price is right

• At 8, FOX has the two hour season finale of American Idol.
• CBS has a new new Price is Right Million Dollar Spectacular at 8, followed by the season finales of Criminal Minds and CSI: NY.
• TCM has the original Ocean's 11 at 9.
• At 9, TNT has the NBA Playoffs.
• At 9:15, HBO Family has The Return of Maxwell Smart.
• At 10, ABC has the season finale of Boston Legal.
• NBC has the season finale of Law and Order at 10.
• Bravo has a new Top Chef at 10.
• Also at 10: MTV has a new Real World.

Check your local TV listings for more.

• TNT has NBA Playoffs all night.
• At 8, ABC has a new Wife Swap, followed by a new Supernanny and a new special about Barbara Walters new memoir, Audition.
• CBS has a new Price Is Right Million Dollar Spectacular at 8, then new episodes of Criminal Minds and CSI: NY.
• NBC has a new, two hour Deal Or No Deal at 8, then a new Law and Order.
• FOX has new episodes of 'Til Death, Back to You, and American Idol.
• There's a new America's Next Top Model at 8 on The CW, followed by a new Farmer Wants A Wife.
• PBS has a new Secrets of the Dead at 8, then a new American Experience.
• Also at 8: TCM has From Here To Eternity.
• At 10, Bravo has a new Top Chef.
• MTV has a new episode of The Real World at 10.
• Spike has a new Ultimate Fighter at 10.

Check your local TV listings for more.

• At 7:30, Sci-Fi has a new episode of The Sarah Jane Adventures.
• At 8, CBS has a new Ghost Whisperer, then a new Price Is Right Million Dollar Spectacular and a new Numb3rs.
• NBC has a new Amnesia at 8, followed by the Miss USA Pageant.
• The CW has a new Smackdown! at 8.
• PBS has a new NOW at 8, then a new Washington Week.
• Nickelodeon has three new episodes of SpongeBob SquarePants tonight, at 8, 9, and 9:30.
• Also at 8: ESPN has the Masters golf tournament.
• At 9, ABC has a new Duel, then a new 20/20.
• FOX has a new Canterbury's Law at 9.
• There's a new Your Mama Don't Dance on Lifetime at 9.
• At 10, Sci-Fi has a new Battlestar Galactica.
• Comedy Central has a new Comedy Central Presents at 10.
• E! has a new episode of The Soup at 10.
• At 11, HBO has a new Real Time with Bill Maher, with guests Jason Alexander, Richard Clarke, Dana Priest, Rep. Joe Sestak, and Richard Dawkins.

• At 8, CBS has a new Ghost Whisperer, followed by a new Price Is Right Million Dollar Spectacular and a new Numb3rs.
• NBC has a new Amnesia at 8, then a new, two hour Dateline.
• There's a new Smackdown! on The CW at 8.
• PBS has a new NOW at 8, followed by new episodes of Washington Week and Bill Moyers Journal.
• At 9, ABC has the season premiere of Duel, then a new 20/20.
• FOX has a new Canterbury's Law at 9.
• At 10, Sci-Fi has the season premiere of Battlestar Galactica.
• Comedy Central has two new episodes of Comedy Central Presents at 10.
• E! has a new episode of The Soup at 10.
• At 11, HBO has a new Real Time with Bill Maher, with guests Senator Arlen Specter, Robert Reich, Rep. Barbara Lee, Esai Morales, and Amy Holmes.

Check your local TV listings for more.

• At 8, FOX has the series premiere of The Return of Jezebel James.
• CBS has another Price is Right Million Dollar Spectacular at 8.
• NBC has new episodes of Amnesia and Dateline.
• PBS has a new NOW at 8, followed by a new Washington Week.
• There's a new Smackdown! on The CW at 8.
• Nickelodeon has a new H20 at 8.
• Also at 8: TCM has Gaslight, followed by Bunny Lake is Missing.
• At 8:30, Cartoon Network has a new Out of Jimmy's Head.
• At 9, ABC has a new, two hour 20/20.
• VH-1 has a new Best Week Ever at 9.
• At 9:30, HBO has a new In Treatment.
• At 10, Comedy Central has two new episodes of Comedy Central Presents, with Juston McKinney and Nick Griffin.
• E! has a new episode of The Soup at 10.

