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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

Burton is decked out luau-style because one of eight families can win up to $130,000 and a trip to Hawaii on Family Feud's annual winner-take-all Tournament of Champions! So far, the pot is at $50,000, and the Rambos await the winner of this one...

Stewart (Janet, Tolenia, Raymael, Sharon, Robert)

Abdullah (Abdullah, Gazi, Farouk, Waleed, Sami)

JACKPOT: $70,000

Round 1: something that could ruin a shopping trip to the mall (5). Janet's crying child gets #3, while Abdullah's car trouble is #2. Gazi tries forgetting his credit card (can't we all?)... It's number one! The guys also get rain, but this goes to the Stewarts for the steal. "The store's closed." Not there! The Abdullahs get 81. Other answer: no parking.

Round 2: people eat animals; an animal that's been known to eat people (5). Tolenia fires alligators... number 2! Farouk goes for lions... number 1! Bears, tigers, and sharks, oh my! The Abdullahs sweep for 166.

Double Round: a kind of workman everyone complains about (full board). Farouk gets #2, a construction worker. Abdullah gets #3, a trashman. Gazi gets #1, a plumber. It goes to the Stewarts, and they go with lawn "manicurists"... That's landscapers. Not there! The Abdullahs get 274! Other answers: TV repair person, mail carrier, police officer (said!)

Triple Round: the most important feature of an attractive face (4). The eyes have it as Sharon gets number one. We have smile.. the nose... and the cheeks give the Stewarts 288. No one has three, so we go to...

Sudden Death: a reason your car insurance rates go up. That's Sami. "Tickets!" [X]. Robert? "Accident." That does it. Stewarts win, 522-274.

Janet only gets 59 in her half of Fast Money, leaving Tolenia to do most of the grunt work. She gets the number one in "something men keep in the medicine cabinet" (shaving cream) and "besides Fred, something associated with the Flintstones" (Barney), but it isn't enough. Only $70,000 and a Hawaiian holiday in the pot. Tomorrow, it's the Rambos and the Stewarts for the championship!

Jeopardy! by Chico Alexander, GSNN

Air time: Check listings or jeopardy.com
Host: Alex Trebek

Jared Poppel (consultant from Bellevue, WA); $19,200

Pinki Mishra (consultant from Philadelphia)

Paul Callaway (software developer from Chicago)

We had a blast with the teens, but now it's back to the grown folk...

Jared starts the battle of the consultants with $200 College "N" Shots, but after a very fast start, it's Paul in the lead at the TV time out with $2800 to Pinki's $2400. Jared, not too far behind, with $1800.

Paul, with $5200, finds the Daily Double under $800 Tour de Lance. With a $1200 from second-place Jared, he bets $4000 on the two mountain ranges Lance raced through during the Tour de France. "What are the Alps and the Pyrenees?" Right for $9200. He leads going to the half with $10,200 to Jared's $6200. Pinki, at $2600, starts Double Jeopardy!...

... with $400 Must "T" TV. Last two categories in play are US Cities and Commies. Pinki finds the first Daily Double under $800 US Cities. She wagers $2500 on this: because malaria was still common in the south, the Communicable Disease Center was established in this city in 1946. "What is Atlanta?" Right on for $8300, but still a ways away from the lead. Pinki also finds the Daily Double under $1200. She has a chance now to move into second (which, in wagering, she opts not to take) as she bids $2900. The clue: he left Vietnam for Europe in 1911 & was a founding member of the French Communist Party. "... Not coming to me." It was Ho Chi Minh, sending Pinki down to $4200. She ends with that much, while Jared takes the lead from Paul with a runaway performance at $20,200. Paul now has $13,800.

Final Jeopardy! in "World Leaders": the first Prime Minister of his country to be born in that land, he was assassinated in 1995. Correct question: Who was Yitzhak Rabin?

The three either gave Gandhi (Jared and Pinki) or blanked out (Paul), but Paul only lost $500 to win the game with $13,300. Jared leaves with $21,200.

The Price is Right by Chico Alexander, GSNN

Air time: 11a ET/10a CT on CBS (markets may vary)
Host: Bob Barker

Maddison Hewitt, Laura Campbell, Kyle Ritsema, and Stephen Parry start the party off with a day sailer worth $2895. Maddison wins it, as she gets a shot at a pair of off-road motorcycles worth $4188. The game is bonus game, and here are the bonus prizes... a mini-washer marked at $50, a candlestick telephone marked $100, a toaster marked at $70, and a CD rack marked $20. She goes higher, lower, lower, higher, and only controls the mini-washer, the telephone, and the CD rack. But which window contains the bonus? It's... the mini-washer!

