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100 Mexicanos Dijeron by Jason Hernandez, GSNN

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

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Family Feud by Chico Alexander, GSNN

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

Berry (Jessica, Frank, David, Sonja, Rachel)

Bearie (Brian, Julie, Bonnie, Jeni, Kevin); $670

Okay. This was set up. We have the Bearies... versus the Berrys. Hope this doesn't get Bearie Berry confusing. Round 1: soemthign with the word "rocky" in it (5). Jessica likes rocky road ice cream, #2. Brian likes the Rocky Horror Picture Show, but only good for #4. Rocky movies is #1, thanks Frank! Other Rockys: "Rocky & Bullwinkle" and Rocky Mountains for the sweep. Berrys get 92.

Round 2: an activity that might cause a man's toupee to fall off (7). Frank drives with the top down for #5. Also on the Berry mindset: making love. Can the Bearies steal with swimming? Number one! The Bearies steal... 9! Other answers: running/jogging, playing sports, bending over, skydiving.

Double Round: something that begins with "the real" (full board). Bonnie goes with the real McCoy, #2. David gets the real deal, #3. Number one goes to Jeni, a fan of "The Real World". The family gets real life before they get three real strikes. For the Berrys, ain't nothing like the real thing for the steal and 256. Other answer: the real story.

Triple Round: something people do for someone who feels faint (4).Jeni gives a glass of water for #1. The Berrys also sit, but can the Bearies force sudden death with a cool cloth? Count it. Other answer: fan them. The Berrys still lead, 256-192, going into...

Sudden Death: which college is the hardest to get into? That's Rachel... "Harvard." It's right for the win, 460-192. The Bearies leave with $670...

While the Berrys try for $20,000. Spouses Jessica and Frank take on the Fast Money Board. Frank gets high marks for "a famous monster that only comes out at night" (Dracula, although our friend Tim would argue for the Wolfman). He ends with 63. Jessica gets the family 152 for $760.

Jeopardy! by Chico Alexander, GSNN

Air time: Check listings or jeopardy.com
Host: Alex Trebek

David Madden (student orig. from Ridgewood, NJ, now living in Berlin, Germany); $430,400, 19 days

Steve Kaltenbaugh (sailor orig. from Columbia, MD)

Victoria Groce (musician orig. from Decatur, GA)

Victoria says "Hi" to mom, as David says hi to That's Just "Sad" for $800, but it's Victoria who finds the Daily Double under $600 2005 Fiction Bestsellers. With the lead at $2800, Victoria bets $2200 on a John Grisham tale with Joel Backman. "What is 'The Spy'?" Nope. The Broker, as she is now near broke, $600. But she breaks back into the game, $5800 to David's $3400 at the half. Sailor Steve, with two large, will start Double Jeopardy!...

... with $400 "Y"s Up. Time's Top 100 for $1200 is where Steve finds the first Daily Double. Steve's leading this time with $8800 thanks to a rally back from third. He fronts $2500 on a Dubliner who worked with Jeffrey Sachs on world debt relief. "Who is Bono?" Right for $11,300. Sonnets for $800 goes to... Victoria, as she goes all-in on this Daily Double: "'When I consider how my light is spent' begins his sonnet about his loss of sight." "Who is Milton?" And Victoria has the lead with $15,600! Last clue remains hidden, and it's anyone's game with David in an unfamiliar position... third place. He has $7400 to Steve's $11,300 and Victoria's $13,200.

Remember, if you're living in Seattle or Vancouver, you can register for J! tryouts at the website above this recap. Now to business...

Final Jeopardy! in "Ranks & Titles": in 1950 Pius XII was Pontifex Maximus; exactly 2,000 years earlier, this man held a title of the same name. Correct response: Who was Julius Caesar?

David is right, but only bets enough to get past Victoria's total, with $13,300. Steve... wrong with John the Baptist, and it's HIS head. Victoria... is right. Did she wager more than $100... As our good friend James Dinan would say... Madden, meet TRASH. TRASH, Madden. Victoria Groce, your new J! champion with $22,801.

Meanwhile, David Madden literally waves goodbye with $432,400. Trust me, guys... Video is forthcoming.

