar sign is tinted blue, as well as for the second transition in the consolation prize plugs.
On Friday, the light strips around the audience spend the show either displaying blue or cascading red, white, and blue; the latter occurs mostly during the opening, come on downs, commercial outros, and the closed-captioning plugs.
On Friday, the audience members' name tags show the insignia of their branch of the military along with their names.
On Friday, the contestants' ranks are read with their names as they are called to come on down.
Friday's opening spiel ends with, "You are the first four contestants as we salute our nation's military on The Price Is Right!"
On Friday, the set is decorated for Veterans' Day; as a result, the "40 Years" signs in front of the Big Doors are absent.
On Friday, Drew is flanked by a Marine Corps color guard during his entrance.
On Friday, the light strips around the Big Doors are red on Door #1, white on Door #2, and blue on Door #3 for much of the show.
On Friday, during the opening and the credits, the squares on the Turntable wall flash red, white, and blue; during much of the rest of the show, the walls are blue and purple.
On Friday, the yellow and green Contestants' Row displays are altered to be a second set of red and blue displays.
On Friday, the Contestants' Row displays show the insignias of their contestants until the contestant in question makes a bid.
On Friday, patriotic designs are shown on the envelopes and cards for the prices of the Items up for Bids and the showcases.
On Friday, after the Showcase Showdowns, soldiers stationed overseas are shown saying hello to Drew and their loved ones at home as the show goes to commercial.
On Friday, George's call-down window is red, and the accompanying dollar sign is blue.
On Friday, the first showcase includes admission to the premiere of the movie Jack and Jill; Drew instructs the contestants not to include this while bidding since it cannot reasonably be assigned a price.

Week 9 (1,570 – 571xK): November 14-18

On Monday, everyone in the audience is a teacher.
Monday's opening ends with, "You are the first four contestants as we salute teachers on a special episode of The Price Is Right!"
On Monday, everyone who gets out of Contestants' Row wins a bonus of $1,000 worth of school supplies from OfficeMax; this is described before the first game.
On Tuesday, for no apparent reason, Cover Up uses Push Over's think music.
On Tuesday, a pet adoption segment occurs after the second showcase, which is themed around prizes that are good for the Beauties' dogs.
On Tuesday, during the last commercial, everyone in the audience receives a $25 gift card from Petco; this also serves as the day's PriceIsRight.com plug, as Drew instructs viewers to visit the website for a chance to win one of the said gift cards.
On Thursday, the cast of River dance appears to help present the second showcase.
On Thursday, during the last commercial, everyone in the audience receives a copy of the River dance soundtrack; this also serves as the day's PriceIsRight.com plug, as Drew instructs viewers to visit the website for a chance to win a copy of the said soundtrack.
On Friday, an unidentified contestant was disqualified after the taping when it was discovered that he or she was ineligible.

Week 10 (1,571 – 572xK): November 21-23

Thanksgiving week; only three shows.
On Tuesday, Drew hosts the show with his right arm in a cast; this stemmed from an injury he sustained when he fell while running.
Wednesday's show is vaguely themed around Thanksgiving; the Door #4, opening, and bumper logos have leaves cascading across them and display a "Happy Thanksgiving" banner at their base, and Door #4 itself and the background for the second transition in the consolation prize plugs consist entirely of more cascading leaves.
On Wednesday, the darker blue in the Punch a Bunch logo returns permanently.
On Wednesday, George's call-down window and its dollar sign are a brownish orange.

Week 11 (1,572 – 573xK): November 28-December 2

At some point after Monday's show, Magic #'s electronics fail, causing the game to be removed from the pricing game rotation while it is reprogrammed; it is not played again for nearly four months.
On Tuesday, Drew again wears a cast on his right arm.
Beginning on Thursday and continuing through Christmas, the first Item up for Bids is designated the "Holiday Gift Idea of the Day."
On Thursday, the money amounts in Pocket ¢hange are redesigned with a red border and a coin background; the background does not appear on the zero cards.
On Friday, an unidentified contestant was disqualified after the taping when it was discovered that he or she was ineligible.

Week 12 (1,573 – 574xK): December 5-9

On Tuesday, everyone in the audience is a nurse.
Tuesday's opening ends with, "You are the first four nurses we salute on a special episode of The Price Is Right!"
On Tuesday, George introduces Drew as "Dr. Drew Carey."
On Tuesday, Drew and George wore stethoscopes.
On Wednesday, during the last commercial, everyone in the audience receives a copy of The Help, the subject of the day's "The Price Is Right Book Club" showcase. This also serves as the day's PriceIsRight.com plug, as Drew instructs viewers to visit the website for a chance to win a copy of said book.

