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Season 48 (2019-2020)

Pricing game calendar for Season 48, hosted by Scorpz.

Week 1 (1,881 – 882xK): September 24-25, December 6, September 23, 27

• Originally scheduled for September 23-27.
• Originally rescheduled for September 24-26, 23, 27.
• Despite not being aired on September 26, Wednesday's show does appear to have mistakenly been made available on some of CBS's digital platforms for at least a brief period that evening; it subsequently resurfaced on YouTube well before being broadcast.
• On Monday, with Mike's departure, Evelyn becomes executive producer, and Adam becomes co-executive producer.
• On this week's shows, the dollar sign statue at the beginning of the opening is covered in gold glitter.
• On this week's shows, the text "48 Years" appears at the base of the logo on Door #4. This version of the logo also appears on the center row of Turntable screens, and it appears during every commercial outro in addition to the usual spots.
• The last line of the opening varies from day to day this week, as follows:
  • Monday's opening ends with, "You are the first four contestants as we celebrate premiere week on The Price Is Right!"
  • Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday's openings end with, "You are the first four contestants as we kick off Season 48 of The Price Is Right!"
  • Friday's opening ends with, "You are the first four contestants as we wrap up premiere week on The Price Is Right!"
• On this week's shows, Door #2 is flanked by gold dollar sign statues with a banner on them that says, "Season 48."
• This season begins with both Amber and Manuela on maternity leave. During their absences, a number of soap opera actors and actresses appear as guest Beauties alongside Rachel, James, and Devin much more frequently than usual.
• On each show this week, a bonus prize is awarded to the first contestant who wins their pricing game. The prizes, which are not revealed until they are won, are as follows:
  • Monday's bonus is $25,000.
  • Tuesday's bonus is a luxury travel trailer.
  • Wednesday's bonus is a trip for 10 to the Bahamas.
  • Thursday's bonus is a Tesla Model 3.
  • Friday's bonus is the show covering the contestant's cell phone bill, car payments, and rent for a year.
• Every lineup this week includes exactly one game that debuted in 1972.
• On Monday, the top of the Plinko board around the logo is much darker than usual.
• On Monday, the Big Wheel money win graphics are changed to gold-trimmed lights in the Pricedown font; the lights themselves are gold for $1,000, green for $10,000, and red for $25,000.
• On Monday, the background on the Showcase podiums is changed to a solid blue field with cascading dollar signs, a la the Turntable screens.
• On Tuesday, the second Side by Side board is introduced.
• Wednesday marks the debut of Grand Game's third logo. Additionally, the board's surface is smoothed out, gold trim is added around the grocery cubbies, and the existing gold trim around the winnings display and the target price is widened slightly.
• On Wednesday, for no apparent reason, Cover Up uses Line em Up's "think" music.
• Wednesday's show, whose bonus was the trip to the Bahamas, has a note during the credits reading, "This episode was recorded before Hurricane Dorian devastated other islands in the Bahamas. To help the people of the Bahamas with disaster relief, please visit RedCross.org."
• On Thursday, after the third game, Drew semi-incorrectly states that "We're gonna spin the wheel for the first time this season;" this refers to the episode's broadcast date of September 23. Similarly, Drew later refers to "the first Showcase round of the season" and mentions that this is "our premiere episode."
• On Thursday, a new "Double Showcase Winner" graphic debuts, using the same style as the new "$1,000" Big Wheel graphics; the winner's total is also displayed in this manner.

Week 2 (1,882 – 883xK): September 30-October 4

• On Monday, a longer Card Game table is introduced, allowing both Drew and the contestant to stand behind it throughout the game.
• On Monday, while helping contestant Patricia in the second Showcase Showdown, Drew fails twice to get the Big Wheel all the way around. The bad and good spins were spliced together for broadcast, resulting in noticeable edits where the wheel appears to suddenly gain speed.
• Tuesday's show is themed around Breast Cancer Awareness Month; everyone in the audience either has, has survived, or has somehow been affected by breast cancer. Additionally, the following aspects of this episode are different than usual:
  • Most of the colored lights on the set are various shades of pink.
  • Door #4 shows the logo with the word "Price" and the right-hand background in pink, the left-hand background in white, and a pink ribbon covering the dollar sign, all against a blue background with cascading, pink bubbles; this version of the logo also appears on the Showcase podiums, as well as during every commercial outro in addition to the usual spots.
  • The light border is pink.
  • The opening ends with, "You are the first four contestants as we raise awareness for breast cancer this month on The Price Is Right!"
  • The center row of Turntable screens and the Contestants' Row displays show pink ribbons against a pinkless version of the background from Door #4; the remaining Turntable screens show only the background, and George's podium shows the background with the logo from Door #4. When the contestants bid, the graphics on Contestants' Row wipe away to reveal the normal colors.
  • The borders of Contestants' Row are pink.
  • Drew's entrance is backed by a pink dollar sign prize backdrop instead of the Barker Wall.
  • The background of the graphical Switch? logo is pink.
  • George's calldown window and its dollar sign are pink.
  • The G-T asterisks in front of Contestants' Row are replaced with a pink ribbon.
  • The Big Wheel's split-screen separator is pink.
  • The G-T asterisks on the Showcase podiums are pink.
• On Tuesday, Carson Kressley appears to help present the prize package for Cliff Hangers, which includes him taking the contestant on a $5,000 shopping spree after the show. Carson also appears throughout the rest of the show as an extra model.
• On Tuesday, everyone in the audience receives a two-night vacation to Palm Springs, an abbreviated version of the fourth Item up for Bids; this also serves as a PriceIsRight.com plug, as George urges viewers to visit the website for a chance to win one of said vacations.
• On Tuesday, Pick-a-Number is played for a car.
• On Tuesday, new fonts are introduced for Grand Game's grocery labels and prices, with the latter becoming considerably larger.
• On Tuesday, the price cards in Grand Game are much darker than usual, almost looking as though there are no lights on in spite of everything around them looking normal.
• On Tuesday, while Drew is signing off, the pink ribbons on the middle row of Turntable screens are replaced in a flash of white light with the episode's altered TPIR logo; this is actually a permanent change, although not with these specific graphics.
• On Wednesday, contestant Yvette, who became something of a crowd favorite after repeatedly being one-upped in Contestants' Row, is recruited as an extra model for the second showcase.
• On Wednesday, the normal graphics for the logo appearing on the Turntable wall during Drew's sign-off debut; each half of it flies in from the side of each screen in the middle row.

Week 3 (1,883 – 884xK): October 7-11

• On Monday, for no apparent reason, Make Your Move uses Line em Up's "think" music.
• Thursday's show is the ceremonial 9,000th episode; in reality, it is episode 9,026. The following aspects of this episode are different than usual:
  • Door #4 shows the logo, with gold text reading "9000th" at its base, against a background of gold lights flanked by blue and punctuated by cascading bubbles and fireworks shooting behind the numbers; these graphics also appear on George's display and the center row of Turntable screens, and the background appears on the remaining Turntable screens. Additionally, this version of the logo appears during every commercial outro during which a clip is played in addition to the usual spots.
  • The opening ends with, "You are the first four contestants as we celebrate the 9,000th episode of The Price Is Right!"
  • The set is decorated for the special.
  • The lights between the Turntable screens are orange.
  • Everyone who wins their pricing game receives a $9,000 bonus.
  • Some of the commercial outros include clips of various landmark episodes from throughout the series: The ceremonial 1,000th show after Act 2; the ceremonial 3,000th show after the first Showcase Showdown; the ceremonial 5,000th show after Act 5; the ceremonial 6,000th show after Act 6; and the 8,000th show after the second Showcase Showdown. The clips also include the episodes' airdates, although the "3,000th" show mistakenly gives a date of 1968 instead of 1986. During the fourth Item up for Bids, which offers a TV playing the above clips, Drew directs viewers to the show's Facebook page if they want to watch them again.
  • Every commercial outro features a dollar sign wipe revealing the full background from Door #4, with the music fading out during the transition.
  • Grand Game is played for $90,000, with the lower prizes raised accordingly.
  • The bonus for getting a dollar on the Big Wheel is $9,000.
  • Three games, including both Cliff Hangers and Push Over, are played for a car.
• On Thursday, the Turntable graphics do not change during Drew's sign-off, the logo having already been there throughout the show.