Lingo by Chico Alexander, GSNN

Air time: 7p ET/6p CT on GSN
Host: Chuck Woolery

Good friends Summer (freelance typist) & Alex (handyman)

College roomates/best friends Rebecca (studio tour guide) & Marisa (assistant)

After the balls fall into place, it's all about a P for Summer and Alex. That P is for PRICK, as in the type you get on your finger if you handle a 2x4. Rebecca & Marisa steal TOUGH. But karma's another kind of prick, as Marisa comes up red. Summer & Alex follow the RULES with ADOPT, and then Alex gets stopped by a stopper. Summer & Alex get the draw back with HUMID, and then Summer drops the red ball. They get the draw back again with OUTER. And Alex pulls the last stopper. Once again, the draw comes back with IDEAS, and this time, the end result is Lingo for the Yellows, giving them 200-25 going into the half.

Round 2 starts with Summer & Alex getting a new board.. and FLOSS for 50. Rebecca & Marisa get PATIO for the backsteal. Yes, I just made that up. They follow with SALTY, but Rebecca hurts her team with the red ball. Summer & Alex MOUNT an offensive, giving them the game, 300-125.

With two Bonus Lingo letters, Summer & Alex get STEAK, GRIPE, RODEO, FUNNY, and PAGED, missing QUIRK, but still getting 5 in two minutes. Taht $500 and five balls. Not a heck of a lot you can do with those, but if you draw 12 on the first pick, it's worth $10,00. Alex draws... 11. Nothing added, and we're going for $5000 now. Last shot at it, and it's more or less 50/50 with five out of nine unlocked. And 39 is not one of them, so the good friends take home $500.

The Price is Right by Travis Schario and Jason Hernandez, GSNN

Air time: 11a ET/10a CT on CBS (markets may vary)
Host: Bob Barker

Ladies and gentlemen, here we go for the 34th year! In true season premiere style, Barker and his gang started the season off big. The first item up for bids was a trip to Cancun, valued at $3,046. Bobette Boggs, the third of the first four contestants took that trip with a $3000 bid. Her game: GOLDEN ROAD. Starting with a pack of pencil erasers (81¢), she flew thru a 4 piece set of Pathfinder Luggage ($845) and a Beachcomber hot tub ($6495) before coming to the end of the Golden Road. What Bob described as "Cool, super, and awesome" certainly was. Valued at over $85,000: a Dodge Viper SRT 10. The reveal was 8 5 _ 9 4. Choice: 6. …how many are there in her family…? …how many people would comfortably fit in that car…? … …IT’S THE SIX! She won the Viper! One game into the 34th season, and we already have a player challenging Amy Remple's PRICE6000 record. Amy's total: $97,130; Bobette's total to this point: $96,080.

Following GR in the first half: 1/2 Off (played to a perfect win by Dustin Berkeheart, who also won tennis equipment) and Push Over (played for a $7,039 folding trailer and won by Zane Lertis, who won a lovely treadmill). Perfect first half of the show, and we're not a full day into the season. Because of her enormous Golden Road take, Bobette had the privilege of spinning last. Dustin and Zane spun to .85 and 1.30 respectively. Bobette steps to the wheel, spins 20, then 80 for another $1000 and a bonus spin. Unfortunately, the wheel stopped one spot short of $5000, on 90 cents. Bobette is thru to the Showcases, now standing $50 shy of Miss Remple.

The second half kicked off just as well as the first half. Natalie Sardia (the last of the First Four) won her IUFB, a side by side refrigerator/freezer valued at $1,349. Her game: SWITCH? for TWO CARS!! Car #1: Chevrolet Cobalt, marked as $18,151. Car #2: Pontiac Sunfire, marked as $16,110. Her decision: Switch the prices. The crowd doesn’t like her decision… The result: 4th winner in a row! Total winnings for Natalie: $35,610. The final game, Pick A Pair, was also won for a $14,645 game room, including a pool table, pinball table, and soda fountain. Good haul for Sean Lovitz.

The show's only loss came with the fifth game, Dice Game. Played for a Ford Focus ZX3SE, contestant Brock Rose was given the first digit: "1". Brock rolled the second digit: "6". Next three rolls: "3", wrong, called higher; "5", wrong, called lower; "1", wrong, called higher. In true Barker style, he revealed the last digit first since it was guaranteed right. The painful mistake: "3" called higher; correct number was 2. Everything else was called correctly.

Then came the first two Showcases of the 34th year. Top Winner: Bobette. Runner Up: Natalie. The first Showcase was a celebration of the 34th year, consisting of a DVD of "Miracle on 34th Street", a TV/DVD combo, a trip to Washington D.C., and a "prize that holds exactly 34 gallons of fuel," a Dodge Ram 1500. Bobette passed, Natalie bid $21,000. The second Showcase was all about change, consisting of a jar of change valued at $1000, a trip to Tahiti, and a Cadillac XLR convertible. After some audience deliberation, Bobette's bid was $60,000. Bobette was a far piece away from her Showcase, ARP $91,426. Natalie won her Showcase, ARP $31,137, to end up with a final total of $66,747.