Week 13 (1,574 – 575xK): December 12-14, October 7, December 16

Originally scheduled for December 12-16.
Originally rescheduled for December 12-14, October 6, December 16.
On Monday, Daniel Goddard appears throughout the show as a male Barker's Beauty.
On Monday, Bonus Game's stucco is removed, giving the board a smoother appearance. Additionally, the base of the game becomes green.
On Monday, the front of Range Game has been repainted a noticeably different shade of yellow, and metal borders are placed around the game's base.
Thursday's show is partly sponsored by Ford Warriors in Pink in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month (in reference, obviously, to the day the show was broadcast instead of its proper spot in the schedule). Specifically, the first Item up for Bids and a customized car in the Showcase were provided by the organization.
On Thursday, the backgrounds on Door #4 and George's podium are a pink field with pink sunburst patterns cascading over it; additionally, the dollar sign on George's podium is pink.
Thursday's opening ends with, "You are the first four contestants as we honor Breast Cancer Awareness Month on The Price Is Right!"
On Thursday, the opening logo has a red square pattern, and "40 Years" is flanked by pink ribbons; this logo is also seen on Door #4, in the closed-captioning plugs, in the mid-show bumper, and in the consolation prize plugs.
On Thursday, the lighted squares on the Turntable wall remain purple for most of the show, presumably in lieu of the ability to make them pink.
On Tuesday, before the first Item up for Bids, Drew announces that everyone in the audience has received a scarf from Ford Warriors in Pink.
Thursday's show has no Holiday Gift Idea of the Day, as it was known when the show was taped that it would be broadcast in October.
On Thursday, Ford Warriors in Pink donates $10,000 to Susan G. Komen for the Cure on behalf of the contestant in the first game.
On Thursday, numerous everyday graphics are pink, including George's call-down window and its dollar sign, the Big Wheel split-screen separator, the ticket plug graphic, the square pattern in the background of the consolation prize plugs, the PriceIsRight.com graphic, and the graphic displaying the amount won by the Showcase winner.
On Friday, Adam's sons help to present the prizes for the first Item up for Bids and the first game (1 Wrong Price).

Week 14 (1,575 – 576xK): December 19-23

The set is decorated for Christmas this week.
On this week's shows, the "40 Years" signs in front of the Big Doors are absent.
On this week's shows, the light strips around the Big Doors, Turntable, and audience cascade red and white during the opening, the credits, and some commercial transitions.
On this week's shows, a Christmassy pattern appears as the background for Door #4, George's podium, and the consolation prize plugs.
On this week's shows, all instances of the graphical "40 Years" logo are replaced with the "Happy Holidays" logo from Season 39's Christmas episodes.
In some of this week's openings and credits, the lights on the Turntable wall cascade various patterns of red and/or green; there does not seem to be any rhyme or reason to which episodes this does or does not occur on.
On this week's shows, George's podium has a Christmassy background and a red dollar sign.
On this week's shows, George's call-down window is red and green, and its dollar sign is green.
On Monday, the address on the e-ticket plug is changed to PriceIsRight.com; this sometimes results in the ticket plug and the PriceIsRight.com both occurring at once at the end of the second Showcase Showdown.
On Monday, during the last commercial, everyone in the audience receives a Winter Classic hockey puck with that game's logo on one side and the TPIR logo on the other; this also serves as the day's PriceIsRight.com plug, as Drew instructs viewers to visit the website for a chance to win one of the said hockey pucks.
On Tuesday, Daniel Goddard appears, essentially serving as a male Barker's Beauty and also announcing a small portion of the second showcase.
In some of this week's PriceIsRight.com plugs, Drew asks viewers to go to the website to vote for prizes for next Friday's "Best Prizes of 2011" show despite the fact that the episode in question had already been taped.
Wednesday's show deviates slightly in theme from the rest of the week, as it occurs on the first day of Hanukkah: the graphical logo is flanked by dreidels; the background on Door #4 is a red curtain with white sparkles cascading down it; the light strips cascade blue and white instead of red and white; George's podium and call-down window use their standard color schemes; and the background for the consolation prize plugs is a blue version of the background on Door #4.
On Thursday, presumably due to time constraints, both segments of the Showcase begin as they did prior to Season 37.
On Thursday, Diana DeGarmo, portrayer of Angelina Veneziano on The Young and the Restless, appears to help present the second showcase.
On Thursday, during the last commercial, everyone in the audience receives a Christmas package of Reese's Miniatures or Hershey's Kisses; this also serves as the day's PriceIsRight.com plug, as Drew instructs viewers to visit the website for a chance to win some of the said candy.
On Friday, Pay the Rent's house is decorated for Christmas.
In Friday's Cliff Hangers, the mountain climber is dressed as Santa Claus.
In Friday's Cliff Hangers, the border around the shot of the contestant shown as the mountain climber is moving is tinted red.

Week 15 (1,576 – 577xK): December 30

New Year's Eve week; only one show.
Friday's show features "the best prizes of 2011," as purported to have been voted on by members of PriceIsRight.com.
Friday's opening ends with, "You are the first four contestants as we present the best of 2011 on The Price Is Right!"
On Friday, Bonus Game is played for a car -- specifically, a restored 1965 Ford Mustang.

Week 16 (1,577 – 578xK): October 24, 26, 25, 27, 28

Presumably originally scheduled for January 2-6.
Originally rescheduled for October 24-28.
Tuesday and Wednesday's shows were inadvertently posted to CBS.com on their original reschedule dates of October 25 and 26, respectively.
On Tuesday, as a result of this week taping drastically out of order, Range Game appears as it did prior to December 12.
On Wednesday, for possibly the first time ever, the four-panel small prize table is seen in its entirety during Shell Game.
On Thursday, as a result of bad editing, the last spin of the second Showcase Showdown initially appears to have been counted despite not going all the way around; closer inspection reveals that a spin that didn't go all the way around had actually been edited out and that the aired spin was good.
On Thursday, an unidentified contestant was disqualified after the taping when it was discovered that he or she was ineligible.
On Friday, Antonio Banderas appears in a taped message during a showcase about Puss in Boots.
Friday's first showcase includes admission to the premiere of Puss in Boots and a limo ride to said premiere; Drew instructs the contestants not to include these while bidding, as they cannot reasonably be assigned prices.
On Friday, George and Drew plug the premiere of Puss in Boots on October 28, semi-incorrectly stating that the movie opens "today."

