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Baggage Golden Years
by Chico Alexander

GSN: 6p/5C
Host: Jerry Springer
In HD Where AvailableOfficial WebsiteWatch OnlineFacebookTwitter
 
Peter
New Yorker
retired agent
Carol
New York City
nanny
Helen
Vineland, NJ
retired school teacher
Gloria
Los Angeles
event coordinator

Something's fallen, and we'll find out what in about 26 minutes. First, the small bags. Carol is a member of a senior hip-hop flash mob. Helen will abandon you wherever you are if you spit. Gloria recently broke her hip while snowboarding. Ouch.

Next up, the Dealbreaker Round. Someone destroyed a salesman's inventory out of spite. Someone still puts on her wedding dress every year. Someone else was an escort for wealthy men. THAT's more like "Baggage". The dealbreaker: the wedding dress. Here comes the bride... and there goes Helen. Meanwhile, we know that Gloria was an escort, and Carol has a mean streak.

Helen's big baggage: she communicates with the dead. Well, the middle's a good place for a medium.

Now the big ones. Carol breaks up with men the moment they fall in love with her. That sounds familiar. Gloria plans to spend her retirement money on shoes. So will Peter ride off into the sunset with the hip-hopper who busts your inventory unless you fall for her or the snowboarding escort with a shoe fetish? Peter sends.... Carol packing.

Peter & Gloria get to spend the rest of their days together reminiscing about when GSN was watchable... unless she objects to Peter's Big Red Bag... His little Peter has fallen... and he can't get it up. Does Gloria have a little blue pill just for him? Yes she does, but first, up to Mastro's in Beverly Hills!

 

Family Feud
by Jason Huhn

Syn/Peachtree TV: Noon/11C, also check local listings
Host: Steve Harvey
Official WebsiteFacebookTwitterPlay OnlineYouTube
 
CHAMPIONS
Long
David, Tyrone, Tyrone, Lashawn, Khadijah
$770
Auger
Mike, Mitchell, Chris, Matthew, Mark

SINGLE: something your doctor does to you that he doesn't enjoy any more than you do.

1. Probes my poop chute68   5. Gives me bad news2
2. Privates/Pelvic exam16   6. Looks in my mouth 2
3. Gives me a shot 4
4. Checks my ears 2


SINGLE: 100 men: something you do for your looks that you would never admit to a friend.

1. Manscape body hair54     5. Madi/Pedi 4
2. Wear makeup 15
3. Face cream/Facials14
4. Dye hair 10


DOUBLE: something that might unexpectedly fly open.
1. Door 34                  5. Car trunk 5
2. My zipper/pants 21
3. Car door 13
4. My shirt/blouse 6

TRIPLE: a word that rhymes with wrinkle.
1. Tinkle 34
2. Twinkle 34
3. Crinkle 25
4. Sprinkle 4


The Long family forgot to think about what they do when they use the bathroom on the last survey. The Auger guys knew and sent the game to sudden death.

Sudden Death: something to which some people love to give away the ending. Augers would win it with a movie (81).

Mike & Mark take the charge for Fast Money. Mike faltered on two answers, but still scored 101. Mark had some tough times on some of the questions, and some were just too weak, so they fall short winning a total of $870.

Fast Money #1 answers
- 100 men: How many women did you propose to?: 1 (Mike)
- Something a kid might take with him to a sleep away camp: Sleeping bag (Mike)
- A kind of ball you could easily hold in one hand: Tennis ball
- Something in the house that runs 24 hours a day: Refrigerator
- Something that shakes a lot more when you gain weight: Belly (Mike)

 

Jeopardy!
by Chico Alexander

Syn/CBC: 7:30p/6:30C (check listings)
Host: Alex Trebek
In HD Where AvailableOfficial WebsiteFacebookTwitterPlay Online
  From the look on Cindy's face, she's wondering what she's doing as a two-day champ...
 
TWO DAY CHAMPION
Cindy Vanderbur

Madison, IN
healthcare insurance contract specialist

$54,800
Jacob Silverman
Brooklyn, NY
arts & culture journalist
Erika Myers
Asheville, NC
therapist & academic coach

SHORT SHORTSHOT: ... and so are we as she makes it close against Jacob, $9000 to his $9800. Erika is still in it with $6200.