Week 4 (1,884 – 885xK): October 14, 18, 15, 17, 16

• Originally scheduled for October 14-18.
• This week is Big Money Week; each day, the first game is played for an unusually large cash prize, as follows:
  • On Monday, Plinko is played for $1,000,000, with a $200,000 center slot; additionally, the lower prizes are raised to $500, $1,000, and $2,500.
  • On Tuesday, Clock Game is played for $50,000, with the money serving as the bonus prize.
  • On Wednesday, Punch a Bunch is played for $250,000; the board contains 10 $1,000 slips, 10 $2,500 slips, 15 $5,000 slips, nine $10,000 slips, five $20,000 slips, and one $250,000 slip.
  • On Thursday, Let 'em Roll is played for $100,000, with Pricedown dollar signs replacing the cars on the cubes; additionally, the regular cash prizes are raised to $2,500, $5,000, and $10,000.
  • On Friday, It's in the Bag is played for $80,000, with all the prizes multiplied by five.
• Additionally, the cash value of everything won in the other five pricing games is added to a progressive jackpot that is awarded to the Showcase winner at the end of the show. (Drew's explanation makes it sound like the jackpot accumulates only if a game is won, but this is belied by the totals given). While going to commercial after each of these games, the jackpot is shown accumulating (or not accumulating) a la the Gas Money display in a cash game-esque graphic (unless none of the games have been won yet -- the jackpot is not shown accumulating after losses whether it increases or not); it is also displayed after the second Showcase Showdown, at the beginning of the Showcase, and before and/or after the final commercial, as well as in the middle of Tuesday's Pass the Buck. Oddly, it is not shown after Secret "X" on Tuesday, possibly because of the awkwardness of increasing it by only $37; despite this, it does show the correct amount later in the episode. It is never explained what happens to the jackpot in the case of a double overbid, although Drew's words seem to imply that it would simply not be won.
• On top of this, the following aspects of this week are different than usual:
  • Door #4 shows the logo, with the text "Big Money Week" at its base, against a background of gold sparkles as dollar bills rain down around it; these graphics also appear on George's display, and the sparkles and dollar signs appear on the Turntable screens, with the center row also showing the "Big Money Week" text (as well as the logo on Wednesday and Friday). The "Big Money Week" version of the logo also appears during all commercial outros in addition to the usual spots.
  • The dollar sign statue in the opening is covered with green glitter.
  • Glittery green dollar sign statues with glittery gold edges and bases are placed between the Big Doors.
  • On Monday, the opening ends with, "You are the first four contestants as we kick off Big Money Week on The Price Is Right!" On Tuesday, it ends with, "You are the first four contestants as we wrap up Big Money Week on The Price Is Right!" (This was presumably intended for Friday's show before the airdates were shuffled around). On the remaining shows, it ends with, "You are the first four contestants as Big Money Week continues on The Price Is Right!"
  • The Contestants' Row displays are sparkly versions of their usual colors and have a Pricedown dollar sign at the center; when the contestants bid, the normal colors are revealed in the wake of a wave of dollar bills.
  • Drew's entrance is backed by a set of prize backdrops with dollar bills and Pricedown dollar signs on them instead of the Barker Wall.
  • The light strips on the Big Doors, the dollar sign statue, and most of the lights on the Turntable are green throughout the show.
  • George's calldown window and its dollar sign are green.
  • The Showcase winner's total is shown in the same font as the progressive jackpot graphics.
• On Monday, if Plinko's center slot is hit, "Dig We Must" plays alongside an abbreviated version of the game's intro graphics showing "$200,000."
• On Monday, contestant Michael becomes the biggest daytime winner in Price is Right history.
• Monday's show establishes that if the Turntable walls have special graphics, they will remain behind the logo during Drew's sign-off, with the logo replacing any other text.
• On Wednesday, for no apparent reason, Punch a Bunch is staged much closer to the Big Doors than usual.
• On Wednesday, Balance Game is played for a car.
• On Thursday, the logo does not appear on the Turntable during Drew's sign-off.
• On Friday, instead of altering the "$16,000" sign, It's in the Bag's prize is introduced on a trio of trip screens.
• On Tuesday, Drew semi-incorrectly calls the show "a good wrap-up to Big Money Week;" this refers to the episode's out-of-order broadcast on Friday. Similarly, on Friday, Drew he semi-incorrectly states that Big Money Week "continues tomorrow," referring to the episode's out-of-order broadcast on Wednesday.

Week 5 (1,885 – 886xK): October 21-23, 25, 24

• Originally scheduled for October 21-25.
• On Tuesday, Check Game's win range is raised to $8,000-$9,000.
• On Tuesday, contestant John's shirt has a picture of his sister, Elizabeth, with the words, "My sister made me wear this." Their relationship becomes something of a running joke throughout the show, culminating with Elizabeth modeling a car while John is in the Showcase.
• On Wednesday, which was taped earlier than the game's last two playings, Grand Game uses its old grocery labels and prices.

Week 6 (1,886 – 887xK): October 28-November 1

• On Monday, Hi Lo is rolled out after the prize is revealed.
• On Wednesday, David and Dylan Narz, the son and grandson of Jack Narz (and, by extension, the nephew and great-nephew of both Tom Kennedy and Bill Cullen), are in the audience; they are shown in close-up while coming out of the final commercial.
• Wednesday's first showcase includes $3,000 in cash; this is noteworthy only because it is presented on a Check Game check.
• Thursday's show is a Halloween party; the entire set is decorated as "Drew's Diner" from what Drew calls "the best version of the 1950s." Further notes about this episode will come later this week when I get a chance to write them.
• On Thursday, Grocery Game is played for a car -- specifically, a restored 1956 Chevy Bel Air.
• On Friday, Drew notes that "we got a new dollar" during Pass the Buck; the prop in question had actually been in place since late in Season 46.

Week 7 (1,887 – 888xK): November 4-8

• On Monday, Drew announces that various stars from CBS's other daytime shows will be appearing as guest Barker's Beauties throughout the month of November; while this had already been occurring with some regularity, a different guest actor or actress now appears each day.
• On Monday and Friday, counting the guest stars from The Bold and the Beautiful, three Barker's Beauties are present.
• On Tuesday, Grand Game uses its old grocery labels and the dark price cards from Week 2.

Week 8 (1,888 – 889xK): November 11-12, 18, 14, 22

• Originally scheduled for November 11-15.
• Monday's show is themed around Veterans' Day; everyone in the audience is a veteran. Additionally, the following aspects of this episode are different than usual:
  • Door #4 shows the Barker logo on a shield above the word "Veterans," against a field of stripes and a background of cascading stars. These graphics also appear on the Turntable walls (with the top and bottom rows only showing the background) and George's display, and the Carey logo and the "Veterans" text appear during every commercial outro in addition to the usual spots.
  • Most of the lights on the set are red, white, and blue.
  • The opening ends with, "You are the first four contestants as we honor veterans on The Price Is Right!"
  • Drew's entrance is backed by a set of prize backdrops showing the American flag instead of the Barker Wall.
  • The set is decorated for the holiday.
  • The G-T asterisks in front of Contestants' Row are replaced with red, white, and blue stars.
  • The Contestants' Row displays show rotating stars on a field of blue; when the contestants bid, these graphics wipe away to reveal the normal colors.
  • The borders of Contestants' Row are blue on the red and yellow displays and red on the blue and green displays.
  • The G-T asterisks on the Showcase podiums are blue.
• On Monday, everyone in the audience receives a fitness tracker, a portion of the third Item up for Bids; this also serves as a PriceIsRight.com plug, as George urges viewers to visit the website for a chance to win one of said trackers.
• Beginning on Monday, the Showcase winner's total is tinted gold.
• On Tuesday and Thursday, no guest stars from CBS's other daytime shows appear.
• Wednesday's second showcase is focused on the mountain climber and includes a montage of his various outfits from throughout the Carey era.
• On Friday, counting the guest star from The Young and the Restless, three Barker's Beauties are present.