Week 17 (1,578 – 579xK): January 9-11, 13, 12

Originally scheduled for January 9-13.
On Monday, Miss America 2011 Teresa Scanlan appears to help present the prize in the third game and the second showcase.
On Tuesday, Temptation is won for the first time since February 13, 2007, snapping what at the time was the longest non-Plinko losing streak in Price Is Right history.
Wednesday's show serves as a "baby shower" episode; all the contestants are expectant mothers, and most of the prizes are somehow connected to babies. The episode is partially sponsored by TheBump.com.
On Wednesday, the logos in the opening, on Door #4, and in the commercial bumpers is flanked by pacifiers and a rattle.
On Wednesday, the background on Door #4 is cascading sunburst patterns instead of cascading squares.
On Wednesday, George's opening ends with, "You are the first four -- or is it eight? -- contestants on a special baby shower episode of The Price Is Right!"
On Wednesday, the dollar sign on George's call-down window is changed to a rubber duck.
On Wednesday, Drew turns the trilons in One Away by himself.
On Wednesday, during the last commercial, everyone in the audience receives a gift basket from TheBump.com; this also serves as the day's PriceIsRight.com plug, as Drew instructs viewers to visit the website for a chance to win one of the said gift baskets.

Week 18 (1,579 – 580xK): January 30, December 26, January 18-20

Originally scheduled for January 16-20.
On Monday, Drew hosts with his right arm in a sling after having surgery on his shoulder; the sling reappears several weeks later as a result of episodes being taped out of order.
On Wednesday, the second showcase includes tickets to the X Games; this is declared to be a bonus, and the contestants are instructed not to include it while bidding.
On Thursday, the car's price in Pocket ¢hange is gold instead of white.
On Friday, Range Game is played for a car.

Week 19 (1,580 – 581xK): January 23-27

On Tuesday, for no apparent reason, Push Over is played with That's Too Much's think music.
On Wednesday, Daniel Goddard serves as a male Barker's Beauty.
On Wednesday, after the last commercial, Drew informs the contestants that as a bonus, the winner of the Showcase will receive a backstage tour of The Young and the Restless from Daniel Goddard; this also serves as an extra PriceIsRight.com plug, as Drew instructs viewers to visit the website for a video of the tour.
On Thursday, Squeeze Play is played for a car.
Friday show features the 1,000th playing of Dice Game.

Week 20 (1,581 – 582xK): January 16, January 31-February 3

Originally scheduled for January 30-February 3.
On Wednesday, Daniel Goddard appears as a male Barker's Beauty.

Week 21 (1,582 – 583xK): February 6-10

On Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday, Drew's sling from his shoulder surgery is present.
On Monday, the first showcase includes, as a bonus, the recording of a video immediately after the show to be posted on PriceIsRight.com; the contestants are instructed not to include this while bidding, as it cannot reasonably be assigned a price. This also serves as the episode's PriceIsRight.com plug.
On Tuesday, a graphic of "The Price Is Right Clock on the Wall" is introduced for use while calling the ninth contestant; it is displayed on George's podium.
On Wednesday, celebrity chef Michael Chiarello appears to help present the second showcase.
On Thursday, Check-Out is played for a car.
On Thursday, the Price Is Right Clock on the Wall is displayed on Door #4 as well as on George's podium.
On Friday, from the third Item up for Bids onward, all of the contestants are given lapel mics off-camera; this appears to have been an on-the-fly fix after Drew's microphone broke down during the program.
On Friday, the split-screen arrow shot is used outside of bonus spins; this does not occur on the immediately surrounding episodes, as the show was taped drastically out of order.
On Friday, during the last commercial, everyone in the audience receives a CD of Grammy-nominated music; this also serves as the day's PriceIsRight.com plug, as Drew instructs viewers to visit the website for a chance to win a copy of the said CD.

Week 22 (1,583 – 584xK): February 13-17

On Monday and Wednesday, Drew's sling from his shoulder surgery is present; Wednesday is the final episode with the sling.
On Monday, the area around Bonus Game's arrows becomes gold.
On Monday, Bonus Game is played for a car.
Tuesday show is themed around Valentine's Day.
On Tuesday, Door #4 and George's podium display hearts cascading across a pink background; a similar pattern is shown on Contestants' Row instead of the usual colors, with the graphics fading into the background somewhat when the bids appear.
Tuesday's opening ends with, "You are the first four contestants on a special Valentine's Day episode of The Price Is Right!"
On Tuesday, the various graphical TPIR logos except for the one in the credits, as well as the logo on Door #4, have the words "Valentine's Day" at their base, with small hearts cascading around the extra text; additionally, the logos have an altered color scheme, with each background displaying different shades of red and with the logo itself appearing in different shades of pink. In addition to the usual places, this logo appears during every commercial outro.
On Tuesday, the dollar sign on George's podium is pink, as are his call-down window and its dollar sign.
On Tuesday, Daniel Goddard serves as a male Barker's Beauty.
On Tuesday, presumably due to time constraints, the consolation prize plugs are not done.
On Tuesday, during the last commercial, everyone in the audience receives a giant Hershey's Kiss; this also serves as the day's PriceIsRight.com plug, as Drew instructs viewers to visit the website for a chance to win one of the said candies.
On Tuesday, the PriceIsRight.com graphic is pink.
On Wednesday, 2 for the Price of 1 is played for a car.
After Thursday, Card Game is removed from the pricing game rotation; it is not played again for over two years.
On Thursday, Clock Game's prize reveal is changed to have the main prizes immediately visible in front of Door #3, with the bonus third prize waiting behind it; this change results in the video screen that displays the game's logo being done away with.
On Friday, Hi-Lo is played for a car -- specifically, a restored 1967 Chevrolet Camaro.
On Friday, for no apparent reason, Safe Crackers is played without think music.
On Friday, an extra PriceIsRight.com plug occurs at the beginning of the Showcase after a marriage proposal occurs during the commercial; Drew instructs viewers to visit the site to watch a video of it.

