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100 Mexicanos Dijeron by Jason Hernandez, GSNN

Air time: 7p ET/6p CT on Telefutura
Host: Marco Antonio Regil
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Family Feud by Chico Alexander, GSNN

Air time:  Check listings or familyfeud.com
Host: Richard Karn
Hermosillo (Kathy, Leslie, Jeremy, Daniel, Tina); $690
Wordlaw (Birlus, Erica, Deborah, Craig, Kent)

Round 1: 100 married women, if you didn't cook for your husband, what would he do? (5). Birlus complains, and it's only #4. Kathy has corn flakes... count it with cook for himself for #1! Eat out, starve, and go to mom's sweep for 98.

Round 2: something first-time parents are surprised their baby does so much (6). Eats beats talks, 5 to 6, as Leslie wins the faceoff. Daniel sleeps for #3, while Tina cries for #1. The Wordlaws steal with "poop" for 67. Other answer: laughs/smiles.

"I'm doubling the points!": a movie monster you think could take Dracula in a fight (6). Deborah gets #2, Frankenstein. Kent gets Jason, #6, while Birlus gets a werewolf, #4. Freddy Krueger is #5, but that's it for the challengers. The Hermosillos raise hell with Hellraiser for the steal. Not there, the Wordlaws get 153! Number one: Godzilla (said by Richard). Other answer: King Kong (also said by Richard).

"I think I'll triple the points!": an animal that begins with "W" (4). Daniel is the walrus... coo coo ka-choo... it's #1. A whale, a wolf, and... a woodpecker? The Wordlaws hope so. Not there! The Hermosillos win, 320-153. Other answer: wallaby.

Daniel gets benched as Jeremy and Tina take on the Fast Money board. Fast Money board, 2. Hermosillo family, 0. They win $520 for a two-day total of $1110.

 
Jeopardy! by Chico Alexander, GSNN

Air time:  Check listings or jeopardy.com
Host: Alex Trebek
Tom Kavanaugh (writer from St. Louis); $94,201, five days
Craig Smith (musician from Maylene, AL)
Stephanie Lutz (translation coordinator from Philadelphia)

I got myself a new cappy card, and if Tom wins $100,000+ today, I'll actually get to use it!  He starts with $200 Star Wars... and no, George Lucas isn't involved. So far, it's Tom's game with $4000 to Stephanie's $1800 and Craig's $1200 at the TV time out.

Craig finds the Daily Double under $600 National Parks. He bets $1500 on this: at over 1.3 acres, it's the largest subtropical preserve in North America. "What is... What are the Everglades?" Right for $4100. He ends with that while Tom forges ahead with $6600. Stephanie, with $2800, is still in this as she heads into Double Jeopardy!...

... with $400 Adjectival Endings. Hop over to $1200 Louis, Louis for the Daily Double, first of two. Tom leads by $900. He'll bet $2200. In 1916, Woodrow Wilson appointed this "people's attorney" to the Supreme Court. "Who is Brandeis?" Right on for $10,000. Going over to $2000 Literary Rock & Roll for the second Daily Double. Tom bets $2600 on this: Samuel Taylor Coleridge's poem about this title man inspired the song "Xanadu" by Rush. "What is Kublai Khan?" Right for $17,000. And at the end of the round, it's Tom's game to lose with $18,600 to Craig's $8100 and Stephanie's $4800.

Final Jeopardy! in "Religious Personalities": in the 56 years from 1948 to 2004, he appeared 48 times on the Gallup Poll's annual "most admired" lists. Correct question: Who is Billy Graham?

The men are right, as Tom goes over the century mark with $114,201. Now it's onto $200,000...

 
The Price is Right by Chico Alexander, GSNN

Air time:  11a ET/10a CT on CBS (markets may vary)
Host: Bob Barker
Christopher Prehu, Julie Johnson, Rachel Morrison, and Rebecca Bazner start the show with snowboarding equipment. Rachel wins it and a chance at a trip to Portugal. The setup: 71402. The Army wife takes out the 1.... Should've taken out the 0. Price: $7142.

Julie wins a Grecian chest in round 2. Next up... a set of bowls & vases, a DirecTV system... and a 2006 Chrysler PT Cruiser! The game is Master Key, and Julie wins key #4 with a toiletry bag. But where does it go? The serveware? No... The satellite receiver? Yep...

Troy Pollet, either a player of tennis for USC or a really big fan, gets a motorcycle in round 3. But what goes better with a motorcycle than money? Ten large is waiting in the Grand Game. Target price: $4.00. The products: French's french-fried onions, Glad press'n seal, Healthy Choice soup, David sunflower seeds, Fisher mixed nuts, and CLR remover. He takes the seeds... $1.09! He takes the onions... $ 3.05! He takes the soup... $1.99! He takes the chance with the nuts... $6.49. So no money. And no money at the wheel either, as Julie takes a spot in the Showcase.

