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Family Feud
by Chico Alexander

Air time: Check local listings
Host: John O'Hurley
Website: http://www.familyfeud.tv
 
NBA Players (Grant Hill - Phoenix Suns, Dwight "D12" Howard - Orlando Magic, Chris "CB4" Bosh - Toronto Raptors, Richard "RJ" Jefferson - New Jersey Nets, David Lee - New York Knicks, Cuttino "The Cat" Mobley - LA Clippers)
playing for KaBoom!
$20,000
NBA Mothers (Janet Hill, Sheryl Howard, Freida Bosh, Meekness LeCato, Susan Lee, Jackie Mobley)
playing for the Boys & Girls Clubs of America

(C-Note: this is the show that was supposed to air YESTERDAY).

Giving new meaning to the term "Family Feud", we have NBA players up against their moms. This is a six-on-six Feud. I want a good clean match. Let's play!

Round 1: a place where young couples will neck, but old couples won't (6). Car beats park, 1 to 3. Grant gets control. A drive-in and at the mall follow. The moms try to steal with the porch... Not there. Ballers have 83. Other answers: Lover's Lane, beach.

Round 2: a sport when you bend over a lot (6). Sheryl gets the big one, football. Rest of the moms go bowling. The players try golf... In the hole for 139. Other answers: baseball/softball, gymnastics, hockey.

Double: another word for toilet (5). Chris gets #2, commode. Freida gets #5, the potty. RJ gets the #1, the john. Going to the mothers with the lavatory... Nope, the guys get 253. Other answers: can, bathroom.

Triple: something a hardcore football fan wears to the stadium on game day (4). RJ fires with a jersey for #1. A foam finger, a hat, and body paint do it for the shutout, 550-0.

Fast Money: Chris & Dwight get 213 for their first $20,000. That gives them $40,000 for the week.


In the nightcap, the Hudsons (Lillie, Jazz, Terri, Nia, Camyl; $1635) take on the Bowies from Nashville (Brian, Natalie, Nerica, Billy, Nina). Hudsons lead, 262-0. Triple: something you hope a dog hasn't done just before he licks your face (4). Nia gets licking poop for #3. Billy gets licking himself for #1. Eating follows. The Hudsons can shut the game out with drinking the toilet water... Got it for the win, 538-0.

Fast Money: Camyl & Lillie finally break the mark with 200 for $20,000, giving them $21,635.

Remember, contestant applications are available at either 323.762.8467 or by visiting familyfeud.tv.

 

Merv Griffin's Crosswords
by Chico Alexander

Air time: Check local listings
Host: Ty Treadway
Website: www.crosswords.tv
 
Bill Billions
Alabama
writer
Stephanie Ulmer
California
attorney

Bill is making the opposite of billions... He's losing money. Stephanie, though, has $600 to play with in the Crossword Extra. She bets $300 on this: deafening hullabahoo (- I -). She gets DIN for $900. Bill has -$200.

Time to walk the ramp...

Ngaio Bilum
California
Eric Avery
California
John Williamson
New Jersey

John spoils Stephanie for $1100. He drops a bit on the first Extra of round 2, betting $1000 on this: spy's transgression (- R - - - - -). Missed TREASON, leaving him $200 down. Eric spoils Bill for -$500. Ngaio spoils John for $700. John spoils back for $900 and the second Extra. He goes for it. $1000 on this: places for pirates that can get awfully rough (- E - -). SEAS is right for $1900! Eric still has -$300.

Ngaio spoils John to start the final round. John spoils Eric for -$500. Eric spoils Ngaio for $2500. John bets $2000 on the final Extra: push may come to it (- - - - E). SHOVE is right for $1900, he's back in this! Ngaio spoils Eric for $2900. Stephanie spoils for $2300, but it's not enough. Ngaio wins $3100!

Can he win $5000 more, an Xbox 360, and a trip to Jamaica? He throws a prayer on this with two seconds... Legendary birthplace of Romulus and Remus, ____ Longa (A - - A). AREALONGA... Needed to spell it, though. Sorry, Ngaio, but you do have $3100.

If you think you can be a solver on "Crosswords", then call 323-762-8282.