Week 9 (1,889 – 890xK): March 23-27

• Originally scheduled for November 18-22.
• This week of shows is The Price Is Right/Let's Make a Deal Ma$h Up Week; each day, The Price Is Right uses one recurring deal from Let's Make a Deal as a pricing game (all with the same rules used in Season 44's Ma$h Up Week), and Let's Make a Deal likewise plays one pricing game as a deal. Wayne Brady, Jonathan Mangum, and Tiffany Coyne also make several guest appearances.
• The deals on The Price Is Right are as follows:
  • On Monday, Car Pong is played.
  • On Tuesday, Smash for Cash is played. The spelling of the deal's name has been changed since its previous appearance in Season 44; "Cash" is now spelled with an "s" instead of a dollar sign.
  • On Wednesday, Accelerator is played.
  • On Thursday, Gold Rush is played.
  • On Friday, Go for a Spin is played.
• The pricing games on Let's Make a Deal are as follows:
  • On Monday, Plinko is played. The contestant is given two chips for free and wins more by picking either Jonathan, Tiffany, or Drew (who makes a guest appearance to host the game), each of whom has an envelope that contains either one, two, or three chips. The $1,000 slots have cards placed above them with pictures of an LMaD box (on the left slot) and an LMaD envelope (on the right slot); these are never explained, as neither one was hit during the game, although the logical assumption would seem to be that they contained either a prize or a Zonk and that the first time a contestant hit either one, they would pick either the card or $1,000. Wayne also offers the contestant $2,000 to quit before dropping her last chip, presumably instead of whatever money she had already won; it seems likely that this amount was dependent upon how much had been awarded up to that point in the game.
  • On Tuesday, Dice Game is played; George makes a guest appearance to both host and announce the game. The only difference in the rules is that after the contestant is finished rolling, Wayne offers her $1,000 to quit the game, with additional offers in increments of $500 after each digit is revealed (excluding when 1 or 6 was rolled, since those are guaranteed to be right). Oddly, George does not reveal the numbers from left to right; it is not known whether this was intentional.
    • Oddly, Dice Game is also played on Tuesday's Price Is Right.
  • On Wednesday, 3 Strikes is played for a regular car; James makes a guest appearance to model it and help run the game. The contestant is given $2,000 at the start of the game. She does not need to guess the car's price (in fact, the price is announced at the start of the game) but instead must simply draw all the numbers before getting three strikes; however, strike balls are only removed from the bag after being drawn if the contestant gives $1,000 back to Wayne.
  • On Thursday, Cliff Hangers is played for $3,000 or a car. The game uses the same format from Season 44's Ma$h-Up Week. Rachel makes a guest appearance to help present the game.
  • On Friday, instead of an actual pricing game, three contestants spin the Big Wheel (or, more accurately, a smaller replica of the Big Wheel; the prop in question still has the gold glitter and Super Ball!! dollar signs from the end of the Barker era). Each contestant is given one spin and then has the option to pick a multiplier from one of three envelopes or trade it for a curtain or box; spinning a dollar earns $1,000 and a bonus spin worth as much as $25,000, although whether this works the same way as during the Showcase Showdown and how it would affect the rest of the deal is never explained. Rachel and Devin make guest appearances to help run the game.
    • Friday's first deal also utilizes a variation of Punch a Bunch called "Punch a One," designed around the game's pink color scheme; however, aside from the presence of a miniature punchboard with two holes and a logo, the game really has very little to do with Punch a Bunch, as the holes are merely two of several options available in the deal.
• Additionally, the following aspects of this week's shows are different than usual:
  • While not directly related to TPIR, it's worth noting that the Price segments on Let's Make a Deal use the Barker version of theme song; Wednesday through Friday's shows also use the 1979-2007 version of "Walking" from the opening, and Friday's uses the 1976-2007 version from the body of the show, as well.
  • During every commercial outro and the closed-captioning plugs, the TPIR and LMaD logos appear, merge with one another, and come out with one show's logo on the other's background surrounding a "Ma$h Up Week" logo that takes elements from both of them. This graphic (and/or portions of it; what is displayed seems to be inconsistent) also appears on Door #4 except during the opening and on the Turntable screens (or in some cases, just the center row of screens; again, this seems to be inconsistent) during Drew's explanation before the first Item up for Bids and during the deal itself.
  • On Monday, Wayne, Jonathan, and Tiffany host, announce, and model during Car Pong. They also appear to model the first Item up for Bids and help Drew introduce the week's theme, and they act as extra Barker's Beauties throughout the show. Additionally, Wayne helps to present the second showcase, which features prizes based on his interests.
  • On Tuesday-Friday, Tiffany and Jonathan appear throughout the show as extra Barker's Beauties; as such, George does not model during Tuesday's Most Expen$ive. Jonathan also helps to announce Wednesday's sixth Item up for Bids, which he models with George.
  • On Tuesday, Tiffany helps to present the second showcase, which features LMaD's Zonk mascots modeling actual prizes for a change.
  • On Wednesday, Jonathan helps to present the second showcase, which he runs like Let's Make a Deal, offering the contestant either Door #1 or Door #2, then giving her a chance to switch doors after the first prize is shown; George interrupts him at this point to remind him that this is The Price Is Right and says that the showcase will consist of both doors.
  • On Thursday, Jonathan and Tiffany help to present the second showcase, which is themed around Gold Rush; the main Gold Rush board is onstage during the showcase.
  • On Friday, Wayne appears from Let's Make a Deal's audience via a trip screen to help present the second showcase.
• On Monday, the logo does not appear on the Turntable wall during Drew's sign-off.
• As the shows were not aired until March, this week's credits include a disclaimer noting that the episode was taped before the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak; it states that trips to areas affected by the disease "may be fulfilled with alternative arrangements" and urges viewers to visit the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's website at CDC.gov for more information about the virus.
• Thursday's first showcase, which is themed around sunshine and rainbows, ends with a (regular) car at the end of the Golden Road (which, oddly, is at Door #3).

Week 10 (1,890 – 891xK): November 25-27

• Thanksgiving week; only three shows.
• Monday concludes the month of CBS daytime guest stars by celebrating the 10th year of The Talk with its two longest-standing hosts, Sheryl Underwood and Sharon Osbourne. Sheryl and Sharon also help to present the second showcase, which is themed around their show.
• On Monday, including the guests from The Talk, three Barker's Beauties are present.
• Wednesday's show is themed as a "college rivals" episode; pairs of students or alumni from rival schools are called down, with a coin flip determining which school's student is called first, and the rival of the winner of each Item up for Bids is sent back to the audience (but is awarded $1,000 if that person subsequently loses their pricing game). This results in two new contestants being called before each game. The following other aspects of this episode are also different than usual:
  • Instead of using the normal opening, the show begins with a shot of Door #4 and pans out to show guest model Melissa Ordway, George, and Devin in front of Contestants' Row; the three explain the premise of the episode, noting that the weekend after Thanksgiving is a huge time for college football. At the end, in lieu of the opening spiel, George says, "So it's time to kick off and find our first college rivals on The Price Is Right!" The screen then transitions back to Door #4 via a dollar sign wipe, after which the graphics from the beginning of the normal opening play, "Walking" comes on, and George begins calling the first four contestants. Prize music plays throughout this altered sequence, bookended by the first reveal cue from Triple Play.
  • Door #4 shows the logo on a football (which doubles as the body of a pilgrim hat-wearing turkey) with the football helmet-flanked words "College Rivals" at its base, with a football stadium whose lights radiate fall colors as the background. The same background appears on the Turntable screens and George's podium, with the turkey version of the logo on George's display and the center Turntable screen and the "College Rivals" graphics on the center-left and center-right Turntable screens.
  • The G-T asterisks around the audience, the lights on the Turntable, and George's podium all show traditional fall colors.
  • The stage in the back of the audience is decorated as a football field, as are the aisles.
  • The Barker's Beauties wear football jerseys; Devin specifically wears his actual college football jersey from Slippery Rock University.
  • The Contestants' Row displays show foam fingers in the appropriate school's colors, with left hands on the red and yellow displays and right hands on the blue and green displays, all against the Door #4 stadium background from Season 45's college rivals episode; when the contestants bid, these patterns wipe away to reveal the normal colors.
  • The college rivalries are announced and shown on Door #4 before each pair of contestants is called; each contestant's specific school is also announced.
  • Because of the rivalry format, the first four contestants are required to line up from left to right in Contestants' Row; in subsequent acts, the first contestant called is required to take the red or yellow spot and the second the blue or green spot.
  • The opening ends with, "You are the first two college rival to face off on The Price Is Right!"
  • The G-T asterisks in front of Contestants' Row are replaced with the football helmets from Door #4.
  • When Drew enters, he runs through a banner displaying the "College Rivals" version of the logo from Season 45 before coming through Door #2 onto a football field that is flanked by plumes of pink smoke coming from bases with the words "College" and "Rivals" on them; additionally, he is backed by spotlights and pillars instead of by the Barker Wall.
  • The set is decorated for the special.
  • During the body of the show, college marching band music is played during contestant calldowns. After naming both contestants, George says, "You're next next college rivals on The Price Is Right!" Only after George finishes talking does "Walking" start playing.
  • The football field carpet from Drew's entrance is placed outside Door #2 during Acts 2 and 6 for One Wrøng Price and Do the Math.
  • The logo, accompanied by the "College Rivals" text and clashing helmets from Door #4, appears during every commercial outro in addition to the usual spots.
  • Beth Mowins gives play-by-play coverage of the Showcase Showdowns.
  • The Big Wheel carpet is replaced with a football field carpet, with a football in place of the G-T asterisk under the scoreboard.
  • The G-T asterisks on the Showcase podiums are orange.
  • During Drew's sign-off, the logo only flies onto the center Turntable screen.
• On Wednesday, in a reflection of the change in TV screens from fullscreen to widescreen, the contestant window in Cliff Hangers is changed from a square to a rectangle.

