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Cash Cab
by Chico Alexander

Air time: 6:30p/5:30C on Discovery & Discovery HD
Host: Ben Bailey
On the Web
: discovery.com/cashcab    

Total today: $2600
Total this week: $6100
Total this season: $34,700
Record today: 2-1
Record this week: 5-4
Record this season: 29-24
Video Bonus Won/Attempted/Offered: 9/15/30
Double Rides: 9
Four sailors on shore leave by the name of Chuck, Scott, Matt & Kim head to Hudson & Charlton to start the night off. They sweep the $50s, but strike when they can't name the "most beloved and despised sportscaster in the US" according to TV Guide (Howard Co-SELL). Red Light Challenge: four of the five wild animals most likely to carry rabies. Raccoon, bat, fox, and coyote are good for $650. The other one was skunk. They get two $200s and another Red Light Challenge. This time, it's eight of the 11 national in the Eurozone. France, Germany, Spain, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Ireland, and Luxembourg do it for $1400 and the win! Will they risk it for double? Nope.

Ken & Isabella are next as they head to Crosby & Grand. They strike on a question about bruins. Ken's friend Christian gets the Shout Out on the Berkshare being an accepted local currency of... Massachusetts for $250! Groupthink and scuttlebutt gives them their other two strikes... No money, though.

Final ride of the night is a DOUBLE RIDE with Suzanne, Maureen & Katrina going to the Chelsea. They don't know that Spongebob Squarepants is President Obama's favorite TV character of all time for strike one. Mobile Shout Out opens up the second round, as Suzanne's dad Ken gets a question on a congressional act that is used to publicly reprimand an official. "Censure"... is good for $500. When you're referring to your muscles, "traps" are "trapezius", not "trapezoid". Red Light Challenge for $500 is... six states along the Pony Express... Nebraska, Nevada, Colorado, Kansas, and.... Wyoming on the buzzer gives them $1200! Will they keep it? Oh yeah.

 

Catch 21
by Chico Alexander

Air time: 6:30p/5:30C on GSN
Host: Alfonso Ribiero with Mikki Padilla
On the Web
: www.gsn.com/catch21   

Total today: $1599
Total this week: $9897
Total this season: $143,377
Bonus record this week: 0-1-2
Bonus record this season: 1-6-21
One-hand draws: 8
Two-hand draws: 13
Bonus prizes won/offered: 24/28
Brizona Kraft
Chicago
salvager
Ellie
orig. Belgrade, Serbia
newly-minted American citizen
Michael Zoll
Chicago
restaurant manager
FIRST 21 WINS
Oreck Halo vacuum cleaner ($599)

Hand 1: Brizona starts with a 7, Ellie a 6, and Michael a 10. Ellie picks up a 7 and passes to Michael for 17. Michael sends a Queen to Ellie with 16 and a 5 to Brizona for 12. Brizona gets on the board and keeps a 7 to freeze at 19. Ellie wants to bust Michael with a 9. That gives her the draw... and a 9 busts her, giving the round to Brizona, who has 600 to Ellie & Michael's 200 a piece.

Hand 2: Brizona has a 4, Ellie has a 3, and Michael has a Jack. Michael quickly catches 21 with an Ace to send Ellie home.

Final Hand: Brizona gets a 5 to Michael's Jack. Brizona takes a 10... and passes to Michael for 20. Michael gets the next question and freezes there. Next card for Brizona... King for 15. Next... Jack for bust. Michael wins the $1000!

Bonus Round with three Power Chips.
Hand 1: Q - 8
Hand 2: 4 - J - 2
Hand 3: Q - 10 - A = $1000
PASSED: K, 6, 8

Next card... 4 Goes to #2. He keeps on ... 9 busts. So Michael's got $1000 and a vacuum.

