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Family Feud by Chico Alexander and Chris Tufts, GSNN

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

I... love... Feuding on TV, case #3, hanging with my friends... and TWINS... It's the Battle of the Twins on the Feud all this week. The Youngers are leading, two games to one... and we have a substitution on the field.

Oldest (Mike, Jody, Charla, Scott, Joyce): $2500
Youngest (Paul, Erin, Darla, Chris, Joanne); $22,500

Round 1: if you were stuck on a deserted island, something you'd want with you (6). Mike fires with water for #1. Another person, food, a book, a phone, and... a raft? The Youngers hope so... No! The Elders get 77. Other answer: suntan lotion.

Round 2: the hippest city in the world (7). Jody's on the board with #1, New York City. Other hip cities: LA, Vegas, Chicago, and N'awlins follow. The Youngers follow up with Paris... Not there! Elders get 149! Other answer: Miami (said!), Atlantic City.

Double Round: a furry animal a man's bad toupee looks like (6). Charla gets #5, a bear. Mike comes up with #1, a dog. A cat and a skunk also make the survey. The Youngers try to steal with a squirrel... Got it for 86! Other answer: monkey/ape.

Triple Round: something that depreciates in value (4). Scott fires with a car.. number one! They come up with nothing else, opening the floodgates for the Youngers to steal with computers...No! The Elders win, 368-86! Other answers: money, house, diamond/jewelry.

Jody & Mike go to the Fast Money board, getting the $20,000 in nine!

Tomorrow, the deciding game. Who's better? The older or the younger? Find out next time!

 
I've Got a Secret by Chico Alexander, GSNN

Air time: 11:30p ET/10:30p CT on GSN
Host: Bil Dwyer
First up against the panel is a young grandmother from Delavan, IL, Cathy Smith. Her secret: "I own the world's smallest cat." Jermaine gets that it is the size of something particular. Suzanne gets that a cat is involved. Frank puts the two together... And Billy takes it home. And we see the world's smallest cat, Mr. Peebles, all 3 pounds, 19 inches of him.

Next, the lead singer of two local bands out of Tukwila, WA, Brandon Jerwa. He thinks that Frank DeCaro is "the Charles Nelson Reilly of his time." His secret.... he was immortalized. Suzanne ... empty. Frank gets plastic... "Is there an action figure of you?" Yep. Billy? "Would it be, like, GI Joes?" Yep.

The secret is: "I was a model for a GI Joe." We get the action figure, as well as a history of his GI Joe fandom. He has a big collection and was a writer for the comic.

Finally, a mechanical engineer from Big D, Krandall Newton.  His secret... "I draw people's butts." Billy gets that he's wearing regular clothing while he's doing this. Jermaine gets that it is created. Suzanne gets that it is drawn, but that's it... He gets dinner and $1000...

... and a chance to draw Jermaine's tiny hiney.

 
Lingo by Chico Alexander, GSNN

Air time:  7:30p ET/6:30p CT on GSN
Hosts: Chuck Woolery & Shandi Finnessey
Friends Michelle (movie theatre manager) & Brian (student)
Couple Greg (martial arts instructor) & Annie (retail store manager)
BONUS LINGO JACKPOT: $19,000

Dueling managers today.

Michelle & Brian start with a P. Greg & Annie steal it with a PANDA. They follow up with a BULLY and WOMAN, but Greg comes up with a red one. They get the draw back on TEMPO, then rake the Yellows against the COALS with a Lingo for 175.

Now it's Michelle & Brian's turn with an N. They get NOVEL, but Michelle gets a red stopper. That ends the half with the Reds up, 175-25.

So the point of the red ball? None. Michelle & Brian get an A. They're AWARDed with 50 points. They ride the RODEO, but Brian is bucked by a red one. Greg & Annie get HAIRY, then PLACE, but Michelle & Brian VOGUE for 50 more. The Lingo gives us a tie, 275 all...

And that's the way regulation ends. Hands on buzzers for a tiebreaker!

C------...