Week 11 (1,891 – 892xK): December 2

• Cyber Monday week; only one show.
• Monday's show is themed around Cyber Monday. The following aspects of this episode are different than usual:
  • Door #4 shows a pile of Christmas presents, a shopping cart, and the text "Cyber Monday" (with the "o" being the logo in the form of an ornament) against a background of cubes with a mouse pointer moving across the screen, dragging the gift boxes into the cart (largely the same graphics from Season 45's Cyber Monday episode); similar graphics appear on George's display (with the logo and the cart) and the center row of Turntable screens (with the logo on the center display and the cart on the other two; the logo appears on all three screens during the Showcase), while the other two rows of Turntable screens show raining gift boxes against the same background, and the "Cyber Monday" logo appears during every commercial outro in addition to the usual spots.
  • The opening ends with, "You are the first four contestants on this special, Cyber Monday episode of The Price Is Right!"
  • The border of each Contestants' Row display is the same color as its screen.
  • The Contestants' Row displays show the text "Cyber Monday" on a computer keyboard; when the contestants bid, these graphics wipe away to reveal the normal colors.
  • Every Item up for Bids features a PriceIsRight.com plug urging viewers to visit the website for a chance to win portions or all of the prize package.
  • Everyone in the audience receives a Kami outdoor camera, a portion of the sixth Item up for Bids.
• On Monday, Squeeze Play is played for a car.
• On Monday, the logo does not fly onto the Turntable screens after the Showcase.

Week 12 (1,892 – 893xK): March 17, December 10-13

• Originally scheduled for December 9-13.
• Originally rescheduled for July 6, December 10-13.
• On Tuesday, everyone in the audience receives a kit and a six-month membership for AncestryDNA, a bonus announced alongside the sixth Item up for Bids; this also serves as a PriceIsRight.com plug, as George urges viewers to visit the site for a chance to win one of said packages.
• On Tuesday, the logo does not appear on the Turntable after the Showcase.
• On Wednesday, contestant Mary wins Dice Game without having to make any decisions, rolling 6, 1, 6 (which is also the fourth number), and the fifth number.
• On Thursday, Drew wishes Bob a happy 96th birthday before the first Item up for Bids.

Week 13 (1,893 – 894xK): December 16-17, 19, 18, 20

• Originally scheduled for December 16-20.
• This week is Pet Adoption Week. Each day, a celebrity appears at the top of Act 3 to do a pet adoption segment. During these segments, Door #4 shows a graphic of a puppy in a doghouse on a sunlit field, with the words "Pet Adoption Week" next to it; these graphics also appear on the center row of Turntable screens, while the other two rows show only the background. The celebrity guests are as follows:
  • Monday's guest is Danny Trejo, who does a full come on down.
  • Tuesday's guest is Brandon McMillan, the host of CBS's Lucky Dog.
  • Wednesday's guest is Ruby Jay, the portrayer of Grace on The Unicorn; she also helps to present the second showcase, which is themed around her.
  • Thursday's guest is Rena Sofer, the portrayer of Quinn Fuller on The Bold and the Beautiful; Rena also spends the entire show as a guest Barker's Beauty.
  • Friday's guest is Phil Keoghan.
• On Monday, the logo does not appear on the Turntable after the Showcase.
• On Friday, Hi Lo is played for a car.
• On Friday, Drew plugs next week's primetime specials after the second Showcase Showdown.

Week 14 (1,894 – 895xK): Decmeber 23-24, 26, 3 + Sunday and Monday nights

• Daytime shows originally scheduled for December 23-24, 26-27.
• The Price Is Right at Night 1: A Holiday Extravaganza with SEAL Team (#037SP) airs on Sunday night.
• The Price Is Right at Night 2: A Holiday Extravaganza with Seth Rogen (#038SP) airs on Monday night.
• Christmas week; only four daytime shows.

Daytime

• Monday and Tuesday are Christmas episodes. The following aspects of these shows are different than usual:
  • The set is decorated for Christmas.
  • The dollar sign statues in the opening and between the Turntable and Door #1 are redone to look like candy canes.
  • Most of the lights on the set are red and green.
  • The G-T asterisks around the audience are all either light blue or covered with silver glitter.
  • Door #4 shows the logo, topped with a Santa hat, in a wintry forest filled with candy canes and gumdrops. A version of this scene without the logo is shown on the bottom two rows of Turntable screens (the logo and Santa hat are added to the center row during the Showcase), while the top row simply shows snowfall against a blue sky.
  • The graphical logo has the dollar sign and "Price" in green, and the left-hand background is striped red and white like a candy cane (except during the credits); additionally, the left-hand background is not transparent during the opening, nor is the right-hand one at the top of the show. This version of the logo also appears during every commercial outro in addition to the usual spots.
  • The light border is red and white.
  • Each Contestants' Row display's border is the same color as the display.
  • The Contestants' Row displays show various color-coded wrapping paper designs; when the contestants bid, these graphics tear away to reveal the normal colors.
  • Drew's entrance is backed by Christmas candy against a blue curtain instead of the Barker Wall; additionally, he enters on a candy cane path lined with lollipops and gumdrops.
  • The G-T asterisks in front of Contestants' Row are replaced with peppermint candies.
  • George's display shows the logo, with Santa hat, amid a snowy plain.
  • The PriceIsRight.com graphics are Christmas-themed.
  • During come on downs from Act 3 onward, the light strip around the audience cascades red and white, a la the light border.
  • George's calldown window is red, and its dollar sign is green.
  • The G-T asterisks between the Big Doors are blue.
  • The Big Wheel carpet is replaced by a peppermint-striped carpet.
  • The Big Wheel's split-screen separator is red.
  • The G-T asterisks on the Showcase podiums are red.
  • The logo does not fly onto the Turntable screens during Drew's sign-off, as it is already there.
• Monday's opening ends with, "You are the first four contestants as we celebrate the holidays on The Price Is Right!"
• On Monday, everyone in the audience receives a $100 gift card from Heat Holders, the sponsor of part of the second Item up for bids, and a NutriBullet blender, a portion of the sixth Item up for Bids; these also serve as PriceIsRight.com plugs, as George urges viewers to visit the website for a chance to win one of said gift cards and one of said blenders.
• On Monday, Drew plugs that night's primetime special after the second Showcase Showdown.
• On Tuesday, family members play as teams. The following aspects of this episode are different than usual:
  • Instead of calling every person's name, George calls "The [insert name] family" to come on down.
  • The opening ends with, "You are the first four families on this special holiday edition of The Price Is Right!"
  • The extended version of Contestants' Row is used.
  • Every family in the audience receives a six-month streaming subscription; this is announced alongside a living room group, the prize package for Flip Flop.
• On Tuesday, the rats in Rat Race are dressed as reindeer, and the rat racers on the price cards have antlers and Santa hats.
• On Tuesday, the pillars in the back of Bargain Game have candy cane stripes.

Primetime (general)

• The Price Is Right at Night is established as a celebrity charity series, a la Celebrity Charity Week on the daytime show. As with those episodes, the cash value of all pricing game winnings is awarded to a charity represented by the celebrity guest(s) (described below in the notes for each episode). The guest (or one of them) also spins the Big Wheel at the beginning of the second Showcase Showdown, with their spin multiplied by 10,000 added to the charity winnings. A running total is shown after each game and the charity spin.
• The set is decorated for Christmas, albeit differently and much more elegantly than on the daytime show.
• The graphical logos' backgrounds are light green and light blue instead of orange and red.
• Door #4 shows the logo, with the text "Happy Holidays" at its base, against a snowy, nighttime landscape. Versions of this graphic also appear on the Turntable screens: The center screen shows everything but the "Happy Holidays" text; the rest of the center row removes the logo (although it is present during the Showcase); and the other two rows simply show the sky and the snowfall. George's display shows the snowfall and the sky along with the logo.
• The light columns around the audience are all various shades of blue, as are George's podium and the G-T asterisks between the Big Doors.
• The G-T asterisks around the audience are all light blue, gold, and white (except for the one closest to Door #1, which, for no apparent reason, is orange).
• The light strip around the audience, the borders of Contestants' Row, and the lights on the Turntable walls are gold.
• The dollar sign statue in the opening is covered in silver glitter.
• The raised areas in the back corners of the audience have a gray brick motif.
• The light border is light blue and light green.
• The opening ends with, "You are the first four contestants on The Price Is Right at Night!"
• The logo at the end of the opening has the words "At Night" at its base in Pricedown. This version of the logo also appears during every commercial outro in addition to the usual spots.
• The Contestants' Row displays show the snowfall and sky from Door #4; when the contestants bid, these graphics wipe away to reveal the normal colors.
• Drew's entrance is backed by a wintry forest of prize backdrops instead of the Barker Wall.
• The G-T asterisks in front of Contestants' Row are replaced with snowflakes.
• Various Christmas music is played during almost every commercial intro and outro, as well as at the end of any act that does not have a commercial after it. This supplants other music at several points, with the theme only being played at the end of the opening and during the Showcase.
• As with the reality specials from Season 44, the cash games are played for the same prizes as on the daytime show.
• There is no commercial between the first Showcase Showdown and the fourth game or between the fifth and sixth games.
• The Showcase winner's total is displayed with the Showcase Showdown graphics.
• The logo does not fly onto the Turntable screens during Drew's sign-off, as it is already there.

