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Cash Cab by Chico Alexander, GSNN

Air time: 6p ET/5p CT on Discovery
Host: Ben Bailey

Our first players are going 13 blocks to 25th & First. Short ride, let's get to the questions. They get the four $25 questions. They get $250 pulling up to a Red Light Challenge: name five US states through which the Rocky Mountains run. Colorado, Idaho, Wyoming, Montana, and Utah is good for another $250. They use their mobile shout out to identify the Ivy League university in New Jersey whose mascot is the Tiger. Dad says... Princeton. Is right! The girls get their only strike when they can't pace the length of a soccer game (90 minutes). Doesn't matter as they win $750. They decide to leave the cab with the money, and, not to be the fanatic, but we never did learn their names.

Evening in NYC, as we go to 30th between First & Second with Marcus Steptoe & Paula Rosado. They've got 36 blocks to go. Marcus uses the phone shout to figure out the Spanish painter who mourned his friend with a three-year Blue Period. His boss says... Picasso. Yes! Then he uses the street shout to figure out Japanese poem, three lines, 17 syllables. The friendly neighborhood lifeline.. doesn't know it either. So they strike on "haiku." Second strike: the depth spiral is executed by a male-female team in what Winter Olympic sport? Answer: figure skating. They say skiing. Third strike: the name of what famous Texas mission means "cottonwood" in Spanish? They time out on "Alamo", and the cab stops. For the first time since Monday's premiere, we have a player/players strike out.

Finally: Devin & Andrew. Destination: Columbus Circle for dinner. They sweep the $25 questions, earning $250 as they pull up to a Red Light Challenge: name the five branches of the military of the United States of America. Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard. That's five. That's $500 so far, as they sweep the $50s as well. First $100 question: Article I of the US Constitution established what branch of government? "Executive Branch?" Close, it's the Legislative Branch. They use their mobile shout out on this: in what famed London palace do the two houses of Parliament conduct their sittings? Devin calls his father, who says... Westminster... Correct! They have to use the street shout out to figure out what process do human cells use to convert food into energy. "Photosynthesis? I have no idea!" They go with... digestion. Both were wrong, as they get their second strike on "metabolism". They end up with $1150... but lose it all on this final question: what sport uses a piece of equipment called a Big Bertha? They go with hockey. It was golf. Strike three... YER OUT! But they got to dinner at least.

Clocking in for another ride, are we? Let's go to 30th & Second, Waterfront Alehouse with Lisa (who can't believe she's on TV right now) and Abe (who can). They sweep the $25ers and the $50s, just in time for a Red Light Challenge: name seven players in the solar system. That get... all nine. Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto. First $100 Question: What Scandinavian country was the birthplace of small but vocally powerful Bjork? They say "Norway," but it's Iceland... We can argue if Iceland is part of Scandinavia, but the fact of the matter is that we've arrived at the alehouse with $650. But will they risk it on a video bonus? They're going for it after much deferment. The video: Lady Liberty. The question: its skeleton was actually designed by what French engineer famous for a landmark tower of his own? Lisa & Abe go with Eiffel... That's $1300!

Next: Nikoma. Destination: 16th & Broadway. Objective: booty call. Nikoma strikes on Brandon Tartikoff's 80s home (NBC). He uses and loses his mobile shout out on Virginia's Great Falls river. Nikoma's friend... has no idea. It was the Potomac. He uses the street shout out on this: What famous wax museum was started in London in 1885? They go with Madame Tussaud's. Right on! But the good times end there, as Nikoma can't identify the Somali, the Smokey, and the Nubian for $50. The giraffe would've gotten him the money, but instead, Nikoma gets the boot.

Finally, going to Chelsea Piers, it's Tom & Aryan. They sweep the $25ers, but need the power of Cingular with a $50 question to figure out the Asian country with the most land borders (14). "China? You sure?" Shouldn't've called Andy, because they're right! Time for another Red Light Challenge at $250: name five entertainers that hosted the Academy Awards since 1990. They get Billy Crystal, Chris Rock, Whoopi Goldberg, David Letterman, and Steve Martin. They also get their first strike with the diamond company whose slogan is "A Diamond is Forever". Correct: de Beers. But they make up for it by banking $950. Will they risk it? They'll go for it. The question: found throughout New Mexico's Carlsbad Caverns, what dripstone formations are found on the ceilings and floors of limestone caves. They go with stalactites and stalagmites. That's right for $1900!

100 Mexicanos Dijeron by Jason Hernandez, GSNN

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

STAY TUNED...

Family Feud by Chico Alexander, GSNN

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

Thornton (Debbie, Leia, Terri, Linda, Brenda)

Messenger (Brandi, Benita, Jonathan, Laura, Jennifer); $20,795, two days

Round 1: if the United States is ever invaded by aliens, which movie star is best equipped to protect us (7)? Tom Cruise did it this summer, but only good for #3. Good enough for Brandi. Will Smith did it twice, but only good for #2. The Governator is good for #1. Thanks, Jennifer! Harrison Ford also makes the list, but the Thorntons go with William Shatner for the steal. Set phasers to suck. Messengers get 63. Other answers: Sly Stallone, Mel Gibson, Vin Diesel.

