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[quote name=\'PYLdude\' post=\'189557\' date=\'Jul 3 2008, 06:26 PM\']The show's still on. The show's still a hit.[/quote]Really? It's getting beaten by The View.[/quote]
Doesn't mean anything. Has CBS given the slot back to its affiliates yet? Is the show still drawing viewers?
[quote name=\'PYLdude\' post=\'189557\' date=\'Jul 3 2008, 06:26 PM\']Relax, guys. It's not as big a deal as certain people are making it out to be.
From what little I've heard so far, I wouldn't bank on that.
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Well, it really isn't a big deal. So The Price is Right is losing its producer. Big friggin' deal.
People aren't going to suddenly stop watching the show because of a new producer or a new way of doing things. Last I checked, Wheel's been on the air for 25 years in syndication, no? And is STILL the most popular syndie offering, no?
It doesn't make a difference. The people who are still watching are still going to watch.
If anything's going to kill the show, it's going to be Drew Carey. Most of us like him, but this is just a message board group. Who's to say that people weren't turned off by him who aren't us (not saying that he isn't immune to criticism)? Who's to say that he's going to keep the audience over time?
It's not going to be the producer who kills TPIR. It's going to be the presenter every time, IMO.
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The point you're missing is the part about Fremantle taking the show in a "new direction".
I'm willing to bet the show still makes a tidy sum for Fremantle and CBS. Maybe not as much as when Barker was at the helm or as much as in the '70s and '80s, but it's still nothing to sneeze at. Based on my understanding of what they make/made, they could have saved a bundle when Barker left but instead agreed to a contract in which Drew is way, way overpaid, especially considering how lackluster his performances have been in the last year. IOW Barker was costing way too much, but they turned around and agreed to pay Drew way too much.