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Family Feud by Chico Alexander, GSNN

Air time: Check local listings or familyfeud.com
Host: Richard Karn

Champions: Arias (Erika, Valerie, Diane, Patrick Sr. & Patrick); $750

Challengers: Haslam (Sam, Tracey, Whitney, Ryan & Charles)

You're not seeing things. We put the Feud banner up in celebration of its seventh season renewal. Round 1 (7): a state that's too cold for a nudist to live. Sam gets Minnesota on the board, #7. Maine is up for Erika at #3. Valerie, though, hits top of the berg with Alaska. Rest of the team comes up with North Dakota, but alas, Richard's home state of Washington was not up there. The Haslams try Michigan for the steal. Not there! Arias scores 81. Other answers: Colorado, Nebraska, Connecticut.

Round 2 (6): something that might be hard to start. Tracey gets number one, car. Lawn mower and conversation also make the board. Arias try to steal with a diet. Yep. But easy to finish. The Arias are up to 156. Other answers: business/career, weed whacker.

Double round (full board): 100 men, something some women do way too fast. Whitney gets number one, talk. Also up: drive, shop, and get angry. The Arias can keep the shut out going with commitment. "Fall in love"... Count it! Arias are up to 264. Other answer:... make love.

Triple round (4): A bird that starts with the letter "P". Patrick Sr. gets #1, parrot. Rest of the champs take pelican, peacock, and pigeon for the win, 531-0.

Erika & Valerie will try again for the Fast Money. They come SO CLOSE! but only end up with 195 for $975 more, bringing their two day take to $1725.

The Price is Right by Chico Alexander, GSNN

Air time: 11am ET/10am CT on CBS (times vary by market)
Host: Bob Barker

Nice to have Rich back in full form. For a while, I heard some scratchiness, and I was starting to get worried.

One person who isn't scratchy at all (at least for the time being) is Jason Garcia, who picks up The Dink sailboat in round 1's one-bid. Now it's on to the big giant clock for the clock game. A chest and a pair of rockers can be his, as can $1000, if he thinks quick and acts quick. He does on both accounts to win the prizes and the cash.

He'll take on the final round winner Diana Essex, who gets lobbed by the ammo of a Lob-ster tennis machine after winning it. She makes her way up to the Money Game with a Ford Escape on the line. Unfortunately, she only makes $198.

First Showcase features Mrs. Montague as she takes in the opera with her new opera glasses... but is actually thinking about trips to London and Athens and a new Chrysler 300M. Jason keeps the prizes and bids $38,250. Actual retail price: $37,007. That was really close, but still over. If Diana doesn't overdo it on a year of tropical flowers, a living room group with carpeting, and a snowmobile, she'll be fine. Unfortunately, she does. Her bid: $17,000. ARP: $15,112.

Which makes today's big winner Capt. Marek Mirowicz, USMC. He wins a gas grill in round 5, and parlays a wok and a toaster into an electric scooter in Bonus Game. His total take: $5914.

Other winners:
Susan Frank: greenhouse; dining group, dinnerware, & stemware winning Bullseye
Nikita Willie: swivel bar console
Teresa Perry: day bed with mattress

Wheel of Fortune by Jason Block, GSNN

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

Time for the Thursday edition of "Great Outdoors Week" on WOF... The $1,000 Tossup is TITLE. Dave Robins is from Valencia, California. He solved DON'T FENCE ME IN for $1,000. He is retired from the state of California. Marci Greenberg is a realtor from Phoenix. Dietranette Johnson is a counselor at a group home from East Palo Alto, CA.

The $2,000 Tossup is PERSON. Dave is 2 for 2 with PRACTICAL JOKER. He is up to $3,000. He starts this round which is ON THE MENU...and a PRIZE PUZZLE as well. He hits and picks up the $1,000 Goode Ski Gift Certificate. He misses...over to Marci. She solves MACADAMIA COCONUT CAKE for $1,050. And you can eat that on the beaches of Hawaii. We start with $1,000 and a trip to the Outrigger Fairway Village worth $4,540. And if you have LB02592 you are off to the Big Island...that round was worth $5,590!

