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Chain Reaction by Chico Alexander, GSNN

Air time: 9p ET/8p CT on GSN
Host: Dylan Lane

Warren, Steve & Dave (Jersey pastors)

Ann, Sue & Laurie (mom & her daughters)

Round 1 ($100 per word): connect BABY with COAT. Steve starts off with a baby BOOM. Warren wears a SUIT coat. Rest of the team gets boom BOX, box TOP, and top FLIGHT to sweep the chain. Speed Chain: WILD - W - W - IT. Is it "West Wing"? Yep. The boys have $600.

Round 2 ($200 per word): connect CONCORD with SAMPLE. Ann gets on the board with Concord GRAPE. Then comes grape JELLY, but Dave gets control back with jelly ROLL. Steve spells out ROLL BAR. And why, yes, Dylan, it IS STOOL to complete the chain, giving the guys a $1200-$400 lead. Speed Chain: HEALTHY - L - L - FRIES. Is it "Living Lovely?" Nope. It's "Living large."

Round 3 ($300 per word): connect RUG with SPENDER. Sue is a BIG spender, but Warren is MISTER Big. Steve gets rug BURN. Warren burns RUBBER. Laurie spells out PLANT to complete the chain. Final Speed Chain: TORTURED - S - T - WRECK. "Soul Train" does it for $1300 to the guys' $2100.

Round 4: connect FAST with SCHOOL. Chain: FAST - FRIENDS - FOREVER - ? - REPUBLICAN - PARTY - SCHOOL. The girls get YOUNG, but it's not enough. Guys win, $2400 to $1500.

Bonus Round: The guys get Survivor, snake, gloves, seven, Rice Krispies, frog... and lawn for $7200!

Family Feud by Chico Alexander, GSNN

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

Walls (Melissa, Bridgette, Phillip, Francine, Corrine); $20,000

Winther (Lori, Niels, Kelly, Krissy, Kyle)

Round 1: a place where you deliberately lie to save your skin (6). Melissa gets the big one, the job. Rest of the family follows with home, school, court, and to the police. What's #6? The Winthers go with church. Right for 85!

Round 2: something a baby does more than you do (6). Bridgette gets #1, cries. Also on the board: sleeps, eats, poops, and... to the Winthers... They say "crawls"... Right for 173. Other answer: drools.

Double: a word or phrase that starts with "hang" (5). Phillip hangs in there for #4. Francine hangs up for #2. No more answers as the Winthers go to steal with "hang out." ... Right for 225. Number one: hangman Other answer: hang on.

Triple: something that might be described as "loaded" (4). Francine's guns are #1. We also get a drunk, a question, and ... dice? The Winthers hope so... Not there! Walls take the 273! Other answer: a car.

Sudden Death: a restaurant chain that has a drive-thru. That's Kyle. "McDonald's"... That's a win, 417-273.

Krissy and Kyle go for the Fast Money, getting 145 for $725.

In the nightcap, the Clarks (Andrea, Kris, Kerrie, Kathy, Jerry; $20,750) are challenged by the Itulas (Jesse, Runi, Julie, Jeff, Valerie). After three, the champs lead, 207-92. Triple: something you see at a seance (4). Kathy gets the big one with candles. We also see a medium, but that's it. The Itulas go with a crystal ball... Got it for 263. Other answer: ghosts/spirits.

Sudden Death: a way you know your dog's been sleeping on the couch. That's Jerry. "Fur"... Count it! The champs are still champs, 486-263.

Kerrie & Kathy take on the board again... and hit paydirt again for a three-day total of $40,750.

Jeopardy! by Chico Alexander, GSNN

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

Sara Terrell (veterinary technician from Collinsville, CT); $63,599, three days

Nick Calton (paralegal orig. from New York City); $30,400

Cathleen Charleston (actor from Greeneville, TN)

For the first time in a while, we have co-champions! Will one of them return tomorrow? Will both of them return tomorrow? Will Cathleen play spoiler?

Sara starts with $200 Churches & Cathedrals. At the TV time out, we have another tie. Nick & Cathleen both have $1600 to Sara's $1400.

