Tom was a marvelous host, but he was nearing the end of his 30-year career in television. He only did one more game show, Word Play, and then he retired. But he's still among us. Thank you for all the great shows, Tom.
Both versions aired on the CBS affiliate here in Houston (KHOU 11). Kennedy's version aired at 3:30pm, just before Body Language, giving us a double dose of Tom.
According to Tom Kennedy, he was selected to do nighttime TPIR because it was right near Body Language. Also keep in mind that Bill Cullen and Dennis James were both Name That Tune and TPIR hosts and it was probably assumed that Tom Kennedy would translate into the same success.
I enjoy watching the early price is right episodes. Tom Kennedy was a great Host. I still miss Janice, Dianne Parkinson and of course Holly. They were great models. Still a great game show today 👍.
Yes, I remember this airing in New York on WNBC-TV (Channel 4), which buried it airing following the old version of Letterman at 1:30 AM locally (as they did with "Jeopardy!" when that returned a year earlier before moving New Year's Eve of 1984 to WABC-TV (Channel 7), where it's been in NYC ever since). This version of TPIR was well noted for the severely inflated showcase prices as opposed to the daytime version. Tom Kennedy I believe hosted this version was because it was five nights a week. It should be noted that Bob Barker never hosted the earlier, once-a-week nighttime version that aired in the '70s either. That version (which debuted the same week as the current CBS version in 1972 in syndication) was hosted by Dennis James.
This is the first time I've seen a Tom Kennedy show since I was a little kid. He did a fantastic job! I'm not saying Bob Barker was better, but there's a different chemistry, a different feel to this. It's a different entity, not necessarily a bad one.
I think Tom should've gotten one more season, Tom did a great job, and he seemed to enjoy himself, they should've give it a better slot then 2:00AM, 7:30PM, would've worked.
The reason why the nighttime PIR only lasted that one season (170 episodes in all) was because of competition. By 1985, Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune both dominated the prime time syndication market making other shows like The Price Is Right big, rich targets which is unfortunate because they really needed a nighttime version of this because those that are 18 or younger are at school when the hour long daytime version's on (which is always the case with virtually every pre 1990 daytime game show). Tom Kennedy was chosen since Dennis James had long since retired and was contracted with Mark Goodson for another show he was working on, Body Language. Still, after 170 episodes, he got robbed. Tom was excellent in filling in Bob's show as they were tough ones to fill. This goes down in history as one of the most underrated 170 Price Is Right episodes of all time along with Dennis James' 195 episodes.
Never saw the Tom Kennedy version of this show. Bob Barker was in the daytime version, but this was not that bad, no "Showcase Showdown" where you can spin the big wheel for big money, but that's only for daytime version. And also, I remember that clip from the Tom Kennedy version which was used in the Disney film "Flight of the Navigator" from 1986. Disney would get credit for using some clip from the Tom Kennedy's "Price Is Right" episode for the movie during a scene where they boy was lost in the spaceship, so he tried to grabbed some fireworks to set it off where you can save the kid. That was a pretty good scene from a movie.
I do remember watching The Nighttime Price Is Right hosted by Tom Kennedy, because it aired every weeknight at 7:30pm on WTVN-TV Channel 6 (now WSYX-TV) here in Columbus, Ohio. It replaced Family Feud but Nighttime TPIR only aired from September 1985 until November 29, 1985.
Since Fremantle Media took over The Price is Right, it just went to like a game show and celebrity comical show.I used to never miss The Price is Right.Always recorded it and watch the nightime show as well.Now I just don't even watch it if its on while I'm at home.I usually watch something else.I like Drew Carey but its the producer that changed the show so much.
Thanks for this! I almost didn't bother because I thought I'd seen the first episode before, but this was new to me. That must've been some trip to Venice.
This episode WAS the first aired episode. I remember the lady's yellow-and-white striped outfit and the Diner Showcase. I watched it on NewsChannel 12, WXII-TV (Winston-Salem, NC) at 5:00pm. 'The Best of The Dating Game' and the late-70s 'The Newlywed Game' came on at 4:00 and 4:30, respectively.
I can tell you why this isn't the first taped show. The seats in the audience are red. When the Kennedy shows began taping in March 1985, they still had the old seats. April 1985 was when the red seats were being put into contestants row.
Tom Kennedy really did an excellent job, and this is not an easy job to host. Didn’t care for the dyed hair, though - he was gray when hosting Password a few years earlier.
@jaywilliams0910 that's kind of like here in the LA area. KNBC ran nighttime TPIR at 7:30 PM, which was the spot previously held by syndie Family Feud.