Round 2: something you hate to see people doing at salad bars (5). Benita gets #1, picking through the food. That's worth 60, but that's all they get. The Thorntons try out coughing... #2 for 60! Other answers: putting it back, taste/sampling, taking too long.

Double Round: Dogs chase cars. What do people chase (full board)? Jonathan's mind is on women, good for #1. They follow with money and dreams, but the Thorntons go with power for the steal... Not there! The Messengers are at 201. Other answers: buses, pets, ambulances.

Triple Round: something neighbors swap with each other (4). The Messengers are four for four with sugar. Tools is it for the champs. Can the challengers steal 150 with cleaning supplies? No! Messengers win, 351-60. Other answers: recipes, gossip/talk.

Can Benita & Jonathan get back on the winning track with Fast Money? Yes! That's three days and $40,795.

Jeopardy! by Chico Alexander, GSNN

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

James Quintong (sports writer from Atlanta); $4001

Michael Salerno (law student from New York City)

Leeaundra (Lee) Temescu (communications coach orig. from Troy, MI)

Last time, James won the absolutely staggering total of ... $4001. Let's see if he can do better than that today. James starts with $200 The Pauly Shore File, and at the TV time out, it doesn't look to be any better with James leading, $22200 to Lee's $1200 and Michael's -$400.

After admitting to standing in for Anna Kournikova (don't see it), Michael finds the Daily Double under $600 Street Smarts. His Wager of Death: only level amount. The clue: the Boston Common fronts on this street, also the name of a nearby hill. "What is Beacon Street?" Right for $2200. He ends the round in third at $3000 to James' $3600 and Lee's $3800. It's a pretty tight matchup as Michael starts Double Jeopardy!...

... with $400 "Cat" Got Your Answer, finding the first Daily Double under $800 Islam. "Oh, God..." About the size of it, Michael. He bets $600 on the fajr, "dawn", and the isha, "evening", two of the five of these. "What are prayers?" Right for $5200. Looks like Michael is playing not to lose. Leeaundra has the lead going into the Daily Double under $2000 Building Character. She only bets $1000 on a novel with Hugh Conway recruited to a high lama. "What is 'Shangri-La'?" Nope, it was "Lost Horizon," but she's still in the lead with $9600. Order does not chance as Michael has $6000, James has $10,000, and Leeaundra has $11,600.

Final Jeopardy! in "Political Lingo": Senate rule 22 governs this; Clinton called it "posturing to prove... a minority can paralyze the federal government". Correct question: What is filibuster?

Anna... sorry, Michael is right, only betting $5601. James is right, but only bets $4000. Leeaundra's right... and went crazy on the bet with $20,001 in her pocket for tomorrow's show, while James leaves with $6001.

The Price is Right by Chico Alexander, GSNN

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

Tonight's "Survivor" featured five new cars. Today's TPIR... we can only promise two... but you know what? We like two.

Brianna Konefall, Marlene Ledwig, Bradley Rideout, and Cassandra Kidwell bid on a pair of exercise bikes. Marlene gets the bikes, and a shot at a trip to Washington, DC playing Flip Flop. The price isn't $6427. She can Flip ($4627), Flop ($6472), or Flip Flop ($4672). She Flips... and she's jumping for joy!

The aptly-named Spencer Price skips on down to Marlene's place, and skips on up with a PDA. Now he needs some Pocket ¢hange for a Dodge Charger worth $23,489. It can be his for a racked-up price of $1.75. He gets his four envelopes, but he only needs one of them: the one that says $2.00 on it.

Christian Larrivee, a pro hockey player from Long Beach, makes the hat trick of wins today after getting an LCD TV and being shown the Plinko board! After getting chips from Bob, a sandwich maker, joke machine, an alarm clock, and a salt/pepper shakers, Christian drops bombs on $500 twice, $100 once, and ten large twice for a total of $21,100 cash money! We're printing ten more Benjamins for Spencer, who gets a spot in the Showcase.

Seems like the yellow podium is the hot spot, but the first-four answer back as Cassandra gets a wine refrigerator in round 4. Now the game: a tailgate grill is marked $1942. A desk and chair is marked at $3050. Do they belong, or should Cassandra say "Switch?" She says "Switch!", and that was ... a brain move!

Brianna would not be so lucky. She gets a lantern, and that's all she gets, because she can't convert One Away into a Chevy Impala. The setup: $32,275. The first try: $23,386... three right. Second try: $23,166. Still three right. Should've changed the second 3 and the 4.

Jared Gilbert sends Bradley riding out with two scooters. For a vertical piano, Jared's going to do a little grocery shopping. On the list: Citracal, Clorox bathroom cleaner, Alka-Seltzer Plus Liquigels, Honey Buns, and Campbell's Cream of Mushroom soup. He buys four cleaners at $3.49. That's $13.96. He buys another six soups for $1.02 a pop. Got it with eight cents over, $20.08. But Brianna, a longshot at best, gets the best of the other two to win the Showdown and join Spencer at the Showcase.

First up, a dining room with dinnerware, luggage, and a trip to Rome. Top winner Spencer bids $16,239. Brianna gets an inside look at how they choose Showcase prizes. Examples: a recent tiff with Rebecca spawned a sofa, the heat was on the blink for a sauna, and a raging El Nino means a ski boat. "I got it, Bob!" Let's hope so, Brianna. She bids $21,000. