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Family Feud by Chico Alexander, GSNN

Air time: Check listings or familyfeud.com
Host: Richard Karn
Siegel (Lezlie, Vanessa, Cody, Robert, Connie)
Roseli (Ricky, Christina, Myron, Julie, Joseph); $20,625, two days

Round 1: what should you always be on the lookout for when you're driving (7)? Lezlie gets #3, cops, but Ricky nails the top answer, pedestrians. The champs follow up with other drivers and red lights. The Siegels try to steal with animals... Got it for 88! Other answers: bicycles, potholes.

Round 2: a famous woman you wouldn't want to see wearing a thong (7). Christina gets the board with Roseanne at #5. Myron doesn't want to see Oprah, and neither do most people. It's number one. Hillary Clinton also makes the survey, while the Siegels try Martha Stewart for the steal... Good for 135! Other answers: Laura Bush, Barbara Walters, Rosie O'Donnell.

Double Round: something in the house that slobs hardly ever use (full board). Cody gets #3, a shower, while Myron gets #6, a napkin. Connie gets a trash can, #5. Lezlie gets a broom, #2. The Roselis try to steal with soap... Got it for 78! Number one: vacuum.

Triple Round: an American beer (4). Robert gets THE American beer, Budweiser, for #1. Coors, Miller, and... Old Milwaukee, perhaps? The Roselis hope so to win the game... Not there! Should've gone with Pabst Blue Ribbon! Siegels upset, 411-78!

Lezlie and Connie take on Fast Money. Lezlie gets 101 the hard way. Connie pushes it to 143 for $715.

 
I've Got a Secret by Chico Alexander, GSNN

Air time: 11:30p ET/10:30p CT on GSN
Host: Bil Dwyer

Week 2 of IGAS begins with Lori Barghini, a DJ from St. Paul, MN! Her secret: "I invented nipple enhancers." Bil gives the panel a hint about the product in the form of a concealed bag. Jermaine gets that they are for women and sometimes men, and that they can be bought in an adult store. Suzanne gets that they are put on her body. Frank gets that they go on her front, upper half of her body. "Are these fake nipples?" Got it. Frank celebrates by using her invention as Mephistopheles horns. And Lori demonstrates the proper usage.

Next up is 91-year-old George Blair from Winter Haven, FL. Frank: "I have to recuse myself. I slept with him." Really? No. His secret... a daring hobby. Suzanne gets that it involves sports. Frank gets that he does it outdoors on water. Billy gets that it involves a boat. Jermaine gets it.

His secret: "I'm a 91-year-old water skier." And we have the video footage to prove it. He's the world's oldest barefoot skier. That's totally sick... in a good way.

Last secret of the night comes courtesy of Douglas & Draper Mauldin of Clarksdale, MS. Their secret: "We are award winning turkey callers." Frank gets that they're sometimes pets, birds. Billy gets that they're competitive with birds. And the bird is bigger than a breadbox. Jermaine comes up empty. Suzanne gets a turkey. Conference! Suzanne gets the secret, and the panel are three-for-three tonight.

We get a demo of the turkey gobblin'.

But can he break his own record? YES! Eleven decks in 25 seconds!

 
Jeopardy! by Chico Alexander, GSNN

Air time:  Check listings or jeopardy.com
Host: Alex Trebek
Doug Dorst (writer/professor from Austin, TX); $51,201, two days
Greg Little (science analyst from North Plainfield, NJ)
Jacqueline Lovell (teacher from Santa Barbara, CA)

Doug came from behind last time. This time, he faces even stiffer competition.

Doug starts up with $200 Movie Title Translations. We go to Pasta Names for $1000, today's Daily Double. Greg risks the max of $1000. The clue: the name of this tubular pasta means "quills". "What are ziti?" Nope, it was penne, as he drops to -$200. Everyone's out of the red at the half, but with Doug in the lead at $5600 and Jacqueline in the middle at $2600, it's Greg's Double Jeopardy! round to start with $2200.

... and he does so with $400 African-American Literature. Jacqueline finds the Daily Double under $1200. She bets $2000 on this: this 1983 Pulitzer Prize winner is written in the form of letters, mostly from Celie to her sister & to God.  "Oh my goodness! Morrison..." Nope, it's "The Color Purple", dripping Jacqueline to $2200. She finds the other Daily Double under $1200 Big Fish. She tries $2000 again. The clue: one of these freshwater pond fish was anything but "koi" when weighing in at 75 lbs., 11 oz. in France in 1987. "What is a carp?" Right for $5000! She ends the round with $7800 to Greg's $5000, but it's Doug in the driver's seat with $21,200.