The Jackpot round is sponsored by lowermybills.com. The Prize added to the wheel...a trip to the Double J Ranch and Golf Resort (I found out later that it is located in Rothbury, MI--it's at http://www.doublejj.com) worth $4,000. Pat was wiping the pink fuzz off of his jacket (hard to explain to the wife). The category is BEFORE AND AFTER. Marci starts. She controls the wheel for the entire round and solves KERMIT THE FROG IN MY THROAT for $4,000. She has $9,590 in cash and prizes.

The mystery round prize is a 2005 Hyundai Accent worth $12,204...the category is HEADLINE. Dietranette finally gets a chance to start. She misses...over to Dave. He hits Lose A Turn...over to Marci. She hits the mystery wedge and four S...will she risk $5,100? Nope...takes the money and solves TAKE TWO! OSCAR WINNER JULIA ROBERTS HAS TWINS for $5,100. But they looked under the wedge...and it would have been the CAR! She isn't sad, as she in the lead with $14,690 in cash and trip to Hawaii!

The $3,000 tossup is up next. It's AROUND THE HOUSE. Dave sweeps the tossups with ARGYLE SOCKS. He has $6,000 in cash. He starts this round which is PHRASE. Dave misses...over to Marci who hits and picks up the
Michigan Dude Ranch trip. She hits and picks up the Sierra Trading Post $1,000 GC. She misses...over to Dietranette. Final Spin Time...$1,600 a
letter. Deitranette solves WHEN PUSH COMES TO SHOVE for $2,650! Everybody wins! Dave leaves with $6,000. But Marci is our big winner with $14,690 in cash and prizes.

But before Marci goes to Hawaii...can she win the bonus round? And maybe another fuzzy hug for Pat? Let's see...she lands on the U in BONUS. The category is ON THE MAP. With the normal 6 and her choices of MCDA...we have:

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For all you Nova Scotia residents...this would have been easy. It was HALIFAX. And she lost $25,000. But she will drown her sorrows on the beaches of Hawaii with a total of $14,690.

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire by Chico Alexander, GSNN

Check local listings or millionaireTV.com
Host: Meredith Vieira

The last time we met Kathleen Warnock of Astoria, NY, the editor was $200 richer and not a lifeline poorer. She is locked in with the $1000 easy. A gelding gets her 2. A compote gets her 4. Math gets her on the line with PAF Stewart for $8000. The square root of which of these numbers is considered an imaginary number? a) -1 b) 0 c) 1/2 d) 1. "It's -1. The definition is the square root of a negative number." He's right, you know, as Kathleen gets $8000.

At $16,000, the writers start to humor themselves. Everybody's favorite game show, "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire," shares its name with a song by what composer? The 50/50 leaves Jerome Kern and Cole Porter. Kathleen thinks that it's Cole Porter... and she can see the $25,000 question!

In 1999, NATO forces mistakenly bombed what country's embassy in Belgrade, Yugoslavia? a) Canada b) India c) China d) Brazil. Sixty-eight of every 100 audience member goes with China. AOL goes with China as well. She agrees... and she's up to $25,000!

For $50,000: What fabric's name comes from an old Persian phrase literally meaning "milk & sugar"? a) Seersucker b) Gossamer c) Corduroy d) Cashmere. Kathleen is leaning toward Gossamer, but she is worried about losing the wad. Technically, she can't. She switches the question... and the correct answer was A. New question: The father of tennis star Andre Agassi was a boxer in the 1948 and 1952 Olympics for what country? a) Egypt b) Greece c) Turkey d) Iran. Kathleen goes with D... "You have $50,000, Kathleen!"

For $100,000: What planet was once named "Georgium Sidus" in honor of England's King George III? a) Mercury b) Uranus c) Neptune d) Pluto. Mercury was the closest, but the feeling is not sure enough to warrant a guess. Kathleen walks with $50,000. Correct: B.

Next up, another Astorian Michael Nicholas, an aspiring actor. He secures $1000 and a spot on tomorrow's show.