Primetime Sunday

• Everyone in the audience is a member of the military.
• The running charity total displayed after Lucky $even is incorrect, mistakenly leaving out the contestant's remaining money. It is updated correctly after the next game.
• The cast of SEAL Team plays for the Headstrong Project, a suicide prevention program for veterans. The cast is primarily represented by David Boreanaz, who is called to come on down before the first game and then introduces several of his castmates, who come around on the Turntable. Boreanaz helps the contestants play each game, joined in each act after the first by his castmates: Justin Melnick and Dita in Act 2; Max Thieriot in Act 3; Toni Trucks in Act 4; Neil Brown, Jr. in Act 5; and A. J. Buckley in Act 6. Boreanaz also does the charity spin at the beginning of the second Showcase Showdown.
• This episode, which was taped out of order, marks Manuela's first appearance of the season. She remains on maternity leave on the daytime show.
• One Away is played for a Mercedes-Benz.
• The SEAL Team cast members all stand alongside the Big Wheel scoreboard during the second Showcase Showdown.
• The SEAL Team cast members, minus Boreanaz, help to present the first showcase, which is themed around their show. Boreanaz by himself helps to present the second showcase, which is themed around him; the other cast members model the showcase's final prize, a car.
• The first showcase includes, as a bonus, a VIP experience on the set of SEAL Team; the contestants are presumably instructed not to include this while bidding, although it is not heard on-air.

Primetime Monday

• The last line of the opening spiel is, "It's The Price Is Right at Night!"
• Three Barker's Beauties are present.
• This episode, which was taped out of order, marks Amber's first appearance of the season. She remains on maternity leave on the daytime show.
• Seth Rogen, who is called to come on down before the first game, plays for Hilarity for Charity, which raises awareness of and attempts to advance research into Alzheimer's disease. Seth also helps to present the second showcase, which is themed around him and for which he selected all the prizes.
• Unlike on earlier primetime specials, Hole in One's cash bonus remains $500.
• In Hole in One, Seth does the inspiration putt.
• That's Too Much is played for a BMW

Week 15 (1,895 – 896xK): December 5, 31, January 2-3

• Originally scheduled for December 30-31, January 2-3.
• Originally rescheduled for December 4, 31, January 2-3.
• New Year's week; only four shows.
• Tuesday's show is a "Best of 2019" program, featuring some of the show's favorite moments, prizes, and games of the past year. The following aspects of this episode are different than usual:
  • The show begins with George narrating a montage of some of the best moments of 2019; this then transitions into the regular opening.
  • The dollar sign statue in the opening is covered in silver glitter and has the text "2019" running down the front.
  • The light columns in the audience are purple.
  • The light strip around the audience is light blue.
  • Many of the G-T asterisks around the audience are covered with silver glitter; those that are not are a bluish white.
  • Door #4 shows the Barker logo on a disco ball above the text "Best of 2019," all against a purple background with fireworks going off; these graphics also appear on the Turntable walls (with the logo and text only appearing on the center display, and on the rest of the center row during the second part of the Showcase) and on George's display (without the text).
  • The opening ends with, "You are the first four contestants as we celebrate the best of 2019 on The Price Is Right!"
  • Drew's entrance is backed by prize backdrops and a purple cyc with fireworks on it instead of the Barker Wall.
  • The set is decorated for New Year's, with dollar sign statues made up the same way as the one from the opening place between the Big Doors.
  • The Turntable stairs are purple, and the lights between its monitors are light blue.
  • The borders of the Contestants' Row displays are light purple.
  • The Contestants' Row displays show the background from Door #4; when the contestants bid, these graphics wipe away to reveal the normal colors, accompanied by a disco ball.
  • George's podium is light blue.
  • In a throwback to Big Money Week, Let 'em Roll is played for $100,000, with Pricedown dollar signs replacing the cars on the cubes and the lower cash amounts increased to $2,500, $5,000, and $10,000.
  • Side by Side is played; while this in and of itself is not noteworthy, the game was included because it received a new board in the fall.
  • The "Best of 2019" text appears along with the Carey logo during every commercial outro in addition to the usual spots.
  • In a throwback to the Halloween episode, Cliff Hangers is played for a restored 1955 Ford Thunderbird, modeled by George in his costume from Drew's Diner. Additionally, the mountain climber is wearing a waiter's cap and holding a malt.
  • The Big Wheel's split-screen separator is purple and gold.
  • In a throwback to the ceremonial 9,000th show, a $9,000 bonus is awarded for winning 1 Right Price.
  • In a throwback to Dream Car Week, That's Too Much! is played for a Maserati.
  • George's calldown window is pink and purple, and its dollar sign is gold.
  • Range Game emulates the New Year's ball drop, with the rangefinder, surrounded by a disco ball graphic, moving down from the top of the scale toward a golden "2020" at the base of the board.
  • The first showcase includes photos of George's wedding and honeymoon and of Amber and Manuela with their husbands and new babies.
  • During the credits, the logo only flies onto the left- and right-hand Turntable screens.
• On Friday, contestants Dottie and Annie are tied going into the second Showcase Showdown. While this was not addressed on-air, there was presumably a coin toss during the preceding commercial to determine which of them would spin first.

Week 16 (1,896 – 897xK): January 6-10

• On Wednesday, Justin Sylvester of E!'s Daily Pop appears as a guest model; this results in having three Barker's Beauties for the day.
• On Thursday, the cast of Carol's Second Act appears as guest models; no actual Barker's Beauties are present, and Drew enters with his microphone already in hand, as the guests are introduced during the first Item up for Bids. The first showcase is loosely themed around their show, while the second is themed around its star, Patricia Heaton.
• On Friday, Nischelle Turner appears as a guest model to promote that evening's 10,000th episode of Entertainment Tonight.

Week 17 (1,897 – 898xK): January 13-17

• On Monday, Manuela returns from maternity leave.
• On Thursday, Hi Lo is rolled out after the prize is revealed.