 

Poker After Dark
by Chico Alexander

Air time: 2:05a/1:05c on NBC
Host: Shana Hiatt & Oliver "Ali" Nejad
Website: www.nbcsports.com/poker
  Night two of Phil Ivey vs. Everyone Else begins... now.
 
Howard "The Professor" Lederer
$19,000
Phil Ivey
$33,000
Chris "Jesus" Ferguson
$19,000
Phil Hellmuth
$13,000
Jennifer Harman
$13,000
Gus Hansen
$23,000
BLINDS: $150/$300

Starting the night four-handed with a flop of Q-9-J. Phil Hellmuth's got a pair of ladies. So does Howard, but he also has a straight draw with a Q-10♦. Howard chases everyone out to win $5300.

Phil Ivey raises on K-10. Howard plays it with A-10. Flop: 8-K-4♠. Phil has Kings now. Turn: 6♦. Ivey fires... and takes $3450.

Up until now, they've been feeling each other out. But we may have action three-handed here. Flop: 4-K-A, two clubs. Phil Ivey with A-2♣ has a HUGE advantage here. Gus still has 6s. Jen has Aces and the best hand. She raises. Ivey reraises. Gus gets out of the way. Will Jen pull the trigger for all the marbles? Nope. Phil Ivey wins $18,000.

Chris plays K-10♦ against Ivey's J-9. Flop: 9-K-5♥. Chris has top pair. Turn: 10♠. Ivey's got a gut shot draw. Chris has two pair. He raises... and Phil drops out. Chris wins $9700.

Ending the night three handed with this flop: 4-7-5♣. Phil Hellmuth has a club and paired 9s. Turn: 6♦. Gus isn't ready to give up A-Q. He's got five outs to win, and three to chop. But both Gus and Howard give it to Hellmuth for $5900.

More poker action tomorrow.

 

The Price is Right
by Chico Alexander

Air time: 11a/10c on CBS
Host: Drew Carey
Website: www.cbs.com/daytime/price


Record today: 2-4
Record this week: 5-7
Record this season: 78-52-2
Total today: $44,714
Total this week: $149,722
Total this season: $1,842,342
Perfect Shows/Skunks: 3/0
DSWs/DOBs: 1/0

We're starting Tuesday with Mona Enos, Gregory McManus, Eileen Stinner, Kathy Kaufman, and a tockey table worth $1200. Kathy gets her hands on that, but can she get her hands on a trip to DC and a GPS? Time to get her hands on the Safe to crack. The numbers in the GPS are 0 4 7. She goes with $470... Should've gone with $740. Now it's locked in there forever.

James Edelings is down and up thanks to a $1680 set of crystal stemware. A set of $100 bills could be next... 100 of them, to be exact, in the Grand Game. The target: $6. The Campbell's cream of mushroom.... $1.07. Kaboom cleaner... $4.69. Maxwell House coffee... $3.99! James goes for it with OxiClean.... $2.99! That's $10,000, Carey!

Cruiser bikes worth $1060 go to Eileen, as she rolls the dice for a Ford Mustang. The first number: 2. The first roll is 2... She goes higher. The second: 4. Eileen thinks it's lower. Third and fourth are both 6. Those are givens. Lower, lower! Actual price... $21,124... Ouch.

James is through to the Showcase, but will he meet Cynthia Bryan there? She wins a $1149 pair of watches. Now that she's on stage and in proper footwear, she can go for a $525, a $930, a $1419, and a $1899.... dinette, popcorn cart, patio heater, and treadmill. But where do they go? Let's get to Racing! First pass... one right. Second pass: #$930 dinette... $1419 popcorn cart... $525 patio heater... $1899 treadmill... all four right!

Gregory scores a $2895 daysailer. Can he score a baby grand? He plays the Range Game, and stops the rangefinder not more than five seconds from when he started. Bad move, dude. $9271 is a far cry from the top range of $9129.

Mona has one more chance with a secretary desk. Actual price: $1045. Winner... Brenda Dennis. Sorry, Mona, but Brenda's playing for a Dodge Avenger in Cover Up...

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

The price is not $12,728. First Cover-up... $26,861. Only the 2 and the 8 pass muster. Next is $21,849. That gives us the 1. Next is $21,853... Nope. New numbers? Nope. She should've gone with $21,830.

