My inside sources say that right now the ball is in the producers’ court to figure out a way to deliver THE GATES to CBS on effectively a barter basis that will include the purchase of spots elsewhere across the Paramount Global platforms.  It’s essential how P and G did business with CBS during the glory days of daytime.  CBS had inventory to sell on their own while P and G maintained premium positions and billboards.  Given the uncertainty attached to the potential acquisition of Skydance don’t expect an immediate decision.  It’s also entirely possible they will find another option such as an hour of CBS News 24/7, akin to what NBC did to replace Days. 

But I promise you—whatever they do, it won’t be a game show

I can't even imagine what they were thinking advertising the Davidson version as having a "new host." They had to have known that Bob, between his ego and his "try-and-fire-me" attitude, would not react well to that.

My understanding from executives who built the sales plan is that a one hour version would have had limited ratings upside since the reality is you cannot clear a one hour strip on network affiliated stations in prime access nationwide.  In central time zone markets, particularly larger ones like Chicago and St. Louis, only a half -hour exists on most big three affiliates. And unlike Feud, which was offered in modular versions to accommodate those situations, Price’s structure made that option impossible. 

Once NBC offered up its prime real estate in LA, any thoughts of an hour were scrapped.  And they did not want Barker. 

This may be why on Family Feud, when Bob Barker was on with Doug, he endorsed Doug hosting the syndicated run... they may not have settled on the format yet. It was only when the show was being promoted as "the new" version, and gave some viewers the impression that the daytime run was going away that Bob, on two occasions, cleared up that the daytime run wasn't going anywhere, and also, with Rod stating "This IS The Price is Right, Bob." clearly stated how the daytime staff felt about the syndicated version.

Can't say that I am. Sorry!