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Cash Cab by Chico Alexander, GSNN

Air time: 5p ET/4p & 5:30p/4:30 CT on Discovery
Host: Ben Bailey

First up, Jennifer, Amanda, Marc & Grady head to 55th between Park & Madison for some Swedish meatballs. They sweep the $25 tier and the $50 tier. They need a mobile shoutout on this: in 1987, United Airlines agreed to pay $500,000 to play what what revered Gershwin tune as its jingle? They go with "Rhapsody in Blue"... Right for $600! They need a street shoutout on this: recently razed to build a school, what iconic LA hotel was the site of the RFK assassination? They go with the Ambassador hotel... They win $900! But will they take the bonus? Yep. What is MRI an abbreviation for? Magnetic resonance imaging... is worth $1800!

Next, to Ninth & 50th to the Amish market. Our unnamed players strike out on a street shoutout.

Final destination: Third & A. Final passengers: George & Jaime. They sweep the $25 tier. Jaime needs to call out Hillary on this: in mystery novels, what term refers to a fishy clue meant to trick the reader into drawing a wrong conclusion. They miss out on red herring for strike one. They need a street shoutout on this: after fleeing the country to avoid tax-evasion charges, what billionaire did President Clinton pardon in 2001? We got nothing. George Soros? Strike two! It's Marc Rich. An enthusiastic vision in green, what is the mascot of the Philadelphia Phillies? They blank out on the Philly Fanatic. That's three strikes and sure enough, they're out.

We've got a celebrity edition of the Cash Cab in the nightcap. First up, from Spider-Man 3, Thomas Haden Church plays for the Red Cross as he rides to the W Hotel. He wins $350 and risks it on a video bonus: with open arms that reflect the warmth of the locals, "Christ the Redeemer" is located high above what South American metropolis? "Rio de Janeiro." Thomas takes $700, and Discovery will pitch in another $700 for $1400 total.

Next, two New York Rangers Jed Ortmeyer & Ryan Hollweg head to Madison Square Garden, playing for the Garden of Dreams. They risk $450 on this Video Bonus: what is BMX an abbreviation for? They go with bicycle motocross... That's $900 now, and another $900 from the network for $1800.

Finally, Harry Smith from the Early Show playing for the Harlem School of the Arts heads to 35th & Fifth. He risks $1000 on a Video Bonus: originally called McCoopteweep, it ares its name with a summit south of Jerusalem. What is this national treasure of the American Southwest? Harry... blanks on Zion. But he's still going to donate $1000 out of his pocket. And Discovery will still match it.

Chain Reaction by Chico Alexander, GSNN

Air time: 10p ET/9p CT on GSN
Host: Dylan Lane

Erin, Emily & Cristin
two sisters and a friend

Sahil, Paul & Brian
two brothers and a friend

Chain 1: connect HANGIN' with IT. Emily hangs TOUGH. Cristin gets a tough BREAK. Paul breaks OPEN. Cristin has an open HEART. Erin BEATs the chain for this Speed Chain: NEWBORN - B - P - POSTCARD. They get BABY... but miss PICTURE. Score remains $400-$100 ladies.

Chain 2: connect FAST with BITE. Brian fast FORWARDs for $200. Paul gets a SHARK bite. Brian gets forward PROGRESS. Erin gets a progress REPORT. Emily gets CARD for the chain and $800 to the guys' $700. Speed Chain: COMFORT - F - S - MATERIALS. Is it FOOD STORAGE? Nope. It's food SOURCE.

Chain 3: connect HOT with COLUMN. Brian gets hot COFFEE. Paul goes to the coffee SHOP. Emily shops AROUND. Sahil gets one with around TOWN. Emily completes the chain with GOSSIP for $1400 to the guys' $1600. Final Speed Chain: LEAN - M - C - CHASE. Is it MEAT CAR? Nope, it's MUSCLE car.

Gambling Chain: connect STOP with BALANCE. The chain: STOP - MOTION - DENIED - ACCESS - HOLLYWOOD - ENDING - BALANCE. Score remains $1600 to $1400 in favor of the guys.

Endgame: Sahil gets the chair. The guys get cry, clap, and shower for $300, giving them $1900 total.

