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Chain Reaction by Chico Alexander, GSNN

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

Carl, Devin & Shaun (buddies)

Jennifer, Lilly & Noreen (girlfriends)

Round 1 ($100 per word): connect QUICK to TOO. Devin starts it with quick STOP. Lilly ties with stop SIGN. Devin signs HERE. Lilly gets hereAFTER. Noreen solves the chain with YOU. Speed Chain: BIG - T - R - WORM. It isn't "Top Ring". It's "Toe Ring."

Round 2 ($200 per word): connect CURIOUS with EXHIBIT. Carl gets Curious GEORGE. Devin follows with George WASHINGTON. Jennifer gets Washington POST. Noreen gets back into the lead with post MODERN. Jennifer finishes it off with ART. Next up, Speed Chain of LANDSLIDE - V - L - DANCE. "Valley Line" isn't it. It's "Victory Lap." They still lead, $900 to $600.

Round 3 ($300 per word): connect ARTICHOKE with UP. Devin ties it with artichoke HEART. Noreen tugs on our heart STRING. Lilly gets STICK up. Noreen follows with DIP stick. Carl spells out BEAN to complete the chain for $1200 to the girls' $1800. Final Speed Chain: BUSY - B - B - BLOCKS. "Body Building" is right. "Bee Building" isn't.

Round 4: connect PUBLICITY with CLIP. Chain: PUBLICITY - STUNT - DOUBLE - SPEAK - EASY - MONEY - CLIP. The guys come from behind to win with $2200 to $1600.

Bonus Round: The guys get ... absolutely nothing... save for the $2200 they won earlier.

Family Feud by Chico Alexander, GSNN

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

Thompson (Shelia, Margie, Olivia, Subrena, Lawrence) from Milwaukee

Winther (Lori, Niels, Kelly, Krissy, Kyle); $725

Round 1: 100 married women, something in a circus that describes your husband in the bedroom (7). Shelia fires with a clown for #1. Rest of the family clears ringmaster, tiger, lion, acrobat, lion tamer, and... that's it. The Winthers are good at stealing. Will they steal it with a muscleman? Nope. Thompsons get 91. Other answer: elephant (said!).

Round 2: to avoid staining your clothes, a food you should eat in the nude (6). Margie gets #1, spaghetti. They also come up with berries, while the Winthers try steal with chili... Not there for 150! Other answers: cherries, ice cream, watermelon, sloppy Joes.

Double: a pop star whose voice is worse than yours (full board). Britney is #1 for Kelly. Other worse pop stars: Michael Jackson and Rod Stewart. The Thompsons go with... Bruce Springsteen. Not there, the Winthers get 80. Other answers: Ashlee Simpson, Paris Hilton, Madonna.

Triple: something kids do with bad test papers (4). Krissy changes her grade for #3. Subrena throws it away for #2. Lawrence hides it for #1. And the dog eats it for the sweep, giving the Thompsons the win, 441-80.

Shelia racks up 93 in Fast Money. Olivia gets ... only $895 for the family.

In the nightcap, the Clarks (Andrea, Kris, Kerrie, Kathy, Jerry; $40,750) are challenged by the Dominguezes (Rio, Toni, Manny, Brian, Louanna). After three, the champs lead, 166-86. Triple: a specific door you should knock on before entering (4). Kathy gets #3, bedroom. Brian gets #2, bathroom. Louanna gets #1, the front door. The boss's door finishes it off for the win, 368-166.

Rio and Toni face the Fast Money board, and get $585.

Jeopardy! by Chico Alexander, GSNN

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

Sara Terrell (veterinary technician from Collinsville, CT); $71,799, four days

Donna Deans (freelance producer from New York City)

Charlton Wilbur (software developer from Holyoke, MA)

Sara is back all by her lonesome as she strives for five on tonight's show. But first, an announcement! Alex proclaims this the 5000th episode of Jeopardy! However, for sweeps purposes, the show will hold off on celebrating until their upcoming trip to New York City, where they will tape two weeks of special celeb editions of Jeopardy! Keep an eye out for that.

