As of 2017, CBS estimated he'd handed over at least $187,000. When a player earned their way out of Contestant's Row by making a perfect bid on an item, he'd give them $500 cash out of his own pocket.

Of course, Carey had his own fool-proof plan to engender goodwill. 'By January 2008, I was about $700,000 over budget!' he revealed, and with the network unwilling to fork over more cash, 'We went into a period where we were forced to use tougher games and smaller cars.'ġ7. I scheduled easy games with obvious right and wrong price combinations so that more contestants could go home as winners.' He just accomplished his mission a little too well. In a blog post, producer Roger Dobkowitz revealed that as viewers adjusted to a new host, he 'felt it was extremely important for the first couple of months of the show to have plenty of winners.' So, he shared, 'I completely ignored the prize budget for the first couple of months. One of those cues, a Nashville Brass-style country music piece, became the theme to Family Feud. The games got a bit easier with Carey's takeover in 2007, albeit, temporarily. Levinsky is credited on a 1972-1976 album of music cues for The Price is Right, which includes much of the shows music that is still heard today such as the showcase showdown and various car cues.

Price is right theme song