Cathleen finds the Daily Double under $600 Parents. She bets $1600 on this: maiden name of the mother of Martin Luther King III. "Who is Coretta Scott?" THAT... would've been right. Instead, "Smith" leaves her with $1800. Last clue remains hidden as Sara leads the game with $3800 to Nick's $3000. Cathleen with $1800 goes first in Double Jeopardy!...

... with $400 Words Within Words, where Sara finds the first Daily Double under $1600. She bets $2000 on this: that feline weight-reduction class would have kept Fluffy from getting stuck in this part of our cooling system. "What is a duct?" Within reduction, yes, for $7800. Nick finds the second under $2000 Corporate Name Etymologies. "I think I'm going to have to make it a true Daily Double." For $14,000 or nothing... this telecommunications company's name comes from the Latin word for "truth". "What is Verizon?" Right for $14,000! Again, final clue remains hidden, as Sara leads with $18,200 to Nick's $14,000 and Cathleen's $3800.

Final Jeopardy! in "Word Origins": appropriately, this word comes from Greek words meaning "sharp" & "dull". Correct question: what is oxymoron?

No one is right, but Sara bets enough to leave her as champ with $71,799 for four days. Nick leaves with $31,400.

The Price is Right by Travis Schario, GSNN

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

Once more into the air-conditioned breech, dear friends.

Mariel Perez, Shawn Lalezary, Rochelle Jeffries-Johnson, and Nassim Rad leap to their feet and fill in Bidders' Row to take a shot at a Sony 42" HDTV. Mariel takes the $2199 boob tube to play 1/2 Off for Ten Large. Only winning the third pair of items (a $50 breakfast maker and a $19 handheld Freecell game), she had 8 boxes to choose from. Out of 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 12, 14, and 15, she picked 5 since it's her favorite number. However, it yielded a big "Squadoosh". The stash was contained within 14.

Shawn, a volunteer with the Beverly Hills Police Department, "arrested" a Jewelry Impressions diamond necklace, worth $1935. He took to the Turntable to play Any Number for either an Ashley Eagle Springs dinette set or a 2007 Pontiac G6 Sedan. Getting only five picks in, he won a $3.67 Oinker. The Final Board:

Car 1 9 2 4 0
Dinette 5 8 1
Piggy 3.6 7

To finish off the half, Rochelle made it to the stage after capturing an Aquacat 12.5 catamaran ($3195). Her game: Switch? for two trips to places she's already been...Boston and the Bahamas. Boston marked at $5282 and Bahamas at $4088. The audience in an uproar trying to make her switch fell on deaf ears. She left the prices alone and will be returning to both places. Her luck continued, as she made it thru to the Showcases with a Barker-assisted 95¢ spin.

Onto the 2nd half and the last of the First Four escapes. Nassim made it out with a Pulaski Casa Cristina bar cabinet, priced at $2247. She took the Let 'Em Roll cubes to the top of the ramp for a $14,440 Chevy Aveo. She easily got all three rolls, netting two CARs with each of the first two (turning down $3000 and $500 respectively). Her last roll: $1500.

One out of four. Not a good place to be. Hopefully, very excitable Nolan Culver will bring us out of our slump. He claimed a Vocopro Wanderer digital karaoke system, worth $1288. It's a good thing he's slightly nuts, because he's drawn Bonkers for a pair of Yamaha Vino 125 motorscooters. The fake: 7 3 4 6. Using seven different combinations (eating up some clock by checking with his back row bunch), he failed to go (L)(H)(H)(H) for $4998.

One more shot to get a winner. Spencer Hartfield, help us out. He got a set of Morrow his & her snowboard equipment ($765) and bellied up to Barker's Bargain Bar for a Grill 'n' Chill and a Corsican day bed (with Loving Care Formfit). The Grill: $1035. The Day Bed: $1949. He goes with the grill. The bed ARP: $2949 for a $1000 difference. Grill ARP: $2535 for a difference of $1500 and the win. Like Rochelle, the luck continued with a trip to the Showcases as the Runner-Up.