Drew helps Brenda to a spot in the Showcase. First up: a bedroom group with sleep set, a security system, and a trip to Paris. Top winner James passes to Brenda, who bids $16,000. James gets to turn. In his package, a stereo, a Donkey Kong/DK Jr./Mario Bros. 3-in-1 game, and a Chevrolet Corvette. His bid: $28,100. Actual price: $58,760, a difference of $30,660. Actual price of Brenda's Showcase... $25,369! She wins it with $9369 difference. Total take for her: 26,454.

 

¿Qué Dice la Gente?
by Chico Alexander

Air time: 7p/6c on Telefutura
Host: Marco Antonio Regil
Website: www.univision.com/content/channel.jhtml?chid=6&schid=1611&secid=11347
 
Autoridad de la Sierra (Arturo Palomar, Oscar Cepeda, Jose Luis Corral, Juan Soberanis, Simon Baltierri)
Playing for Migrant House of Tijuana
$500
TV Personalities (Fernando Allende - "Objetivo Fama", Dr. Nancy Alvarez - "¿Quién Tiene La Razón?", Giselle Blondet - "Nuestra Belleza Latina", Felipe Viel - "Escándalo TV", Victoria - "Aceso Máximo")
playing for Save the Children

We've got another special week among us, with a feud between singers and TV stars.

TV leads, 144-82. Double: a fruit that begins with "G" (3). A guanabana is #2 from Juan. Guava is #1. Thanks, Arturo. TV steals with a granada (or "pomegranate") for 292.

Triple: something you talk to an elder about (3). History is the jackpot answer for Simon. Can the TV players steal with advice? Nope! Autoridad gets 168. Other answers: health, world news.

Muerte Súbita: where... do you sit? Arturo? "En una silla." In a chair is... THERE! Autoridad wins, 529-292.

Dinero Rápido: Jose Luis & Arturo team up for 151 for $500 more, giving them $1000.

Castro (Amy, Yessenia, Jose, Ivonne, Carlos)
Chicago
Alvarez (Giovanni, Leidy, Nieves, Andrea, Juanjo)

Castros lead, 203-150.

Triple: a complaint waiters have (3). Carlos gets #3, low pay. Yessenia gets the big one, tips. Ivonne closes it with customers to win, 416-150.

Dinero Rápido: Amy pulls... "puntos extra". She & Ivonne get 198. Extra points... 20! That gives'em $5000.

 

Temptation: The New Sale of the Century
by Chico Alexander

Air time: Check local listings
Host: Rossi Morreale
Website: www.seenontemptation.com
 

Tiffany
personal assistant
one day
T$79

JC
auto claims specialist

Sonji
insurance manager

INSTANT CASH: $5000

First Speed Round: If you are playing the Temptation drinking game (C-Note: 21 means 21), take a sip. They mentioned Arkansas again. JC leads it with T$35 to Tiffany's T$25 and Sonji's T$20. He gets this Instant Bargain: a Cappresso coffee maker and one year of the Coffee Beanery, all for $1565... or T$15 for JC. 14? 13? 12? 11? SOLD! JC's down to 24.

Fame Game: Tiffany gets four clues for SAINT PATRICK'S DAY, giving her the lead with 40.

Knock-Off: Famous Vegetarians. JC gets knocked out with Kate Hudson. He's still at 24. Tiffany finds the tenner under Joaquin Phoenix. Sonji finds the big 15 under Noah Wyle.... and then gets knocked out with 44 thanks to Toby Keith. Tiffany runs out with 64. She gets this Instant Bargain, a trip to New Orleans worth $1700... Tiffany can only pay T$15. ... What the heck. Buzzer! She's down to T$49

Speed Round 2: Hero or villain? JD rallies back to 59, but Tiffany takes the lead with 69. Sonji... still at 44. Will Tiffany give up T$10 for $5000? Yes. She goes with brown... JACKPOT! Ten well spent. Next time, we're back to $500.

Final Speed Round: ... it's a good thing Tiffany took those two prizes, because that's all she's going home with at 59. Sonji's going home with love and hugs from Rossi and me at 44, and JC is taking T$89 to Shopper's Paradise!

So far, T$89... Enough for... well, nothing. Super Knock Off: Hosted the Emmys. Ellen DeGeneres... $25. Chris Rock... Knock-Off. He hosted the Oscars. The others: Conan O'Brien, Garry Shandling, Jenna Elfman, Dennis Miller, Wanda Sykes for $100.

