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Season 6 (1977-1978)[]
Pricing game calendar for Season 6, hosted by Scorpz.
Week 1 (245): August* 29-September 2
- On Wednesday, Hole in One's drumroll is still in use.
Week 2 (246): September 5-9
- On Thursday, Hole in One is played for a Cadillac.
Week 3 (247): September 12-16
- Tuesday show features the debut of Squeeze Play.
- Wednesday show features the debut of Secret 'X'.
- The Secret "X" board originally did not have question marks in the squares of the center column.
- Originally, all of Secret "X"'s props were staged farther to the left, closer to the Turntable, than they are now; as such, it was not concealed by the Giant Price Tag.
- On the first playing of Secret "X", the contestant chooses the worst possible initial move by putting the free "X" in the middle row. There's no negative audience reaction to the move, but that changes quickly as time goes by. On subsequent early playings, due to this quirk of the game strategy regarding the middle row and the number of "X"s given out, Bob advises contestants to use their "X"s where they would be most advantageous.
- Bob also expects the stagehands to turn over the hidden column on the game board and needs to be told he has to push the button to reveal the secret "X".
- Wednesday show opens with the infamous tube top incident (also known simply as "the Yolanda Incident," after the contestant it happened to).
- As of Wednesday show, the opening titles are still behaving the same way they were at the beginning of 1976.
- On Thursday, contestant Alene faints upon winning the Showcase and does not come to before the show goes off the air; Johnny announces during the credits that she regained consciousness after the taping and was delighted with her prizes.
Week 4 (248): September 19-23
- All notes from Week 3 about Secret "X" still apply on its second playing this Wednesday.
Week 5 (249): September 26-30
- As of Tuesday, Money Game is still using its original color scheme.
Week 6 (250): October 3-7
- Thursday show is a half-hour episode.
- On Friday, Clock Game is played for a car.
Week 7 (251): October 10-14
- On Thursday, in an unusual move, two small prize games and a grocery item game are played.
Week 8 (252): October 17-21
Week 9 (253): October 24-28
- By Tuesday, the behavior of the opening titles has changed; the text now rapidly and repeatedly grows and shrinks, flashing all the while.
- By Wednesday's playing of Secret "X", the "?" symbols are now present on the front sides of the panels in the center column of the game board. The game has also been moved upstage away from the doors and is hidden behind the Giant Price Tag.
- Thursday show is a half-hour episode.
Week 10 (254): October 31-November 4
- Thursday show is a half-hour episode.
Week 11 (255): November 7-9, December 9, November 11
- Originally scheduled for November 7-11.
- On Thursday, due to a pre-emption, a half-hour show was rerun on the East Coast, and an hour show was rerun on the West Coast.
- On Monday, the show moves to 10:00 Eastern/9:00 Central.
- By Friday, Golden Road's original, carpet "road" has been replaced by the gold dots.
- By Friday, Golden Road's velvet rope has been introduced.
- By Friday, Golden Road's push-button price reveals have been replaced with simple pull-tabs.
Week 12 (256): November 14-18
- Monday show features the debut of Professor Price.
- On Monday, the walls of the Big Wheel are still gold.
- On Monday, Any Number still has the same color scheme it adopted after the '75 set change.
- On Monday, Grocery Game is played for a car.
Week 13 (257): November 21-23
- Thanksgiving week; only three shows.
- Monday show features the second and final playing of Professor Price.
- On Monday, the Professor Price contestant is allowed to pick her questions from a set of cards; on the first playings, the order of the questions had been preset.
Week 14 (258): November 28-29, February 20, December 2
- Originally scheduled for November 28-30, December 2.
- Only four shows; Thursday has December Magazine.
- On Wednesday, November 30, a half-hour show is rerun on the East Coast, and an hour show is rerun on the West Coast.
- By Wednesday, the walls of the Big Wheel have become red.
- By Wednesday's playing, Hole in One's drumroll that plays when the contestant putts has been done away with.
Week 15 (259): December 5-8, January 30
- Originally scheduled for December 5-9.
- On Friday, in an unusual move, two small prize games and a grocery item game is played.
Week 16 (260): December 12-14, March 6, December 16
- Originally scheduled for December 12-16.
- On Monday, the show moves to 10:30 Eastern/9:30 Central.
- On Thursday, December 15, a half-hour show is rerun on the East Coast, and an hour show is rerun on the West Coast.
- By Wednesday, the opening at the bottom of the Dice Game board has been filled in with a gray cover.
Week 17 (261): December 19-23
- By Wednesday, Hole in One’s original, circular “$500” sign has been replaced by a yellow flower with “$500” written in the center of the bloom.
