to having only one contestant play for the Showcase, a new Showcase Showdown game based on the One Bid round on the daytime series. The new game was known as “The Price Was Right”. The three contestants who were called down stood behind a set of lecterns at the apron of the stage, and a vintage television commercial played on a large onstage video screen. They would then offer a guess as to how much the item advertised cost in the year the commercial aired, and the closest bidder without going over won the chance to play for the Showcase. The New Price Is Right also employed the daytime series’ Big Wheel for the Showcase Showdown in several episodes recorded early in the show’s brief run. An exception was the highest winner spun first. The rules otherwise remained unchanged. The contestant closest to $1.00 without going over advanced, with a spin-off played in case of a tie. Any contestant that hit $1.00 exactly won $1,000 and a chance at either $5,000 or $10,000 with a bonus spin. The Showcase Instead of making a bid as on the daytime series, the contestant played a reworked version of a preexisting pricing game, Range Game. The Showcase featured a wider range with a starting value of $10,000 that increased in $1,000 increments to a top value of $70,000. The contestant selected the range at random during the commercial break leading into the Showcase, which varied in value between $4,000 and $10,000. Following presentation of the showcase, the contestant’s range selection was revealed and the rangefinder began moving up the game board. In order to stop it, the contestant pulled a lever, and if the value of the Showcase was within the covered range, the contestant won the Showcase in addition to any cash or prizes won during his/her pricing game. Broadcast history The New Price Is Right was syndicated by Paramount Domestic Television. The show aired at any time an affiliate desired, such as the late afternoon fringe period. At the NATPE convention in January 1994, Paramount pushed The New Price Is Right as a viable option for stations for their fringe and access periods. By the time NATPE concluded, the show had been sold in 78 markets and was one of the two more popular new entries at the convention, with the other being what would eventually become Warner Bros.’ entertainment news