three nighttime syndicated versions of the show aired. the first one aired from 1972 to 1980. until 1977, it was hosted by dennis james. for the rest of its run, it was hosted by bob barker. from 1985 - 1986, another nighttime version of the show, named "the nighttime price is right", was made and was hosted by tom kennedy. a third nighttime version, "the new price is right", was made from 1994 - 1995 and was hosted by doug davidson. also special million dollar prime-time episodes where people could play different versions of games for $1,000,000 were made due to cbs shows being canceled.