"It should be noted that Bob Barker never hosted the earlier, once-a-week nighttime version that aired in the '70s either. That version (which debuted the same week as the current CBS version in 1972 in syndication) was hosted by Dennis James. " Dennis James was the original host of the 70's nighttime version, but he was replaced by Barker after the first 4 or 5 seasons. I believe that happened when Truth or Consequences ended, and Bob was then available for the network and syndicated versions of TPIR.
Aired on KYW-TV Channel 3 at 7:30 p.m. after "Evening Magazine," when the Group W-owned station was still a NBC affiliate. (Now it's a CBS O&O, and as such, carried TPIR at 11:00 am Eastern Time since "The Switch" with WCAU-TV in 1995.)
I LOVE The Price is Right w/Tom Kennedy, despite being on for 1 season, I like him a WHOLE LOT BETTER than Bob Barker I stopped watchin' the Barker Years of TPIR after he FIRED Janice & Kathleen I miss Janice & Holly and God Bless the Souls of Johnny Olsen and Rod Roddy Tom Kennedy had some great moments and he even had some historic moments on the show as well Plus, Tom Kennedy is a Class Act on the show, he made the contestants feel welcome @ home and he even treated Janice like a Queen I use to watch this version @ 4:30 P.M. CST on KATC-TV 3 Lafayette, LA right after JEOPARDY! with Alex Trebek who began his 2nd season on this Legendary Quiz Show
In 1985, May, I was on the nighttime price is right with Tom Kennedy. It was syndicated. The show aired but was preempted by some national emergency that fall. I never got a copy of it, although a friend videotaped a portion of it. The snippets that my friend had were poor quality and we were able to convert some to digital. I was the first contestant they called, GREGORY. The show # N0081 scheduled to air 10/14/85, but it didn’t air due to preemption. Does anyone have this by chance?
Awwww, 5:06 Tom got a nice hug from his first winning contestant! $45057 (car + van) seems like quite a haul in 1985! LMAO at the very random interruption of the nighttime TPIR logo at 19:30. "We interrupt this showcase win to bring you 'Contestants not appearing on stage!'" Sure love and miss the those extended closing credits!
So the nighttime show aired on WNBC and not WCBS? I thought the main reason this nighttime version failed was because it aired opposite "The Cosby Show" at 8 pm which aired on NBC.
Adam Smith It may have been bad timeslots. This was syndicated. In Atlanta it aired on the ABC affiliate on Sat and Sunday mornings. My understanding is Mark Goodson wanted to put it in primetime. CBS said no. He put it in syndication where the failure rate is 90%.
+Tubewings Yes, It was that. My guess it this aired like around 7:30 pm? I know that the syndicated Family Feud aired on WNBC, did the nighttime TPIR replace it?
Could you help me find this: I was on Episode @, taped 5/14/85 and aired that Fall. I won the first IUFB with a perfect bid of $1200, and played 3 Strikes for a 1985 Buick Sky Hawk (Skylark) but lost the car. I got three strikes in a row! Showcase #2 had the theme of "Red Hot", with a diamond/ruby cocktail ring I bid $7777 on the Showcase #1 after Wanda passing it to me and WON!
Does anyone know where I can find a list of all the PIR music cues and the titles to them all? I'm trying to figure out what car cue was played during the Safecrackers game and I don't want to be a bother to anyone by asking all the time, unless someone wants to answer anyway, I'm okay with that. Thanks in advance!!
Checking old listings on the web, I found out Kennedy TPIR was on KGO in San Francisco-- would've thought KPIX had it. Neighboring Sacramento had it on KOVR.
Tom kennedy did a great job hosting The nighttime price is right, it should've went on more than a year.Nobody is going to be better than Bob Barker hosting this show, but I rather watch the nighttime version with Kennedy than today's daytime show.The new style of today's Tpir just not the same show anymore. I like Drew Carey but for some reason I just not interested in watching it anymore.Tom Kennedy in my opinion is the best alternative to Bob Barker.
Plus, the original half-hour format of the daytime era (nor even the special half-hour daytime episodes from the 80's and 90's) never had the Showcase Showdown.
After Barker fired Janice, they should have brought back the nighttime version with Kennedy, Rod, Janice, Holly and Kathleen. And blown the daytime Barker version out of the water in the ratings.
Dennis Fodor Neither. It was a syndicated program, meaning any TV station regardless of network affiliation can buy it and broadcast it on whatever nighttime slot they have available.