Corazon Cagungun is down and up thanks to a $1044 butcher block table. She's off by only $44, but that's Pocket Change compared to this Pontiac Grand Prix! Speaking of Pocket Change, Bob gives her a quarter to buy the car, but the price is jacked up to $1 after missing three times. The price: $23,816. In the first pocket: another quarter. In the second... another quarter. In the third... 50 cents! She wins the car!

Laura wins a $675 Playstation 2 package (12 games, two controllers, two memory cards and an Eye Toy). Now she tries for an HDTV and armoire playing the new Balance Game. We have $487, $1000, $2000, and $3000. Bob gives her $487... and he likes the sound effect so much, he does it again. She goes for $1000 and $3000. And she's... too light. Price: $5487.

Showdown number one, Corazon wins $1000 on the Big Wheel, but can't convert into the $10,000 extra. But she'll be back.

Kyle wins $806 worth of tailgating equipment, as he now tries for a riding lawn mower, a round crib, and a pair of electric guitars. Which is the most expensive? Kyle goes with the guitars. The lawn mower is $980. The crib is $2369. The guitars are.... $1748. Darn.

Lindsay Bartow gets an armoire in round 5, worth $1201, but what he'd really like is a Chrysler PT Cruiser. The game is Cover Up. The setup...

         7
       2 1
     6 8 9
   4 1 6 3
3 6 0 4 4
1 0 5 7 8

$2 5 4 1 0

The price is NOT $25,410. First try: $16,573... First three right. Next: $16,589. The nine is right. Finally, $16,529... RIGHT!

Last chance for the potentially hapless Stephen. And he takes full advantage of it, bidding $550 on a $550 wall clock. That gives him $500 more, and a chance at a trip to Canada if he wins Pick-a-Pair. The products: Hidden Valley Ranch dressing, Poligrip strips, Jelly Belly jellybeans, St. Joseph's Companion aspirin, Udderly Smooth foot cream, and Westbrae Natural salad beans. He goes for the dressing... $2.99. Now to the jellybeans... $2.99! He's a winner!

Another $1000 goes out the door at the Showcase Showdown after Kyle spins out the dollar. Bonus:... 75 cents. But still, it's enough to make it to the Showcase.

First up: a living room group with carpeting, travel books, and a trip to Antigua. Top winner Corazon passes to Kyle, who bids $15,250. Corazon, meanwhile, gets a visit from Felicity Freeloader, who wants a piece of her $1000, a kitchen with fridge/freezer, dishwasher, and range, and a Chevy Equinox. She tags it all at $17,000. Actual price: $26,939, a difference of $9939. Kyle's actual price: $16,313. With a difference of $1063, Kyle wins the Showcase with $18,119 in cash and prizes. But with the earlier car win, Corazon is today's big winner with $25,860.

Stats: 4-2, $73,290.

Wheel of Fortune by Jason Block, GSNN

Air time: Check listings or wheeloffortune.com
Hosts: Pat Sajak & Vanna White

On this President's Day, "Welcome Aboard" to another week of WOF fun and excitement from Ft. Lauderdale, FL!

The $1,000 Tossup is PHRASE. Joanne Floyd is from Philadelphia. She solved FULL STEAM AHEAD for $1,000. Danielle Healy is from Morris Plains, NJ. She is an account manager who loves to dance. Jonathan Schwartz is from Miami.

The $2,000 Tossup is PHRASE. Joanne is up to $3,000 with TELL IT LIKE IT IS. And we add a Royal Caribbean Cruise on the Voyager of the Seas worth $4,000! The category for this round is THING....and it's a PRIZE PUZZLE. She starts. She hits a $2,500 H. She hits and picks up the Free Spin. And she solves THE STATEN ISLAND FERRY for $4,550. And you can ride it in my home town of New York City! You will be staying at the Roosevelt Hotel and a Broadway show from broadway.com. It's worth $5,400. And if you have DK06457 you are off to the Big Apple...and if you have the Sony Card, you have $50,000 in cash! That round was worth $9,950...and it;s been all Joanne so far with a total of $12,950!

The jackpot round is sponsored by Worldwinner.com. The category is ON THE MENU. Danielle gets her shot at the wheel. She hits the $1,000 4thebeach.com Gift Tag. She misses a vowel...over to Jonathan. He hits the $1,000 Ricardo Beverly Hills 4 Piece Luggage Gift Tag. He solves ICEBERG WEDGE WITH BLUE CHEESE DRESSING for $2,250 in cash and prizes.