STATS: 5/6; Total winnings = $200,260

For those of us who are Rich Fields fans out there and wait till the very last second of the show before the credit squeeze to see Rich, he was sporting a dark gray suit today.

On a personal note, this is my first "Price" recap for GSNN. Thank you, Gordon and Chico, for giving me this opportunity to exercise my writing skills. I hope everyone out there enjoys reading this as much as I enjoyed writing it.

Trato Hecho by Gordon Pepper, GSNN

Air time: 12p ET/11a CT on Univision
Host: Guillermo Huesca

We're not giving out Vipers and Cadillacs on this show (sorry), but we'll hopefully be giving out good stuff as Guillermo approaches Lesbia, Laura and Martita and has them come down. Lesbia and Laura each get $400, but Martita will get the money if the women trade it away. For instance, Lesbia gives her $400 to Martita in exchange for the curtain - which has bicycles worth $1,030. Laura keeps the money and gives up a Washer and Dryer system worth $1,098. Does she want to give up her $400 for Curtain #3? No she doesn't, and she gives up a Mad scientist dissecting an AlienChasco!

The show may not be going to the dogs, but Octavio is dressed up like one. Guillermo gives him $500 to get rid of the fleas - unless he wants to give it back for Curtain #2. He doesn't want the curtain and he turns down the ChascoAlien having a picnic with his cardboard saucer and his pig doll. Octavio barks for the camera as we go to break. Here comes the bride (named Maria), while Pablo (who is dressed like a slobby bachelor) will be joining her on stage. We play Dominoes - one of them leads to a living room set worth $2,181, one of them leads to Patio Furniture, a lobster gram and a grill worth $1,617, and one of them leads to nothing. Maria takes tile #3. Pablo takes tile #2. Before we see what they have, either of them can bail out and take some Vaticilina and what goes with it. Maria decides to bail out, and gets $500, which is a safe bet, while Pablo sticks with his tile. Maria makes...a bad choice, because her tile led to the living room set. Pablo also maked a bad choice, because his tile led to nothing. Ouch.

Will one of them make the right choice and win the Gran Trato? Lesbia and Octavio will be making the choices, as they give up what they've won. Lesbia wants #3 and Octavio wants #1. Neither of them wants #2, which has $700. Next up, door #3 for Lesbia, which gives her a new bedroom set worth $2,301. Octavio can now bark for joy, because he has the Gran Trato, which today is a Mexican Vacation to Acapulco, along with a digital camera and kitchen appliances (refrigerator, trash compactor and stove) which total for a value of $5,127!

That's now 4 wins in a row. Tune in tomorrow to see if we can extend the
streak to 5.

Wheel of Fortune by Jason Block, GSNN

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

We were 0 for the week on bonus rounds and now it's "Tiki Time Week" on WOF! The $1,000 Tossup is PHRASE. Mindy Warner, an administrative assistant, she solved CARRYING A TORCH for $1,000. Monica Stinson from Philadelphia is an administrator for her local church. She also runs the day camp and the day care. Cory Moore is a chiropractor from Arroyo Grande, CA.

The $2,000 Tossup is AROUND THE HOUSE. Monica solved SHOWER STALL for $2,000...and we add this to the wheel...a trip to the Sans Souci Resort
and Spa with airfare provided by Air Jamaica. It's worth $6,500. Monica starts this round which is THING. She hits and picks up the $1,000 4thebeach.com gift tag. She misses...over to Cory. He misses. Over to Mindy who calls a used letter...back to Monica. She hits and picks up the Jamaica trip. She solves GAME-WINNING TOUCHDOWN PASS for $1,400. And she is screaming with joy! And with the gift tag, the trip and the money she has $10,900! But we have a surprise...a guy who has thrown a lot of touchdown passes...2 time MVP Kurt Warner! Pat and Kurt talks about his new team, the Arizona Cardinals! And Kurt says he can be a game show host! And he throws it to commercial! Pat says "That was way too good!"

The jackpot round is sponsored by Eggland's Best Eggs. The category for this round is BEFORE AND AFTER. Cory starts. He misses...over to Mindy. She controls the wheel for the rest of the round and solves YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH OR DARE for $4,700. She has $5,700.