She starts with $200 Misheard Lyrics. Charlton takes the lead at the TV time out with $4400 to Donna's $2400 and Sara's $200.

Charlton finds the Daily Double under $800 European Cuisine. He bets $3000 on this: seen in soups, stelline is an Italian pasta whose name means "little" these. "What are stars?" Right for $10,600. That's where he ends, as Donna is in second with $5200. Sara, in the red by $200, will have an uphill battle as she starts Double Jeopardy!...

... with $400 Musical Instruments. Charlton finds the first Daily Double under $800 An "A" in Science. With $13,000 in gambling money, he goes $4000 on this: the name of this class of vertebrates comes from a word meaning "living a double life". "What are amphibians?" Right for $17,000! Charlton goes for the trifecta in New Hampshire for $1600. He bets $4000, and here's Jon... "Gen. John Stark, immortalized here at the New Hampshire State Capital, coined this motto in 1809 as a toast that continued death is not the worst of evils." "What is 'Live Free or Die'?" Right for $19,400. He drops a bit to $17,400, while Donna, even without the use of a Daily Double, is leading with $22,000. Sara is the longshot at $7400.

Final Jeopardy! in "Famous Names": the Grady Gammage Auditorium at Arizona State University was the last major public building that he designed. Correct question: who was Frank Lloyd Wright?

Charlton forces Donna to get a correct response or lose... but she doesn't. She wins the game with $26,601. Sara leaves with $72,799. That oughta be a nice down payment on a house.

The Price is Right by Travis Schario, GSNN

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

It's the first day of Autumn, and the last day of the spectacular 35th season Premiere Week. Here's the rundown of the goings-on in 33 today.

Denise Salazar, Mary Letitia Mata, Dale Sheehan (no relation), and Joshua Roe filled up the Row to bid on a Vision treadmill. Dale claimed the $1299 exerciser and took to the Turntable for her 60th birthday present. Before it was revealed, she said to Barker, "I hope it's big," to which Barker retorted, "Some women are never satisfied." To her delight, it was big...a Dodge Caravan SE. Her game: Cover Up. The board:

          8
        2 6
      8 1 9
    5 9 5 2
3 8 1 3 4
2 0 6 0 1
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$ 1 2 5 4 0

She first started by going with $25,819, netting her only the bookends. Second shot put her two steps closer inside at $20,659. With her last shot, she covered up to $20,159 and a HAPPY BIRTHDAY for her!

T-MAC NOTE: All week, Act I was played to a loss. Dale snapped the Act I Slump!

To follow, Joshua took to the stage after claiming a pair of Blackberry PDA's priced at $700. He now had a chance to pick up an extra 16-Large. Going thru the bags with much hesitation, his first bag (69¢ Index Cards) was right, and the second ($22.99 for Dexatrim Max) was correct as well. Netting $4000 with $1.89 Betty Crocker Skillet Sensations, he was not given the option to go on. Barker inadvertently hit the reveal on the $3.99 bag (placed Hot Pockets, real was Thera-Gesic). So, on his error, Barker awarded him the additional $4000. Joshua bailed after that with his $8000.

T-MAC NOTE: With the Thera-Gesic already revealed in the $8000 bag, Barker asked Joshua if he wanted to go on. For the $6.99 bag, Joshua had placed the Thera-Gesic. Good thing he was smart enough to bail on that one.

To round off the half, Brandi Miller picked up a Flexsteel "Temecula" chair and ottoman (and a supply of Pillsbury Garlic Butter Crescent Rolls) priced at $1642. She stepped up to the Turntable to go 30 seconds for a pair of Aztlan bikes ($766) and a Sharper Image DVD/CD home theater system ($996). Using four opening bids on the bikes, she stared her $1 run from $751, finally ending up at $766 with 17 seconds left. On the home theater, she opened with five bids before starting the run from $975. She won the game with HALF A SECOND TO SPARE! As for the Showdown, however, Joshua's luck continued with a one-spin 90¢.