Week 23 (1,584 – 585xK): February 22, 20, 21, 23, 24.

Originally scheduled for February 20-24.
On Monday, Pick-a-Number is played for a car.
On Monday, there is no music and no audience shot at the beginning of the second part of the Showcase.
On Wednesday, the background of Pocket ¢hange's car price lights up along with the digits.
On Wednesday, with only two Barker's Beauties present, George helps out in 1 Right Price by holding the one right price and doing the price reveal.
On Friday, everyone in the audience is a firefighter.
On Friday, the "40 Years" sign in the opening is tinted gold.
On Friday, the graphical logo is flanked by firefighter hats, and its banner is red instead of blue; this logo appears during every commercial outro.
On Friday, Door #4 shows cascading blue sunbursts instead of the square pattern.
Friday's opening ends with, "You are the first four contestants as we salute firefighters on The Price Is Right!"
On Friday, George's call-down window has a firefighter hat on the upper-left corner.
On Friday, the arrow split-screen shot returns to non-bonus spins permanently, but only for the second spin in the Showcase Showdown.
On Friday, Bonus Game is played for a car -- specifically, a restored 1966 Ford Mustang.
On Friday, the background during the consolation prize plugs is red instead of blue.
On Friday, there is no music and no audience shot at the beginning of the Showcase.

Week 24 (1,585 – 586xK): February 27-March 2

On Monday, Drew does not have the contestant pick her free numbers in Stack the Deck until all of the groceries have been played through.
On Wednesday, the silver Showcase winner total graphics are introduced.
On Thursday, the "40 Years" sign in the opening becomes tinted gold; this is a "permanent" change, although it only lasts for about a week.
On Thursday, Most Expensive is played for three trips.
On Thursday, fashion designer Whitney Port appears to help present the second Item up for Bids.

Week 25 (1,586 – 587xK): March 5-9

On Thursday, Daniel Goddard serves as a male Barker's Beauty.
On Thursday, the first part of the Showcase begins as it did for the first 36 seasons.
Friday's show is themed around spring break; everyone in the audience is a college student, and most of the prizes are aimed in some way at the college demographic.
On Friday, the "40 Years" sign in the opening is not tinted gold.
Friday's opening ends with, "You are the first four contestants on a special spring break episode of The Price Is Right!"
On Friday, the graphical logo is flanked by a pair of sunglasses and a beachball. In addition to the usual places, this logo appears during every commercial outro.
On Friday, Door #4's background is replaced with a scene of an ocean shore, and its logo is situated on a beach towel.
On Friday, George's podium shows a shoreline scene similar to the one on Door #4, and its dollar sign is blue.
On Friday, the background for the consolation prize plugs is replaced with a scene of large, rotating Goodson-Todman asterisks.

Week 26 (1,587 – 588xK): March 12-14

Only three shows, on Monday-Wednesday.
On Monday, the "40 Years" sign in the opening is tinted gold; this is the last episode on which this was done.
On Tuesday, 2012 Olympic hopeful Jessica Hardy appears to help present the first Item up for Bids and the second showcase.
On Wednesday, a new graphics package is introduced for Play at Home.

Week 27 (1,588 – 589xK): March 19-23

On Monday, all of the contestants wear lapel mics; this appears to have been a result of the presumed problems with Drew's microphone on the February 10 show, which was taped the same day. While likely originally intended as a temporary workaround, this change ultimately becomes permanent a few weeks later.
In Monday's Any Number, the first digit in the price of the car is already lit up when the game comes around on the Turntable.
On Tuesday, Magic # returns to the pricing game rotation.
On Tuesday, a new, less harsh-sounding set of sound effects debuts in Magic #, a direct result of the game's reprogramming.
Wednesday's show features pairs of twins as contestants.
Wednesday's opening ends with, "You are the first eight contestants on a special twins episode of The Price Is Right!"
On Wednesday, all prizes besides trips, cash, and small prizes are offered in pairs, and trips are specifically described as being for the two onstage contestants.
On Wednesday, every pricing game has a name that somehow relates to the word "two."
On Wednesday, "Take Two" is concealed behind the Race Game Curtain and is moved into its normal spot during the prize descriptions.
On Wednesday, both That's Too Much! and Pick-a-Pair is played for two cars; in That's Too Much!, the contestants are instructed to stop at the first price that is higher than the total of the cars' actual retail prices.
Thursday's Dice Game is announced on-air as being the game's 1,000th playing; in reality, it is the 1,002nd.
On Friday, Texas Battle and Kristolyn Lloyd, the portrayers of Marcus Forrester and Dayzee Leigh on The Bold and the Beautiful, appear to help present the second showcase, which celebrates that show's 25th anniversary; they also act as Barker's Beauties during Clock Game and Eazy az 1 2 3.
On Friday, the dollar sign is absent from Lucky $even's price.
On Friday, during the last commercial, everyone in the audience receives a The Bold and the Beautiful hat signed by Texas Battle and Kristolyn Lloyd; this also serves as the day's PriceIsRight.com plug, as Drew instructs viewers to visit the website for a chance to win one of the said hats.