Tom was a marvelous host, but he was nearing the end of his 30-year career in television. He only did one more game show, Word Play, and then he retired. But he's still among us. Thank you for all the great shows, Tom.
Tom Kennedy was a VERY good host.
Johnny Olson was a splendid announcer, before his died in 1985 or 1986.
Tom Kennedy had an excellent run and got to go out on top.
Both versions aired on the CBS affiliate here in Houston (KHOU 11). Kennedy's version aired at 3:30pm, just before Body Language, giving us a double dose of Tom.
According to Tom Kennedy, he was selected to do nighttime TPIR because it was right near Body Language. Also keep in mind that Bill Cullen and Dennis James were both Name That Tune and TPIR hosts and it was probably assumed that Tom Kennedy would translate into the same success.
From 5:37-5:40 Tom said that Betty is from Minnesota, that's awesome. She represented Minnesota to the fullest.
I enjoy watching the early price is right episodes. Tom Kennedy was a great Host. I still miss Janice, Dianne Parkinson and of course Holly. They were great models. Still a great game show today 👍.
Yes, I remember this airing in New York on WNBC-TV (Channel 4), which buried it airing following the old version of Letterman at 1:30 AM locally (as they did with "Jeopardy!" when that returned a year earlier before moving New Year's Eve of 1984 to WABC-TV (Channel 7), where it's been in NYC ever since).
This version of TPIR was well noted for the severely inflated showcase prices as opposed to the daytime version. Tom Kennedy I believe hosted this version was because it was five nights a week.
It should be noted that Bob Barker never hosted the earlier, once-a-week nighttime version that aired in the '70s either. That version (which debuted the same week as the current CBS version in 1972 in syndication) was hosted by Dennis James.
Tom Kennedy aka Jim Narz...brother to fellow game show host Jack Narz...from Louisville, Kentucky.
This is the first time I've seen a Tom Kennedy show since I was a little kid. He did a fantastic job! I'm not saying Bob Barker was better, but there's a different chemistry, a different feel to this. It's a different entity, not necessarily a bad one.
Tom did a very good job you don't think about Barker when you watch his show imo
I was eight years old around this time. The show aired weeknights at 5:30pm in Tampa where I lived and aired on WTVT - CBS Channel 13
When this version of TPIR did the ticket plug, the word: "nighttime" is added, but the 3 words: "CBS", "Television", and "City" are removed.
I think Tom should've gotten one more season, Tom did a great job, and he seemed to enjoy himself, they should've give it a better slot then 2:00AM, 7:30PM, would've worked.
The reason why the nighttime PIR only lasted that one season (170 episodes in all) was because of competition. By 1985, Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune both dominated the prime time syndication market making other shows like The Price Is Right big, rich targets which is unfortunate because they really needed a nighttime version of this because those that are 18 or younger are at school when the hour long daytime version's on (which is always the case with virtually every pre 1990 daytime game show). Tom Kennedy was chosen since Dennis James had long since retired and was contracted with Mark Goodson for another show he was working on, Body Language. Still, after 170 episodes, he got robbed. Tom was excellent in filling in Bob's show as they were tough ones to fill. This goes down in history as one of the most underrated 170 Price Is
Right episodes of all time along with Dennis James' 195 episodes.
Always great to hear an extension on my favorite cue :)
I must say that Betty is gorgeous on here and I love her hairstyle. A very beautiful woman indeed.
In Detroit, Michigan was seen on then CBS WJBK 2 at 7:30pm. It got pulled off in January 1986 and replaced it with $1,000,000 Chance Of A Lifetime.
+Nick albers In Des Moines, IA, Tom Kennedys TPIR was seen on NBC WHO-TV 13 at 3:30 pm
I really like the Safecrackers cue in this video
Never saw the Tom Kennedy version of this show. Bob Barker was in the daytime version, but this was not that bad, no "Showcase Showdown" where you can spin the big wheel for big money, but that's only for daytime version.
And also, I remember that clip from the Tom Kennedy version which was used in the Disney film "Flight of the Navigator" from 1986. Disney would get credit for using some clip from the Tom Kennedy's "Price Is Right" episode for the movie during a scene where they boy was lost in the spaceship, so he tried to grabbed some fireworks to set it off where you can save the kid. That was a pretty good scene from a movie.
I do remember watching The Nighttime Price Is Right hosted by Tom Kennedy, because it aired every weeknight at 7:30pm on WTVN-TV Channel 6 (now WSYX-TV) here in Columbus, Ohio. It replaced Family Feud but Nighttime TPIR only aired from September 1985 until November 29, 1985.