JC can take that watch off of our hands, right? Wrong. JC wants another game, dadgummit.

 

That's the Question
by Chico Alexander

Air time: 9p/8c on GSN
Host: Bob Goen
Website: www.gsn.com/ttq
 
Erin Vernon
Orange County, CA
mother-of-two
Bridget Blackard
Oregon
mother-of-one

Two moms want to go to Hawaii. GSN will only pay for one of you. Let's start with this... WHAT IS BRITAIN'S NATIONAL ANTHEM? Erin gets the question... but "God Save the Queen" eludes her. Bridget gets the first question. The answer is... Odin. WHO WAS KING OF THE NORSE GODS? Erin gets the fill-in for the 5. She leads, 18-7.

Next up, George C. Scott! He's... not playing. Bridget is, though. She gets WHO WON AN OSCAR FOR PORTRAYING PATTON? She sloses the gap, 28-25. Erin still leads.

Next, Neutrogena. WHO MAKES SEE-THROUGH SOAP? Erin gets it and leads, 38-26.

Round 2, and we have a five-letter answer on tap. WHAT YELLOW POWDER IS IN INDIAN DISHES? Erin knows it for the lead, 62-48.

Next answer has two words, five letters a pop. WHO WROTE THE HIT SONG "JOHNNY BE GOODE"? It wasn't Michael J. Fox in "Back to the Future." It was Chuck Berry for the win, 80-50.

Erin can turn $500 into $5000 in 80 seconds if she can solve this...

H.T WAT.. .AP.. HAS WHAT .TH.. .A..? -----

Nothing. It was "Hot water vapor has what other name?" And the answer... "steam".

 

Wheel of Fortune
by Jason Block

Air time: Check local listings
Host: Pat Sajak & Vanna White
Website: www.wheeloffortune.com


STATS
Total for today: $24,800
Total for Week 10: $89,552
Charity Donations: $135,852(with the Maxwell House daily $10,000)
Total for the Season: $2,178,518
Bonus Win Percentage: 16/47
Gooseeggs: 10
Toss Up Sweeps/Group Misses: 4/0
Mystery Round Prizes won: 2
Car Wins: 4
$100,000 Losses/Wins: 5/0
$10,000 wedge wins: 8
Wild Cards Hit/Offered/Used:36/47/12
Prizes added to the wheel hit/won:28/17
Free Spins Hit/Used: 27/22
"25" Prizes Hit/Won: 10/3
BIG MONEY SPOT Hit/Won: 9/6
Jackpot wins: 3
$6,000 FINAL SPINS: 5
 

We are into our 2nd day of "People Celebirty Week!" The famous faces today...Sherri Shepherd, Steve Schirripa and Paula Deen!

The $1,000 Tossup is FOOD AND DRINK. James is a firefighter from Staten Island, New York. They solved A SLICE OF CHEESECAKE for $1,000. He is playing with Steve Schirripa who is playing for the Poly Prep Day School. Joy Bryant is playing with Sherri Shepherd who is playing for the March of Dimes. Tara is from Staten Island, New York who is playing with Paula Deen who is playing for Safe Shelter of Savannah. .

The $2,000 Tossup is PLACE. Steve and James are up to $3,000 with AUCTION HOUSE. We add this trip to Nice, France from vacationcompare.com worth $5,000. The category is People(tm). Steve and James pick up the Wild Card and solve SUPERSTAR COUPLES for $3,400. All Steve and James with $6,400.

The jackpot round is sponsored by Swanson. The category is EVENT...and a PRIZE PUZZLE. Joy and Sherri start and pick up the Nice trip, but lose it all on Bankrupt. Ouch. Paula and Tara bankrupt. Steve and James hit the "25" Prize...25 months of Gourmet Gift Baskets...but they miss. Joy and Sherri miss and Paula and Tara solve THE SUN SETTING OVER THE PACIFIC for $800 and a trip to Mexico at the Pueblo Bonito Resort in Cabo San Lucas worth $5,600! And if you have the SPIN ID of ML1968583, you are off to Cabo. Remember the Sony Card Bonus...They have $6,400 as well!