Week 28 (1,589 – 590xK): March 26-30

On Tuesday, rocker Tracii Guns appears to help present the fourth Item up for Bids, a guitar; he also provides a guitar lesson to the winner after the show. Additionally, this serves as the day's PriceIsRight.com plug, as Drew instructs viewers to visit the website to see a video of the guitar lesson.
Thursday's show is themed around the Academy of Country Music Awards, which air on CBS on Sunday night; many of the audience members wear cowboy hats, and many of the prizes are things associated with the country.
On Thursday, Door #4 shows cascading orange sunbursts instead of the square pattern; its background is orange, as well. This pattern also appears on George's podium.
On Thursday, the graphical logo uses a yellow square pattern and is flanked by cowboy hats; this logo appears during every commercial outro.
On Thursday, the dollar sign on George's podium is orange, as are his call-down window and its dollar sign.
On Thursday, Eddie Montgomery and Troy Gentry of Montgomery Gentry appear to help present the third Item up for Bids.
On Thursday, Master Key is played for a restored 1955 Ford F-100 Pickup.
On Thursday, the square pattern seen during the consolation prize plugs is orange.
On Thursday, during the last commercial, everyone in the audience receives a signed copy of the Montgomery Gentry album Rebels on the Run; this also serves as the day's PriceIsRight.com plug, as Drew instructs viewers to visit the website for a chance to win one of the said albums.
On Thursday, before the prices of the showcases are revealed, Montgomery Gentry returns to present a trip to Las Vegas with VIP access to the ACM Awards and associated events; the trip is awarded as a bonus to the winner of the Showcase.
Beginning on Friday, Drew occasionally instructs viewers to visit PriceIsRight.com for a chance to win part or all of an Item up for Bids.

Week 29 (1,590 – 591xK): April 2, 3, 4, 6, 5

Originally scheduled for April 2-6.
On Tuesday, Daniel Goddard appears as a male Barker's Beauty.
On Wednesday, the second showcase includes a party for 50 people catered by The Grilled Cheese Truck; this is regarded as a bonus, and the contestants are instructed not to bid on it.
On Thursday, the Dynamos from Mamma Mia! appear to help present a showcase based on that musical.
On Friday, J.R. Martinez appears to help present the second Item up for Bids and the second showcase.
On Friday, Rat Race's track lights are a less greenish shade of blue than usual.
On Friday, the first showcase includes tickets to a Tournament of Kings dinner show, with an acknowledgment by the cast during the performance; this is regarded as a bonus, and the contestants are instructed not to bid on it.

Week 30 (1,591 – 592xK): April 23-27

Originally scheduled for April 9-13.
On Friday, with only two Beauties present, George helps out with modeling the prizes in Swap Meet.
On Friday, Hole in One is played for a restored 1965 Ford Mustang.
On Friday, no inspiration putt is done in Hole in One.
On Friday, a pet adoption segment occurs after the second, pet-themed showcase.

Week 31 (1,592 – 593xK): April 16-20

On Monday, Nastia Lukin appears as a Barker's Beauty throughout the show and helps to present the second showcase.
On Monday, the dollar sign is absent from Lucky $even's price.
On Wednesday, Range Game is played for a car.
On Wednesday, the second showcase includes a free pass to The Magic Castle; the pass is considered a bonus, as the club is members-only and admittance cannot reasonably be assigned a price, and the contestants are instructed not to bid on it.
On Thursday, for no apparent reason, George holds the one right price in 1 Right Price.
Friday's show is themed around Earth Day; most of the prizes are somehow related to the environment and/or the color green.
On Friday, the background on Door #4, on George's podium, and during the consolation, prize plugs is a blue sky with clouds cascading across it.
On Friday, the square pattern in the "40 Years" logo is tinted green.
On Friday, the graphical logos aside from the one in the opening and the credits have a globe behind them; in addition to the usual spots, this logo appears during every commercial outro.
On Friday, the opening ends with, "You are the first four contestants as we celebrate Earth Day on The Price Is Right!"
On Friday, two PriceIsRight.com plugs occur; the first takes place during Grocery Game, with Drew instructing viewers to visit the website for a chance to win one of the reusable grocery bags which had just been given to everyone in the audience, while the second occurs when Drew offers viewers a chance to win part of the fifth Item up for Bids.
On Friday, the PriceIsRight.com graphics are green.