Since Fremantle Media took over The Price is Right, it just went to like a game show and celebrity comical show.I used to never miss The Price is Right.Always recorded it and watch the nightime show as well.Now I just don't even watch it if its on while I'm at home.I usually watch something else.I like Drew Carey but its the producer that changed the show so much.
Thanks for this! I almost didn't bother because I thought I'd seen the first episode before, but this was new to me. That must've been some trip to Venice.
Holy smokes! that's my mom!
This episode WAS the first aired episode. I remember the lady's yellow-and-white striped outfit and the Diner Showcase. I watched it on NewsChannel 12, WXII-TV (Winston-Salem, NC) at 5:00pm. 'The Best of The Dating Game' and the late-70s 'The Newlywed Game' came on at 4:00 and 4:30, respectively.
what a debut $45,000 in prizes
The showcase cue, regarding 'Daphney's Dependable Diner,' sounded very calm and peaceful. It would be cool to find that online someday.
I know for a fact that channel 13 (ABC in Las Vegas) aired this version, along with channel 12 (NBC in Phoenix). I want to say WXII-12 did also.
I can tell you why this isn't the first taped show. The seats in the audience are red. When the Kennedy shows began taping in March 1985, they still had the old seats. April 1985 was when the red seats were being put into contestants row.
In the showcase, it's rare to hear the full POOL TABLE cue.
KREM 2 aired this in Spokane, WA at 7 PM, followed by The New Newlywed Game at 7:30.
Tom Kennedy really did an excellent job, and this is not an easy job to host. Didn’t care for the dyed hair, though - he was gray when hosting Password a few years earlier.
thank you!! I can sleep now.
Now THIS is the episode I remember seeing on that premiere night on WOWK 13!
@jaywilliams0910 that's kind of like here in the LA area. KNBC ran nighttime TPIR at 7:30 PM, which was the spot previously held by syndie Family Feud.
Tom, you in big trouble with Janice. You called her "Dian" at least three times. He did this in another episode, too. LOL.
"It should be noted that Bob Barker never hosted the earlier, once-a-week nighttime version that aired in the '70s either. That version (which debuted the same week as the current CBS version in 1972 in syndication) was hosted by Dennis James. "
Dennis James was the original host of the 70's nighttime version, but he was replaced by Barker after the first 4 or 5 seasons. I believe that happened when Truth or Consequences ended, and Bob was then available for the network and syndicated versions of TPIR.
Aired on KYW-TV Channel 3 at 7:30 p.m. after "Evening Magazine," when the Group W-owned station was still a NBC affiliate. (Now it's a CBS O&O, and as such, carried TPIR at 11:00 am Eastern Time since "The Switch" with WCAU-TV in 1995.)
I LOVE The Price is Right w/Tom Kennedy, despite being on for 1 season, I like him a WHOLE LOT BETTER than Bob Barker
I stopped watchin' the Barker Years of TPIR after he FIRED Janice & Kathleen
I miss Janice & Holly and God Bless the Souls of Johnny Olsen and Rod Roddy
Tom Kennedy had some great moments and he even had some historic moments on the show as well
Plus, Tom Kennedy is a Class Act on the show, he made the contestants feel welcome @ home and he even treated Janice like a Queen
I use to watch this version @ 4:30 P.M. CST on KATC-TV 3 Lafayette, LA right after JEOPARDY! with Alex Trebek who began his 2nd season on this Legendary Quiz Show
Also Tom had a MUCH different reaction on his first show, akin to Drew's first taped show though a little less emotional.
It was a one season syndicated version with a different host.
Johnny Olson did the announcing, before he died.
Tom did a good job you forget that Bob ever hosted imo
This SYN version was way better than Davidson's in the early 90s.
Lobito just loved da second Showcase!!!!!
In 1985, May, I was on the nighttime price is right with Tom Kennedy. It
was syndicated. The show aired but was preempted by some national
emergency that fall. I never got a copy of it, although a friend
videotaped a portion of it. The snippets that my friend had were poor
quality and we were able to convert some to digital. I was the first
contestant they called, GREGORY.
The show # N0081 scheduled to air 10/14/85, but it didn’t air due to preemption.
Does anyone have this by chance?
lol at the end "say bye bye, bye bye
Awwww, 5:06 Tom got a nice hug from his first winning contestant! $45057 (car + van) seems like quite a haul in 1985! LMAO at the very random interruption of the nighttime TPIR logo at 19:30. "We interrupt this showcase win to bring you 'Contestants not appearing on stage!'" Sure love and miss the those extended closing credits!
