Drew Carey Takes Over 'Price is
Right'!
Bob is now officially
forgotten
By Brad Brevet
Nah, it isn't movie news, but this little tidbit of TV news is
pretty big I would say as Drew Carey has officially been named the
new host of CBS's daytime game show "The Price is Right", taking
over for Bob Barker.
Variety reports that Carey leaked the news on Monday's edition of
"Late Show with David Letterman."
The site goes on to say that Carey got noticed by CBS execs during
the taping of a pilot for the new gameshow "Power of 10." Last week
Carey told reporters at the Television Critics Assn. press tour
that final details on a deal were being hammered out.
Carey told Variety, "They approached me right after the pilot for
'Power of 10,' and they called me, I said, 'No.' Then they called
me a month later ...so I met with them and stuff and we've been
negotiating ever since. ... It's a done deal. I'm the new host of
'The Price Is Right.'"
New episodes will begin taping in August.
(source: Rope Of Silicon)