Week 18 (1,898 – 899xK): January 22, 21, 23, 20, 24

• Originally scheduled for January 20-24.
• This week is Music Week, celebrating a different genre of music each day in a lead-up to CBS's broadcast of the Grammys on Sunday night. Each day, a different type of music is celebrated, with a musical guest in the studio; a DJ from a local radio station in the audio booth playing music for the audience during commercials; several genre-related prizes offered; and Door #4 showing a record with the logo in the center above the text "Music Week," with the "M" written as a sixteenth note, all against a golden background with sixteenth notes floating upward. The genres and DJs are as follows:
  • Monday focuses on pop, with Haim as the musical guest and DJ Drew from KIIS in the booth.
  • Tuesday focuses on rock and roll, with Pete Wentz and Patrick Stumpf of Fall Out Boy as the musical guests and The Mighty Manfred from the Underground Garage channel on Sirius XM in the booth.
  • Wednesday focuses on EDM, with Diplo as the musical guest and Geronimo from Sirius XM BPM in the booth.
  • Thursday focuses on hip-hop, with Anderson .Paak as the musical guest and DJ Carisma from KPWR in the booth.
  • Friday is a more general celebration of music and the Grammy Awards, with Meghan Trainor as the musical guest and Tony Fly and Symon from Sirius XM Hit 1 in the booth.
• The musical guests are generally introduced sometime during the first half, act as guest models during the show, and help to present the second showcase.
• Additionally, the following aspects of this week's shows are different than usual:
  • The audio booth has a TPIR logo on the front backed by a pattern of "lights" on a blue wall and a similar pattern with cascading logos on the back wall.
  • On Thursday, the opening ends with, "You are the first four contestants as we kick off Music Week on The Price Is Right!" (This was presumably originally intended for Monday). On Monday-Wednesday, it ends with, "You are the first four contestants as Music Week continues on The Price Is Right!" (Similarly, this was presumably originally intended for Tuesday-Thursday). On Friday, it ends with, "You are the first four contestants as we celebrate the Grammys on The Price Is Right!"
  • Drew's wardrobe is much more casual than usual, almost rivaling Rod's at times.
  • A variation on the version of the logo from Door #4 is shown during every commercial outro in addition to the usual spots.
  • On Tuesday, a rock and roll remix of the theme is used.
  • On Wednesday, an EDM remix of the theme is used.
  • On Thursday, a hip-hop remix of the theme is used.
• On Monday, Balance Game is played for a car.
• On Tuesday, at the beginning of Act 4, the Turntable screens show a blue version of the music background from Door #4; these graphics are gone after the come on down and do not appear at any other point during the episode.
• On Wednesday, musical guest Diplo is called to come on down from the audience with his real name, Thomas Wesley, at the beginning of Act 3 when Drew asks for the next contestant.
• On Wednesday, with Diplo present as an extra Barker's Beauty, George does not model during Swap Meet.
• On Wednesday, at the beginning of Act 6, the Turntable screens show a purple version of the music background from Door #4; these graphics are gone after the come on down and do not appear at any other point during the episode.
• Wednesday's second showcase includes a trip to Miami for the Ultra Music Festival, which was ultimately pushed back from 2020 to 2021 due to concerns over the COVID-19 coronavirus; whether and how this change affects either the trip or the passes to the festival is unknown.
• On Thursday, Anderson .Paak provides sound effects during Check-Out's price reveals using the drum set being offered in the game.
• On Friday, all of the Contestants' Row seat covers have blue dollar signs.
• On Friday, Meghan Trainor stands by the Big Wheel scoreboard during the Showcase Showdowns.
• Friday's first showcase includes, as a bonus, two tickets to the Grammy Awards and their official after party; the contestants are instructed not to include this while bidding.

Week 19 (1,899 – 900xK): January 27-28, December 30, 27, January 31

• Originally scheduled for January 27-31.
• On Wednesday, Pass the Buck's three-sided turntable, a leftover from the game's original format from Season 30, is replaced with a two-sided one; additionally, its background becomes much lighter, and its dollar signs are Italicized.
• Friday's Pocket ¢hange appears to contain two close-ups of the frequency chart (or, more accurately, a single close-up used two times) that were edited in from a show in Season 43; the chart looks noticeably different in these shots than it does during the rest of the game. The reason for these edits is unknown.
• On Friday, Puppy Bowl referee Dan Schachner appears along with several puppies to help present the second showcase, which is themed around the event.
• Friday's second showcase includes a backstage experience at the Puppy Bowl; this is regarded as a bonus, and the contestants are instructed not to include it while bidding.

Week 20 (1,900 – 901xK): May 29, February 5, 4, 6-7

• Originally scheduled for February 3-7.

Week 21 (1,901 – 902xK): February 10-14

• On Wednesday, Check-Out is played for a car.
• On Thursday, the logo does not appear on the Turntable after the Showcase.
• Friday's show is themed around Valentine's Day, with teams consisting of singles in the audience paired up for a "blind date" by the Bumble dating app. Additionally, the following aspects of this episode are different than usual:
  • Door #4 shows the Barker logo on a heart, with smaller hearts cascading out from behind it, all against a blue background with a sunburst below the heart; also beneath the heart is the text, "Valentine's Day." These graphics also appear on the Turntable screens (with the logo only being displayed on the center monitor, or the center row during the Showcase) and George's display (with only the text "Happy Valentine's Day").
  • The show begins with Manuela and James in front of Door #4; they explain the premise of the episode while walking through the audience as the theme plays. At the end, they toss to George for the opening.
  • The opening spiel is cut in favor of George simply saying, "Here we go!" and calling the first contestants.
  • The audio booth and the light columns in the audience are all red, the G-T asterisks in the audience and between the Big Doors are pink, and the light strip around the audience is blue.
  • After playing their games, the onstage contestants sit at tables in the enclosed area below the audio booth, labelled "Couples Corner," where they can continue their "dates."
  • The extended version of Contestants' Row is used.
  • The borders of Contestants' Row are red.
  • The Contestants' Row displays show the text "Blind Date" against the background from Door #4; when the contestants bid, these graphics wipe away to reveal a pink background.
  • The opening ends with, "You are the first four couples as we celebrate Valentine's Day on The Price Is Right!"
  • Drew's entrance is backed by a pink panel with cascading hearts on it instead of the Barker Wall.
  • Most of the lights on the Turntable are red, and the areas between the monitors are yellow and purple.
  • The lights on George's podium are red and pink.
  • The usual prize structure for an episode is altered, with a cash game in each half and one car game instead of the other way around. Any Number specifically is played for two cars of different models.
  • Two grocery item games and a small prize game are played.
  • The regular logo, backed by floating hearts, appears during every commercial outro in addition to the usual spots.
  • The ring lights on Bullseye are pink, as are the arrows.
  • All of the groceries in Bullseye are single-packs, and all the ones in Grand Game have "love" (or "amor," its Spanish equivalent) in their names.
  • The Big Wheel split-screen separator is red.
  • The logo does not fly onto the Turntable screens at the end of the show, as it is already there.

Week 22 (1,902 – 903xK): February 17-21

• This week is Dream Car Week; every day, at least one game is played for a car that would normally only appear in 3 Strikes or Golden Road, as follows:
  • On Monday, Any Number is played for a Maserati.
  • On Tuesday, 6-digit Golden Road is played for a $123,000 Porsche.
  • On Wednesday, Spelling Bee is played for a $100,000 Lexus, with each card being worth $5,000 instead of $1,000.
  • On Thursday, 5 Price Tags is played for a Lincoln Navigator.
  • On Friday, One Away is played for a Corvette, and Punch a Bunch is played for a Mercedes, which replaces one of the $100 slips in the board.
• Additionally, the following aspects of this week are different than usual:
  • The light columns around the audience are all red.
  • The G-T asterisks around the audience are all red, yellow, orange, and light blue.
  • The light strips around the audience, the Turntable walls, and George's podium are light blue.
  • Door #4 shows a sports car with the logo on its hood driving down a strip of highway against a red and blue background with spiraling lights; the text "Dream Car Week" appears at the base of the car.
  • Monday's opening ends with, "You are the first four contestants as we kick off Dream Car Week on The Price Is Right!" Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday's openings end with, "You are the first four contestants as Dream Car Week continues on The Price Is Right!" Friday's opening ends with, "You are the first four contestants as we wrap up Dream Car Week on The Price Is Right!"
  • The Contestants' Row displays show a sports car of the appropriate color; when the contestants bid, the cars drive off, with their exhaust revealing the bids. Additionally, the displays' borders are the same color as their screens.
  • At the end of the opening, the screen transitions to a trip screen next to Door #2 showing the same graphics as Door #4, with the logo disappearing as the shot changes; the camera then pans over to show Drew driving through the Big Doors in the day's dream car. Friday is an exception to this; Drew enters normally, and the Corvette is driven out by celebrity guest Kurt Busch once George has been introduced. (Friday's second dream car, the Mercedes, appears as a surprise later in the episode).
  • On Monday through Thursday, monitor columns showing the "Dream Car Week" text against Door #4's spiral-less background sit behind Door #2 during Drew's entrance instead of the Barker Wall; on Friday, the Barker Wall is in place during his entrance, but the monitors are still present when the dream car comes out.
  • The Turntable screens show the spiral-less red and blue background from Door #4, with the "Dream Car Week" text against it in the center row (or the center screen only on Thursday and Friday, except during the Showcase); the center row's graphics also appear on George's display.
  • The TPIR logo, with the "Dream Car Week" logo at its base and revealed by a car like the ones on Contestants' Row, is shown during every commercial outro in addition to the usual spots.
  • In the Showcase Showdown, the $25,000 prize for getting a dollar in a bonus spin is replaced with a BMW; the car sits onstage alongside the Big Wheel.
  • In Thursday's 5 Price Tags, a trip screen showing the graphics from Door #4 is placed between Door #2 and Door #3.
  • On Thursday and Friday, the logo only appears on the center Turntable screen after the Showcase.
• On Monday, all six games, including Range Game, 1/2 Off, 1 Right Price, Hi Lo, and Squeeze Play, are played for cars; 1 Right Price specifically is played for two cars. This is the eighth of nine known episodes in show history in which all six games are played for a car, the last three and next one being from previous Dream Car Weeks.
• In Monday's Range Game, the car is driven out from behind the Turntable, and the game is staged between Door #2 and Door #3.
• In Monday's 1/2 Off, the car is revealed after Drew explains how the game works. The car (represented by a small graphic of the actual car) is hidden in one of the last two boxes, with the normal top prize of $10,000 in the other one.
• On Monday, Hi Lo uses its classic reveal.
• Tuesday through Friday are all three-car days.
• On Tuesday, Golden Road is played third.
• On Wednesday, Cover Up's "wrong price" is the graphics of the car driving off of the red Contestants' Row display with the background from Door #4.
• On Wednesday, the cards in Spelling Bee, which are normally a dark yellow, are bright gold.
• Wednesday's second showcase is themed around superheroes; in keeping with this, the TV offered in it displays a shot of the Prize League from Season 46's Halloween show.
• On Thursday, Amber returns from maternity leave.
• As mentioned about, Kurt Busch appears as a celebrity guest on Friday, driving out the first dream car at the top of the show and modeling it in One Away; he also helps to present the second showcase, which is themed around him.