Family Feud by Chico Alexander, GSNN

Air time: Check local listings or familyfeud.tv
Host: John O'Hurley

Hathaway (Michael, Ashley, Suzanne, Rachel, Mondo)

Burgner (Ana, Amy, Jamie, Melanie, Neal)
$500

Round 1: something you see in the front yard of the neighborhood slob (6). Michael fires with #1, a broken-down car. Trash and unkempt grass follow. The Burgners try to steal with furniture... Right for 85! Other answers: tires, broken appliances.

Round 2: an excuse a guy gives a girl for not calling (full board). Ashley's busy for #1. Rest of the family falls asleep, is sick, and has a non-working phone. Back to the Burgners with lost numbers for the steal... Right for 139. Other answers: forgot, lost my phone, out of town.

Double Round: a word for someone who's always in a bad mood (full board). Suzanne gets the top answer of grumpy. Grouchy is also there. The Burgners are going with cranky for the steal... Got it for 247. Other answers: irritable, miserable, moody.

Triple Round: a place where you see happy wives with their unhappy husbands (4). Rachel scores with #1, the mall. The movies and ... back to the Burgners with at the in-laws for the steal... Not there! Hathaways get 264. Other answers: at home, beauty salon.

Sudden Death: something people hope clears up. That's King Mondo. "Acne"... Nope. Neal? "The weather!" Got it for the game, 394-264.

Cousins Ana & Amy end Fast Money with 118 for $590, giving them a two-day take of $1190.

In the nightcap, the Abesamis family (Katherine, Amy, Marie, Christine, Krissy; $20,000) play the Greens (Lennie, Donesha, Cory, Erica, Anthony). Champs lead, 246-0. Triple Round: an occupation there's a shortage of (4). Christine's nurses are #1. Rest of the family sweep with cops, teachers, and doctors for the game, 486-0.

Katherine & Amy take Fast Money for 125 for $625, giving them $20,625.

Feud's looking for families. Call 323.762.8467.

Lingo by Chico Alexander, GSNN

Air time: 7:30p ET/6:30p CT on GSN
Hosts: Chuck Woolery & Shandi Finnessey

Roommates/executive assistants Coco & Rachel	College buddies Natalise (musician/songwriter) & Chris (legal assistant)
BONUS LINGO JACKPOT: $	1	7	0	0	0

Coco & Rachel start the game with an S. Natalise & Chris steal with SCOUT. They follow with FRESH. Coco & Rachel steal BIRDS, but come up with red. Natalise & Chris capitalize with THROW, followed by RISKY and Lingo for 150 to the Yellows' 25.

Coco & Rachel get an L. Natalise & Chris steal with LIVER, followed by WHILE and Lingo for 250 to the Yellows' 25. That's round 1.

Coco & Rachel get a chance to catch up in the double-up round 2 with an M to start. Natalise & Chris steal MEALS, followed by CLONE. Natalise ends up with a stopper. Natalise & Chris get the drum back with AWFUL, and Lingo again for 500-25.

Coco & Rachel get a G for GRACE... That's 75 and a stopper. Doesn't work for them as the Reds win, 500-75.

With four Bonus Lingo letters, Natalise & Chris get BLAME. SAUCE, and DEBUT for $300 and three draws. Money ball is 10. Coco gets 32. No Lingo means they'll walk with that.

Next week, we begin with $18,000.

The Price is Right by Chico Alexander, GSNN

Air time: 11a ET/10a CT on CBS
Host: Bob Barker

Kayla Larsen, Michelle Budzinski, Connie Bowman, and Christopher Figueroa take on the challenge of a bumper pool table. Price: $2849. Christopher F. takes an electric violin to a Swap Meet, where he can win a dinette, a screen, and a computer. He goes with the computer. Price: $1348. Price of the violin... $750. Should've gone with a screen.

Next, Christopher Blubaugh is down and up thanks to a $2945 wall clock. But what about this Chevrolet Aveo in Stack the Deck? The deck: 4 0 1 9 2 6 5. First up, Gold Bond skin cream and Tidy Cats litter. Which is $4.89? He goes with the Gold Bond... Right! Next, Garlique and Cat Chow. Which is $6.99? He goes with the cat food... Got it. And finally, we have Aspercreme patches and LumaTweeze tweezers. Which one is $8.95? Is it the patches? Yep. So we have a price of $_4,96_. This looks like and open and shut case, as Christopher goes with $14,965... That's a win.

Michelle wins a $1045 secretary and a chance at a trip to Puerto Vallarta in Pushover. The blocks: 6 8 9 5 4 1 0 0 9. She pushes to $5410. Should've stopped one sooner with $4100. She beats both Christophers to get into the Showcase, though.