Showcase #1 took us on an Elevator ride, stopping for these three items: a Fitnex recumbent bike, a TheraSauna, and a 4-seater GEM car. Rochelle passes it over to Spencer, who bid $15,500.

Showcase #2 took Rochelle "Inside & Out." The gifts contained: a "Pirates of the Caribbean" pinball table, a 10-day African photo safari, and a 26' Trail Manor travel trailer. Rochelle thought carefully before bidding $24,000.

Spencer did very well. ARP of his: $17,025 for a difference of $1525. Nice. Rochelle? ARP: $41,031 for a difference of $17,031. Spencer took away $23,274.

STATS: 2/6; $45,080.67

T-MAC NOTES: Before Let 'Em Roll, Barker mentioned that the aunt of the first automobile winner was in the audience. Bob, I hate to do this, but you were mistaken. The woman in the audience was acutally the NIECE of Connie Gunnal, the winner of Any Number's first $2746 Chevrolet Vega Kammback Wagon.

¿Qué Dice La Gente? by Chico Alexander, GSNN

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

Vargas (Monica, Milena, Esteban, Ana, Elkin)

Gonzalez (Olga, Yalexis, Henry, Elier, Randy)

The Gonzalez lead, 113-70 after three. Double: a place where it is best if you go light on clothes (3). Ana goes to the beach for #1. Also up there, the park. What about a pool for the game for the Gonzalez? That works for the gam, 309-70.

Dinero Rápido: Olga and Randy team up for 151 for $500. Randy ran out of time before answering the final question.

Gonzalez (Olga, Yalexis, Henry, Elier, Randy)

Malpic (Ricardo, Luis, Albert, Natalia, Larry); $6000, two games

The champs lead after three, 140-42. Double: according to the movies, something you'd find in a pirate's treasure chest (3). Natalia finds jewels for #3. Larry gets #1, money. The Gonzalez steal with gold for 240.

Triple: a place that is congested in the mornings (4). Randy's turnpike is #1. But no follow-up. The Malpics try to steal with buses... NO! The Gonzalez win, 444-140. Other answers: cafe, train.

Olga and Randy try again at Dinero Rápido, where Olga draws... DOBLE!. We're playing for $10,000! Unfortunately, they only get 152 for $500, giving them $1000 today.

Starface by Chico Alexander, GSNN

Air time: 9:30p ET/8:30p CT on GSN
Host: Danny Bonaduce

Lara Ingram (massage therapist orig. from Bethesda, MD; drew a bath for Edward Norton)

Frank Rayhout (sales manager from Winnetka, CA; hung out with Muhammad Ali)

Queen King (stalked Dennis Quaid in an Italian airport)

Round 1: Frank, meet Tom Cruise for 50. Lara gets 50 from Calista Flockhart. Next up, our friends at the Enquirer give us this Hot Corner pic of ... wait, Scarlett Johansson was on yesterday's show. What's up with the recycling? Heath Ledger sends us to break with Frank in the lead, 250 to Lara's 200 and Queen's 150.

Round 2: Danny's wife's least favorite part, it's time for See Cups. Clues: "my two favorite members of the dream team."... "Those bad boys are surreal."... "A couple of Baywatch flotation devices"... Who is this? No one recognizes Traci Bingham. Next up, Elton John and a Mug Shot of ... Tawny Kitaen (aka the chick in the Bowling for Soup "1985" video). Spread remains the same as Frank leads with 450 to Lara's 400 and Queen's 350.

Round 3: "Put on your Antonios!" Antonio Banderas times three is in the building. Lara comes back from behind to win the game with 1200 to Frank's 850 and Queen's 350.

Bonus Round for a trip to the Bahamas: it's between astronaut Buzz Aldrin... and space ranger Buzz Lightyear. Lara gets all 10 with three seconds left to go. Had me worried.

