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Oct 6 2012 02:02 PM ET

'The Price is Right' picks its first male model

by Keith Staskiewicz

Tags: The Price is Right

Image Credit: Fremantle Media

The Price is Right has named its very first male model, striking a blow for Plinko-related gender-equality everywhere. Twenty-four-year-old Rob Wilson—the frontrunner in EW’s own poll—demonstrated the blank smile and awkward stance necessary to show off wood-paneled hot tubs and karaoke machines, beating out hundreds of other similarly qualified hopefuls. Wilson’s stint starts Oct. 15 and will last for at least one week, marking a break in the CBS game show’s 40-year history of exclusively female models.

Sep 5 2012 09:31 AM ET

'Price is Right' special 'ignores' Bob Barker: 'They haven't even offered me a DVD'

by Associated Press

Tags: Bob Barker, The Price is Right

Image Credit: Cliff Lipson/CBS

Bob Barker hosted The Price Is Right for 35 years, but he wasn’t invited to participate in the game show’s 40th anniversary special. The 88-year-old TV personality says the show’s producers “chose to ignore me, which is fine.”

The 40th anniversary special episode of TV’s longest-running game show aired Tuesday morning and featured returning contestants from the past four decades. Barker is shown in several clips but was not invited to appear on the program or attend the taping. “They haven’t even offered me a DVD,” Barker said in an interview Tuesday.

Show producers had no comment.

Barker, a longtime animal activist who advised his viewers each day to “Help control the pet population: Have your pets spayed or neutered,” thinks he was omitted from the anniversary show “because I have been critical of them for giving away prizes that I consider inappropriate.” READ FULL STORY »

Aug 13 2012 06:58 PM ET

'The Price is Right' launches its first-ever search for a male model

by Emily Rome

Tags: Game Shows, The Price is Right, News

Image Credit: Monty Brinton/CBS

Have you always wanted to show off flashy cars and cozy new living room sets on national television? The Price is Right may be famous for Bob Barker (and now Drew Carey)’s lovely ladies, but now The Price is Right is holding a contest to find its first male model.

In the game show’s nearly 40-year history, the prizes have almost always been displayed by female models, but now one guy will get to try out the gig for a week on the CBS show, which is currently hosted by Drew Carey. READ FULL STORY »