Final Jeopardy! in "Rocks & Minerals": mines near Ticonderoga, New York were once the USA's principal source for this 8-letter mineral. Correct question: What is graphite?

Jacqueline is right, and doubles up. Doug... wrong. But his bet is enough to leave him the champ with $15,601, giving him $66,802.

 
Lingo by Chico Alexander, GSNN

Air time:  7:30p ET/6:30p CT on GSN
Hosts: Chuck Woolery & Shandi Finnessey
Buddies Jason (marketing assistant) & Carlos (events coordinator)
Best friends Amy (event producer) & Julia (receptionist)
BONUS LINGO JACKPOT: $23,000

Big money in the jackpot. Will someone win it today?

Jason & Carlos get a T, which turns into TITLE. They follow up with SHRUB and the Lingo for 100.

Amy & Julia get an A for APRON, but Amy draws red. They get the draw back with GUMMY and follow with JOINS. Jason & Carlos steal a COUCH. Amy & Julia return the favor with DEVIL. They're still behind, 125-100 to end the round.

Amy & Julia start up round 2 with V... but Jason & Carlos steal with VOCAL. Amy & Julia get the drum back with SOLID for Lingo, giving them 250 to the Yellows' 175. Jason & Carlos get BIBLE and draw the ? for Lingo, giving them the lead, 325-250.

Amy & Julia get a K... but Jason & Carlos steal again with KIWIS. And that'll do it, as the guys win, 375-250.

With three Bonus Lingo letters, Jason & Carlos get TRUNK, BABES, KIOALA, SWINE, ATTIC, and FELON for six balls. Will they get $23,000? They get the money ball of 19... Adam comes up with 59. No $23,000 Lingo. No $5000 Lingo either, as the buddies take home $600.

How does $24,000 sound? Try that on Tuesday.

 
The Price is Right by Chico Alexander, GSNN

Air time:  11a ET/10a CT on CBS (markets may vary)
Host: Bob Barker
It's been a long time since we left you, but we're back with Azel Houcho III, Sharisse Deal, Anna Riceletter, Christopher Ruse, and a floor clock going for $3570. Big money goes to Azel as he gets a shot at a Chevy Equinox playing Lucky Seven. The first number... 2. He picks 4 next... 3. One dollar off. He picks 8.... 5. Three off. Next is 7... Exacta! Three bucks left, and the last number, Azel guesses 8... It was 3. No car for him.

It's fitting that we have a woman named Deal play with 16 boxes in 1/2 Off as she wins a $660 set of serveware. She wins a dispenser and a radio when she determines that the marked price of the dispenser ($20) is half off. Same fate with a compass and a hair dryer when she figures out that the compass ($20) is half off. Now with 4, 6, 9, and 15 in play, she chooses 6... Inside 6... Nothing. The lucky box was 4.

Dorothy LaPearl wins a $500 sound system, but can't convert in Pushover for a piano. The lineup: 5 5 9 0 7 4 8 9 5. She goes to $5907. She should've gone one more to $5590. But don't cry for her, as she moves to the Showcase.

Cheryl Gates starts the second half with a $1775 set of his & hers ski equipment. She also notches the first W of the day in One Wrong Price. An exercise bike is marked $1499. A juke box popper is marked $3150. A sofa is marked $1488. She thinks that the popper is wrong... It is. It's $2080.

Wendy Drayton is down and up thanks to an $873 area rug. She gets a shot at a Ford Focus playing Cover Up. Here's the setup...

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

She ties $17,584... Only the 17 is right. Next, $17,260. Got the 2 and the 0. Is it $17,290? Nope. It's $17,210.

Last chance for Christopher and Anna to make a move. Last prize: a fridge/freezer. Last price: $999. Last winner: Daniel Schumacher! He gets a chance at a Jacuzzi playing Hi Lo. On the Hi row: $5.35 for Philips' Milk of Magnesia, $11.68 for Slow-Mag Magnesium, and $11.97 for Bayer Low Dose aspirin. On the Lo row: $1.02 for Campbell's Cream of Mushroom, $3.99 for Purina Cat Chow, and 79c for Pringle's potato chips! That's another win! But that's it for Daniel, as Cheryl takes $1000 and a spot in the Showcase.

