Variety - Los Angeles, CA, USA - Drew Carey has no problem recognizing the star of "The Price Is Right."

"It's the contestant, not the game, not the host. It's that person up there on the stage who goes on a journey, and the audience is right there with them," Carey says. "The host is just the guide. All I have to do is just show up in a good mood and be nice to everybody."

Just being modest? Sure. Carey has stepped in quite nicely actually, having the pressure to fill the shoes for icon Bob Barker, who retired last year amid tremendous fanfare. Ratings for the daytime

The Plain Dealer - cleveland.com - Cleveland, OH, USA - CBS is calling on old Brooklyn native Drew Carey for some prime-time help during the May sweeps period, when ratings determine how much stations can charge for advertising.

The network has ordered four more evening editions of Carey's daytime game show, "The Price is Right.'' The four "The Price is Right Million Dollar Spectacular'' specials will air at 8-9 p.m. Wednesdays on WOIO Channel 19.

Prime-time "Price is Right'' specials have been ratings winners for CBS on Fridays.

Carey took over as the host of "The Price is Right'' in October, replacing Bob Barker.

AXcess News - Georgetown, KY, USA - CBS has confirmed that it is in talks with comedian Drew Carey as a possible host for it's long-running daytime game show, The Price is Right, which was hosted for eons by Bob Barker who is retiring. But in the running for the host spot is Rosie O'Donnell, but between the two stars it might come down to the Right Price as to who will replace Barker.

Bob Barker retired from the Price is Right in May after 35 years as the game show's host and finding his replacement has been a challenge, says CBS Entertainment President Nina Tassler.

Orlando Sentinel - Orlando, FL, USA - CBS was way out in front Wednesday night, winning every time slot. The network's trio of victors: "Power of 10" with 8.4 million, "Criminal Minds" with 8.5 million and "CSI: NY" with 8.9 million. Drew Carey (pictured) hosts "Power of 10," and no wonder that man is laughing. Life is good, with his gigs at "Power of 10" and "The Price Is Right."

CBS averaged 8.6 million in prime time, and it seems likely that "Power of 10" will be the first sub when a CBS series falters this fall.

The rest: NBC with nearly 6 million, ABC and Fox with 3.8

New York Post - New York, NY ,USA - Drew Carey could end up pulling double duty as the host of "The Price is Right" and "Power of 10."

Game show guru Michael Davies told the industry trade magazine, Broadcasting and Cable, that Carey's "Price" schedule wouldn't keep him from hosting "Power" if it gets picked up again.

Davies, who also produces "Who Wants to be a Millionaire," created CBS's "Power of 10." CBS recently ordered four new episodes of the quiz show.

"I'm very optimistic that this will be a staple on the network in the future," he said. "But we just got a pickup, so it's not like I've called

New York Post - New York, NY, USA - DREW Carey flashed the kind of audience pull this week that will make CBS think it made the right choice naming him the new host of the "The Price Is Right."

The Carey-hosted game show, "Power of 10, a short-run summer replacement, drew more than 9 million viewers in its first night.

The show awarded $1 million to its very first contestant, 19-year-old Upper Montclair, N.J. college student Jamie Sadler.

"Power" also won its timeslot (8-9 p.m.) among younger viewerss - unusual for a game show, which generally skews older.

The show's solid opening numbers bode well for Carey's next job as host of

BuddyTV - USA - The new primetime game show, Power of 10, will premiere in CBS tonight at 8pm ET/PT, with Drew Carey as its host. The 49-year-old comedian and actor, known for his work on the American version of Whose Line is it Anyway?, will be giving contestants the chance to win $10 million by asking them five percentage-related questions created from public-opinion poll's results. The game proved interesting enough for Carey to return to television.

"I would have been quite happy to never, ever be on another TV show," Carey said, "but this sounded so interesting to me, I said I'd

Cleveland Plain Dealer - Cleveland, OH, USA - Iwas talking to - Name drop! Name drop! - Drew Carey the other day. The Cleveland comedian asked why so many American sportswriters hate soccer and want David Beckham to fail?

Beckham, of the "Bend It Like Beckham" Beckhams, is scheduled to play his first game for the Los Angeles Galaxy of Major League Soccer tonight in a "friendly" (exhibition game) against Chelsea, although a left ankle injury could sideline him.

Carey wasn't talking about me, although he could have been at one time. I was converted at the World Cup in 1994, the first one to be held in America, soccer

Globe and Mail - Canada - Television recycles ideas, but rarely talent.

The trend in recent years toward reality-TV and younger-skewed programming has turned TV into a talent turnstile: every season introduces a new crop of people, who flare brightly, briefly, then drop off the face of the earth. Every so often, though, it’s nice to see a familiar face.

The first week of the TV critics tour saw a select few blasts from the past. Among the most notable, the incoming fall season will see the TV return of Jimmy Smits, a fine actor best known to viewers from several seasons on NYPD Blue. Smits stars in

KESQ - Palm Desert, CA, USA - A top executive for CBS says the company is negotiating with comedian Drew Carey to host "The Price is Right," but is still considering other candidates to succeed Bob Barker.

CBS Entertainment President Nina Tassler says hopefully they'll make a decision soon.

She says they are in talks with Carey but that it would be, quote "stupid for us not to be in talks with Drew."

Carey starred on the ABC comedy "The Drew Carey Show" from 1995-2004. He is set to host the CBS prime-time game show "Power of 10," which premieres August Seventh.

Barker announced last October he would retire in June

Associated Content - Denver, CO, USA - Drew Carey has only been a game show host for a very short time and he has yet to make his television debut as a game show host, yet Carey is the hottest name out there to replace Bob Barker as the host of "The Price is Right."

Carey has been taping shows as host of the new CBS game show "The Power of Ten." This game show has contestants guessing what percentage of Americans act or feel a certain way. "The Power of Ten" will debut August 7th.

Carey already has a relationship with CBS as the host of his new

Variety - USA - Drew Carey, come on down! You're the next contender to replace Bob Barker as host of "The Price is Right."

CBS and producer FremantleMedia North America have talked to the comic about hosting the long-running daytime gameshow, people familiar with the situation said. Eye already has a relationship with Carey, who's been tapped to host the net's upcoming primetime quizzer "Power of 10" (Daily Variety, March 21).

Nothing's been decided about who ultimately will inherit Barker's skinny microphone, however. Carey is one of several people who have been mentioned as candidates, including Rosie O'Donnell and George Hamilton.