Editing The Price Is Right (section)

==Lawsuits==
Since the mid-1990s, the program production company and in some cases the executive producer (both Bob Barker and Mike Richards, the executive producer from 2009 to 2019) have been sued by numerous women. Most of the lawsuits involved models and other staff members in cases of sexual harassment, wrongful termination and racial discrimination.<ref name="js-barker" /> Allegations of sexual harassment brought by Dian Parkinson led to Barker calling a press conference to admit a past consensual sexual relationship with her, while denying any harassment, explaining that she was only angry with him for calling off the relationship. Barker was widowed in 1981 following the death of his wife, Dorothy Jo, but was in a separate long-term relationship with Nancy Burnet (one that would continue until his death) during his affair with Parkinson.<ref name="larryking">{{cite episode
|title=Interview with Bob Barker
|series=[[Larry King Live]]
|network=[[CNN]]
|airdate=December 26, 2002
|url=http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0212/26/lkl.00.html
|access-date=February 10, 2016
}}</ref><ref name=bobsrelationships>{{Cite web |title=Bob Barker's Relationships: His Wife of 35 Years and GF of 40 Years |url=https://www.etonline.com/bob-barkers-relationship-timeline-from-his-35-year-marriage-to-dorothy-and-why-he-and-nancy-never |access-date=2023-08-30 |website=Entertainment Tonight |language=en-US}}</ref> It has also been alleged that Barker and senior staff created a [[hostile work environment]], particularly to those who testified for the plaintiffs suing Barker.<ref name="courttv" /> Responding to the controversy just before his retirement, Barker told William Keck of ''[[USA Today]]'', "They have been such a problem. I don't want to say anything about them. They [were] disgusting, I don't want to mention them."<ref name="usat-time">{{cite news|work=USA Today|title=The time is right for Barker|date=May 14, 2007|access-date=July 21, 2014|last=Keck|first=William
|url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/people/2007-05-13-bob-barker_N.htm}}</ref> The Barker-era lawsuits, except for one, were settled out of court. After Barker dropped his slander suit against Hallstrom, she eventually countersued and received millions in settlement.<ref name="plain-retire">{{cite news|url = http://www.cleveland.com/plaindealer/stories/index.ssf?/base/entertainment-0/1179312968209880.xml&coll=2|title = Right time for farewell: Specials mark end of career for game-show host Bob Barker|date = 19 May 2007|access-date = 28 May 2007|work = [[The Plain Dealer]]|last = Dawidziak|first = Mark|url-status = dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071014075049/http://www.cleveland.com/plaindealer/stories/index.ssf?%2Fbase%2Fentertainment-0%2F1179312968209880.xml&coll=2|archive-date = October 14, 2007|df = mdy-all}}</ref><ref name="courant-retire">{{cite news|url=http://www.courant.com/features/lifestyle/hc-bobbarker.artmay16,0,1891807.story?coll=hc-headlines-life |title=The Time Is Right: At 83, Barker Departs 'Price Is Right,' And CBS Reminiscences With Two Specials |date=May 16, 2007 |access-date=May 25, 2007 |author=Catlin, Roger |newspaper=[[Hartford Courant]]}}{{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> Former model Lanisha Cole filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against the show's producers in 2011; it was settled in 2013.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://patch.com/california/pasadena-ca/former-the-price-is-right-model-settles-in-sexual-hara32b7c9886|title = Former 'The Price is Right' Model Settles in Sexual Harassment Case|date = May 2, 2013}}</ref>

The lawsuits for ''Price'' affected the popular syndicated game show ''[[Jeopardy!]]'', as [[Mike Richards (television personality)|Mike Richards]] (who had been named host of the show before resigning in the span of nine days) was executive producer for ''Price'' from 2008 to 2019.  Richards returned to ''Price'' to assist in producing the Barker tribute in August 2023.