The Mystery round prize is $10,000 in cash. The category is THINGS....and it's a PRIZE PUZZLE. Mindy starts. She hits the $3,500 wedge...and 3 D's. That's $10,500! She controls the wheel for the entire round and solves ROASTED & SALTED MACADAMIAS for $12,850. She doesn't know where macadamias come from...she says anywhere...but it's Hawaii. It's a trip to the Waikiki Parc Hotel worth $4,100. And if you have the ID of JW07914 you are off to Waikiki. That round was worth $16,950! She has $22,650 in cash and prizes.

The $3,000 Tossup is MOVIE TITLE. Mindy adds to her lead very quickly with BATMAN BEGINS. She has $25,650. The category is LIVING THING. Mindy starts. She hits Bankrupt. Over to Monica. She solves CALIFORNIA CONDOR for $1,900. She has $12,800. But we have time for another round...

...which is FUN AND GAMES. It's FINAL SPIN TIME. $1,900 a letter tonight. And Mindy wins with TECHNICAL KNOCKOUT. She has $7,600. And she has a huge total of $33,250 in cash and trip. Monica is also travel bound to Jamaica and cash too. She leaves with $12,800! Cory had no luck, but we give him $1,000.

Can we add to the total of $46,000+ with the first bonus round win of the season? Remember if Mindy wins a car...so do you! She lands on the N in WIN. Her category tonight is PHRASE. And with the choices of RTSLNE and her choices of CHPO we have:

H _ L _ -
_ _ _ E _

She had no choice, because her guesses were HALF-BAKED. And she lost her bonus round prize. We are 0 for Bonus rounds so far. Don't feel too bad as she leaves with $33,250 in cash and a trip to Waikiki!

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire by Don Harpwood, GSNN

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

On Friday, we saw Carol Forgione (Brewster, MA) make her way up to $4,000. How much farther will she go?

Of course, you may also remember that she's just there to win enough money to buy a new mattress, to replace her old one. Meredith mentions that a king-size mattress is worth $2,000, so Carol could just stop here. But she'll continue anyway, and after resuming the game, knowing that "French Women Don't Get Fat" (at least according to the title of a 2005 bestseller), she uses the 50:50 at the $16,000 level to help deduce that the full first name of Secretary of State "Condi" Rice has only 1 L (Condoleezza). And then, up comes this $25,000 question...

On TV's "The Muppet Show," what is the name of the character who is fond of throwing boomerang fish?
A: Vinnie Zuela
B: Mel Salvador
C: Lew Zealand
D: Hugo Slavia

Carol decides to call her brother, Bill, but unfortunately, he couldn't even come up with a guess. So, without any further help, Carol calls it quits. The answer turns out to be C, but at least now she can afford a new mattress with some of the $16,000.

Next up is Don Wilson (New York, NY), and he's a tour planner who has a 3-month-old boy at home. We'll see if he can make a million dollars for his kid, as he starts off by knowing the common saying "You scratch my back and I'll scratch yours". Don brezzes through the next few questions, including one that asks what Hot Wheels is a brand of (miniature cars), before reaching this one for $4,000...

Which of these TV network abbreviations can be typed using only the bottom row of letters on a standard keyboard?
A: ABC
B: CBS
C: NBC
D: PBS

Don asks the audience, and 83% of the studio audience says C, while 85% of the AIM users agree. (I'd expect this would be easy for AIM users like myself, since such a keyboard would likely be right in front of us.) After joking for a moment about going against the audience, Don goes with them and says C... and it is! Another question later, and at the $16,000 level, Don has to phone John, a friend of someone he met on the show, to find out that Lord Voldemort from the Harry Potter series was named Tom Riddle before becoming a villain. Afterwards, he gets this $25,000 question...

What state's name was a code name for one of the beaches stormed by U.S. forces during the D-Day invasion?
A: Oregon
B: Utah
C: Maine
D: Ohio

Even though he had a feeling it was B, Don uses the 50:50. Sure enough, B is still there, and so is A. Don goes for it and says B... and he has $25,000! He gets Switch the Question, but he has to use it right away, because he doesn't know what was made from gopher wood according to the Bible (Noah's Ark). So, that question is switched with this one for $50,000...

Which of these classic novels begins and ends with the title character's name?
A: David Copperfield
B: Tess of the D'Urbervilles
C: Mrs. Dalloway
D: Lolita

Since it's a free guess at this level, Don takes a shot at it and says B... but it's D! That means he's heading home with $25,000.

No time for the next contestant today, though, but there will be plenty of time for him/her tommorrow.