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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

Craine (Davida, Lakeshia, Kameelah, Laneasha, Tashana); $20,000

Santos (John, Nancy, Christopher, Jon, Jaime) from Houston

Will the Craines mess with Texas for $20,000? We'll find out. Round 1: an occasion where you know people will say nice things about you (6). Davida gets #1, birthday. And she just had one! They also get wedding, but the Santos steal with funeral for the 68. Other answers: anniversary, graduation, return from war.

Round 2: 100 men, a snack that goes well with beer (6). Lakeshia gets nuts, #2. Nancy gets pizza... #5. Kameelah gets potato chips, #3. We also gets Buffalo wings and popcorn, but we're looking for #1... I'm willing to bet that it's pretzels. So are the Santos... Hey! Santos are up to 118.

Double Round: something that requires almost constant maintenance (6). Christopher gets #1 with car, but Kameelah's hair is also there at #4. Home, yard, pets, and kids round it out with 292 on the board.

Triple Round: something people do to pass the time when they're sick at home (4). Jon's premature buzz in of read is still good for #2, but Laneasha gets #1, watch TV. The family comes up with nothing outside of sleep. Can the Santos seal it with the telephone? No! Other answer: games/puzzles. The Santos still lead it, 292-282, going into...

Sudden Death: a state that starts with "W". That's Jaime. Washington... Home state of Richard Karn.... Number one! Santos win it, 418-282.

Nancy & Christopher take on Fast Money. Christopher gets #1 for the toughest age for a teenager (16, Christopher's age), something you peel (orange), something you shouldn't do after you eat (swim), and something that bees do (make honey). Nancy has 26 on her shoulder. Nancy nickels and dimes her way to the $20,000. She also gets the final number one, a part of the body a man may think is scrawny (leg). "They made some honey today." Right on.

Jeopardy! by Chico Alexander, GSNN

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

Jason Richards (pharmacy technician from Old Town, ME); $99,200, four days

Ted Barnett (physician from Elm Grove, WI)

Melissa Prepster (teacher from Kyle, TX)

You know how we do on the site by now. Today, Jason goes for the screen cap and the fifth win that comes with it.... or is it the other way round... Can Ted or Melissa catch the elusive champion? He starts today with $200 British History. At the TV time out, it's all about Melissa as she leads it with $3000 to Ted's $1000. Meanwhile, Jason finds himself in an unfamiliar place... not just last, but in negative numbers, -$200 for him.

Melissa gets the Daily Double under $800 Bestsellers. She goes $1500 on John Krakauer's "personal account of the Mt. Everest disaster." "What is 'Into Thin Air'?" Right for $4900. She ends with $5900 to Jason's $2400. Meanwhile, Dr. Ted at $1400 will try to operate in Double Jeopardy!...

... as he starts with $400 Around the USA, finding the first Daily Double under the $2000 level. With $4200, he bets level with the location of Wilcox House. "What is Buffalo, NY?" Right for $6200 and the lead. Melissa finds the second Daily Double under $1600 Greek Gods. She only bets $1000, though, on the goaty Greek god that gave us an English word for mass terror. "Who is Pan?" Right for $6900. Jason rebounds with $18,000, but with Melissa at $9700, it's not a runaway. Ted is also well in it with $7400.

Final Jeopardy! in "The King James Bible": a Gospel & a book of the Old Testament each start with these same 3 words. Correct response: What is "In the beginning..."?

Ted and Melissa are right. What about Jason? "What is Song of songs?" Nope. It ends today. Melissa's your new champ with $19,395, while Jason leaves with $101,200. She has a week to rest for her next challenge.

Next week, though, it's all about the kiddies.

Lingo by Chico Alexander, GSNN

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

Best friends Tiqua (fitness instructor) & Aida (private banker)

Best friends Philip (bartender) & Corey (city clerk)

Tiqua & Aida start things off by being FRANK. But the drum is frank with a red stopper. I suppose it's overdue; we didn't have one yesterday. Philip & Corey BLESS the board with two balls. Tiqua & Aida get in SHAPE, in THROB, and in KNOBS for a Lingo. They lead, 150-25.

The guys get GAUZE and SPOIL to go to 75 to the Yellows' 150 to end the round.

Round 2, and the guys had to wait a WHILE for 50, but... "Wah-wah-waaaah!" That's right, Philip. A stopper. Tiqua & Aida get JEEPS. Philip & Corey return the favor with PLUGS. Tiqua & Aida once again return the favor with HEXED. And the red ball just hexed them. Doesn't matter, though, as Tiqua & Aida win it, 250-175.

With two Bonus Lingo letters, Tiqua & Aida get AROMA, CHAOS, and DEBUT for three bills and three balls. Lucky board up, and it's $10,000 for 43. Gave away $10,000 last time out... Aida gets.... 21. Two more chances at $5000. About a one-in-four chance... Doesn't happen. The girls get $300.