First up: What's cool... and what's not. What's cool? A trip to the Washington, DC, a trip to Vienna, and a Tahitian cruise. What's not? An overbid. Cheryl bids $18,000. Dorothy gets a bedroom group with sleep set, sleeping bags, and a camping trailer. She bids $17,000. Actual price: $21,976, a $4976 difference. Actual price of Cheryl's showcase... $16,006. Dorothy takes the game with $22,476.

Stats: 2-4, $46,384.

 
Wheel of Fortune by Jason Block, GSNN

Air time:  Check listings or wheeloffortune.com
Hosts: Pat Sajak & Vanna White
Six weeks left in the season and we are off this week on some "Ultimate Adventures"!
 
The $1,000 Tossup is PHRASE. Steve Wazloski is from Michigan. He solves PACK YOUR BAGS for $1,000. Micah Shaughnessy is a realtor. She loves to play Scrabble. Danielle O'Malley is from Reno and is also in real estate. She loves to train her cats. But she couldn't name her cat's best trick.
 
The $2,000 Tossup is ON THE MENU. Micah solves CORN BREAD SQUARES for $2,000. She starts this round, but we add an South African Safari from amasafari.com worth $9,325! The category is BEFORE AND AFTER. She hits and picks up the Free Spin. She hits the XM Radio Prize Pack worth $1,000. She keeps spinning and solves TRAINING WHEELS OF JUSTICE for $2,350. With the prize, she has $5,350 in cash and radio.
 
The jackpot round is sponsored by BrandSource. The category is THINGS...and it's a PRIZE PUZZLE. Danielle gets her shot at the wheel. After a lot of work, she misses. Steve hits and picks up the African Safari and solves SNORKEL MASK AND FINS for the trip and this one to the Caribbean! It's a trip to the Turks and Caicos Islands worth $7,500. And if you  have the SPIN ID of BJ03276 you are off to the Turks and Caicos! And if you have the SONY Card you have $50,000! With the two trips, he has $17,825!
 
The mystery round prize is $10,000! The category is WHO IS IT? Steve starts. He hits Lose A Turn...over to Micah. She loses $1,450 on Bankrupt...but uses the Free Spin...next spin Lose A Turn..over to Danielle. She hits 2 $3,500 R's. She hits the Mystery wedge, will she risk $8,750? Nope. She keeps spinning and solves BLUNT JUDGE AMERICAN IDOL VIEWERS LOVE TO HATE for $11,300. She screams SIMON COWELL and adds $3,000 more to her total for $14,300 in cash!    
 
The $3,000 Tossup is LIVING THING. Micah adds $3,000 with DOBERMAN PINSCHER. She has $8,350 and starts this round which is EVENT. She hits Bankrupt...over to Danielle. She hits Lose A Turn...over to Steve. Time for the FINAL SPIN which is $1,600 a letter tonight. Steve wins with SHOPPING ON THE INTERNET. He adds $8,300 in cash to his $26,125 total. Micah leaves with $8,350. Danielle and her cats leave with $14,300.
 
We had just under $50,000 given away in the front game. Can Steve add more to his impressive total? He lands on the O in BONUS. His category is PERSON. With the RSTLNE we have:
 
_ _ _ _ L  _ _ R
_ _ _ _

He chooses FDCA and we have:

C _ _ _ L   _ _ R
_ _ F F
 
He got BUFF...and he needed CIVIL WAR to add to it. It was CIVIL WAR BUFF. He lost $25,000. But he is going to South Africa and the Turks and Caicos with a nice total of $26,125 in cash and prizes!
 
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire by Don Harpwood, GSNN

Air time:  Check listings or millionairetv.com
Host: Meredith Vieira
Time to head back to Walt Disney World and Millionaire's Play It! attraction for another week of attempting to make someone a millionaire!

First up today is Amanda Isaacson (Lakeville, MN). She's feeling a little bit nervous, considering the big crowd. Now, she apparently has 2,000 gophers cheering him on. And by that, she means a group of people at her college (the mascot there is the gopher). Since she's at college, she could likely really use the million bucks, so Amanda starts by knowing that NASA's web site provides suggestions on whom to contact if you see a UFO (though they could probably use a Department of Nutcases to handle that). She sweeps the lower tier, then eventually gets to this...

