Drew Carey to replace Barker on 'Price' [is Right]

AP ^ | July 23, 2007 | AP

[Rastus]

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.

[pillut48]

Thank you, Jesus, for not letting Rosie back on the air!!!! :-)

I love Drew Carey. He’ll be a much better replacement!

[proudpapa]

ABR

[Clara Lou]

I don’t watch the show, but I’m betting he draws a heck of a lot more people than fat Rosie-O.

[Rastus]

Yeah, but that’s about the only positive about this to me. I may give it a shot, but I think I’m done with it. That’s okay. I have old Let’s Make a Deal shows to enjoy.

[mnehring]

Isn’t Drew Cary an outspoken Conservative/Libertarian? That ought to piss off Rosie even more..

[Lucky9teen]

IMO, no one can replace Bob Barker and the Price Is Right just isn’t gonna be the same without him.

I just hope Drew Carey doens’t try to be funny...cuz he’s not, unless he’s reading a script.

[JennysCool]

This is a good choice. Carey’s a genial, everyman sort who has good audience rapport.

[tophat9000]

Isn’t Drew Cary an outspoken Conservative/Libertarian?

Not so outspoken but Yes

[weegee]

Rosie’s looking for a program called The Host Is Right. She wants to be able to fire anyone on staff who’d dare dissent from her worldview.

[reagan_fanatic]

I expect there to be a gaggle of fat, hairy lesbians protesting outside CBS headquarters first thing tomorrow.

[cripplecreek]

Cool. I’ll give it a gander just to see what he does with the show.

[Bobalu]

[hophead]

Eat it Rosie O’Donut!

[Yorlik803]

And a member of the USMC

[Vision]

He had Rush on his show.

[hophead]

Not “outspoken”, but he is definitely not a leftard.

[hophead]

“no one can replace Bob Barker and the Price Is Right just isn’t gonna be the same without him.”

Lots of fans said that about Janice leaving the show too.

[x]

Is he going to replace Barker on [top of] the spokesmodels, too?