 

Deal Or No Deal
by Gordon Pepper

Air time: Check local listings
Host: Howie Mandel with Tameka Jacobs & Patricia Kara
On the Web
: www.dealornodealtv.com  
  Let's continue with College Week. Rose Ortega is studying fish at the University of Maine. She keeps her case and away we go. #4 (Jade) - $200. #11 (Joseph) - $5,000. #22 (Brendan) - $250,000. #1 (Katie) - $2,500. #11 (Richelle) - $400. OFFER: $16,000. NO DEAL! Five cases to open.

#2 (Andrew) - $75,000. #19 (Haamed) - $10. #12 (Tom) - $500,000. No gold-sprinkled aquarium for the fish. #16 (Marcus) - $1,000. #6 (Sam) - $200. With the half-mil gone, down goes the offer: $9,000. It's good for an African safari but she wants spending money. NO DEAL!

Four more cases to open. #4 (Jade) - $100,000. #8 (Joey) - $25,000. She's treading on this ice here. #21 (Julie) - $25. #15 (Pierre) - $1. Good finish, but a yucky board:

PENNY, $5, $100, $300, $500, $7,500, $10,000, $50,000
OFFER: $5,500.

Two cases to open on a low ball offer. NO DEAL!

#14 (Jennie) - $100
#20 (Blake) - $500. Good round.

PENNY, $5, $300, $7,500, $10,000, $50,000
OFFER: $8,500

Still not in a bad spot. She does need to keep the $50,000 in play. NO DEAL! 2 cases to open.

#10 (Kimberly) - $10,000. That's ok, as long as $50,000 doesn't show up.
#7 (Nichole) - $5. another good round.

PENNY, $300, $7,500, $50,000
OFFER: $12,000

$12,000...will be good enough. DEAL for $12,000. But was it a good deal? Next case...$50,000. Inside Rose's case...$7,500. Good deal for Rose. We'll continue this tomorrow.
 

Family Feud
by Chico Alexander

Air time: Check local listings
Host: John O'Hurley
On the Web
: www.familyfeud.tv  
 
Melgren (Scott, Rick, Christine, Michelle, Kristi)
$20,795, two days
Aldridge (Betty, Sheila, Pauline, Lorrain, Lenore)
San Diego

Round 1 (6): an excuse people give themselves to pig out. Scott gets #4, pregnant. Rick gets #3, it's the holidays. The Aldridges get a shot at it... and blank. Melgrens get 22. Number one: hungry/not eaten. Other answers: depressed/sad, diet tomorrow, workout later.

Round 2 (5): an animal that grunts. Rick fires with pig for #1. Ape and bear are also on the board. The Aldridges try stealing again with a buffalo... Nope. Melgrens go to 105. Other answers: human, dog.

Double (full board): something teeth do. Pauline gets the big one, chew. Rest of the challengers get grind, decay, and chatter, but the Melgrens steal with bite. Other answer: hurt. Melgrens leading, 263-0.

Triple (4): something about Peter Pan that's different from the average boy. Michelle gets #1, he can fly. He also wears tights and never grows up. The Aldridges have one more shot with defeating Captain Hook... Not there! Melgrens win, 545-0! Other answer: he's not real.

Fast Money: Kristi & Christine can't make something happen today with $735 today for a three-day take of $21,530.

 

The Newlywed Game
by Chico Alexander

Air time: 6p/5C on GSN
Host: Carnie Wilson
On the Web
: www.gsn.com/newlywed    
 
Alec & Lori
married 16 months
Pat & Jana
married 4 months
Luis & Lois
married 18 months

It's eHarmony eWednesday, and the couples are playing for a trip to Antigua and a showdown against Goldyweds from '69.

5-point round:
- Due to the weakening economy, suppose you have to consider changes in your lovemaking department. Would you give your husband a pinkslip for low productivity or "who cares about the recession; I'd give him a raise!"
- Other than your looks, what quality would your husband say first attracted him to you?
- If you both stood in line to get into a club this weekend, which one of you would get carded?

Pat & Jana and Luis & Lois are perfect with 15 each to Alec & Lori's 10.