Week 32 (1,593 – 594xK): April 9-13

Originally scheduled for April 23-27.
Plinko is played every day this week as part of a promotion for Publishers Clearing House. Each day, the $10,000 slot is replaced with a larger, "jackpot" amount for the last chip; it starts at $20,000 and rolls over each day it is not hit. Additionally, if the winnings during the week do not surpass a certain threshold (exactly what said threshold is was not revealed on the air), $25,000 is awarded as a bonus to the winner of Friday's Showcase. Winners of the jackpot have presented a check by the Prize Patrol at the end of the game (or in the case of the $25,000 bonus, at the end of the Showcase).
On Monday, Hi-Lo is played for a car.
On Tuesday, Daniel Goddard appears as a male Barker's Beauty.
On Tuesday, after nearly three and a half years, Barker's Bargain Bar returns to the pricing game rotation.
On Tuesday, Barker's Bargain Bar's second set is introduced.
On Tuesday, Barker's Bargain Bar's name is changed to "Bargain Game."
On Tuesday, Ivan Lalinde, the host of the Colombian version of The Price Is Right, is in the audience; Drew invites him onstage for the duration of Lucky $even.
On Tuesday, the dollar sign is absent from Lucky $even's price.
On Tuesday, the PriceIsRight.com plug occurs after the last commercial; Drew instructs viewers to visit the website for a chance to win a set of haircare products that had been part of the second showcase.
On Wednesday, celebrity chef Curtis Stone appears to help present the first Item up for Bids and the second showcase.
On Friday, in an unusual move, two small prize games are played.
Beginning on Friday, Five Price Tags' small prizes are no longer numbered.
On Friday, the rims around the prices of Five Price Tags' small prizes become silver.

Week 33 (1,594 – 595xK): April 30-May 4

On Monday, the consolation prizes are done away with; players who remain in Contestants' Row after the sixth game now receive $300 cash. With no prizes to describe, the plugs before the second Showcase Showdown are eliminated, as is the pan of Contestants' Row that traditionally accompanies them. The plugs are also edited out of older episodes during the summer reruns, although they are run on the delayed October 28 show when it is finally broadcast on June 19.
On Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, Daniel Goddard appears as a male Barker's Beauty.
On Tuesday, Squeeze Play is played for a car.
On Wednesday, Rat Race is played for a restored 1955 Buick Century Riviera.

Week 34 (1,595 – 596xK): May 7-11

On Monday, Olympic medalist Bryan Clay appears to help with a number of prize presentations, including the second showcase.
On Monday, during the last commercial, everyone in the audience receives an autographed copy of Bryan Clay's book, Redemption; this also serves as the day's PriceIsRight.com plug, as Drew instructs viewers to visit the website for a chance to win one of the said books.
On Monday, the show ends with a brief notice of tribute to Bob Stewart, the creator of the original The Price Is Right, who had passed away on May 4.
On Tuesday, George holds the third price tag in the first game, Most Expensive, presumably to give Manuela time to change into the dress she needed to model for the second Item up for Bids.
On Thursday, Grocery Game is played for a car.
Friday's show is themed around Mothers' Day and features pairs of contestants consisting of mothers and one of their sons or daughters.
On Friday, the graphical "40 Years" logo is supplanted by a "Happy Mothers' Day" logo except during the credits; said logo has "Price" in red, the dollar sign and all other text in pink, and a pink-tinted background with flowers cascading across it. In addition to the usual spots, the logo also appears during every commercial outro.
On Friday, the background on Door #4 is a field of pink with cascading sunburst patterns.
Friday's opening ends with, "You are the first eight contestants as we celebrate Mothers' Day on The Price Is Right!"
On Friday, George's podium has a pink dollar sign on a pink background filled with flowers.
On Friday, Florence Henderson appears several times throughout the show, accompanied by a seemingly random, hunky guy named Johannes, who she claims serves as eye candy for the mothers watching the show; the two serve as Barker's Beauties, and Florence presents the second showcase.
On Friday, George's call-down window and its dollar sign are pink.
On Friday, Gwendolyn's husband and son present the third Item up for Bids with her and announce that she is expecting another baby; her family appears with her a few more times during the show, and she and her husband present the first showcase.
On Friday, Florence's friend Johannes wrecks an SUV into Door #3 during Lucky $even; the wreck was edited out of the episode due to time constraints but was uploaded to CBS.com by the show.
On Friday, George slightly alters the first closed-captioning plug, changing it to, "Hey, Mom, did you know that closed captioning was paid for in part by the following?"

Week 35 (1,596 – 597xK): May 21, 15, June 1, May 17-18

Originally scheduled for May 14-18.
On Monday, Daniel Goddard appears as a male Barker's Beauty.
On Monday, the small prize table for Bonus Game and Shell Game is replaced with a miniature turntable; the table continues to be used in Switcheroo.
On Monday, the first showcase includes a shopping trip with Rachel immediately after the show; this is regarded as a bonus, and the contestants are instructed not to bid on it.
On Tuesday, everyone in the audience is a police officer.
On Tuesday, all instances of the graphical logo aside from in the credits have police hats resting on its corners. In addition to the usual spots, the logo also appears during every commercial outro; oddly, it flies onto the screen normally instead of zooming into existence as it usually does on "special" shows.
On Tuesday, George's podium displays a police shield instead of a dollar sign.
On Tuesday, the dollar sign on George's call-down window is blue.
On Thursday, Cover Up is played with Push Over's think music.
On Friday, the PriceIsRight.com plug occurs after showcase #2, with Drew instructing viewers to visit the website for a chance to win a three-month membership in Magnolia Bakery's Cupcake Club; a longer membership had been offered as part of the preceding showcase.