Week 23 (1,903 – 904xK): February 24-28

• On Tuesday, for no apparent reason, the logo appears on the lower-right Turntable screen after the Showcase in addition to the center row.

Week 24 (1,904 – 905xK): March 2-6

• On Monday and Tuesday, the credits include a disclaimer noting that the episode was taped before the COVID-19 outbreak; it states that trips to areas affected by the disease "may be fulfilled with alternative arrangements" and urges viewers to visit the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's website at CDC.gov for more information about the virus.
• During Tuesday's Push Over, Drew points out that it is the game's 21st birthday. The second showcase is themed around this anniversary; during it, the game is staged behind the Big Doors between two trip screens, with the blocks spelling out "1999" "21" "2020" (with the latter in the blue window) and the prize label reading "Happy Birthday!"

Week 25 (1,905 – 906xK): March 9-13

• Every day this week, the first contestant to win their game receives a $20,000 bonus from Publishers Clearing House, complete with a check presentation from the Prize Patrol.
• Wednesday's second showcase offers a trip to Nashville, which had been hit by a powerful tornado the previous Tuesday; the credits for this show include a disclaimer noting that the episode had been taped prior to the storm and directing anyone wishing to help the recovery effort to RedCross.org. The disclaimer also notes that the show was taped prior to the COVID-19 outbreak and directs viewers to CDC.gov for more information about the pandemic.
• On Thursday, Hi Lo uses its classic reveal.
• Friday's credits include the same COVID-19 disclaimer seen last Monday and Tuesday.

Week 26 (1,906 – 907xK): March 16

• Only one show, on Monday.
• This week was originally planned with five shows; this appears to have been based on the mistaken assumption that the March Madness tournament would begin next week and was fixed long before any episodes were taped. (The tournament for this year was ultimately cancelled due to concerns over the COVID-19 coronavirus, but this occurred far too close to air for more episodes to be added to the schedule).
• Despite the cancellation of the NCAA men's basketball tournament, reruns still air for the rest of the week.
• In the wake of Week 9 being moved to next week, every show for the remainder of the season was pushed forward one week from where it was on the original schedule. As only two episodes from this period were taped anywhere near the time of this adjustment and the staff would thus have had time to adjust anything date-sensitive, I have chosen to mark them with their new airdates.
• Monday's first showcase includes tickets to a game in the Final Four of the NCAA men's basketball tournament, which was cancelled after the show was taped. It is unknown how or if the contestant was compensated for this.

Week 27 (1,907 – 908xK): March 30-April 3

• Originally scheduled for (and ultimately moved back to) March 30-April 3.
• Originally rescheduled for March 30-April 2, May 29.
• This week was originally planned with only a Monday show, scheduled for March 23, before Week 9 was moved; this appears to have been based on the mistaken belief that the March Madness tournament would begin that week and was changed long before any episodes were taped.
• Beginning on Monday, each episode has a more generic disclaimer during the credits stating that the show was taped before the COVID-19 outbreak began and directing viewers to CDC.gov for more information.
• Friday's game lineup appears to have been created to line up with Week 35. It seems safe to assume that had it actually been taped, episode #9165K's lineup would likewise have lined up with the rest of this week.

Week 28 (1,908 – 909xK): April 6-10

• For a brief period beginning on Monday, all of the Contestants' Row seat covers are blue.
• On Friday, Door #4 and the Turntable screens break down and are not used for the entire show. The monitors are covered with static, noticeably dark images of their usual graphics, with Door #4's background centered.
• On Friday, Vend-O-Price is played for a car.
• On Friday, Hot Seat's intro is shown on George's display, which, unlike Door #4, still works.

Week 29 (1,909 – 910xK): April 13-17

• On Tuesday, the different-colored Contestants' Row seat covers return.
• On Wednesday, Secret "X" is played for a prize package that includes a trip to game 4 of the Stanley Cup Finals; the contestant has confirmed that he received cash in the amount of the trip, as the COVID-19 pandemic forced the NHL to finish its season without audiences.
• On Wednesday, the Stanley Cup is present in Studio 33 during Secret "X."
• On Friday, after the Showcase, Drew states that kids are taking over the show "next week;" this refers to the out-of-order broadcast of Week 31.

Week 30 (1,910 – 911xK): April 27-May 1

• Originally scheduled for April 20-24.
• On Monday, 1985 World Series MVP Bret Saberhagen appears to help present the second showcase, which is themed around the new baseball season. (Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the season was first delayed to April 26, then ultimately to July 23).
• Monday's second showcase includes two tickets to a Kansas City Royals game; it is unclear how this would have been dealt with had it been won, as MLB eventually banned fans from attending games due to the pandemic.
• On Tuesday, four-time Olympic silver medalist Kara Lynn Joyce is called as a contestant.

Week 31 (1,911 – 912xK): April 20-23

• Only four shows; no Friday episode.
• Originally scheduled for April 27-30.
• This week was originally planned with five shows; however, because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Friday episode was never produced. To compensate for this, the Friday show from Season 47's Kids Week is aired.
• This week of shows is Kids Week. Every day, the contestants are children of a different age group, as follows:
  • On Monday, preschoolers play alongside one of their parents. The following aspects of this episode are different than usual:
    • The age group is represented on the video screens by a graphic of the word "Preschool" in magnetic toy letters.
    • The opening ends with, "You are the first eight contestants as we kick off Kids Week with preschoolers on The Price Is Right!"
    • The extended version of Contestants' Row is used.
    • The borders of the Contestants' Row displays are the same colors as their screens.
    • George introduces Drew as "your awesome host, Drew Carey!"
    • Everyone in the audience receives a $100 gift card from Razor, the provider of the fourth Item up for Bids; this also serves as a PriceIsRight.com plug, as George urges viewers to visit the website for a chance to win one of said gift cards.
  • On Tuesday, elementary schoolers play alongside one of their parents. The following aspects of this episode are different than usual:
    • The age group is represented on the video screens by a graphic of the word "Elementary" with each letter stitched onto handwriting paper.
    • The opening ends with, "You are the first eight contestants as we continue Kids Week on The Price Is Right!"
    • The extended version of Contestants' Row is used.
    • The borders of the Contestants' Row displays are the same colors as their screens.
    • Everyone in the audience receives a FurReal tiger cub, a portion of the sixth Item up for Bids; this also serves as a PriceIsRight.com plug, as George urges viewers to visit the website for a chance to win one of said toys.
  • On Wednesday, middle schoolers play by themselves; they are joined by a parent during the Showcase. The following aspects of this episode are different than usual:
    • The age group is represented on the video screens by a graphic of the words "Middle School" with various school paraphernalia replacing some of the letters and sitting behind the words.
    • All of the Contestants' Row seat covers are blue.
    • The opening ends with, "You are the first four middle schoolers as Kids Week continues on The Price Is Right!"
    • Due to the contestants' ages, no car games are played; the only cars offered appear in the Showcase, once the contestants have been joined by a parent. To make up for this in the game lineup, two cash games are played.
    • A picture of Drew in middle school is used on Punch a Bunch's $25,000 bill.
    • Every family in the audience receives a six-month subscription to Apple Music as a tie-in to the sixth Item up for Bids, an iPhone; this also serves as a PriceIsRight.com plug, as George urges viewers to visit the website for a chance to win one of said subscriptions.
  • On Thursday, high schoolers play by themselves. The following aspects of this episode are different than usual:
    • The age group is represented by the text "High School" in front of a row of red lockers; on Door #4, the lockers run behind the logo.
    • The opening ends with, "You are the first four contestants as Kids Week continues on The Price Is Right!"
    • The borders of the Contestants' Row displays are the same colors as their screens.
    • Everyone in the audience receives a $100 gift card for the website of Big Joe, one of the providers of the fifth Item up for Bids; this also serves as a PriceIsRight.com plug, as George urges viewers to visit the website for a chance to win one of said gift cards.
    • Three car games are played.
  • The Friday episode, which was never taped, was intended to focus on college students. To fill out the broadcast week, CBS reaired the Friday show from Season 47's Kids Week both on April 24 and when the week was rerun during the summer.
• Additionally, the following aspects of this week are different than usual:
  • The set is decorated for the day's age group.
  • Door #4 shows the text "Kid$ Week" against a blue version of the logo backdrop, beneath which is the graphic for the day's age group; the blue background, clearly inspired by the Turntable wall, has sliding rows of Pricedown dollar signs and G-T asterisks. This background is also shown on the Turntable screens and George's display, with the Turntable's center screen showing the day's age group and the rest of the center row and George's display showing the "Kid$ Week" logo. During the Showcase, the entire center row of Turntable screens displays the "Kid$ Week" logo.
  • The Contestants' Row displays show a variation of Door #4's background with colored dollar signs and asterisks; when the contestants bid, these graphics wipe away to reveal the normal colors.
  • On Monday through Wednesday, before the first Item up for Bids and either during the come on down in Act 5 (on Monday) or during the first Showcase Showdown (on Tuesday and Wednesday), a graphic appears directing viewers to CBS.com/ThePriceIsRight "for free, fun, downloadable Kids Week activities."
  • Most of the prizes on each show are age-appropriate.
  • The "Kid$ Week" logos appears during every commercial outro in addition to the usual spots.
  • During Drew's sign-off, the regular logo flies onto only the left-hand and right-hand screens on the center row of the Turntable (or only the center screen on Wednesday) as the "Kid$ Week" logo fades out.
• On Wednesday, two small prize games and a grocery item game are played.
• On Thursday, Safe Crackers and Pick-a-Number are both played for a car.
• Thursday's second showcase includes four tickets to a Broadway show; it is unclear how this was dealt with, as the COVID-19 pandemic shut down Broadway's theaters for the entirety of this episode's usual trip window.

