Rich Fields - The Price Is Right

The Price Is Right

During a question-and-answer segment with then-announcer Johnny Olson at a taping of Price Is Right in 1978, Fields asked how he could get Olson's job. Olson brought Fields onstage and asked him to give an example of how he would call a contestant to "Come on down!"

In March 2004, while still working for KPSP, Fields auditioned for the announcing role on The Price Is Right that was vacated by the death of Rod Roddy. Occasionally, Fields delivered his weather forecasts for KPSP from the Price Is Right stage (Studio 33) at CBS Television City. On April 4, 2004, CBS announced that Rich Fields would become the show's new permanent announcer to replace Rod Roddy. Legendary show host Bob Barker introduced Fields to viewers nationwide on the episode that aired April 27 of that year.

In 2008, after Drew Carey took over the host position on The Price Is Right, Fields began to regularly appear on camera, interacting with Carey during the show. In that time, Fields appeared on camera more often than either of his predecessors during their tenures as announcer. By all accounts, fans agree that the time Fields and Carey worked together were some of the best shows during Carey's tenure as host and Carey seemed to be the happiest.

On July 16, 2010, Fields announced on his website (www.richfields.tv) that he would not be returning to The Price Is Right as the show's announcer. Fields was immediately picked up by CBS News and he is currently a meteorologist for the CBS owned and operated stations KCBS (CBS2) and KCAL9 in Los Angeles.