Kicking off the second half was Rachel in a beautiful Demetrios "Blush" evening gown. Mary Letitia picked that $950 number up, along with the $500 stash and went mountain climbing for a $9070 golf package (EZGO cart and Feel Golf clubs and bag). Now, instead of our dear Stan Blits cueing the Yodeler today, Mary Letitia has been assigned to do it for us. Granted, she's not the Yodeler we're all used to, but she does her thing well. Not only that, she doesn't have to do it much at all, easily picking up a rice cooker, shaver and golf scope, moving Hans only 10 steps.

Marine Justin Vargas (though not in uniform) keeps the fun alive by picking up a Maytag washer and dryer worth $1668. His game suits him fine: That's Too Much! for a Chevy HHR LS. He nails the rehearsal callout, but unfortunately does not nail the game. He calls "TTM" at $22,560. That's Too Far, Jason. Should have stopped back at $17,121 (4th in line). Price of the car: $16,890.

Alright, let's get back on track with Mindi Cohns. She picked up a set of his & her Cal Pak luggage ($760) and a shot to use that luggage on a trip to Vienna, Austria in Coming or Going. Is it $3546 or $6453? She's going with $6453 and is Going to Austria...and Going to the Showcases with a two-spin total of 90¢.

Joshua with his unearned $8G's is the Top Winner, and Mindi is our Runner-Up.

Showcase #1 features our Rachel again in a different dress. This time, she's in a green toga as Lady Liberty herself with rejected torch ideas. A dounut, for a year's worth of Krispy Cremes. A life preserver, for a Yamaha VX-110 Watercraft. A STOP sign for a Dodge Magnum. Without hesitation, Joshua bids $26,000 as Rachel holds a "NO OVERBIDS" sign.

Showcase #2 was your standard Magnussen dining room with Formalities dinnerware, a deluxe cappuccino machine, and a Suzuki player grand piano. Mindi snapped up a bid of $22,550.

Mindi didn't do too badly. Her ARP: $24,240 for a difference of $1690. Joshua's ARP: $33,169 for a difference of $7169. Mindi walks with $31,453.

STATS: 4-1-0-1; $78,305
(4 wins, 1 loss, 0 bails, 1 technicality)

PREMIERE WEEK STATS: 15-14-0-1 (50.00%); $569,968.67
Day 1: $296,668 Days 2-5: $273,300.67 ($23,267.33 difference)

¿Qué Dice La Gente? by Chico Alexander, GSNN

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

Cossio (Leonor, Javier, Jovany, Jennifer, Javier Sr.)

Terron (Sergio, Norma, Alma, Jorge, Enrique)

The Cossios are railing the Terrons, 198-0 after three. Double: a job where you have to make deliveries (3). A courier is #3. And a mail carrier is #1 for Jennifer. Pizza delivery puts the Terrons back in the game, 200-198. We've got a two-point feud.

Triple: if you had a gun, somewhere in the house where you would hide it (4). Enrique fires with a strong box... #2. Javier Sr. hides his under the bed for #3. Sergio gets #1, a closet. Jorge goes for a drawer... Got it for the win, 431-198.

Dinero Rápido: Enrique and Sergio step up. Enrique gets 148. Sergio only builds it up to 181, giving the family $500.

Gonzalez (Olga, Yalexis, Henry, Elier, Randy); $1000, two games

Terron (Sergio, Norma, Alma, Jorge, Enrique); $500

The Terrons are blanking the champs after three, 184-0. Double: something that can be killed in flight (3). A fly is good for #2. A duck is better for #1, giving the Terrons the control. The Gonzalez are taknig the abstract route and saying "an airplane" for 188. Four people said it. Marco can't believe it. But then again, what's the name of this show? That's right, "What Say the People?"

Triple: a food that can be made with ground meat (4). Enrique gets #2, burgers. Randy gets #3, mincemeat. Sergio gets number one, meatballs. No more answers as the Gonzalez try to steal with ham.. No! Terrons win, 415-188. Other answer: tacos.

Sergio & Enrique try again at Dinero Rápido, where Sergio draws... buena suerte. Nothing extra. Nothing extra needed. They get the money for $5500 for two games.

Starface by Chico Alexander, GSNN

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

Andy Goldblatt (teacher from Palo Alto, CA; got a big speech from Mr. T)

Woltan Choi (software analyst from La Crescenta, CA; kissed the Kraft Cheese & Macaroni girl... who?)