10-point round:
- When describing the home you and your wife currently live in, would your wife call it a dream house, a starter house, or a dump that she can't wait to get out of?
- What's the most public place where the two of you have gotten hot and heavy?
- 20-point bonus: What would your wife say is her favorite Kevin Bacon movie moment of all time: Kevin dancing in "Footloose", Kevin in uniform in "A Few Good Men", or Kevin naked in "Wild Things"?

Alec & Lori... are beyond help. In many many ways. Pat & Jana match on "Footloose" for 45. Luis & Lois can take the perfect game here.. She goes nekkid... He goes nekkid. Perfect score! Everyone else gets $250 from Shoebuy.com and a griddler.

Today's Goldyweds from 1969 are Ron & Lorraine (Laguna Niguel, CA; married 40 years). Both couples are playing for a sofa and chair.

1) Who does your wife say "I love you" to most often other than you?
2) How many sinks are in your current home?
3) Does your wife keep her eyes open or closed when she's lovemaking?
4) In what year did your wife graduate high school?
5) Since you've been married, what's the longest amount of time you've been apart from your wife?

Goldyweds get it without the last question, 8-4.

 

Poker After Dark: The Cash Game
by Chico Alexander

Air time: 2:05a/1:05C on NBC
Hosts: Leeann Tweeden & Oliver "Ali" Nejad
On the Web
: www.nbcsports.com/poker   
  The cash bash continues with over a million in play.
 
Antonio "The Magician" Esfandiari
$110,000
(-$90,000)
Kenny "Sick Call" Tran
$50,000
(-$50,000)
Phil "Poker Brat" Hellmuth
$219,000
(+$119,000)
Bob Safai
$88,000
(-$112,000)
Tom "Durrr" Dwan
$361,000
(+$111,000)
BLINDS/ANTE: $200/$400/$100 Phil "The Unabomber" Laak
$202,000
(+$2000)

Tom straddles on $1600. Antonio bumps it to $5700 on K-6d. Bob calls on 10-9. Tom raises on A-J. Antonio's out. Bob calls. The Safai-Dwan grudge match continues.. The flip: 2-6-5. No help. Bob checks out, and Tom collects more than $60,000.

Phil Hellmuth decides to take a break... uncharacteristically. Five players... three see a flop of 2-8-9. Open-ended straight flush draw for Phil Laak. Open-ended for Bob, who bets $7000. Laak juices the pot to over $100,000, $102K to be exact. Bob folds. The next card.. would've done nothing but complicate things further for Bob. Laak would've gotten the flush.

Antonio picks up an easy pot to round out the night.

Tomorrow... the brat returns for action.

 

The Price Is Right
by Chico Alexander

Air time: 11a/10C on CBS & CBS HD
Host: Drew Carey with Amber Lancaster, Gwendolyn Osborne & Rachel Reynolds
On the Web
: www.cbs.com/daytime/price  

Record today: singleton
Record this week: 4-14
Record this season: 388-541-19
Total today: $48,972
Total this week: $196,571
Total this season: $10,193,270
Perfect Shows/Skunks: 1/6
DSWs/DOBs: 8/5
Yesterday stunk. Seriously. But it's a new day with Marlene Masuki,  Irving Contreras, Dalia Friedman, and Michael Ortiz. Camping equipment will lead to a trip on stage. The price $978, and Dalia gets that and maybe something to go with it... a trailer. It's either $7995 or $6679. She goes with $6679... and we're 0 for 7 on the last two days.

Marlene will try and put a W on the board with a $1220 keyboard. There's a Chrysler PT Cruiser in Stack the Deck. The deck is 7 4 8 3 9 5 1. She gets one pairing, the $5.49 determination between Axe body spray and Coricidin HBP (it was the Axe). That gives her a price of $_9,___. She goes with $19,845... It was $19,784.

Michael hopes to win something other than a $2768 washer/dryer. He'll have to pick the Most Expensive from an office chair, Dolce & Gabbana shoes, and golf clubs. He goes with the shoes. The office chair... $5500. The golf clubs... $2362. The shoes... $2740. Ouch. He can mop his tears with $1000 won on the Wheel.

