The Price Is Right Timeline

== Season 18 ('89-'90) ==

[http://tpirsummaries.8m.com/Calendars/Season_18_games.html Pricing game calendar for Season 18], hosted by Scorpz.


<u>'''Week 1 (733)</u>:''' September 11-15 

* On Monday show, Bob enters with Dian and Holly on his arms.
* On Monday show, Bob reads a telegram from Mark Goodson, who was out of the country on the day of taping.
* Monday show features the debut of Make Your Move.
* On Monday, Make Your Move is played for a car.
* On Monday, the original 3 Strikes bag is still in use.
* On Friday, the two Showcase Showdown winners have the same total winnings; a coin is flipped to determine which one will be designated the Top Winner in the Showcase.


<u>'''Week 2 (734)</u>:''' September 18-22 


<u>'''Week 3 (735)</u>:''' September 26, December 5, September 27-29 

* Originally scheduled for September 25-29.


<u>'''Week 4 (736)</u>:''' October 2-6 


<u>'''Week 5 (737)</u>:''' October 9-13 


<u>'''Week 6 (738)</u>:''' October 16-20 


<u>'''Week 7 (739)</u>:''' October 23-27 

* On Friday, Make Your Move is played for a car.


<u>'''Week 8 (740)</u>:''' October 30-November 3 

* Friday show features the final playing of The Phone Home Game.


<u>'''Week 9 (741)</u>:''' November 6-10 


<u>'''Week 10 (742)</u>:''' November 13-17 


<u>'''Week 11 (743)</u>:''' November 20-22 

* Thanksgiving week; only three shows.


<u>'''Week 12 (744)</u>:''' November 27-December 1

* On Friday, Super Ball!! is played for a car.


<u>'''Week 13 (745)</u>:''' December 4, 6-8 

* Only four shows; Tuesday has the delayed September 26 episode.


<u>'''Week 14 (746)</u>:''' December 11-15 

* Tuesday show features the debut of 2 for the Price of 1.
* After this Wednesday, Make Your Move is pulled from the pricing game rotation and is not played again for the rest of the season.
* On Friday show, the second Dice Game board is used for the first time.


<u>'''Week 15 (747)</u>:''' December 21 & 22 

* Only two shows, on Thursday and Friday.
* By the end of 1989, a flashy dollar sign has been added to Poker Game's price reveal prop.


<u>'''Week 16 (748)</u>:''' January 2-5 

* New Year's week; only four shows.


<u>'''Week 17 (749)</u>:''' January 8-12 


<u>'''Week 18 (750)</u>:''' January 15-19 


<u>'''Week 19 (751)</u>:''' January 22-26 


<u>'''Week 20 (752)</u>:''' January 29-February 2

* On Friday, the price tags in Most Expensive are still the same shade of blue as on the '86 Specials.


<u>'''Week 21 (753)</u>:''' February 5-9 


<u>'''Week 22 (754)</u>:''' February 12-16

* During Monday's credits, Rod announces that due to an unspecified "pricing error which may have affected the bidding," the Top Winner and the Runner-Up were both declared to have won the Showcase after the end of the taping.


<u>'''Week 23 (755)</u>:''' February 20-23 

* Only four shows; no Monday episode.
* Tuesday show is a half-hour episode.
* On Thursday, 5-digit Money Game reappears, no longer using the name "Big Money Game;" the contestant is now given the third number in the price at the start of the game instead of the last number.  The middle number is covered with a panel showing a Goodson-Todman asterisk.


<u>'''Week 24 (756)</u>:''' February 26-March 2 


<u>'''Week 25 (757)</u>:''' March 5-9 


<u>'''Week 26 (758)</u>:''' March 12-16 


<u>'''Week 27 (759)</u>:''' March 19-23 


<u>'''Week 28 (760)</u>:''' March 26-30 


<u>'''Week 29 (761)</u>:''' April 2-6 


<u>'''Week 30 (762)</u>:''' April 9-13


<u>'''Week 31 (763)</u>:''' April 16-20

* On Tuesday, Super Ball!! is played for a car.


<u>'''Week 32 (764)</u>:''' April 23-27 

* On this week's shows, "Summer Fun," the final Home Viewer Showcase, is presented.
* Oddly, Monday's show has no ticket plug, and Dig We Must is played at the end of the first Showcase Showdown; it is possible that the ticket plug was not done this week to make time for the Home Viewer Showcase.
* On Monday, Bonus Game is played for a car.
* By Monday, Grand Game is no longer using its "Ten Thousand Dollars" graphic.
* On Tuesday, Bullseye is played for a car.
* On Thursday, Squeeze Play is played for a car.


<u>'''Week 33 (765)</u>:''' April 30-May 4

* On Wednesday, models start auditioning for the newly-created position of fourth permanent Barker's Beauty.


<u>'''Week 34 (766)</u>:''' May 7-11 


<u>'''Week 35 (767)</u>:''' May 14-18 


<u>'''Week 36 (768)</u>:''' May 21-25 

* On Tuesday, Now....or Then is played for a car.
* On Friday, the winner and price of the Home Viewer Showcase are revealed.
* No fourth model is present on Friday, as the show was taped out of order with the Home Viewer Showcase week episodes.


<u>'''Week 37 (769)</u>:''' May 28-June 1 

* Season finale week.
* Summer reruns begin next Monday.
* On Tuesday, Kathleen appears for the first time as a try-out for the position of fourth Beauty.

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