Final Jeopardy! in "Websites": it launched its first offer on October 22, 2008: a two-for-one pizza deal in Chicago. Correct response: what is Groupon?

The first pop-up ad came a day later. Everyone's right, as Jacob wins $18,799. Cindy leaves with $56,800.

 

Let's Make a Deal
by Jason Block

CBS: 10a/9C OR 3p/2C on CBS
Host: Wayne Brady with Jonathan Mangum, Tiffany Coyne & Kat Gray
Official WebsiteWatch OnlineFacebookTwitterYouTubePlay Online

TODAY'S DEALERS:
Kim - $26,474(traded from $7,872)
Meggan - $4,586.
Michelle - $2,648.
Jennifer- $2,118.
Howard - $900.
Jason - $800
Melinda - $800.
Mallory - $500.
Stacy - $250.
Monica/Danny - $200.
Annie - $100.
Laura - SANDTRAP.

TOTAL TODAY: $39,376
TOTAL THIS WEEK: $128,947
TOTAL THIS SEASON: $5,659,780
$5M Passed: 04/03/12
 
Midweek Madness starts with Meggan the Nerd who is Wayne's new Personal Assistant. She is in charge of $2,500 which we make a deal with Howard the Negative Marathoner for Curtain #1 or $200....let's make $800. He takes the $800 and passes on an IGLOO SAUNA (ZONK). He gets $100 more for running back to his seat. We do it again with Mallory the Mermaid who can take the big box or $500....She takes the $500 and passes on a Washer/Dryer from Maytag with pedestals and a year's worth of Laundry Detergent. This was valued at $3,486! Meggan is now laid off, but she can take the "severance package" of all the leftover items which are the Igloo Sauna(ok?!?!) The Washer/Dryer and $1,100 in cash worth $4,586 OR she can have Curtain #2. She takes the severance package and passes on a trip to Tortola in the British Virgin Islands at the Long Bay Beach Resort & Villas worth $7,196!

Let's play the LMAD Lotto with Annie the Tropical Tourist, Stacy the Richard Simmons Lookalike and Michelle the Cupcake. Tiffany has three lottery tickets. One has $100, One has $250 and one has WIN. WIN lets you make the Deal with Wayne. Annie picks Red, Michelle takes Green, and Stacy has Blue. Annie leaves with $100, Stacy leaves with $250 and Michelle is playing for a 2011 Nissan Cube S worth $16,860! Time to scratch and Match. 8 squares, 3 choices. Match Wayne - $5,000. Match Tiffany - $3,000. Match the Car and the Cube is hers. Match Jonathan and you get $79.95. She picks 2, 5, 7. 2 is Jonathan, and 7 is the car. The sure thing Wayne offers is in the big box and it is a pair of computers starting with all in one computer and laptop worth $2,648! She takes the computers and passes on #5 which was....WAYNE! 4 was the match for the car!

Laura the cat has a small box and a golf ball. She can take the box or $2 per dimple on the golf ball. She takes the box...and Wayne ups it to $3/dimple....$4/dimple. She passed on 302 X $4 = $1,208. She wins ZONK MINIATURE GOLF LESSONS(ZONK). Kim who has a 3rd LMAD Birthday Diorama has Curtain #1. Jonathan has a poem regarding Curtain #1. The clues sound like a trip to Hawaii to me. Will she take the curtain or $1,000? She passes and wins a trip to Hawaii at the Waikiki Beach Marriott for 5N worth $7,872!

Monica/Danny are on their honeymoon who are playing for a gas grill with tool set worth $1,199 or a new triple threat gaming table with a 42" LED HDTV worth $2,850 or a new 2011 Chevy Cruze LS worth $17,455 playing KEEP ON ROLLIN. To win the grill they need to get 10 points in 4 rolls. They roll...2, 1, 5, 1 and they are out. Consolation roll $50 x 2 = $100. They get $100 more for their costumes.