So the nighttime show aired on WNBC and not WCBS? I thought the main reason this nighttime version failed was because it aired opposite "The Cosby Show" at 8 pm which aired on NBC.
Adam Smith It may have been bad timeslots. This was syndicated. In Atlanta it aired on the ABC affiliate on Sat and Sunday mornings. My understanding is Mark Goodson wanted to put it in primetime. CBS said no. He put it in syndication where the failure rate is 90%.
Adam Smith You must have been referring to the primetime specials that CBS did during the summer of 1986.
Think about it: The Price is Right, airing on the Peacock network, NBC!
+Michael O'Keefe The original show with Bill Cullen was on NBC before going to ABC.
+Tubewings Yes, It was that. My guess it this aired like around 7:30 pm? I know that the syndicated Family Feud aired on WNBC, did the nighttime TPIR replace it?
I hope they give the nighttime TPIR another chance, it's been 20 years since Doug Davidson's version was canned.
Wont happen with fremantle convincing stations to air back to back episodes of family feud.
I don't think I have any other Tom Kennedy episodes, sorry.
@WhatsAYak there is no "may" about it, it is the first aired show on WNBC.
Could you help me find this: I was on Episode @, taped 5/14/85 and aired that Fall.
I won the first IUFB with a perfect bid of $1200, and played 3 Strikes for a 1985 Buick Sky Hawk (Skylark) but lost the car. I got three strikes in a row! Showcase #2 had the theme of "Red Hot", with a diamond/ruby cocktail ring
I bid $7777 on the Showcase #1 after Wanda passing it to me and WON!
Does anyone know where I can find a list of all the PIR music cues and the titles to them all? I'm trying to figure out what car cue was played during the Safecrackers game and I don't want to be a bother to anyone by asking all the time, unless someone wants to answer anyway, I'm okay with that. Thanks in advance!!
Checking old listings on the web, I found out Kennedy TPIR was on KGO in San Francisco-- would've thought KPIX had it.
Neighboring Sacramento had it on KOVR.
Including the one bid prizes, The contestants won a grand total of $49,762.
I wonder why Bob didn't host the Nighttime TPIR in 1985, maybe because the hour long show was too much for him.
+Dan Barker They could had kept it going for another year & Barker could take over .
Cool
it was only 30 min
Tom kennedy did a great job hosting The nighttime price is right, it should've went on more than a year.Nobody is going to be better than Bob Barker hosting this show, but I rather watch the nighttime version with Kennedy than today's daytime show.The new style of today's Tpir just not the same show anymore. I like Drew Carey but for some reason I just not interested in watching it anymore.Tom Kennedy in my opinion is the best alternative to Bob Barker.
Michael Wilson Agreed. I wonder why Bob didn't host this version as well.
@WhatsAYak This is what aired the first day on WNBC. Is it the first taped episode? Beats me. But it is the first episode that aired on WNBC.
The Crowd looks like they are at a BEST BUY convention!!!
With a ticket plug!... Wow!
@videoarchives1000 how do you think Tom did with TPIR, we seen "Mr. TPIR" DO HIS THING.
@SMO6587 thanks for the kind words :)
Is she the biggest winner on TNPIR?
Plus, the original half-hour format of the daytime era (nor even the special half-hour daytime episodes from the 80's and 90's) never had the Showcase Showdown.
After Barker fired Janice, they should have brought back the nighttime version with Kennedy, Rod, Janice, Holly and Kathleen. And blown the daytime Barker version out of the water in the ratings.
Which contestant?
Barker and Kennedy both still alive. Must be something in the water there...
wow, that was a $15,000 van?
@tpir1972 I think he did a great job with a show that was looked at as belonging to Barker.
The only thing I didn't like the nighttime version was the lack of tHE DS Rule, odd, you'd think they 'd want more BIG winners with that rule.
i wish that aired at 730 on wnbc
Between Tom Kennedy, Dennis James, N Bob Barker is súper way better than Drew Carey as a host!!!!!!!!!!!
Was the Tom Kennedy version on NBC or CBS ?
Dennis Fodor Neither. It was a syndicated program, meaning any TV station regardless of network affiliation can buy it and broadcast it on whatever nighttime slot they have available.
Syndicated
$15,000? for the prizes in the safe? wow nice.
Not often you hear "The Big Banana" (car version) in a showcase.
did he say BOB.?
I read this as "The debut of Tom Kenny"
I'm like 'WWWHHHAAAATTT???"