Kayla scores a $2800 globe and a chance at a Dodge Nitro. First number: 2. But first... gifts! We have a $600 wine cooler, an $1199 exercycle, a $4000 pearl/diamond necklace, and a $995 patio heater/mister. From that, we get a price of $20,945... And now comes...

Wait for it...

Take $6794 in gifts or go for the car? She goes for the car. Actual price: $20,145. So close.

Stacey Blackman gets an $828 washer/dryer. Can she get a hot tub? The Double Prices are $7559 and $6995. She goes with the $6995... Winner!

Final chance for Connie, as she bids on a model ship. Actual price: $999. Connie's bid... $999! She wins that, $500, and a shot at $50,000 in Plinko! With chips from Bob, a $59 shredder, a $37 coffee press, a $33 TV/boombox, and a $24 set of salt/pepper shakers, she wins $21,000!

But it's Kayla who has a spot in the Showcase. First up, a slightly off-balance food chart with an offroad motorcycle, a CD jukebox, and a toy hauler. Top winner Michelle passes to Kayla, who bids $26,000. Kayla goes to the First Bank of Price, where she's got a Playstation 3, a set of golf clubs, and a pair of waverunners. She bids $20,000. Actual price... $19,567. Over by so much. Michelle's Showcase is... $32,852. She wins with $33,937!

Stats: breakeven, $89,191.

¿Qué Dice La Gente? by Chico Alexander, GSNN

Air time: 7p ET/6p CT on Telefutura
Host: Marco Antonio Regil

This week, it's the battle of the hosts!

Men (Pablo Ramirez, Jesus "El Profe" Bracamonte, Rafael Mercadante, Fernando Arau, Tony Dandrades)
playing for IMOCALI

Women (Viviana Gibelli, Gaby Tessio, Argelia Atilano, Judith Grace, Karen Ibarra)
playing for Hands of the South

The guys have played four times... they've won four times... They can go five-and-out today...

The ladies lead after three, 266-0. Double: something you might recerive in an inheritance (4). Judith goes with money... Number one! Houses, jewels, and... land for the win, 458-0.

Dinero Rápido for $10,000: Argelia and Gaby finally get to the big show... but only manage 158. Both teams will end up with $1000.

Rueda (Jesus, Eddy, Adriana, Jeaneth, Jaime)
$500

Martinez (Andres, Digna, Jackie, Bertha, Rafael)

The Ruedas lead after four, 209-0. Double: a sport where the crowd causes a scandal (3). What the Brits call "footie" is #1 for Bertha. Baseball and basketball sweep it for the challengers' 200.

Triple: something used to see afar (3). Rafael gets #2, binoculars. Glasses are good for #1 for Jaime. Telescope wins it, 509-200.

Dinero Rápido: Adriana draws "buena suerte". She and Jaime get 189 for another $500, giving them $1000 for two days.

Wheel of Fortune by Jason Block, GSNN

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

Ending our salute to Moms and our first week in San Diego.

The $1,000 Tossup is PLACE. Stefanie and Pat Correo are from Chula Vista, CA solved CHILDREN'S ZOO for $1,000. Pat has been married for 38 years and Stefanie is one of her daughters. Carol and Jerome Gabi are from Luna Miguel, CA. Carol is an office manager. Jerome is a compliance advisor. He is a son, Roman. Karen Rasmussen and Aimee Lundy. Karen has been married for 36 years. Aimee is a SAHM of Karen's grandson, Nolan who is 7 months old. We see the baby pictures one more time.

The $2,000 Tossup is FOOD AND DRINK. Stefanie and Pat are up to $3,000 with HEALTHY SNACKS. We add a train trip through Western Canada and the Canadian Rockies from Rocky Mountaineer Vacations. It's worth $7,716. They start this round which is ON THE MAP. They pick up the Free Spin, miss on the Wild Card, use the Free Spin and then hit Lose A Turn. Carol and Jerome miss...over to Karen and Aimee who solve THE UNITED KINGDOM for $1,200 which we bump to $2,000.

The Transitions Lenses Jackpot round is PHRASE....and a PRIZE PUZZLE. Carol and Jerome miss. Karen and Aimee Bankrupt. Pat and Stefanie hit the Wild Card and solve LEAVE YOUR CARES BEHIND for $1,750 and a trip to Cancun! It's a Funjet vacations to the Rio Caribe in Cancun! It's worth $8,992! And if you have the SPIN ID of PL0006468, you are off to Cancun...remember the Sony Card Bonus! Their total is now $13,742 in cash and trip!

