ITEM: Drew Carey replaces Bob Barker on "Price is Right"

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NEW YORK — Genial comic Drew Carey was tapped Monday to replace silver-haired legend Bob Barker on the CBS daytime game show "The Price is Right." Carey confirmed the deal during a taping of the "Late Show" with David Letterman.

The selection attracted more attention than usual for a daytime show because of the prospect of replacing Barker, 83. Barker retired after 35 years in the job last month following taping of his 6,586th episode.

The opening attracted widespread interest, including from comic Rosie O'Donnell after she left "The View."

Carey, 49, spent a decade on his own ABC sitcom and also was host of the game show "Whose Line is It Anyway?," a comic improvisational show. He will also be host of a new CBS prime-time game show, "The Power of 10," that will air first next month. He told The Associated Press that CBS officials first contacted him about "The Price is Right" immediately after he completed a pilot of the other game show this spring.

This actually doesn't sound too bad to me. I've always liked Drew. Maybe he can find a spot for Colin Mochire on the show!

Comments

  • edited July 2007
    Colin should be the new prize announcer.
  • edited July 2007
    Hopefully he does better game show hosting than improv. He can be a funny guy, but he was downright awful every time he jumped in at the end of an episode of "Whose Line?".
  • edited July 2007
    I thought Drew Carey was going to be in some type of survey guessing game.
  • edited July 2007
    Was Clive Anderson not available?
  • edited July 2007
    Clive Anderson would just make fun of the contestants because they're American.

    Then Greg Proops would call him fat or something.
  • edited July 2007
    I hope Colin and Ryan replace Bob's beauties.
  • edited July 2007
    "Help control the Ryan Stiles population. Have your Ryan Stiles spayed or neutered."