The Price is Right by Chico Alexander, GSNN

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

Last one down is the first one up... That looks familiar. Barry Wolfsheimer takes an off-road motocross bike, but can he win an LCD TV and a set of tennis equipment? His game: 2 for the Price of 1. The set up:

8 3 8
$ $ $
2 0 3

(Thanks to G-R.net!) Barry takes the second number for free. It's 3. He goes $833 for the tennis equipment. But he was $5 off. It was $838.

#4 is the hot spot for the second half, as we get all three on stage from there. The one to face Barry in the Showcase, though, is Margaret Love. She takes four girl guitars/basses, but ends up with a trash compactor in Any Number. She could've had a Ford Focus.

Not a good day today, either. No one gets any Ws. This better be a kick-ass Showcase. Barry gets... ants. They complain about portable ice chests, hot tubs, and pontoon party barges. Barry bids $21,500, a difference of $1752. Tough to beat; can Margaret do it? She tags a bedroom with mattress set and bedding, four backpacks, and a trailer at $15,000. Actual price: $19,213. Barry wins it with $26,316.

Other winners:
Robert Larrabee: curio cabinet, $4000 playing Let'em Roll
Natalia Benenson: his & hers watches
Cynthia "Hugs from Ohio" Hemmergarn: elliptical trainer
Mary Burgess: dinette

STATS: 0/6, $39,925, and over $1 million to date this season.

Trato Hecho by Gordon Pepper, GSNN

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

We start off today with The Lottery! What's the lottery? There is a board of 12 items. There are 5 cards on the side board. If you should twice pick a card on the side board that matches the 12 cards on the stage, you win! What do you win? A new living room with glass tables worth $1,603!

Gladys the gypsy woman selects the red card. Juan the Elvis Impersonator selects green, and and Lydia the fruit girl gets the blue card. Gladys picks...the hand, which is on the board, so she can continue. Lydia gets...the bottle which is also on the board, so she can continue. Elvis has heartbreak, because his card doesn't match the board, so he sits down with $100.

Gladys and Lydia get 2 more cards. Once again, Gladys picks the red card and Lydia gets the blue card. Gladys has an opportunity to bail with the large box, but she doesn't want to do that - and she turns down appliances from Con Air worth $300. Lydia has the choice of a small box - which she wants. What does she get - a pair of nice watches worth $600, which is a good deal. Gladys makes a better deal - because her card is on the board and she wins the living room!

Next up - another gypsy woman by the name of Elizabeth. She has a choice - the Trato Hecho magic shoebox or curtain #1. Elizabeth wants toe curtain and does not want the shoebox. Do we have shoes in there? No - we have a $1,000 certificate to Home Depot! Instead, she gets the 3 amigos - or should I say, 3 sombreros, 2 dummies and one dancing Chasco, complete with maracas.

Who wants to price some items? Eduardo the newspaper hobo and Patricia the schoolgirl do. Here's how this works - the couple will start with $50 and will get $200 for each product should they correctly guess if the price listed is right or wrong (Think Price is Right's 5 Price Tags). Is the Derman Liquid $3.69? They say it isn't. The Price is...$3.69. No money for them. Next product - Is the Derman Deodorant Powder $3.19? They say it isn't. The Price is...$3.19 and they are 0 for 2. Final product - Is the Vitacilina $3.99? They say it is True and the price is...$2.99. The price is wrong, which matches the couple - they are wrong all 3 times and only have $50. Guillermo offers them Curtain #2 for $50, and of course, they take it. They receive a washer/dryer worth $1,098! not bad for stinking up the joint.

It's Gran Trato time, and the two players are Eduardo/Patricia and Lydia (Gladys decided that she wanted to keep the Living Room). The couple want door #1 and Lydia wants door #3, but we'll see door #2 first, as no one gets $850. Someone will be getting a new living room with tables worth $2,303. That someone is...Lydia, which means that Patricia and Eduardo get the Gran Trato. Today, it's a trip to Aruba, and when they come back, they will be greeted with a refrigerator, a dishwasher and a stove. Total value of this is...$5,597, which is the largest one that I've seen in a while. Turn in tomorrow to see if the Gran Trato will get any larger...

Wheel of Fortune by Chico Alexander, GSNN

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

We wrap up Safari So Good Week with a BLACK-EYED SUSAN for Tom "Wizzer" Carlock, an IT veep from Bogota, NJ. Joining him are nanny/grad student Amanda Willis from KC and maternity home manager Consuella Hilton from DC. Second tossup: TONY THE TIGER is gr-r-r-reat for Tom as he starts round 1 with $3000.

Africa is on the offing in this round. The category: place. Tom & Amanda share control of the Wheel here, but it's Consuella who comes up with FAMILY STYLE RESTAURANT for $2000.