Week 36 (1,597 – 598xK): May 23, 22, 14, 24, 25

Originally scheduled for May 21-25.
Originally rescheduled for May 23, 22, 21, 24, 25.
On Tuesday, George models the third prize in Most Expensive.
On Wednesday, Craig Ferguson appears to plug The Late Late Show being in Scotland "this week;" this refers to the week during which the show was aired and not its proper place in the episode order. Additionally, Craig helps to present Pocket ¢hange and the first showcase.
On Wednesday, Lauren Lowrey and Scott Sander, the morning news anchors at WISH, the Indianapolis CBS affiliate, appear via Door #4 to present a trip to the Indianapolis 500 in Squeeze Play.
On Wednesday, the first showcase includes as a bonus a VIP package for The Late Late Show; the contestants are instructed not to bid on this.
On Thursday, during the last commercial, everyone in the audience receives a sample of Rocket Fizz candy, the sponsors of one of the prizes in the second showcase.

Week 37 (1,598 – 599xK): May 28-31, 16

Originally scheduled for May 28-June 1.
Monday's show is a "teen drivers" episode, with teenagers playing alongside a parent; in spite of the billing, not all of the teens have driver's licenses or are even old even to legally drive.
On Monday, the background of Door #4 is the view through the windshield of a car.
On Monday, Contestants' Row has steering wheels attached behind each display, and the displays themselves show headlights; the headlights disappear when bids are lit up.
On Monday, every pricing game, including Pick-a-Number, Check-Out, and Range Game, is played for a car; this is one of only four known episodes with a car in each game, the other three being the March 7, 1975 episode, the ceremonial 5,000th episode in Season 26, and the "sweet 16" episode in Season 43.
On Monday, the dollar sign on George's podium is replaced with a stoplight.
On Monday, actress Kate Voegele, a recurring cast member on One Tree Hill, appears to help present the third Item up for Bids; she returns during the second part of the Showcase to announce a bonus for the winner that consists of a safe driving event for their high school and a private lunch with her.
Monday's opening ends with, "You are the first eight contestants on a special episode of The Price Is Right!"
On Wednesday, Let 'em Roll is played for a restored 1955 Buick Century.
On Friday, The Amazing Race contestants Rachel Reilly and Brendon Villegas appear to help present the second showcase, which is themed around the show.

Week 38 (1,599 – 600xK): June 4-8

Monday's show is a "wedding shower" episode featuring pairs of engaged contestants.
On Monday, all of the logo's text except for "Price" is silver; "Price" itself is yellow. The right-hand side of the background is purple, and the left-hand side is a somewhat more gray shade of silver. Hearts shoot from the logo instead of dollar signs as it forms, and they also cascade down the background; additionally, the words "Wedding Shower" appear in the script at its base, supplanting the "40 Years" logo. In addition to the usual spots, the logo also appears during every commercial outro.
On Monday, the background for Door #4 is a purple curtain with hearts cascading down it.
Monday's opening ends with, "You are the first four couples as we throw a wedding shower on The Price Is Right!" Subsequent contestants are called down as "the next couple on The Price Is Right."
Oddly, George is not shown during Monday's opening.
On Monday, many of the prizes are sponsored by WeddingChannel.com.
On Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, Daniel Goddard appears as a male Barker's Beauty.
On Monday, the winners of every Item up for Bids receive a honeymoon to Miami as a bonus for getting onstage; the trip is plugged before the first game and is mentioned with a brief clip before each of the remaining games.
On Monday, George's podium shows a red background with cascading sunburst patterns and a silver dollar sign.
On Monday, during the last commercial, everyone in the audience receives a gift bag of WeddingChannel.com merchandise; this also serves as the day's PriceIsRight.com plug, as Drew instructs the viewers to visit the website for a chance to win one of the said gift bags.
On Thursday, Now....or Then is played for a car.
Friday show features the debut of Double Cross.
Early in Double Cross's existence, non-selected numbers were backed by a darker shade of green or yellow, depending upon which line they were in; this was changed after only a few playings, as it made it very hard to tell what was and was not highlighted.

Week 39 (1,600 – 601xK): June 12, 11, 13-15

Originally scheduled for June 11-15.
On Monday, Drew's son, Connor, comes through the Big Doors with him and appears onstage at several seemingly random points throughout the show.
On Monday, jewelry designer Kendra Scott appears to help present her products that are being offered as the fifth Item up for Bids.
On Monday, Secret "X" is played for a car.
On Tuesday, Olympic gold medalist Misty May-Treanor appears to model the first and fifth Items up for Bids, call down the seventh contestant, and help present the second showcase.
On Tuesday, the fifth Item up for Bids includes a bonus of a year's supply of Gatorade.
Friday show is a Father's Day-themed episode.
Friday's contestants are teams consisting of a father and one of his children.
On Friday, Door #4 and George's podium's backgrounds are a field of green with cascading sunburst patterns.
On Friday, the graphical logo is flanked by blue ribbons that read "#1 Dad;" in addition to the usual spots, this logo appears during every commercial outro.
On Friday, George's opening ends with, "You are the first eight contestants as we celebrate Father's Day on a special episode of The Price Is Right!"
On Friday, the dollar sign on George's podium is replaced by a necktie.