Check your local TV listings for more.

That headline isn't my opinion, it's something another TV critic is worried about.

Derrik Lang at SanLuisObispo.com points out that the very first word that Drew Carey uttered while taping the very first episode of his new CBS game show Power of Ten was "F**K. And then later in the show he made an a joke about a certain part of his anatomy (he later apologized for what he said, since there were kids in the audience). Lang now wonders if Carey could be the wrong choice for The Price is Right, since he works blue and seems more like a late-night host than a game show host and doesn't really get the TPiR fan base.

This seems like a no-brainer, and I wonder why they haven't done it before. A video game based on The Price Is Right will be in stores in time for Christmas.

Now, that will be long after the CBS show picks a new host to replace Bob Barker (the latest rumor: Drew Carey could get the gig, if he audtions and his new game show Power of 10 does well in the ratings), so there's no word on there will be any host depicted in the game. But all the classic games will be there: Contestant's Row, Plinko, the Showcase Showdown, and there will be real products in the game just like on the TV show.

I just hope they also have annoying, screaming audience members who can confuse the contestants, and women who run down the aisle and their boobs fall out of their dresses.

It looks like the long search for the new host of The Price Is Right is down to two: Sarah Silverman and David Hasselhoff.

Just kidding! The New York Post is reporting that producers have narrowed it down to two contestants: Mark Steines and Todd Newton. Steines is a host on Entertainment Tonight (he'll keep the job if he gets the PIR gig), and Newton has hosted several game shows, including a PIR show in Las Vegas. The pay for the job is reportedly near $3 million a year. Nice.

Hmmm...I'm not sure about this. But I guess they're both competent hosts. It looks like producers are going for the safer choices (male, slightly older, experienced) than going with someone like Mario Lopez or Ian Ziering.

This is odd. We've been covering this whole "who is going to replace Bob Barker" story for several months now, and this is the first time I've heard Dan Patrick's name come up.

But the ESPN Radio host told listeners yesterday that although he didn't audition to be the new host of The Price Is Right, producers of the CBS game show did indeed call him and ask if he wanted to audition. He said, um, no. (OK, I added the "um" part, but you can probably imagine he was thinking it that way.)

• Rosie O'Donnell turned down hosting The Price Is Right? Hmmmm.
  
• Zach Braff is blogging about how he's not as lame as the tabloids say? I wonder about that.
  
• And is Paris Hilton going to be able to pull off the non-stupid act? We shall see.
  

Rosie O'Donnell has answered the prayers of many longtime Price Is Right fans: she has taken herself out of the running for the hosting job.

Of course, no one officially offered her the job, but she did meet with the show's producers for lunch last week. She would love to host the show, but as she says on her latest video blog, she doesn't want to uproot her family and move out to L.A., where the show is taped. She knows that a lot of people would, but she doesn't need the money and would rather take on projects that would keep her in New York.

So now we're down to only 47 other people who could host.

[via TV Tattle]

• So Bob Barker is gone from The Price Is Right. Check out the Best Week Ever tribute to the silver fox.
• ABC and CBS try to upstage Matt Lauer's interview with Princes Williams and Harry.
• Tim Goodman has some final (?) thoughts on that Sopranos ending.
• TV Guide has the winners list from The Daytime Emmy Awards.
• Forbes has its annual Celebrity 100 list. How can the "cast of Grey's Anatomy" be counted as one entry?
• Somehow, David Hasselhoff gets sole custody of his kids.
• trivialTV is a blog you should be reading.

• At 8, CBS repeats (from this morning) Bob Barkers final Price Is Right. It's followed by the Daytime Emmy Awards.
• ABC runs a episode of Kyle XY at 8, then new episodes of National Bingo Night and 20/20.
• The CW has a new Smackdown at 8.
• TCM is showing Nancy Drew movies all night.
• Also at 8: Sci-Fi has a new Stargate SG-1, followed by new episodes of Stargate: Atlantis and Painkiller Jane.
• At 9, FOX has a new Standoff.
• Discovery has a new Man vs. Wild at 9.
• Hallmark has a new movie at 9, You've Got A Friend.
• At 10, A&E has a new Intervention.