Stump the Schwab by Chico Alexander, GSNN

Air time: 7p ET/6p CT on ESPN Classic
Host: Stuart Scott & Howie Schwab

Ryan Luptak (student from Chi-town)

Adam Fulton (senior at the one and only University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from Kingwood, TX)

Eric Race (marketing exec from the ATL)

Schwab's Jackpot: $19,000

Leading Off: first up, players with 10+ sacks last NFL season. Adam is out with zero. Ryan after 1, Eric after 2. Schwab has 3. Next, the 16 countries in the round of 16 of the 2006 FIFA World Cup. Schwab runs it with 8. Eric and Ryan are tied with 5 to Adam's 4. Finally, players with 130+ runs since the 2000 MLB season. Adam comes from behind to move to the next round with 9 to Eric's 8. Ryan's gone with 7. Schwab, by the way, has 15.

Name That...: Eric gets 5 from Herschel Walker, an outstanding RBs. Next, NBA coaches. Adam ties it with 5 thanks to a blunder on Doc Rivers. Winter Olympians are next. Five clues later, Eric has 8 thanks to Michelle Kwan. Next, Boxing Greats. Smoking Joe Frazier gives Eric 12. Next, MLB Pitchers. Tom Glavine gives Eric another 5 for 17. Last one is icing here, as NFL legend Pat Summerall gives Adam 10, but not the win. Eric wins, 17-10, and $1000.

The Schwab Showdown: The categories are... Coaching Fraternity (current college basketball coaches), Roger That (Roger Federer), Mascot Love (MLB mascots), Lost Angeles Football (pro football in LA).

Eric passes Mascot Love for 2, giving the edge to Schwab, 6-2, but Schwab strikes first on Roger That for 2. Eric gets his first on Lost Angeles Football for 2 and his second on Mascot Love for 3. Schwab gets his second on Lost Angeles Football for 3. Schwab still wins it, though, with the score at 8-2.

Wheel of Fortune by Jason Block, GSNN

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

It's Thursday, one more day until we can say TGIF for real! Until then, to the recap we go!

The $1,000 Tossup is PHRASE. Johnnie Taylor is from Carson, CA. She solved LET THE GAMES BEGIN for $1,000. She is a milliner, a full figured model and an accounting instructor. Rachel Lato is from LA. She is married for 31 years. Ryan Goth is from Maryland.

The $2,000 Tossup is LIVING THING. Rachel is on the board with SCOTCH PINE and $2,000 in her bank. We add a trip to Bangkok, Thailand from Collette Vacations with airfare from onetravel.com. It's worth $6,700. We start with FOOD & DRINK....and it's a PRIZE PUZZLE. Rachel starts. She misses on the trip to Thailand...over to Ryan. He misses a vowel...over to Johnnie. After a lot of spins, she hits Lose A Turn. Over to Rachel who solves LOCALLY CAUGHT TUNA STEAKS for $3,200. And she can eat that delicious stuff on her trip to Maui, Hawaii! It's a trip to the Hyatt Regency Resort and Spa worth $6,400. And if you have the SPIN ID of FR00578, you are off to eat tuna on the beaches of Maui, and if you have the SONY CARD...you have $50,000! That round was worth $9,600...and she has $11,600!

The jackpot round is sponsored by Eggland's Best Eggs. The category is IN THE KITCHEN. Ryan starts. After a lot of work, he hits Lose A Turn. Over to Johnnie who solves ELECTRIC CAN OPENER for $1,650. She has $2,650.

The mystery round prize is a PriceGrabber.com $10,000 shopping spree. The category is BEFORE AND AFTER. Johnnie starts. She hits the mystery wedge...will she risk $3,900? She does...and hits the shopping spree! She controls the wheel for the entire round and solves HEAVEN MUST BE MISSING AN ANGEL FOOD CAKE for $3,050. With the prize, she has the lead with $15,700!

The $3,000 Tossup is ON THE MAP. Rachel has $14,600 with BERLIN GERMANY. She starts this round which is THING. She misses a vowel...over to Ryan. He solves PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION for $3,350. No gooseegg tonight! Time for another puzzle...

...which is OCCUPATION. Ryan starts. Final Spin time and it's $1,300 a letter. Ryan solves CARPET INSTALLER for $4,850 and leaves with $8,200 in cash. Rachel is in 2nd with a total of $14,600 in cash and trip to Maui! Johnnie hangs on with $15,700 in cash!