Week 32 (1,912 – 913xK): May 4-7

• Only four shows; no Friday episode.
• This week was originally planned with five shows; however, because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Friday episode was never produced. To compensate for this, the Mother's Day special from Season 47 is aired on Friday.
• On Monday, Hi Lo uses its classic reveal.

Week 33 (1,913 – 914xK): May 11-15 + Monday night

• The Price Is Right at Night 3: RuPaul (#040SP) airs on Monday night.
  • #040SP was originally intended to be The Price Is Right at Night 4, with a #039SP and a #041SP also planned; however, because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the other two specials were never taped.

Daytime

• On Thursday, the logo does not appear on the Turntable wall during Drew's sign-off.

Primetime

• The following aspects are different from the first two TPIR at Night episodes (discounting the changes that were obviously Christmas-releated):
  • There is no silver glitter on the dollar sign statue in the opening.
  • The logo uses its normal colors.
  • Door #4 has no special graphics except for the "TPIR at Night" logo.
  • The doorframe and LED strip in the light border are dark blue.
  • The show is not identified as "The Price Is Right at Night" during the opening spiel.
  • A nighttime version of the Barker Wall is introduced, with a graphical (as opposed to physical) dollar sign against a starry night sky background; perhaps due to the premature shutdown of production for the season, it is only used on this episode.
  • Dollar sign statues are placed between the Big Doors.
  • The Turntable screens show a night sky background, with the "TPIR at Night" logo appearing in the center row.
  • George's podium is gold, and its display shows no special graphics.
  • The Contestants' Row displays are their normal colors, although their borders remain gold.
  • The G-T asterisks between the Big Doors are absent.
  • The music played while coming back from commercial during the Showcase plays while coming out of every commercial.
• RuPaul, who is called to come on down before the first game, plays for Planned Parenthood. He also helps to present the second showcase, which is themed around him.
  • One Away is played for a $33,000 Nissan 370Z.

Week 34 (1,914 – 915xK): May 18-22

• In Wednesday's Card Game, Drew mistakenly asks for the starting bid to be displayed at the beginning of the game, which leads him to need to ask for it to be displayed again after the contestant draws from the special deck.
• In Friday's first Showcase Showdown, Drew fails to get the Big Wheel all the way around while helping a contestant spin.

Week 35 (1,915 – 916xK): May 25-28

• Only four shows; no Friday episode.
• This week was originally planned with five shows, with Friday's show themed around the ACM Awards, which had been scheduled to air on CBS on April 5 (episode #9165K would have aired out of order on April 3, with #9085K likewise being shuffled to May 29); however, the awards show was cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Friday's episode was pulled from the taping schedule since its theme no longer made sense, and the program was ultimately never produced.
• Wednesday features the debut of the second Master Key set.
• On Thursday, Grocery Game is played for a car.
• The Friday show of Week 27 has a lineup that appears to have been created to mesh with this week. It seems safe to assume that if it had been taped, this week's Friday show would likewise have lined up with the rest of Week 27.

Week 36 (1,916 – 917xK): June 1-2

• Only two shows, on Monday and Tuesday.
• This week was originally planned with five shows, as were another four weeks afterward, which would have led to new episodes airing straight through July 3, ending on #9215K; however, at this point, the COVID-19 pandemic forced the show to shut down production, leaving them unable to tape the season's last 26 episodes (these 23 and the above-mentioned Friday shows for Weeks 31, 32, and 35).
• Summer reruns start on June 3.

Week 37 (1,917 – 922xK): January 29-30

• Season finale week; only two shows.
• Originally scheduled for July 6-7.
• This week was originally scheduled with a Monday show and a Friday show so as to allow the season to end with an Independence Day episode; once the schedule was pushed up a week after Week 9 was moved to March, this became unnecessary.
• These shows were produced and aired drastically out of order and used to fill a gap in the schedule created when two episodes were shuffled out of Week 19; as such, they were not affected by the COVID-19 pandemic that otherwise ended the season a month early.
• As this week's episodes were aired drastically out of order, they do not contain the COVID-19 disclaimer in the credits.
• The four weeks of production numbers that would logically have come between Weeks 36 and 37 but were skipped due to the pandemic are repurposed for the first four weeks of next season.
• Summer reruns continue to air as normal through September 18, the Friday before the intended start date of Season 49.
• On Monday, contestant Robert references Kobe Bryant's jersey number while picking an 8 in One Away, which Drew follows up by saying, "Hello, Kobe!" Bryant was killed in a helicopter crash shortly before the episode aired, and while Drew's line was left in during the TV broadcast (as everyone at the show had likely forgotten about it), it was edited out of the online version.
• On Monday, due to a bad edit during the second part of Bullseye, Drew can briefly be heard repeating the beginning of the sentence he had just finished while he is not actually talking.
• On Monday, contestant Brian, whose shirt says, "Drew, I need a new spatula!" explains to Drew that, rather than being a chef, he "just loves spatulas." After the second Showcase Showdown, Rachel presents him with a golden spatula.
• Tuesday's first showcase focuses on how cold it can get "this time of year;" this refers to the show's out-of-order broadcast in January.

Notes

Summer reruns continued to air as normal through September 18, 2020. Season 49 was supposed to premiere on September 21, but because production had not resumed by that point, instead of continuing standard reruns, a series of themed repeats were scheduled in its place.

• September 21-25 is a "best of" set of celebrity charity episodes from dating back as far as Season 40 (starring Snoop Dogg, Neil Patrick Harris, Sharon Osborne, Jane Lynch, and Jack Black).
• September 28-October 2 is a rebroadcast of Decades Week, the first week of Season 44.
• October 5-9 is a "Memorable Guests" Week, starring Mila Kunis, Kathryn Hahn, Kristen Bell, Aisha Tyler, Carson Kressley (as part of the Breast Cancer Awareness Special 2019), Jay Leno (as part of Dream Car Week 2019), and James Corden (as part of Big Money Week 2015).
• October 12-16 counts down the top 5 biggest winners in television history from dating back as far as Season 42.
• October 19-23 is a "Special Episodes Week" from dating back as far as Season 42.
• October 26-30 is a rebroadcast of some of the Halloween specials from dating back as far as Season 42.
• November 2-6 is a rebroadcast of the 7,500th episode, Bob Barker's 90th birthday, Drew Carey's 60th birthday, the 8,000th episode, and the Daytime Emmys Awards premiere from Season 47, which represents Milestone Week.
• November 9-13, which is the last week of reruns overall, is a rebroadcast of "Teachers Rule!" (dedicated to teachers), the firefighters, the veterans (as part of Big Money Week Season 43), first responders, and members of all four branches of the US Armed Forces, which represents "Salute To Heroes Week."