Week 40 (1,601 – 602xK): July 4, August 17, September 4, June 18

Logically scheduled for July 2, August 14, September 5-6.
Season finale week; only four shows, on Monday through Thursday.
Although these episodes air over the course of several months, they are regarded as a single week of shows.
Monday's show, despite technically being the July 2 episode, is themed around Independence Day.
On Monday, the square pattern on Door #4 is replaced with an image of the American flag; this also serves as the background for George's podium, whose dollar sign is tinted blue.
In Monday's opening, the light strips around the audience spend the show either displaying blue or cascading red, white, and blue.
On Monday, during the opening and the credits, the squares on the Turntable wall and George's podium flash red, white, and blue. Additionally, during every Item up for Bids, the Turntable walls are blue.
On Monday, the dollar sign in the logo is silver, and the words that are normally white are instead blue; additionally, the logo's border is blue, and its backgrounds are stars on the left and stripes on the right. At the base of the logo, supplanting the "40 Years" label, the words "Happy 4th of July" burst into existence amid a shower of fireworks. This logo appears in the opening, on Door #4, in the closed-captioning plugs, and during every commercial transition except for the one during the Showcase; oddly, during the commercial outros, the logo goes through its full formation sequence from the opening.
Monday's opening ends with, "You are the first four contestants as we celebrate the 4th of July on a special episode of The Price Is Right!"
On Monday, four members of the U.S. Olympic water polo team appear to help present the second and fourth Items up for Bids and the second showcase.
On Monday, during the second Item up for Bids, Drew instructs viewers to visit PriceIsRight.com for a chance to win a water polo ball autographed by the visiting Olympians.
On Monday, Most Expensive is played for three trips.
On Monday, George holds the third price tag in Most Expensive.
On Monday, George's call-down window is red and white, and its dollar sign is blue.
Tuesday's show is a back-to-school-themed episode; everyone in the audience is a college student.
On Tuesday, the graphical "40 Years" logos are supplanted by a "Back to School" logo with the said phrase written on a chalkboard at the base; in addition to the usual spots, this logo also appears during every commercial outro.
On Tuesday, Door #4's background is a field of blue with cascading sunburst patterns.
Tuesday's opening ends with, "You are the first four contestants on a special back-to-school episode of The Price Is Right!"
On Tuesday, George introduces Drew as "Your teacher, Drew Carey!"
On Tuesday, George's plasma screen and its dollar sign are green.
On Tuesday, Pay the Rent is temporarily renamed "Pay the Tuition," and its theme is decorated as a frat house.
Tuesday marks the first usage of Double Cross's "think" music.
Wednesday's show was produced during and is regarded by the show's staff as part of Season 41; however, it falls chronologically during Season 40.
Wednesday's show is directed by Ryan Polito and has Evelyn Warfel as co-executive producer.
Wednesday's show, despite technically not being September 4's show on account of September 4 being a Tuesday, is intended to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the first broadcast of The New Price Is Right.
Wednesday's show begins with a rebroadcast, shown inside a graphic of an old-style television, of the opening from the first episode; after Johnny announces the title, "The New Price Is Right," the shot changes to Wednesday's actual opening, which expands outward and pushes the TV graphic off the screen.
Wednesday's show, which was taped during Season 41, uses a new light border which consists only of light bulbs; this does not become permanent until next season.
On Wednesday, everyone in the audience is a former contestant; perhaps most noteworthy is Paul Levine, who played Bonus Game and won the Showcase on the first episode.
On Wednesday, in homage to the opening from the first week of shows, the first four contestants are each instructed to "stand up and come on down;" for reasons unknown, in the broadcast version of the episode, this was replaced with the normal "come on down" for all but the first contestant, the above-mentioned Paul Levine.
Wednesday's opening ends with, "You are the first four contestants that we're welcoming back as we celebrate the 40th anniversary of The Price Is Right!"
On Wednesday, again as a result of the episode being taped during Season 41, the Big Doors have a new paint job that gives them a more metallic appearance, complete with a "metal strip" painted along the bottom; additionally, the TPIR logo on the doors is a physical prop instead of being painted on. Again, these changes do not become permanent until next season.
On Wednesday, the set is decorated for the 40th-anniversary celebration.
Several of Wednesday's contestants have brief clips of their original appearances shown when they come onstage, again in the old-style TV graphic; of particular note is contestant Pamela, whose appearance yields a clip of a nighttime Dennis James episode.
On Wednesday, in honor of the show's 40th anniversary, Grand Game is played for $40,000, with the lower prize amounts being altered accordingly; additionally, the target price is $4.00.
Among the games in Wednesday's lineup are all three games from #0011D.
On Wednesday, the "40 Years" logo appears during every commercial outro with the exception of the ones during Act 6 and the Showcase.
On Wednesday, Act 3 opens with a rebroadcast, again in the old-style TV graphic, of Bob's greeting from the first episode, ending just before the reveal of the fur coat that served as the first Item up for Bids.
In Wednesday's Plinko, all of the small prizes have a "40 Years" logo above them.
On Wednesday, the above-mentioned Paul Levine, the first person to play Bonus Game, ends up playing Bonus Game again; he proceeds to win without making a mistake, just as he did the first time.
On Wednesday, Bonus Game is played for a car -- specifically, a restored 1972 Chevrolet Monte Carlo.
On Wednesday, Double Cross's spotlights are removed, and its non-selected numbers are given a blue background.
On Wednesday, the montage of clips shown for contestant Larry before Double Cross is accompanied, for no apparent reason, by the 1976-2007 version of "Walking."
On Wednesday, after the last commercial, George announces that everyone in the audience will receive a t-shirt with the "40 Years" logo from CafePress.com; this also serves as a second PriceIsRight.com plug, as George instructs viewers to visit the website for a chance to win one of the said t-shirts.
On Thursday, Olympic soccer player Shannon Box appears to help present the second showcase.
Summer reruns air from June 20 onward, excluding the above-specified dates.