Gina Aysock wins a $1370 luggage set. We WANT to see her use it in Washington, DC. She gets Flip Flop. The price is not $6479. She flips... and she should've flopped as well.

Domenico Rossi gets down and up thanks to a $700 lawn care package... and it's time to rake in some leaves. It's PLINKO! Given chips from Drew, a $25 set of cookie cutters, a $79 picture viewer camera, and a $37 chocolate mill, he wins... $11,000! Finally! a winner!

Which brings us back to Irving. If he doesn't bid right on a bicycle, he may NEVER find the light at the end of the Golden Road.... The price: $749... and pedaling to the stage... is Nathan Ewing, who gets crystal candlesticks and a Ford Focus. He'd rather have the car in Any Number. The first number: 1. 7... candlesticks. 6... Pig. 4... candlesticks. 9... $749 candlesticks. Better than $6.something. The car was $18,213.

Gina's your second winner of the Showdown. First up is a living room with HDTV and sport boat and fuel for a year. Top winner Michael passes to Gina, who bids $21,500. Michael gets a wine cabinet, picnic equipment, and two places known for their wine, Napa Valley and Bordeaux, France! He bids $18,000. Actual price: $26,963, a difference of $8963. Actual price of Gina's Showcase... $28,299, a difference of $6799. Gina's your big winner today with $29,669!

 

Wheel of Fortune
by Jason Block

Air time: check local listings
Hosts: Pat Sajak & Vanna White
On the Web
: www.wheeloffortune.com  


Total for today: $35,908
Total for Week 36: $172,566
Total for the Season: $9,290,101
Bonus Win Percentage: 65/178
Gooseeggs: 36
Toss Up Sweeps/Group Misses: 24/2
Mystery Round Prizes won: 8
Car Wins: 9
$100,000 Losses/Wins: 8/4
$1,000,000 Losses/Wins:0/1
$1,000,000 Wedge Hit/Offered/Used: 50/178/12
Wild Cards Hit/Offered/Used: 107/178/27
Prizes added to the wheel hit/won: 96/51
Gift Tags won: 29
Free Spins Hit/Used: 102/92
Jackpot wins: 4
$6,000 FINAL SPINS: 32/178
Best Week: Week 6: $1,237,028
Week 34 to Week 35: +$34,162
$1,000,000 Level Broken: 10/08/08
$2,000,000 Level Broken: 10/14/08
$3,000,000 Level Broken: 11/04/08
$4,000,000 Level Broken: 11/27/08
$5,000,000 Level Broken: 01/05/09
$6,000,000 Level Broken: 02/04/09
$7,000,000 Level Broken: 03/09/09
$8,000,000 Level Broken: 04/06/09
$9,000,000 Level Broken: 05/06/09
We are in the middle of planning "Weekend Getaways"!
 
The $1,000 Tossup is PLACE. Jill misses and Nancy Pittman from Idaho is in the EXPRESS LANE. She is married for 26 years and has a 3 yr old granddaughter. Mike Davis from Wynn, AR, has 3 kids and one granddaughter. Jill Alonzo from Arcadia, CA is a marriage/family therapist and speaks Spanish.
 
The $5,000 SPIN ID is KG02293 and the 2nd one is MG0017588.
 
The $2,000 Tossup is RHYME TIME. Mike misses and Jill has $2,000 with SAME NAME. We add this to the wheel...a SpaFinder.com trip to the Green Valley Spa and Resort in Utah worth $6,000! Jill will start SAME NAME. (J-Note: That looks familiar). She misses. Nancy picks up the $1,000 GC to Cabela's. She misses. Mike misses. Jill misses a vowel. Nancy hits Lose A Turn. Mike misses. Jill solves MUSEUM & CHICKEN WING for $2,250. She has $4,250.  
 
The jackpot round is sponsored by Wellgate for Women. It's FICTIONAL CHARACTER. Nancy starts and loses $2,600 on Bankrupt. Mike picks up the Free Spin. He misses, uses the Free Spin, and hits Lose a Turn. Jill hits a $3,500 M, uses the Wild Card, and hits a $3,500 N. She solves PETER PARKER'S ALTER EGO SPIDER-MAN for $7,300. She is up to $11,550 in cash.  
 