[$16,000]
In 1950, what country's constitution abolished "untouchability," a tenet of its centuries-old caste system?
A: Egypt
B: Argentina
C: Turkey
D: India

Amanda asks the audience, and both polls are leaning towards D (75% of the studio audience; 53% of the AIM users). Amanda trusts them... and they're right! Moving on...

[$25,000]
"To Kill a Mockingbird" author Harper Lee was close childhood friends with what other acclaimed writer?
A: Truman Capote
B: Eudora Welty
C: Carson McCullers
D: John Steinbeck

Amanda decides to call her brother, Patrick, and though he says he doesn't know at first, he suddenly says that it's A before time runs out. Amanda goes with A... and she has $25,000! Going into the upper tier, now...

[$50,000]
In a 2005 poll conducted by AOL and Discovery Channel, what president was voted the "Greatest American" of all time?
A: Ronald Reagan
B: Abraham Lincoln
C: John F. Kennedy
D: Franklin D. Roosevelt

The 50:50 leaves A and D. Amanda says D... but it's A! It was a good guess, though, but she heads home with $25,000!

Next up is Nick Hurd (Portland, OR), brought to the hot seat by Mickey Mouse. It turns out that he was quite excited to be here already, as he got to see Mickey and Minnie! Anyway, before they begin, he mentions that he had a pair of conflicting dreams about appearing on this show; one where he wins the million, and one where he misses the first question. Here's hoping for the former to come true... Nick starts by knowing that in a common 2-part trick, dogs are taught to "roll over" and "play dead" (they can sniff themselves on their own time). He gets through the lower tier, then soon faces this...

[$4,000]
Placing a blanket over a fire extinguishes it by robbing the flame of what gas?
A: Oxygen
B: Carbon dioxide
C: Helium
D: Nitrogen

Nick turns to the audience for help, and there's an overwhelming majority picking A (96%; 78%). Nick obviously trusts them... and of course, they're right!

That will do it for today. Nick will be back tomorrow.
 
Yo Momma by Chico Alexander, GSNN

Air time: 6p ET/5p CT on MTV
Host: Wilmer Valderrama
The show debuted two weeks ago, and we're just getting words of it now. Sorry about that. So here's what happens. Two of Wilmer's homies, Jason and Sam, head to different hoods of LA gathering up trash talkers in order to find two who will do combat in a dozen battle for $1000 and a chance to take home the grand prize at the end of the week.

Tonight, North Hollywood vs. Van Nuys.

First up, Sam is at NoHo's hillside. Just a reminder that Wilmer, Jason, and Sam will judge based on originality, delivery, quickness, and sting. Competing for the honor of NoHo are Harp, Brandon, Lily, Mark aka Lil G, and Jamar. The two that put it down the hardest were Harp ("Yo momma's so stupid, she thought that innuendo was an Italian suppository.") and Lil G ("Your momma's so fat, it looks like she ate four fried childrens right now.").

Over to Van Nuys, where Jason calls out Robert, Jonathan, Tina, Justin, Javin, and Brian. Moving to the one-on-one is Jonathan ("You're so ugly, you won't even play with yourself") and Justin ("Your momma's last TV appearance was on Maury Povich, when she heard 'You are NOT the father'!")

Now for the one-on-ones. First, to North Hollywood. Harp takes it easy with "Yo momma's so fat, she's got more crack than Whitney and Bobby, and that's a lot of crack!" Who will he face? It seems like both Jonathan and Justin go on empty, BUT Justin kills on the splits, giving him the win.

Now the two combatants go to each other's cribs in order to search for dirt for the final battle. Harp finds "Read My Lips", a Spiderman costume, and condoms for ultra-senstive men. To Harp's house, where Justin finds tighty-whiteys, Proactiv solution, a framed police report, and a genie bottle.

Now to the main event, Harp vs. Justin. Let's skip right to the knock out jokes after the "Yo Momma Round" and the "Dirt Round".

Justin: "I betcha you keep those pimples so blind people will know your name."
Harp: "Yo momma's so nasty that she's had more rappers in her than an iPod."

Justin was picked apart bit by bit. Wilmer and the boys give it... and the $1000 cash money... to HARP! We'll see him on Friday to take on the best of the best Thursday night at 10p ET. "Justin, you just got Harped! WAAAAANG!"

 
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