C-----E...

That's Greg. "COACHES." Nope.

CO----E...

CO---GE...

That's Brian. "COURAGE." Nope.

COL--GE...

That's Greg again...  "COLLEGE." That's win!

With two Bonus Lingo letters, Greg & Annie get GLOVE, SONGS, ADOPT, JEWEL, and RINSE  for five balls and $500. Now to the Lingo board... Money ball is 52. Annie gets... 34. Annie gets the Lingo on the last one for $5000

Tomorrow, it's up to an even $20,000.

 
The Price is Right by Chico Alexander, GSNN

Air time:  11a ET/10a CT on CBS (markets may vary)
Host: Bob Barker
Thursday at 33. Here's what went down with Bob, Rachel, Gaby, and the apparently-all-too-ready-for-primetime Lanisha.

We start with Jeffrey Bushman, Nora Haggerty, Angela Lauver, Catherine (no relation) Alexander, and a pair of air bikes. The $1399 bikes go to Angela, as does a chance at a Chevrolet Equinox playing Lucky Seven. First number: 2. First guess... 1. It's a 3. Two bucks. Second guess... 8. It's a 5. Three bucks. Third guess... 2. It's a 7. No bucks.

Sneha Pathak is down and up thanks to a $1035 floor clock. Time to drop the pucks with PLINKO! With chips from Bob, a $20 collection of cleaning products, and a $50 table lamp, she gets $1000... then nothing... then the biggie! In total: $11,000!

A $647 collection of books go to Jeffrey, as he gets a chance at a hot tub. The game is New Balance Game. The bags: $995, $2000, $3000, and $4000. Jeffrey goes with a counterweight of $6995... And that's the price of the tub! But it's $11,000 Sneha going to the Showcase.

Catherine gets a $1399 HDTV and a chance at a trip to Puerto Vallarta! The game is Bullseye. First shot: 5 Tums Smoothies at $3.99 a piece... $19.95. An overshoot. Second shot: 5 Hershey's syrups... $2.25 a piece. That's $11.25... Bullseye!

Suzanne Hill wins a graphic worth $3000. She'll try to Line Up an $875 set of dinnerware, a $39 food dehydrator, and a $789 bookcase in order to win a Ford Focus! The first number is 1. The last number: 5. First try: $15,975.... One right. Second try: $17,985. Actual price... $15,385.

Last chance for Nora is a game room package. Actual price: $1000. Winner: Montreal resident Alexandre Lord. He can win four electric guitars and a dinette in Switch?. The guitars are marked $2275. The dinette's marked $1265. Are they right? Or should he Switch? Alexandre leaves them as is... Bad move. Good move for Catherine, as she spins her way into the Showcase.

First up: a new living room with carpeting, golf equipment, and a trip to Scotland! Top winner Sneha bids $20,000 even. Catherine, meanwhile, gets a retelling of the Little Red Riding Hood story with a chest freezer, a day bed with mattress, and a Dodge Magnum. She bids... a dollar.

So did Sneha go over? Actual price: $15,806. She did go over, and Catherine wins a $31,699 package for the day!

Stats: breakeven, $56,595.

 
Wheel of Fortune by Chico Alexander, GSNN

Air time:  Check listings or wheeloffortune.com
Hosts: Pat Sajak & Vanna White
Strike up the band again for College Week in Denver. We start Thursday by TAKING A ROAD TRIP for $1000 for Deanna Hanson, a junior at Colorado State. She gets the second tossup as well, as we put down a trip on the Eurostar Da Vinci Code train from London to Paris. First puzzle is a Place... and it's a Prize Puzzle. Casey from the US Air Force Academy scores $10,000... but wants more. She... don't get it. Ben from CU solves EXCLUSIVE NIGHTCLUB for $2100 and a trip to an exclusive nightclub... in Miami! And if you're Wheel Watcher CC 08734, you're headed to South Beach. Great town. Spent a summer there. He's got the lead at $6100.