Victoria Bentley (hair/makeup artist orig. from Miami; sat next to Richard Nixon at a birthday party)

Round 1: Victoria gets 50 for Tyra Banks. Woltan gets 50 from Dave Navarro. Hmm.. Two reality hosts... What could be next? Let's go to the National Enquirer Hot Corner with the very hot Lucy Liu. Gary Busey leads us to break with Woltan in the lead, 300 to Victoria's 250 and Andy's 200.

Round 2: First up, "Don't Quit Your Dayjob" with Gwen Stefani. Next... time for See Cups. Clues: "Which one's Norma Jean and which one's Marilyn?"... "Kiss the girls"... "Nice Judds." It's Ashley Judd. Next up, a Mug Shot of Sir Paul McCartney. Andy goes to 300, while Woltan's 600 and Victoria's 650 make this a two-person game.

Round 3: "Put on your Pretty Womans!" Julia Roberts is the star face today. Julia Victoria takes the game from Julia Woltan, 1050 to 1000. Julia Andy, who claimed that she forgot every movie that "she" had been in, leaves with 500.

Bonus Round for a trip to Aruba: it's between Whoopi Goldberg... and Gollum from "Lord of the Rings". It only takes 40 seconds for Victoria to get all 10!

Stump the Schwab by Chico Alexander, GSNN

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

Chris Calogero (student from Albany, NY; returnee from season 3)

Jamie "ESPN-stein" Epstein (day trader from Chicago)

Brian Hunter (restaurant manager also from Chicago)

Schwab's Jackpot: $20,000

Leading Off: top 15 3-point shooters last season. Brian is out with zero. Jamie is out with one. Chris is out with two. Schwab's showing off with three. Next, multiple MLB MVP winners since 1941. After that, Schwab has 8 to Chris's 7 and Jamie and Brian's 3 a piece. Finally, 21 coaches with 400+ NHL regular season wins. Chris and Brian move on, but ESPN-stein moves to ESPN 8, the Ocho.

Who Am I?: Brian gets 3 from Ricky Williams. Chris gets 5 from Rebecca Lobo. I didn't know James Worthy played a Klingon. Well, he did, and he gave Brian another 3 for that. Brian gets up to 10 form Sandy Koufax. Chris gets 9 from Boris Becker and 14 from Willie Shoemaker. Chris wins this one, 14-10. He's got $1000...

But can he stump the Schwab? The Schwab Showdown: The categories are... Passin' Through (well-traveled baseball players), Ch-ch-ch-changes (expansion franchises), Channel Surf & Turf (football players turned TV stars), You're My Boy Blue (NBA players from UMich).

Chris gets his first strike with Ch-ch-ch-changes for 3. Schwab earns his first on Passin' Through for 3. Chris can tie with You're My Boy Blue for 3. He... does! Tie ball game! Tiebreaker...

The most medals won by the United States in a Winter Olympics occurred in 2002 in Sale Lake City. How many total medals did the US win? Chris says 24. Schwab has 47. The correct answer... 34. And Chris has stumped the Schwab for another $1000, giving him $2000.

Wheel of Fortune by Jason Block, GSNN

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

It's TGIF on TGIF week on Wheel! Chantelle gets the first Tossup for $1000 (C-Note: my apologies for my DVR cutting off the beginning). She's an instructional technologist. Joining her, Mark Roselius, a visual merchandiser from Miami Springs, FL, and Peggy Scherbanic, a police dispatcher from South Park, PA. Second tossup is Rhyme Time. Mark is ready for FIGHT NIGHT for $2000. He gets first spinning rights with a trip to MacCarthur Place in Sonoma Valley, CA worth $5500. First puzzle is a Thing. Chantelle lands on said trip, as she solves PRIVATE CONVERSATION for $2300 cash money and the trip, giving her $8800.

Eggland's Best Jackpot Puzzle is an Occupation. Peggy picks up a $1000 gift tag from BBQs Galore, but she goes bankrupt. It's all Chantelle again as she solves ARTISTIC DIRECTOR OF A BALLET COMPANY for $4300 for $13,100.

