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Okay, TPiR is the most watched show in daytime TV and it's been around forever, so maybe I should be writing a lot about it. A few posts ago I mentioned how GSN had tossed a bouquet at the show with a softball documentary in the Cover Story series. Now the Washington Post has published the print media version of the same kid-glove treatment.
The title of the article? The Price is Right endures as TV's oldest, most-beloved daytime game show. As you might expect from a heading like that, nothing about the show's seamier side - the endless lawsuits, the sex-tinged scandals, the messy search for Bob Barker's successor - makes it into the story. Instead, the article is all about the wonderful and nutty land of the endless giveaway.
There are a few sarcastic notes that reflect a typically WashPo worldview. The show's success is anchored on delivering two American dreams simultaneously: face time on national television and scoring gobs of aspirational stuff for doing next to nothing. I'm not sure how "aspirational" stuff compares to plain old stuff, but you get the drift.
Still, such sardonic hints get swallowed up in lots of gee-whiz material about the show and its crew. The WashPo also covers The Price is Right's live show, which continues its endless journey though every town with an auditorium. All in all, TPiR showrunner Mike Richards can be very happy with the Washington Post's gift to his show.
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