The Big Money/Mystery Round is sponsored by Maxwell House Coffee. This week, every day they are donating $10,000 to Second Harvest to help combat hunger! It's BEFORE AND AFTER. Paula and Tara start. They pick up $900 and the Free Spin. They miss, and use the Free Spin. They lose $4,150 on Bankrupt. Steve and James hit the $7,500 Big Money space, use the Wild Card, but miss. Sherri and Joy hit Lose A Turn. Tara and Paula solve BEETHOVEN'S FIFTH AVENUE APARTMENT for $1,200. They have $7,600.

The $3,000 Tossup is OCCUPATION. Joy and Sherri have $3,000 with BIKE MESSENGER. We go right into a FINAL SPIN with THING. $1,300 a letter. Paula and Tara win with TWINKLING CITY SKYLINE for $7,800. They win with $15,400. Steve and James leave with $6,400 in cash for him...$10,000 for Steve's Charity. Sherri and Joy leave with $3,000 for Joy...and $10,000 for the March of Dimes.

Can Tara and Paula cook up more for Safe Shelter of Savannah? They land on the N in BONUS. The category is FOOD AND DRINK...oddly enough, Pat says. With the RSTLNE and P C D I we have:

_ _ I C _
_ _ R _ E R

There is nothing like a JUICY BURGER. But that wasn't tasty enough for $30,000 extra. But they leave with $15,400 in cash and trip. And that goes to Paula's Charity.
 

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
by Don Harpwood

Air time: Check local listings
Host: Meredith Vieira
Website: www.millionairetv.com
  TV Week got off to a great start yesterday! Let's see what today brings...

Tom Merlino (Brooklyn, NY): He watched a lot of TV as a kid; from the moment he got home from school to the moment he fell asleep, he was watching TV. It should serve him well here, and this should prove that that wasn't a waste of time. His father, Joe (in the audience), though, says, "Let's see if he wins any money first."

He will; Tom sweeps the lower tier (including the TV Theme Song Question at $1,000). Then, eventually...

[$16,000]
In the first episode of "L.A. Law," what partner in the law firm McKenzie, Brackman, Chaney & Kuzak turns up dead at his desk?
A: McKenzie
B: Brackman
C: Kuzak
D: Chaney

Tom asks the audience, but the results are close. 34% are saying D, 26% are saying C, 23% are saying B, and 17% are saying A. He then calls a former co-worker, Matt, and he's not positive, but he feels good about D. Tom goes with D... and it's correct! He then gets $25,000, and soon after that...

[$100,000]
Bravo's acclaimed series "Inside the Actors Studio" made its television debut in 1994 with what guest?
A: Jessica Lange
B: Paul Newman
C: Robert De Niro
D: Glenn Close

The 50:50 leaves B and D. Tom was leaning towards B, so he goes with that... and he's right!

[$250,000]
In the "Star Trek" episode "Whom Gods Destroy," Captain Kirk famously smooches a green alien seductress named what?
A: Elena
B: Marta
C: Sheeda
D: Cheela

Tom wants this question out of his face. After the answer is revealed to be B, it gets switched out.

[$250,000] (Q)
On a bizarre episode of "Alice," what wealthy character from another TV show attempts to buy Mel's Diner?
A: Edward Stratton III
B: Jefferson Davis "Boss" Hogg
C: George Jefferson
D: Bobby Ewing

Tom is nodding, like he knows this. He says B... and he does know this! It's B!

[$500,000]
The famous "chocolate factory" episode of "I Love Lucy" features Lucy and Ethel goofing off on the assembly line at what place?
A: Sullivan's Sweet Shoppe
B: Kramer's Kandy Kitchen
C: Buttlebee's BonBon Barn
D: Cog's Confectionary Company

Tom is leaning towards B, but he's not 100% sure. After some consideration, though, he wants to gamble. But after some more consideration, Tom walks. As it turns out, he would have been right; it's B! Nonetheless, Tom still has a lot of money to take home; $250,000, to be exact!

Robyn Madden (Bayville, NY): After being told that she'll get the Millionaire DVD game (as well as everyone in the audience, and I'm assuming Tom gets one as well) just for being there, she gets right to it.

She only has time to get to $200 today, though, but that's okay; there will be plenty of time for Robyn to win more tomorrow!