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Article: Coreection: Lorena Riffo-Jenson
- Article from:
- Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
- Article date:
- July 24, 2007
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Four days after comic Drew Carey tipped off a couple hundred
critics that CBS was crossing t's and dotting i's on a deal for him
to host its daytime game show "The Price Is Right," the network made
it official.
Carey confirmed his new gig for the TV audience at large during
Monday's taping of David Letterman's CBS late-night show.
"I realize what a big responsibility this is," Carey said at that
taping, the Associated Press reported.
"It's only a game show, but it's the longest-running game show in
American television and I plan to keep it that way."
Carey's selection attracted more attention than usual for a
daytime show because retiring "Price Is Right" host Bob Barker had
spent 35 years ...