The mystery round prize is $10,000. The category is SAME NAME. Jonathan starts. After a lot of work, he loses $3,000 on Bankrupt. Over to Joanne, who hits and picks up the Royal Caribbean Cruise. She solves OCEAN & TRASH CAN LINER for $300. She has $4,300 in cash and the cruise. She is up to $17,250 in cash and trips.

The $3,000 Tossup is OCCUPATION. Joanne sweeps the tossups with SINGING WAITER. She has $20,250 and starts this round which is FICTIONAL PLACE. She misses, but uses the Free Spin. After a lot of work, she loses $3,800 on Bankrupt. Over to Danielle who solves THE LOST CITY OF ATLANTIS for $1,500. Everyone is on the board and we have time for another round...

...which is TITLE, but we go right into the FINAL SPIN, which is $1,900 a letter. Danielle solves GULLIVER'S TRAVELS for $7,600 and leaves with $9,100. Jonathan leaves with $2,250 in cash and prizes. But Joanne is $20,250 richer and our big winner.

Joanne is going to NY and the Caribbean, but has to disembark at the bonus round first. She lands on the 4th 0 in $100,000. Her category is PERSON. With the RSTLNE we have:

_ _ R T _ _ _ _
_ _ _

She picks BGMO and we have:

B _ R T _ _ _ _
B O _

And she sounded it out and she knew that I was a BIRTHDAY BOY last week and adds $25,000 in bonus cash. She leaves with $45,250 in cash and trips! Great way to start the week!

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire by Don Harpwood, GSNN

Air time: Check listings or millionairetv.com
Host: Meredith Vieira

Time to get out a big bowl of popcorn, and see how much you know about movies! That's right; it's Million Dollar Movie Week on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire!

First up this week is Brian Miller (Baldwinsville, NY). He worked in a video store since he was young, and now, not only is he a manager at that store, he is also a movie critic at a local radio station. Sounds like he should know his stuff about movies, so this should be a good one. Brian starts by knowing that King Kong is a gigantic ape (it seems rather cruel to suggest Snow White before her coffee as a suggestion to be a gigantic ape). He sweeps the lower tier, as expected, then after a couple more questions (one of which was accompanied by a clip from a movie; in the case of the $2,000 question here, the movie was "Finding Nemo"), he faces this...

[$8,000]
In the 1999 cult film "Office Space," what malfunctioning piece of office equipment meets an untimely end?
A: Speakerphone
B: Photocopier
C: Fax machine
D: Printer

The 50:50 leaves B and D. That didn't help, so Brian calls his friend Rick, and he's 70% sure that it's B. Brian goes with it... but he's wrong! It's D! Darn. Well, he does take home $1,000 for his efforts.

Next in the hot seat is Austin Kennedy (Andover, MN). He once slept in line for 4 days to see a movie. Not surprisingly, the movie in question was "Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace." To further prove that he's a Star Wars fan, when he was young, he once got in trouble for talking about it too much in school. Yeah. (At this point, Meredith mentions that every player this week will get a free 1-year subscription to Netflix, and each audience member will get a free 3-month subscription. Isn't that nice of them?) Anyway, Austin starts by knowing that at the end of "Casablanca," Rick tells Ilsa, "We'll always have Paris." He gets through the lower tier, then after a couple more (including a $4,000 question with a clip from "Young Frankenstein"), he gets to this...

[$8,000]
Which of these actresses did not appear in the 1997 movie "Soul Food"?
A: Nia Long
B: Regina King
C: Vivica A. Fox
D: Vanessa Williams

The 50:50 leaves B and D. Austin says B... and he's right! Moving on...

[$16,000]
Bernard Herrmann's score for what Hitchcock movie features only stringed instruments?
A: Vertigo
B: Psycho
C: The Birds
D: North By Northwest

Austin thinks about it for a bit, as he has the soundtracks to all but C, but he then decides to call a fellow film geek, Scott. Scott guesses A. Austin thinks about it for a bit more, then says he's actually leaning towards B. He goes against his friend, saying B... and it's B! He then easily gets $25,000 on a "Pulp Fiction" question!

There's the horn. Austin will return tomorrow to hopefully add to that $25,000.

By the way, all week, you can go to www.netflix.com/Millionaire and enter a sweepstakes, where you can win one of five 20" widescreen LCD TVs (w/built-in DVD player). One of 'em will be given away each day. Oh, and this contest is for U.S. residents only. (Darn. Another contest I can't enter because of where I live.)