Wednesday show is the only episode to feature three cash games.
Wednesday show is the first three-car day since Roger's lineups ran out after the seventh week of Season 37.
On Wednesday, every game is played for either a car or cash three of each are used.
Wednesday's opening ends with, "You are the first four contestants on our special 7,500th episode of The Price Is Right!".
On Wednesday, the "40 Years" banner in the logo is replaced with a clapboard reading "7500th Show" in addition to the usual places, this logo appears during every commercial outro.
On Wednesday, the background on Door #4 is the 2001-2007 audience curtains.
On Wednesday, the dollar sign by George's podium reads "7,500th episode" instead of "40 Years".
It is also the earliest known correct on-air acknowledgment of the episode count.
Wednesday show is the 7,500th episode.
Additionally, the "40 Years" signs by the Big Doors temporarily change to the signs from the Season 39 premiere, relabeled for Season 40.
Beginning on Monday, several changes seen in Week 1, which was taped out of order, are temporarily undone these include the spinning dollar signs on the audience signs, the "40 Years" logos on the lights above the audience, the blue audience chairs (which go back to being red), and the color-coded light strips on the Big Doors and the Turntable.
On Friday, Spelling Bee is played for a restored 1956 Chevrolet 210.
On Tuesday through Friday, the last line of the opening spiel is, "It's the 40th season of The Price Is Right!".
On Monday, during the last commercial, everyone in the audience receives a copy of the Xbox 360 version of The Price Is Right Decades this also serves as the day's plug, as Drew instructs viewers to visit the website for a chance to win a copy of said game.
Beginning on Monday, the light strips on the Big Doors and the Turntable spend large portions of the show with the same colors as their respective doorframes' bases - purple for the Turntable wall, orange for Door #1, blue for Door #2, and green for Door #3.
On Monday, Win at Home's name is changed to "Play at Home.".
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On Monday, George's call-down windows and its dollar sign become silver.
On all shows this week, classic clips are shown while going into two of the commercial breaks.
On Monday, Race Game is played for four cars.
On Monday, the silver edges are removed from the Contestants' Row displays, and the green borders are enlarged additionally, a metallic base is placed underneath the displays.
This graphic is used in the opening, on Door #4, in the closed-captioning and consolation prize plugs, and during the mid-show bumper the logo also replaces the Season 36 logo on the lights in the ceiling.
On Monday, a "40 Years" logo is introduced with that text on a banner under the main logo the "40" spins into place on an animated Big Wheel.
Monday's opening spiel is, "Here it comes! From the Bob Barker Studio at CBS in Hollywood! It's the premiere episode of the 40th season of The Price Is Right!".
The latter change is not permanent at this point, as this week's episodes were taped out of order.
On Monday, the audience signs are moved from the rear wall to the new light strip, from which they hang in front of the back corners additionally, the dollar signs in the audience signs now rotate.
On Monday, the audience undergoes, for lack of a better term, a set change: The chairs change back to blue a strip of LED lights surrounds the audience, running around the top of Door #4 new curtains are introduced that are somewhat less pastel, although the basic colors remain the same the stairs in the back become black blue borders are placed on the floor along the aisles a gray backing is placed along the base of the rear wall, replacing at least one row of seats the raised stage is redone with a pattern resembling the front side of the spinning panel of the Turntable wall and the PA booth is extended to the rear right-hand corner, with a metallic Goodson-Todman asterisk reclaiming the spot it had once held before being covered with a curtain during Season 33.
On Monday, a new larger Door #4 is introduced.
On Monday, the opening shot changes to the "40 Years" sign near George's podium.
On Monday, the light border becomes silver additionally, its outer edges no longer obscure the audience, similar to how the original border appeared before the luma key was adjusted in the early '80's.
The set is decorated for the season premiere all week, the "40 Years" signs near the Big Doors and George's podium remain for the entire season.