A $10,000 PriceGrabber.com shopping spree is on the line in the Mystery Round, a Song Title. Did we mention it's also a Prize Puzzle? Chantelle lands in Mystery Territory. She gets $1000 from an N. Will she risk over $5000 for a peek? Nope. Too bad, as she would've gotten the big spree. Peggy solves WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE for $450... and a trip to Belize worth $7320, $7770 total! All of a sudden, we've got a game!

BTW, if you have DP13809, you're a winner as well!

$3000 Tossup is a Living Thing. Mark gets SNAPPING TURTLE for $3000, $5000 total. Next puzzle is Around The House. After quite a while on regular play, we go into a final spin worth $1800. Chantelle solves REMOTE CONTROL HOLDER for the game and $14,900.

Bonus Round time. Given Place, the usual six, and PMD A, we get...

S _ _ _ R _

... No help. It was SUBURB. She loses out on $50,000. Oh well. She does leave with $14,900 in cash and trip.

Total for today: $27,670
Total for Week 2: $190,434
Total for the Season: $483,134
Bonus Win Percentage: 5/10
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

Going into this show, Larissa Lacman (Naugatuck, CT) sits at $8,000, with 2 lifelines left...

Larissa had already gone through a shopping spree when she went for her audition. And so, she's here to make up for how much she spent. Well, she's done plenty so far, and as the game resumes, she sees this...

[$16,000]
"Adult Swim" is a popular block of TV shows that airs at night on what cable network?
A: VH1
B: Comedy Central
C: Cartoon Network
D: Nick at Nite

The 50:50 leaves C and D. Larissa didn't think it was either of those, though. But after some thought, she says C... and she's right! Next question...

[$25,000]
Which of these music groups never featured members who were actually brothers?
A: The Doobie Brothers
B: The Isley Brothers
C: The Allman Brothers
D: The Everly Brothers

Larissa calls her friend, Greg, but all he knows is that it's not C. With that, she walks with $16,000. It was A, by the way.

Next up is Raye Nakles (Ludowici, GA). She makes wreaths, so her "busy time" is from right after Thanksgiving up until Christmas. So, I guess she has some time now to get into the hot seat and answer some questions. And Raye gets started with that, by knowing that a common phrase that means "hurry up" is "shake a leg" ("Look out for that cheetah!" speaks for itself). She sweeps the lower tier, then after a few questions, she faces this...

[$16,000]
Popular in France, a croque-monsieur is a heated sandwich traditionally filled with what?
A: Tuna fish
B: Chocolate
C: Liver and onions
D: Ham and cheese

Not knowing what a croque-monsieur is, Raye asks the audience, and 79% says D. She trusts them... and they're right! Moving on...

[$25,000]
One of the world's oldest airlines, KLM is the official carrier of what European country?
A: The Netherlands
B: Norway
C: Italy
D: Spain

Raye decides to call her brother-in-law, Buzzy (a.k.a. Bob), who is 100% sure that it's A. She goes with that... and she has $25,000! On to the upper tier...

[$50,000]
According to a 2006 New York Times poll, what author wrote the best work of American fiction of the last 25 years?
A: John Updike
B: Toni Morrison
C: Philip Roth
D: Joyce Carol Oates

She's familiar with the authors' work, but she's unsure of this one, so she switches it out. After the answer is revealed to be B, this is subbed in...

[$50,000] (Q)
How many U.S. state capitals have the word "city" in their name?
A: 2
B: 3
C: 4
D: 5

The 50:50 leaves A and C. Raye says there's Carson City (Nebraska), Jefferson City (Missouri), and Kansas City (Kansas), so since it can't be A, she says C... and she's right! [The one she couldn't remember was Oklahoma City (Oklahoma).] Still going...

[$100,000]
Known for its loud call described as a "honk bark," the highland mangabey is a newly-identified species of what?
A: Bat
B: Hyena
C: Monkey
D: Mongoose

Raye has no idea, so she walks. It was C, but that doesn't matter to her, as she has $50,000!

That's all for this week. See ya on Monday!