Jason the 70s guy(who does the James Brown/George Jefferson dance) and Melinda the Nurse are playing Don't Blame Me. Melinda gives $800 in cash to Jason and passes on the small box which was a trip up the California Coast on a 8 day Caravan.com tour worth $4,500. Jason gives Melinda the $800 as well and passes on a trip to Mexican Riviera at the Barcelo Maya Place Deluxe at the Riviera Maya worth $5,501! Will they keep their cash or go for Curtain #2? Melinda and Jason keep the cash and pass on a SURFING DONKEY(ZONK).

Last deal involves Jennifer the bird who has the LMAD Cash amount in ?5?1. Will she choose ?5?1 or ?1?5? She chooses ?5?1. She takes the small box and passes on 55 01(the highest amount of $5,501) and wins a yoga package from Yogaworks including a 1 yr unlimited membership, 3 private lessons and a box set of DVDs worth $2,118.

Who trades for $26,474? It's Kim with her Hawaii trip! She picks #3. #2 had a new bedroom set worth $8,190! #3 was the BIG DEAL and she wins a 2011 Ford Ranger XL Pickup Truck AND a Kawasaki Vulcan 900 Motorcycle worth $26,474! #1 was His/her Golf Clubs from Callaway with golf balls and gloves worth $3,155!
 

The Price Is Right
by Chico Alexander

CBS: 11a/10C
Host: Drew Carey with Amber Lancaster, Gwendolyn Osborne-Smith, Rachel Reynolds & George Gray
In HD Where AvailableOfficial WebsiteOfficial WebsiteWatch OnlineFacebookTwitterYouTubePlay Online

Record today: 2-4
Record this week: 7-11
Record this season: 343-514-31
Total today: $71,676
Total this week: $185,151
Total this season: $9,939,039
Perfect Shows/Skunks: 0/3
DSWs/DOBs: 3/6
$9M Passed: 4/4/12
Another venture into the price house gives us Ashton Williams, Edward Mihld, Jasmine Hamilton, and Tina Cerna bidding on a pair of folding bikes. The $798 bikes go to Jasmine, who gets to ride those in Turks & Caicos if she wins Pushover. The board: 3 8 0 0 0 4 1 1 1. She pushes to $8000. Easy money!

Edward gets radical with a $698 sound system. He can add a $1399 chair/lamp/candle holder and a $2104 HDTV. One question, though... Stay or Switch? He keeps them as is, and that's... wrong.

Tina wins a $2100 jewelry armoire with jewelry. She can bling out a Nissan Sentra if she wins Pocket Change. The $19,583 car goes for 50 cents today. She has a quarter, and to it, we will add.... a nickel... another nickel... and another quarter to win! She also wins at the Big Wheel.

Kenneth Ratliff wins a $1428 cotton candy machine and a shot at Valentino accessories, a washer/dryer, a pool table, and a touchscreen PC with printer in Take Two. The target: $6893. Accessories... $2315. Computer: $880. Total: 3195. He keeps the accessories, then takes the pool table... $4995. Total: $7310. Needed the washer/dryer and a pool table.

Nella Wood gets a $1075 set of Michael Kors coats. Will she get a Toyota Yaris in Pass the Buck? She gets the one pick, and with that comes... $1000. The car was #6.

Ashton is running out of time, and so are we. The final IUFB: an outdoor gas chimenea. The price: $550. Winner... Ashton! She'll add a barbecue island with bamboo utensils if she wins Secret X. She gets an extra X from a $25 cupcake carrier. Freebie goes top left. Earned X goes bottom right. The Secret X.... TOP. She'll get another change in the Showcase.

First up, a trip to Monte Carlo and a speedboat. Top winner Tina bids $32,500. Ashton gets a trip to San Francisco, a hot tub, and a Ford Escape. Her bid is $28,000. Actual price: $36,419, a difference of $8419. Actual price of Tina's Showcase... $31,785. Guess what, Ashton! You win $36,994!

 

The Substitute
by Chico Alexander

MTV: 7p/6C
Host: Jon Gabrus
In HD Where AvailableOfficial WebsiteWatch OnlineFacebookTwitter
  Class leaders take on class clowns in the first matchup of this week.

What You Know: Janeisha, Jonathan, Vanessa, and Liliana move on for the leaders, while the clowns field Rachel, Kyle, Aiyana, Alexis, and Alyssa. Extra Credit for a turntable pits Jennifer against Shaquille. What buffoonish father from an animated sitcom is known for his catchphrase, "D'oh!"? Jennifer... "Homer Simpson." That's a win!

