The Price Is Right Genre Game show Created by Bob Stewart Mark Goodson Bill Todman Directed by Marc Breslow (1972 -- 86) Paul Alter (1986 -- 2001) Bart Eskander (2000 -- 09) Rich DiPirro (2009 -- 11) Michael Dimich (2011 -- 12) Ryan Polito (2012 -- 13) Adam Sandler (2013 -- present) Presented by Bob Barker (1972 -- 2007) Drew Carey (2007 -- present) Nighttime: Dennis James (1972 -- 77) Bob Barker (1977 -- 80) Tom Kennedy (1985 -- 86) Narrated by Johnny Olson (1972 -- 85) Rod Roddy (1986 -- 2003) Rich Fields (2004 -- 10) George Gray (2011 -- present) Composer (s) Edd Kalehoff Country of origin United States Original language (s) English No. of seasons 46 No. of episodes 8,000 (as of April 7, 2014) Nighttime (1972 -- 80): 300 Nighttime (1985 -- 86): 170 Production Location (s) CBS Television City Running time 38 -- 48 minutes (1975 -- present) 22 -- 26 minutes (1972 -- 75; 1972 -- 80 Nighttime; 1985 -- 86 Nighttime) Production company (s) Mark Goodson - Bill Todman Productions (1972 -- 84) Price Productions (1972 -- 80 Nighttime; 1985 -- 86 Nighttime; 1972 -- 94) Mark Goodson Productions (1984 -- 2007) All American Television (1996 -- 98) Pearson Television (1999 -- 2002) FremantleMedia (2002 -- present) in association with CBS Distributor FremantleMedia for CBS Viacom Enterprises (1972 -- 80 Nighttime) The Television Program Source (1985 -- 86 Nighttime) Release Original network CBS Syndicated (1972 -- 80 Nighttime; 1985 -- 86 Nighttime) Picture format NTSC (480i) (1972 -- 2008) HDTV (1080i) (2008 -- present) Audio format Mono (1972 -- 88) CBS StereoSound (1988 -- 97) Digital Stereo (1997 -- 2013) 5.1 Surround (2013 -- present) Original release September 4, 1972 (1972 - 09 - 04) -- present Nighttime: September 10, 1972 (1972 - 09 - 10) -- September 13, 1980 (1980 - 09 - 13) (weekly) September 9, 1985 (1985 - 09 - 09) -- September 5, 1986 (1986 - 09 - 05) (daily) Chronology Preceded by The Price Is Right (1956 -- 65) Related shows The New Price Is Right (1994 -- 95) External links Website Production website
who is the host on the price is right
Drew Carey