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Forbes
13-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Forbes
CBS Extends Daytime Leadership To 39 Seasons
LOS ANGELES: Come on down! CBS' "The Price is Right," hosted by Drew Carey, remain the most-watched ... More show in network daytime. (Photo by Greg Gayne/CBS via Getty Images) On the heels of announcing its primetime programming plans for 2025-26, CBS, the most-watched broadcast network, has also confirmed another year of viewer victory in daytime. Comparably, CBS has been No. 1 in total viewers in daytime for 39 consecutive years - since the 1986-87 season. So, what exactly was CBS airing in that 1986-87 season? There were three current occupants - The Price is Right (then hosted by Bob Barker), The Young and the Restless and The Bold in the Beautiful, which replaced daytime drama Capitol in midseason. There were also game shows The $25,000 Pyramid and Card Sharks and the drama As the World Turns. At present, recent daytime drama entry Beyond the Gates (which replaced The Talk) joined The Price Is Right, The Young and the Restless, The Bold and the Beautiful and Let's Make a Deal on the Eye net lineup. CBS' weekly winning streak - now at 1,500 consecutive weeks - started the week of October 3, 1988, and was interrupted for only one week - from July 22-29, 1996, during the Summer Olympics held in Atlanta and broadcast on NBC. As first-run syndication, specifically talk shows, continues to dwindle, the trio of CBS daytime stalwarts - The Price Is Right (3.95 million viewers this season), The Young and the Restless (3.29 million) and The Bold and the Beautiful (2.79 million) - hold the top 3 spots overall. Let's Make a Deal, meanwhile, is averaging 2.21 million viewers and Beyond the Gates (1.87 million), which debuted on February 24, ranks fifth. But that is still 48 percent above year-ago time period occupant The Talk.
Yahoo
23-03-2025
- Yahoo
Teen killed in motorcycle crash in Fayette County
A teen was killed in a motorcycle crash in Fayette County. The crash happened on Jim Mountain Road at 4:17 p.m. on Sunday. Coroner Dr. Bob Barker said Nicholas Herman, of Springfield Township, was pronounced dead at the scene. The motorcycle was the only vehicle involved in the crash. This is a developing story. Check back for updates as more information becomes available. Download the FREE WPXI News app for breaking news alerts. Follow Channel 11 News on Facebook and Twitter. | Watch WPXI NOW
Fox News
26-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Fox News
'The Price is Right' host Drew Carey worried about 'killing' show after taking over for Bob Barker
With more than 3,300 episodes under his belt over 18 years, Drew Carey still feels like the "new guy" on "The Price is Right." "They told me it was my 3,317th episode. Sometimes I feel like it's not that long, and sometimes I feel like I've always been there," the 66-year-old comedian told Variety as the show celebrates 10,000 episodes since it began with host Bob Barker in 1972. "Bob Barker is two-thirds. I'm still the new guy!" he joked after he was told that he has hosted one-third of the show's run. Barker retired from the show after 35 years in 2007 and died two years ago. He was 99 years old. He mainly wanted "to not be responsible for ruining the show or killing it," he shared. "I knew there was such a culture there, and I really wanted to honor that culture and not rock the boat. And I also wanted to make it my own, but without stepping on anybody's toes." Carey said he was told he had "big shoes to fill" when he took over for Barker, but he said he wanted to make the iconic show his own. "I want to honor the show — certainly — and not forget about the importance of him and the path that he blazed. It's very important to keep the memory of Bob alive. I'm not replacing anybody. I'm just doing a show that he used to do." "I don't need to walk in his shoes; I brought my own shoes," the former "Whose Line is it Anyway" host said. "I want to honor the show — certainly — and not forget about the importance of him and the path that he blazed," the comedian said. "It's very important to keep the memory of Bob alive. I'm not replacing anybody. I'm just doing a show that he used to do." He compared the shift in hosting to a house remodel. "It was the same structure, but it needed new drapes and wallpaper, you know what I mean?" he said. "You don't wanna change the show, but you wanna freshen it up a little bit." Carey also changed the way the host is introduced at the beginning of the show. "The star of the show" was changed to simply "host." "I am not the star of the show; the contestants are the star," he explained. "I'm not downplaying my role on the show, but people tune in to see the interaction of the contestants, and they want somebody there to interact with them in a good way — because they're the stars."