The mystery round is SAME NAME. Karen and Aimee miss...Stefanie and Pat hit a $3,500 S and use the Wild Card and hit 3 more R's...that's $14,000! They pick up the Canada Trip. They miss on the vowel. Carol and Jerome call a vowel on the board. Karen and Aimee miss and Stefanie and Pat solve ASPARAGUS & BEAUTY TIPS for a huge total of $36,258 in cash and trips!

Stefanie and Pat sweep the tossups with CANOPY BED in AROUND THE HOUSE. They have $39,258 and we have a $1,300 a letter FINAL SPIN with THING. Stefanie and Pat continue their dominance with for $5,200 with DIGITAL PHOTO PRINTER. They have $44,458 in cash and trips! What a front game! Karen and Aimee leave with $2,000. Carol and Jerome get the gooseegg award for $2,000!

I feel very good things about Stefanie and Pat ending the week with a bonus round win! They land on the U in BONUS. Their category is SHOW BIZ. With the RSTNLE and their choices of C D G I we have:

R _ D I _
_ I N G L E

They hit the RADIO JINGLE and $35,000 more to jingle in their pocket for a huge total of $79,458 in cash and trips! WOW!

Total for today: $83,458
Total for Week 33: $294,458
Charity Donations: $382,980
Total for the Season: $7,847,089
Bonus Win Percentage: 59/165
Gooseeggs: 35 (1 adjusted)
Toss Up Sweeps/Group Misses: 22/4
Mystery Round Prizes won: 10 (1 car)
Car Wins: 17
$100,000 Losses/Wins:3/2
$10,000 wedge wins: 12
Wild Cards Hit/Offered/Used: 82/135/29

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire by Don Harpwood, GSNN

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

Robert Martin (Morris Plains, NJ) starts this Friday episode with $16,000 and 1 lifeline available. Apparently, the last time he was at Disney World, he made a certain wish while throwing 3 coins in the fountain behind Cinderella's castle. That wish? To get the call to be on this show! And he got it 2 weeks later! Awesome! And so far, he's doing well, as the game continues...

[$25,000]
Of the nine Nobel Laureates honored with Nobel Prizes in 2006, eight were people and one was a what?
A: Church
B: Bank
C: University
D: Hospital

Having no clue, Robert calls an old colleague from a former job, Heather, but she doesn't know, either. So, he decides not to risk the $16,000 that he has, and walks with it. It's B.

Next in the hot seat is Barbara Dupree (Martin, LA), a retired teacher. She was nervous backstage, but she says she's calming down now. We'll see about that soon enough, as Barbara starts by knowing that the Lord is mentioned twice in the children's rhyme that starts with "Now I lay me down to sleep" (it would seem silly to mention Ted Koppel in such a rhyme). She does make it through the first 5 questions, and after some time, she faces this...

[$8,000]
Baking soda is made of a bicarbonate compound of what chemical element?
A: Calcium
B: Sodium
C: Magnesium
D: Zinc

Barbara says she heard about baking soda being referred to as "sodium bicarbonate", but she decides to ask the audience. 91% say B. She goes with that... and it's B!

[$16,000]
Which of these famous paintings has no people depicted in it?
A: Picasso's "Guernica"
B: Hopper's "Chop Suey"
C: Van Gogh's "The Starry Night"
D: Homer's "The Gulf Stream"

Barbara calls her cousin, Julie, and she says C, but she's only 20% sure. (I'd have thought 25% would be the minimum, since there's only 4 choices, but okay...) Barbara then decides to use the 50:50, to see if C stays there. It does, along with B. She takes the risk and goes with C... and it's 100% right!

[$25,000]
What state's capital is named after a Revolutionary War general who died attempting to capture Quebec?
A: Alabama
B: Kentucky
C: Pennsylvania
D: Delaware

Barbara won't take the risk this time; she takes the $16,000. She was thinking D, but that would have been wrong; it's A.

Getting the next shot is Brian Kaminski (Trafford, PA), a sports writer. He says his odds of winning the million are about 3-2. Sounds confident, doesn't he? Well, Brian does start by knowing that the expression "You snooze, you lose" stresses the importance of staying alert. And he does sweep the lower tier, with time running out for the day as he gets to $2,000. I guess we'll see if Brian's self-proclaimed odds hold up on Monday.