The Price Is Right Million Dollar Spectacular returns to prime time on CBS Wednesday night (April 30, 8 pm/ET) for a four-week sweeps run.The Drew Carey-hosted specials have proved to be as lucrative for CBS as Plinko is for lucky contestants. Six previous episodes that aired in February, March and early April won their time slots in the key demos — adults 18-49 and 25-54.In fact, one episode in March, in which a contestant won more than $1 million in cash and prizes, ranks among the highest-rated Price specials in the past five years. — J.R. Whalen
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Major League Soccer has confirmed what Drew Carey revealed last night on Monday Night Football: Seattle will be home to MLS' 15th franchise. Carey will be a minority owner in the as-yet-unnamed team, which begins play in 2009.The Price Is Right host is a rabid soccer fan and hosted a series for Travel Channel last year called Drew Carey's Sporting Adventures, which focused on the sport's premier event, the World Cup.Former Walt Disney Studios and Twentieth Century Fox chairman Joe Roth, currently running Revolution Studios, will be a majority partner of the club.In a statement, league commissioner Don Garber said, "the inclusion of Seattle in MLS provides us with a true gateway to Asia for a sport that is at the forefront of today’s globalization. We look forward to Major League Soccer’s debut in the Emerald City in 2009."
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Looks like Drew Carey can add another job title to his growing repertoire: medical-marijuana spokesman.The host of The Price Is Right and Power of 10 can be seen in a video, released on the website Reason.tv on Thursday, arguing the benefits of accessible medical marijuana and voicing his opinions about the government’s role in controlling it.“I think it’s clear by now that the federal government needs to reclassify marijuana,” Carey says in the video. “People who need it should be able to get it, safely and easily.”Carey also visits an herbal pharmacy in Los Angeles, complete with a “deli-like” counter where customers can purchase many different forms of marijuana, including ice cream and brownies.“Smell that smell?” Carey asks the camera as he enters the shop. “Smells like freedom.”CBS had no comment about their star’s new endorsement. — Reporting by Rob Moynihan
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The ratings for Ellen DeGeneres' talker in the wake of her on-air breakdown after the whole dog thing were up almost 10 percent.... The Price Is Right is seeing 10 percent year-over-year growth in its 18-49 crowd, with Drew Carey now playing the Plink-O.... Owen Wilson will give director Wes Anderson his first interview since... that... tonight at midnight as part of the MySpace Artist on Artist series, says USA Today.... In related-ish news, Kate Hudson's divorce from rocker Chris Robinson was finalized in court on Thursday.... The Best of the Colbert Report arrives on DVD Nov. 6 (shop Amazon).
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Giggling at the antics of the slap-happy contestants who “come on down” at what he calls “the happiest place on Earth,” Drew Carey looks like he’s having a blast, and looks right at home, on the spiffed-up set of The Price Is Right as he takes over as host today. There’s no fuss and no ceremony, and outside of the introduction telling us we’re at the Bob Barker Studio in Television City, and that one of the games is still called “Barker’s Bargain Bar,” and that Carey chooses to sign off with the traditional plea to have your pets spayed, there’s no actual homage to the former host as the new Price era begins.And yet, probably the greatest tribute to Bob Barker is that the show goes on, and goes on effortlessly with its funny-looking new ringleader, who appears to be genuinely tickled at the breathless excitement of the frantic folks who come to play the game. When one of the contestants does a cartwheel after taking the stage, C...
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