Eggland's Best Jackpot Puzzle is Before & After. Ben picks up a Cingular Walkman phone from Sony Ericsson as he solves LEMONADE STAND-UP COMEDIAN for $2500 this round, $8600 this game.

A scholarship of $10,000 is on the line in the Mystery Round, an Occupation. Deanna makes quick work of it, solving GENERAL MANAGER OF A PRO SPORTS TEAM for $2100 more, $5100 total.

Living Thing is the subject of the $3000 Tossup. Deanna scores the trifecta with MALLARD DUCK. Pat spins out $1300 for the final round, On the Map. Ben solves SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA for the game and $9900.

Meanwhile, Casey gets $1000 for just showing up.

Ben gets a Thing in Bonus Land. Given the normal 6 and PCH O, we get...

- E - R   O -
H E - - H T S

Ben has a FEAR OF HEIGHTS for $30,000! He's scored $39,900 in cash and phone.

And if you have a cell phone and a FEAR OF HEIGHTS, text it to WOFTV (96388), or go online to http://www.wheeloffortune.com/mini_sites/textmetoparadise/form.php. Remember, standard text rates apply and full details are available at the website.

 
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire by Don Harpwood, GSNN

Air time:  Check listings or millionairetv.com
Host: Meredith Vieira
It's been a few years since the last time the U.S. saw a million-dollar winner on Millionaire. Only time will tell when another one will surface...

Today's first player is Ann Flowers (Washington, DC). While most people are harassed by telemarketers at dinner time, Ann gets calls from people who want to order flowers. Apparently, it's because of her last name. And some people won't believe her when she tells them that she's actually a lawyer. Wow. Anyway, the game starts, and Ann knows that a person who is most alert and productive early in the day is a morning person. She sweeps the lower tier (interestingly enough, she faced a flower question along the way), and she blazes through most of the middle tier before facing this...

[$25,000]
What astronomer introduced his famous "heliocentric" theory of planetary motion in a manuscript titled "Commentariolus"?
A: Ptolemy
B: Copernicus
C: Johannes Kepler
D: Isaac Newton

Ann calls her mother, Ellie, but she doesn't give an answer. Ann then uses the 50:50, leaving A and B. She then asks the audience, and both polls favour B (84% of the studio audience; 66% of the AIM users) over A (16%; 34%). Now, with all 3 of those lifelines used, Ann says B... and she has $25,000! On to the upper tier...

[$50,000]
The word "gossip" comes from an Old English word meaning what?
A: Godparent
B: Goodwill
C: Gooseflesh
D: Gadfly

Ann is thinking either C or D, but she's not sure enough, so she switches it out. Good thing, too; it was actually A. Anyway, that gets replaced with this...

[$50,000] (Q)
Snuppy, the dog that was successfully produced by cloning in 2005, is what breed?
A: Welsh corgi
B: Yorkshire terrier
C: Afghan hound
D: Siberian husky

It's a free guess, so Ann says B... but it's C! That sends her home with $25,000!

The next player to sit in the hot seat is Amanda McMeniman (Rockaway, NJ). She's feeling up to it, so they get right to it. Amanda starts by knowing that according to traditional table manners, when sitting down for dinner, people place a napkin in their laps (though I bet some single women wouldn't mind a cute busboy in their laps). She gets through the lower tier, then eventually gets to this...

[$8,000]
"4 8 15 16 23 42" is a mysterious string of numbers that keeps popping up on what TV series?
A: 24
B: Smallville
C: Desperate Housewives
D: Lost

Amanda asks the audience, and both polls lean towards D (77%; 68%). Amanda trusts them... and they're right! Moving on...

[$16,000]
In September 2005, what Arab country held its first multi-candidate presidential election in its history?
A: Kuwait
B: Libya
C: Saudi Arabia
D: Egypt

The 50:50 leaves A and D. Amanda then calls her uncle Mike, and he's sure that it's D. Amanda trusts him... and it's D!

There isn't enough time to try for $25,000 today, though. Amanda will get that chance tomorrow.
 
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