The mystery round is sponsored by IHOP. It's WHAT ARE YOU DOING?...and it's a PRIZE PUZZLE. Mike starts and Bankrupts...losing $900. Jill hits Lose a Turn. Nancy Bankrupts. Mike hits a $3,500 G, but loses $4,700 on Bankrupt. Jill risks $1,000...and gets $10,000! She misses. Nancy misses. Mike Bankrupts for the 3rd time this round. Jill loses the $10K plus some money on Bankrupt. Nancy misses. Mike solves WAKING UP TO THE SOUND OF WAVES for $2,400...and after a lot of bad luck...he goes to the Big Island of Hawaii to the Fairmont Orchid worth $9,958. If you have TL02242...you are going to Hawaii! Remember the SONY CARD BONUS! He has $12,358 in cash and trip...and the lead!  
 
The $3,000 Tossup is FOOD AND DRINK. Jill misses and Nancy has $4,000 with BEEF BARLEY SOUP. We go right into a FINAL SPIN worth $1,600 a letter for PHRASE. Mike wins with THAT'S WHAT YOU THINK and $8,000. He wins with $20,358 in cash and trip! Jill leaves with $11,550 and Nancy leaves with $4,000. 
 
The pre-bonus round total is $35,908. Mike wants more...he got off to a slow start but lets see if you have a big finish!
 
He lands on the N in SPIN. He is dealing with PERSON. With the RSTLNE and his choices of D H M A we have:

_ _ E R A _ H _ E _ E R
 
This was really tough. He wasn't an OVERACHIEVER. And he lost the 2009 Mini Cooper Clubman Edition. But he leaves with $20,358 in cash and trip to Hawaii!
 

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
by Don Harpwood

Air time: Check local listings
Guest Host: Samantha Harris
On the Web
: www.millionairetv.com   
  Eddie Horwitz (Philadelphia, PA) starts the day with $8,000 and all 4 lifelines.

[$16,000] (Reality Tube)
Which of these people has never been the winner of TV's "Dancing With the Stars"?
A: A race car driver
B: A former pro football player
C: A former boy band member
D: A female boxer

Eddie hasn't seen "Dancing With the Stars". And he admits it in front of Samantha Harris. Yeah. Anyway, Eddie asks the audience, and 61% are saying D. He trusts them with 6 seconds left... and they're right!

[$25,000] (Chemical Formulas)
"FeS2" is the chemical formula for a compound commonly referred to as what?
A: Rust
B: Fool's gold
C: Stainless steel
D: Pewter

Eddie asks the Expert, $250,000 winner Howard Johnson. Howard says that Fe is iron and S is sulfur, and he thinks it's B. Eddie then calls his best friend's son, Alex, but he is unable to give a possible answer in time, though he mentions "iron fluoride". So, with the clock at 5, Eddie goes with the Double Dip. His first answer is B... and he has $25,000!

[$50,000] (Theodore Rex)
When he first wrote "speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far," Teddy Roosevelt identified the famous saying as what type of proverb?
A: West African
B: Ancient Greek
C: East Asian
D: Native American

Since it's a free guess, Eddie says D with 9 seconds left... but it's A! Well, the good news is that he leaves $25,000 richer!

Elli Lobach (Lakeside, MT) - Grad student
Menu:
Lower - Anesthesia, Snail Mail, Factual Films, State Names, Investing
Middle - 2008 Farewells, Diagnosing Homer, Sun & Surf, What is It?, Trailblazers of Rock
Upper - Oil, That's the Question, First Known Use, Viral Video, Personal Effects

Elli secures $1,000, then eventually, she makes it to this...

[$16,000] (What is It?)
A tamarind is a type of what?
A: Bear
B: Fruit
C: Musical instrument
D: Hat

With 7 seconds on the clock, Elli asks the audience. 64% are thinking B. She goes with that with the clock at 4... and it's B! And there's the horn; Elli returns tomorrow!