The BrandSource Jackpot puzzle (it's also a Prize Puzzle, and you know what that means) is a phrase. Consuella gets a nice chunk of change out of two R's. She solves WITHOUT A CARE IN THE WORLD for $10,050. But what could that possibly mean? That's how she'll feel on her vacation in Puerto Rico! And you can join her if you have spin ID MW11217 and 24 hours to go to wheeloffortune.com. She's up to $19,190.

Ten large up for grabs in the Mystery Round. Occupation is the category... And it's quite an occupation; only 11 green spaces on the puzzle board. Consuella holds the Wheel for quite a while, getting $10,000-plus and a Coleman gift tag in the process. She solves EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION for $10,300. So far, $30,490.

Tossup #3: Wizzer gets $3000 from CELLAR DWELLER. He's three for three. Next puzzle: a thing. Tom controls the Wheel for some time until we have two letters remaining. And wouldn't you know it, it's time for the Final Spin. I'm pretty sure those are consonants, and each one is worth $1300. Amanda wins that much with INSTANT HAND SANITIZER. Tom wins $6000, but it's all about Consuella, as she heads over to the Bonus Wheel.

Category: PHRASE. After the usual six and GMB A, we get....

_ _ _ E -
_ _ _ _

Say WIDE-AWAKE... She didn't. She loses $30,000, but she won that much and then some, $30,490.

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire by Don Harpwood, GSNN

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

Yesterday, Marilyn Fagen (Clifton Park, NY) climbed up to the $8,000 level, with 2 lifelines remaining. Today, she's looking for more.

It is once again mentioned that when she gets married, her married last name will be Monroe. Hey, it could have been worse, as Marilyn then says she's happy that the last name won't be Manson. No need to dwell on that for long, as the game resumes with Marilyn calling her son's girlfriend, Robin, to find out that in the song "Hollaback Girl," Gwen Stefani repeatedly spells out the word "bananas". Now, for the 4th time in a row, the contestant reaches the $25,000 question, and the last 3 times, the contestant got it wrong. Let's see if Marilyn can get a different result with this...

On September 2, 1945, Japan formally surrendered to the U.S. on the deck of what battleship?
A: USS Missouri
B: USS Wisconsin
C: USS Alabama
D: USS Iowa

Marilyn has no idea, so she uses the 50:50, which leaves A and D. But although she has an inkling that it could be A, Marilyn won't do what the last 3 contestants did at this level; Marilyn is walking. She could have had the $25,000 if she went with A, though, because that was the right answer. But at least she'll be heading home with $16,000.

The next contestant is Gigi Brienza (Princeton, NJ), and she's rather nervous. In fact, she asks for some gum, which she says calms her down. She'll have to do without it at first, though, as they get going with her knowing that in diners, the Thanksgiving sandwich usually features cranberry sauce, gravy, and turkey. (BTW, it just so happens that Canada is celebrating Thanksgiving this Monday.) Gigi moves along just fine, answering a few more questions, then asking the audience at the $1,000 question, which asks what brand of candy introduced Strawz, which are edible straws. 84% of the studio audience and 77% of the AIM users pick Twizzlers, and Gigi goes with them, which gets her to $1,000. Then, along comes this question for $2,000...

Which of these numbers has a square root that is a whole number?
A: 34
B: 35
C: 36
D: 37

Being a Math guy, I knew this one right away. But Gigi doesn't know, so she uses the 50:50, leaving A and C. After some consideration, she goes for it (nothing to lose at this level) and says C... and the square root of 36 is 6, which means she's right! Another question later, and this comes up, worth $8,000...

The distinctive hairstyle known as the "mullet" shares its name with a type of what animal?
A: Bird
B: Fish
C: Snake
D: Rodent

Gigi just goes with her gut and says D... but it's B! Aw, darn it. But at least she does get $1,000.

Now, it's time for Bill Euler (Deer Park, NY) to take a shot at climbing the proverbial ladder. He had served the NYPD for 20 years, but he's now retired, and now he likes to travel the world with his wife. He begins by knowing that when reciting the Pledge of Allegiance, it is customary to face the U.S. flag. Along the way, Bill answers questions such as one which asks what game show replaced its turntable letters with 52 touch-sensitive monitors in 1997 (Wheel of Fortune, of course). Soon enough, he gets to this $4,000 question...

In 2005, Mick Jagger denied widespread rumors that the single "Sweet Neo Con" is about what person?
A: Queen Elizabeth II
B: George W. Bush
C: Osama bin Laden
D: The Pope

Bill asks the audience, and 70% of the studio audience says B, while the AIM poll is closer, though B is still in front with 36%. Bill goes with B... and they're right!

And that'll do it for this week. Bill will be back on Monday.