What You Should Know: Alyssa's sonnets, Alexis' guillotines, Janiesa's parallel lines, Kyle's watts, and Aiyana's knowledge of Martin Luther King gives us the board in...

What the !#@%: All you have to do is recall states west of the Mississippi and Will Smith while getting wind blasted. Kyle gets the win with 12.

What You Think: Winner KYLE vs. People's Champ VANESSA

1) To the nearest hour, how long does your phone's battery usually last before you need a charge? (#1: 48 hours)
- Kyle leads off with 5 to Vanessa's 4.

2) Favorite "Harry Potter" character? (Hermione Granger)
- Vanessa ties it up with Harry.

3) GUYS, at what age did you start shaving? (16)
- Kyle pulls ahead with 14, 2-1.

4) Celebrity known for misbehavior. (Lindsay Lohan)
- Vanessa ties it up with Britney Spears.

5) Favorite activity at the beach? (Swimming)
- Number one answer, and the game... goes to VANESSA AND THE CLASS!

 

Wheel of Fortune Wheel Across America Week
by Jason Block

Syn/CBC: 4:30p/3:30C (check listings)
Hosts: Pat Sajak & Vanna White
In HD Where AvailableOfficial WebsiteFacebookTwitterPlay Online

Total for Today: $32,220
Total for Week 31: $32,220
Total for the Season: $6,932,363
Bonus Win Percentage: 52/151
Gooseeggs: 29
Toss Up Sweeps/Group Misses: 20/1
Mystery Round Prizes won: 9
Car Wins: 7
1/2 Car Wedges hit/total wins: 195/15
$100,000 Losses/Wins: 7/0
$1,000,000 Losses/Wins:0/0
$1,000,000 Wedge Hit/Offered/Used: 38/151/7
Wild Cards Hit/Offered/Used: 93/151/24
Prizes added to the wheel hit/won: 66/31
Gift Tags won: 31
Free Play Hit: 162
Jackpot wins: 9
$6,000 FINAL SPINS: 13/151
Best Week: Week 3 $307,740
$6M Mark Passed: 03/20/2012
RECAP FORTHCOMING
 

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
by Don Harpwood

Syn: Check local listings
Host: Meredith Vieira
In HD Where AvailableOfficial WebsiteFacebookTwitterYouTubePlay Online
  C.W. Van Baale (Chicago, IL) - Performing arts teacher
He has been preparing for the show by reading up on everything and quizzing his students without letting them know that he'd be on the show.

He jumps the 1st and 2nd questions, which only had $100 and $500. After that is this...

[Q3 - If the Jeans Fit]
To help its jeans-buying customers, clothing retailer American Rag Cie installed what in its dressing rooms?
A: Laser pointers
B: Butt-level video cameras
C: Shower stalls
D: Pants stretchers

C.W. turns to the audience, and 62% say B. He trusts them, and they're right, giving him... $2,000!

He then builds his bank up to $43,000 before facing this...

[Q7 - Day of Peace]
In 2007, the United Nations declared what world leader's birthday the International Day of Non-Violence?
A: Golda Meir
B: Mahatma Gandhi
C: Nelson Mandela
D: Jimmy Carter

C.W. doesn't remember this. After some thought, he decides to walk with $21,500! As for the answer, it's B.

Scottie Stamper (Charlotte, NC)
She was named after her mother's good friend, who is also female.

She starts out with $100 on the 1st question, then sees this...

[Q2 - Food Translations]
Used in the name of the dish "pad thai," pad is a Thai word loosely meaning what?
A: Pickled
B: Barbecued
C: Baked
D: Stir-fried

Despite having had "pad thai," Scottie asks the audience. 83% say D. She goes with that, and that adds... $2,000 to her bank, making it $2,100!

She jumps the 5th and 6th questions, missing out on $10,000 and $1,000. She has $27,100 when this pops up...

[Q8 - The Small Print]
"Rust proof bottom" is a phrase that is often used to refer to cans of what?
A: Soup
B: Tennis balls
C: Shaving cream
D: Coffee

Scottie rules out B, and considers A. However, she ends up walking with $13,550! As it turns out, the answer is C.