Week 18 (262): December 26-30
- At this point, Hi-Lo is still using its first set.
- On Wednesday, after the fourth game, Bob and the Beauties plug Bob's appearance as host of the Rose Parade the following Monday and announce that Price will not be on that morning.
- On Friday, Janice wrecks a car during the Showcase.
Week 19 (263): January 3-6
- New Year's week; only four shows, with no Monday episode.
- Thursday show is a half-hour episode.
- Sometime during 1978, the Train makes its first appearance.
Week 20 (264): January 9-13
- On Friday, the opening titles are yellow-orange.
Week 21 (265): January 16-20
Week 22 (266): January 23-27
Week 23 (267): January 31-February 3
- Only four shows; Monday has the delayed December 9 episode.
- Thursday show is a half-hour episode.
- After Friday's show, Give or Keep briefly leaves the pricing game rotation.
Week 24 (268): February 6-10
Week 25 (269): February 13-17
Week 26 (270): February 21-24
- Only four shows; Monday has the delayed November 30 episode.
- Tuesday show features the debut of Finish Line.
- Wednesday show features the first playing of 3 Strikes without a strike being pulled.
Week 27 (271): February 27-March 3
- Thursday show is a half-hour episode.
- After its second playing on Monday's show, Finish Line disappears from the game rotation for two months.
- Around this time, give or take a month or so, the practices of playing both grocery product/small prize games and regular car games fourth are done away with. This would remain until Seasons 27 and 34, respectively. The exact time frame for these changes cannot be yet determined due to inconclusive data from the Price is Right timeline calendars.
Week 28 (272): March 7-10
- Only four shows; Monday has the delayed December 15 episode.
- On Wednesday, Give or Keep reappears.
Week 29 (273): March 13-17
Week 30 (274): March 20-24
- On Monday, Most Expensive is played for three trips.
- At this time, three-trip Most Expensive is still staged entirely behind Door #2.
Week 31 (275): March 27-31
- On Tuesday, contestant Linda wins Dice Game without making any decisions, rolling a 1 and the last three numbers.
Week 32 (276): April 3-7
- Thursday show is a half-hour episode.
- By Wednesday, Money Game has taken on its second color scheme; additionally, the board now has a logo.
Week 33 (277): April 10-14
Week 34 (278): April 17-21
- On Monday, the second showcase is a salute to Roger Dobkowitz; included as a bonus with the showcase is a bound copy of Roger's master's thesis that got him hired at Goodson-Todman.
Week 35 (279): April 24-28
- After Thursday, Give or Keep again leaves the pricing game rotation and is essentially replaced by Finish Line until November.
Week 36 (280): May 1-5
- Thursday show is a half-hour episode.
- On Wednesday, Finish Line rejoins the game rotation.
Week 37 (281): May 8-12
- At this point, the floor in front of Contestants' Row still has the yellow squares on it.
Week 38 (282): May 15-19
- On Tuesday, during a Movie of the Week showcase, a screening of If Ever I See You Again for 25 people on its studio lot is offered, as is an attempt to track down a "lost" friend or relative via computer (not as commonplace a thing in 1978 as in the present); the contestants are instructed not to include these while bidding, as prices cannot reasonably be assigned to them.
Week 39 (283): May 22-26
Week 40 (284): May 29-June 1, June 19
- Originally scheduled for May 29-June 2.
- Thursday show is a half-hour episode.
- By Friday, the yellow tiles have been removed from the floor in front of Contestants' Row; that area is now a solid white, except for the Goodson-Todman asterisks.
Week 41 (285): June 5-9
Week 42 (286): June 12-16
- By Monday, the second Hi-Lo counter has been introduced.
Week 43 (287): June 20, 21, 23, 22, 2
- Originally scheduled for June 19-23.
- Friday's show features the debut of Take Two.
Week 44 (288): June 26-29, August 14
- Originally scheduled for June 26-30.
- Not season finale week.
- Summer reruns begin next Monday.
Week 45 (289): August 7-11
Week 46 (290): August 16, 15, 17, December* 12, 18
- Originally scheduled for August 14-18.
- Thursday show is a half-hour episode.
- Thursday's show was never broadcast on the West Coast; while the East Coast saw episode #2904D on December 12, 1978, after a Presidential press conference, the West received a rerun of episode #2954D. Indeed, the fact that the show was aired at all appears to be a fluke; it is very unlikely that it was intended to air that day before the half-hour timeslot suddenly being created by the press conference.
Week 47 (291): August 21-24, October* 23
- Originally scheduled for August 21-25.
- Season finale week.
- Season 7 begins next Monday.