Comments for the Week of September 22-26

Biggest winner this week: Steven Whisler ($44,601) (September 23) Previous time the six Pricing Games played on Monday's episode appeared on a season premiere: Bargain Game: Season 24 (also appeared on the first aired episode of Season 36) Freeze Frame: Season 40 Time is Money: Season 32 One Wrong Price: Never Any Number: Season 36 (also appeared on the first aired episode of Season 42) Cliff Hangers: Season 21 (also appeared on the first aired episode of Season 36) On Monday, Bargain Game was played for two cars for the first time ever. It was also the first time a Pricing Game (besides Triple Play) was played for multiple cars since a twins themed episode on March 21, 2012. Based on the available information, Plinko was played for the 1000th time in daytime history on Tuesday's episode. Plinko is the twelfth Pricing Game (and the most recently created Pricing Game) to reach the mark. Also on Tuesday, Check-Out was won by a difference of only 1¢. That was the closest win in this game since a $0 difference on July 4, 2008. On Wednesday, the car in Card Game was underbid by $4,415. That was the largest miss in this game since February 2, 2007 ($4,875). The biggest miss in the past 12 seasons was $5,690 on May 23, 2006. Cover Up was the only car game won this week. Last time Cover Up prevented a week from being skunked - Week 35 of Season 40. This was the third straight season where the first production week only featured one car game win.

Comments for the Week of September 29-October 3

Biggest winner this week: Elisa Long ($48,789) (October 3) It was a very good week in terms of Pricing Game wins - 18 games were outright won, while another 3 were at least partially won. On Tuesday, $4,000 was won in Let 'em Roll - the most cash won in this game since $4,500 was won on November 22, 2011. On Wednesday, Time is Money was played sixth for the first time ever (including playings in Season 32). Time is Money has now been played in every single slot except first. On Friday, 2 for the Price of 1 was played for a car and was won. That snapped a six gamestreak where the game had been lost when it was played for a car. The last time a car had been won in this game was February 28, 2007. None of the one bids offered on the Wednesday, Thursday and Friday episodes were won by the contestant at the green podium. That's a pretty lengthy losing streak - 88% of the episodes that have aired since the start of Season 35 have had at least one win from the contestant at the green podium. There have been 5 perfect bids in the one bids so far this season. At that pace, there will be 95 perfect bids this season - more than double the mark set last season (47).

Comments for the Week of October 6-10

Biggest winner this week: Lydia Villanueva ($55,302) (October 9) Not only was Lydia this week's biggest winner, she was also the first Double Showcase Winner of the season. Not bad for a contestant that was the last person called to Contestant's Row. In fact, prior to this week, the previous time a contestant called ninth went on to win both Showcases was December 20, 2002. (The information used to determine this stat was obtained from the Price is Right Double Showcase Winner Database.) On Monday, Mildred won Cover Up by using the maximum five tries. Since the start of Season 31, Cover Up has gone the distance three times, with the contestant winning the car all three times. The target price in Monday's playing of Grand Game was $11.00 - the first time the target was above $10 since April 11, 2012. Overall, since the start of Season 32, the target price has been $10 or more eight times (with the highest being $13.00 on May 18, 2009). The game has a record of 2-6 in these eight playings. Also on Monday, Zackery won Pocket ¢hange even though the car was priced at $1.75. That ties the December 8, 2005 playing for the highest car price ever won. (Pocket ¢hange has never been won when the car was priced at $2 or higher.) In winning the car, Zackery accumulated $1.80 in pocket change (the highest total since May 17, 2013) and picked the 75¢ card (for the first time since May 17, 2013). On Tuesday, Grocery Game was played second for the first time since April 19, 2010. On Wendesday, Abby managed to spell "CAR" in Spelling Bee twice (once with a "CAR" card and once with "C", "A" and "R" cards). Abby was the fifth contestant since the start of Season 32 to achieve this feat. On Thursday, Danger Price was played first for the first time since January 11, 2013. Overall, Danger Price has led off a show only twice since the start of Season 37. This was also the first time since April 30, 2013 where a four prize game had been played first. On Friday, Hi Lo was played for a car for the tenth time since the start of Season 29. The car was won only once in these 10 playings - on February 17, 2012. The $35.57 box of Allegra, offered in Hi Lo, appears to be the most expensive grocery product ever used in daytime history. At least one out of the first four contestants have failed to win their way up on stage in 12 out of the 15 episodes this season (80% of episodes). By comparison, only 49% of episodes featured at least one contestant spending the entire episode in Contestant's Row.