Lets see if Johnnie rides home or takes more money home to the bank! She lands on the 3rd 0 in $100,000. Her category is EVENT. With the normal 6 and her choices of BCMA and we have:

M A _ _ N _
A _ _ _

She keeps going with MAKING A...but couldn't get the last one which is VOW. And she lost $25,000. She leaves with $15,700 in cash.

Total for today: $28,500
Total for Week 2: $162,764
Total for the Season: $455,464
Bonus Win Percentage: 5/9
Gooseeggs: 3
Mystery Round Prizes won: 2
Car Wins: 0

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? by Don Harpwood, GSNN

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

Michael Long III (North Arlington, NJ) goes into today's show at the $4,000 level, and he hasn't used any lifelines yet, so he's in good shape so far.

It is once again mentioned that Michael's co-workers are rooting against him, hoping that he'd bomb out. His message to them: "Eat your heart out." Well said. Apparently, though, the night before this taping, he made it to practice as the coach of a 9-year-old baseball team, and he was hit in the head a couple of times. Ouch. Hopefully, that won't affect him, as the game resumes...

[$8,000]
Voiced by Bruce Willis, the thieving main character of the 2006 movie "Over the Hedge" is what kind of animal?
A: Weasel
B: Rat
C: Fox
D: Raccoon

Michael says he could try to use logic to get the answer, but he sees too many choices, so he polls the audience. 59% have said D. He trusts them... and they're right! Moving on...

[$16,000]
What Yiddish word, popularized by Mike Myers in his "Coffee Talk" skits on "SNL," means "all choked up"?
A: Haimish
B: Zaftig
C: Verklempt
D: Meshuggeneh

Michael calls his friend, John (not a co-worker, thankfully), but though he's not sure, he says D. And John also sneaks in a plug for a tavern in Kearny, NJ. Nice way to advertise. Anyway, Michael decides to risk it, and says D... but it's C! Darn! Well, at least he has $1,000 to take home, which is probably $1,000 more than his co-workers expected him to leave with.

Next up is Rich Rosenlof (Wildwood, MO). He seems really excited to be there. So, they get right to it, with him knowing that electronic toys commonly have a message on their packaging that says "batteries not included" (though some may also want to warn parents that earplugs aren't included, either). Rich makes his first $1,000, then after a break, he says that he was a 3-time champion on "Jeopardy!" Cool. Anyway, he keeps going, and after a few more questions, this shows up...

[$16,000]
In July 2006, Avril Lavigne married fellow Canadian Deryck Whibley, the frontman of what pop-punk group?
A: Sum 41
B: Good Charlotte
C: Simple Plan
D: New Found Glory

[I thought I heard this one on Starface the other day... I knew this one then, too.]

Rich decides to ask the audience, and 55% are saying A. Rich trusts them... and they're right! Next question...

[$25,000]
Which of these bottled waters comes from the same municipal water supplies that are used for tap water?
A: Fiji
B: Evian
C: Dasani
D: Perrier

The 50:50 leaves C and D. Rich then calls his cousin, John, but he doesn't know, though he'd lean towards D due to it being around for so long. Then, after some thought, Rich decides to go for it, saying D... but it's C! Ouch. He'll have to settle for $1,000.

Maybe Larissa Lacman (Naugatuck, CT) can do better. She's an attorney, but lately, she and her boss have been spending more time playing online Millionaire. And in the audience is her mother and aunt, who are apparently quite loud. I can't imagine how loud they'll be if she makes it all the way to the million... Anyway, Larissa starts by knowing that 2 adjectives that are commonly used to describe the 2 beds that make up bunk beds are top and bottom. She gets through the lower tier, then after a couple of questions, she faces this...

[$8,000]
Sunk by the Japanese during WWII, the U.S. Naval ship PT-109 was skippered by what future president?
A: Lyndon B. Johnson
B: Richard Nixon
C: Gerald Ford
D: John F. Kennedy

She thinks she knows, but she's not positive, so Larissa asks the audience. D is heavily favoured with 87%. She goes with that... and it's D!

That'll do it for today. Larissa will return tomorrow.