Rebecca, a birthday girl, starts out the second half with some cookware, and she just might take home a Gemcar if she doesn't go Bonkers. The setup: 3257. Unfortunately, in 30 seconds of running and buzzing... she does go bonkers. She would've won if she went high, high, high, low. The price was $7695.

Christopher, a Long Beach State wakeboarder, gets a night-vision set. Hopefully that'll come to some use with a cotton candy cart, a dinette, and a banjo. The game is Barker's Markers, and the prices are $2080, $2717, $1408, and $3319. He marks the first three, and of those, $1408 goes with the cotton candy cart, and $2717 goes with the dinette. Is the banjo $2080 or should he switch it to $3319? He keeps it... and he should've switched. Guess that $500 wasn't meant for him anyway.

Finally, Katherine Kirksey, who arrived at round 4, wins three sport tubes. Can she finally convert into a win? She'll get a 2006 Ford Focus if she does. She plays Money Game with this board:
90  45  19
71  18  20
50  34  85

Middle number is 7. She picks 18 first... $18. She picks 19... we have a $19,700+ car! She picks 45... $45 more. She picks 34... and saves the day from a washout with a $19,734 car! But it's Christopher who takes on Julie in the Showcase.

First up: how the rock band PIR got its start... with a recliner, a bar set, an HDTV, and a 2006 Ford Explorer! Julie bids $28,000. Christopher gets a new game room with Tokyo Cop arcade game, a billiards table, a Coke machine, and a catamaran. He bids $11,000. Actual price: $18,985, $7985 difference. Julie's actual price: $41,923. She's off by a country mile as Christopher takes today's crown and $20,295.

BUT the big winner today is the only winner, Katherine, with $20,632.

Stats: 1-4-1, $50,614.

 
Wheel of Fortune by Jason Block, GSNN

Air time:  Check listings or wheeloffortune.com
Hosts: Pat Sajak & Vanna White
Time for the Thursday edition of "Guilty Pleasures" Week... The $1,000 Tossup is FUN AND GAMES. Aleks Ridge from Urbandale, IA quickly solved TRUTH OR DARE for $1,000. Robert Holman is a stay at home dad from Arizona. Rachel Jones is from Da Bronx, NY. She is an
analyst for a publishing company.

The $2,000 Tossup is OCCUPATION. Rachel is on the board with STOCKBROKER. We add a trip to Amsterdam from NWA WorldVacations worth $6,100! Rachel starts this round which is BEFORE AND AFTER. Rachel controlled the wheel for the entire round and solved HIGH DEFINITION TV DINNER for $4,150. She has $6,150.

The jackpot round is sponsored by Tums Smoothies Cocoa and Cream Antacid Tablets. The category is PHRASE...and it's a PRIZE PUZZLE. Aleks gets her shot at the wheel. She hits the Jackpot wedge on her first spin, but of course can't solve. She misses a vowel...over to Robert. He hits the $1,000 Mrs. Fields cookies and milk package. He picks it up but hits
lose a turn...over to Rachel. She hits and picks up the $1,000 Sharper Image gift tag. She calls a vowel on the board, over to Aleks who solves WAKE UP AND SMELL THE COFFEE for $900. And of course, some great coffee is in Hawaii! It's a trip to the Outrigger Kiahuna Plantation resort in Kauai worth $4,640! And if you have SR10257...you are off to Kauai! That
round was worth $5,540...and she has $6,540 in cash and trip to Kauai!

The mystery round prize is $10,000 and the category is RHYME TIME. Robert starts. He misses... over to Rachel. She misses...over to Aleks...over to Robert...who hits the mystery wedge and 5 letters...he will not risk $5,000...but misses a vowel...back to Rachel. She misses again...back to Aleks who solved A FRIEND IN NEED IS A FRIEND IN DEED for $1,400. She now has $7,940.

The $3,000 Tossup is AROUND THE HOUSE. Aleks is up to $10,940 with EMERY BOARD. Aleks starts this round with THINGS. She hits $20,000 in S's...but loses $20,600 on Bankrupt. Over to Robert who solves PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS for $2,000. But we have time for another round....

...which is EVENTS. Robert starts. He misses and we get to the FINAL SPIN. $1,300 a letter tonight. And Aleks solves BLIND DATES with $1,300. She wins $12,240 in cash and trips. Robert leaves with $2,000. Rachel leaves with $6,150.

Will Aleks end tonight with a bonus round win? She lands on the $. Her category tonight is THING. With the RSTLNE we have:

_ _ _
S T _ B

She picks BDMA and we have:

_ A _
S T _ B

She didn't know PAY STUB. And she didn't get paid with her bonus prize (I missed it) and she leaves with $12,240 in cash and Hawaii trips.
 
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