Comments for the Week of October 13-17

Biggest winner this week: Vanessa Ansoorian ($81,212) (October 16) - Vanessa is 32nd $80,000+ winner in daytime history. Second biggest winner this week: Jacob Caughey ($58,680) (October 13). On Monday, Jacob won Lucky $even with $5 to spare - the most impressive win since at least Season 32. (The next best win would be a win with $4 to spare on January 9, 2007.) Jacob also got three numbers exaclty right in Lucky $even. Since the start of Season 30, that's only happened one other time (November 14, 2002. In that playing, the contestant missed the second digit by $5, then went on to get the last three digits exactly right.) This was also Lucky $even's first win since April 1 of last season. That snapped a twelve game losing streak for this game. On Tuesday, the $5,000 range card was drawn in Card Game for the first time since April 6, 2007. Tuesday's playing was the fifth time the $5,000 range card has been drawn. Unfortunately, Tuesday's playing was also the first time the game was lost when the $5,000 card was drawn. 13 cards were drawn in this week's playing of Card Game. That ties the March 27, 2009 playing for the most draws in a playing since at least Season 32. Also on Tuesday, Jackie won the Showcase Showdown despite being the first spinner and despite only spinning 50 cents. That's the lowest winning score for the first spinner since the start of Season 41. (Previous low during this span was 55 cents on June 17, 2014.) On Wednesday, a contestant declined to use their second chance in Switcheroo for the first time since February 2, 2010. (Overall, since the start of Season 32, only three contestants have not used their second chance.) On Thursday, One Away was won for the first time since March 6, 2014. The win snapped an eight game losing streak for this game. Thursday was also the first episode this season that did not offer at least one television as a prize. On Friday, It's in the Bag was lost on the first bag. Last time that's happened: January 24, 2013. The average Showcase value so far this season is $30,783 - so far that's well ahead of last season ($26,816). The average number of Showcase overbids is also lower so far this season (20.0% compared to 30.7% last season).

Comments for the Week of October 20-24

Biggest winner this week: Eliot Didonato ($59,187) (October 20) A couple of winning streaks were snapped this week. On Tuesday, Flip Flop was lost for the first time since May 26, 2014, snapping a six game winning streak. Then, on Friday, Switch? was lost for the first time since May 27, 2014, snapping a five game winning streak for this week. This week's results were definitely below the impressives numbers that were achieved in the first 20 episodes of this season: Average daytime winnings - First 20 Episodes: $77,890 - This week: $62,214. Pricing Game winning percentage - First 20 Episodes: 45.8% - This week: 26.7% Cars won - First 20 episode: 23/63 (36.5%) - This week: 2/15 (13.3%) Card Game was the only car game that was won this week. Last time Card Game saved a week from having no car game wins: Week 6 in Season 40. On Wednesday, Gloria won $5,000 in Let em Roll. That's the most cash won in this game since $5,000 was won on January 24, 2012. (The most cash ever won in this game is $5,500.) On Thursday, the selling price of the car in Pocket ¢hange was $2.25. That ties the record for the highest car value in this game (it also happened on April 7, 2006 and March 10, 2011). Thankfully, no contestant has ever been unfortunate enough to raise the car price to $2.50 or the maximum $2.75. Friday's contestants were very polite. For the first time this season, no contestant bid $1 above a previous bid in any of the six one-bid rounds. Based on the available information, the overall daytime playings is currently 1514 for Most Expen$ive and 1513 for Double Prices. As a result, for the first time since Season 31, Most Expensive is the most frequently played Pricing Game in daytime history. This is the first time since Season 33 where Double Prices was not the most frequently played Pricing Game in daytime history. Based on season ending overall totals, the history of the most frequently played Pricing Games is: Any Number Seasons 1-6 Double Prices Seasons 7-18 Most Expensive Seasons 19-21 Range Game Seasons 22-29 Any Number Season 30 Any Number (tie) Most Expensive (tie) Season 31 Any Number Season 32 Double Prices Seasons 33-42

Comments for the Week of October 27-30

Biggest winner this week: Kerry Malonry ($34,907) (October 28) On Monday, Grocery Game was played for a car for the first time since May 10, 2012. Overall, Grocery Game has been played for a car ten times since Season 29 and has a record of 5-5 in these ten playings. On Wednesday, Shelley stopped the rangefinder in Range Game $335 from the bottom of the scale. That's the longest a contestant has waited to stop the rangefinder since at least the start of Season 32. (Previous high during this span: $320 on December 13, 2011 and March 30, 2012.) On Thursday, the rat in the middle lane won the Rat Race for the first time since July 4, 2013. Overall, the rat in the middle lane has won only 5 times in the game's history - the fewest wins out of the five lanes. (By comparison, the rate in Lane 1, the lane closest to the model at the start of the race, has won 20 times.) Also on Thursday, John was the first spinner in the Showcase Showdown and chose to spin again on a 65. Since Season 41, 20 contestants spinning first have spun again on a 65: -11 went over -3 improved their score, but still lost -4 improved their score, and won -1 improved their score, went to a spin-off, and won -1 landed on 35 on their second spin (for a 1.00 total), and won There were some very good Showcase bids this week - $536, $608, $849, $1,578, $2,072, $3,722, $4,778, $11,661. In other words, 7/8 contestants were less than $5,000 away, while 3/8 contestants were less than $1,000 away. (The average Showcase difference in the previous five weeks this season is $7,660.) (Excluding overbids)

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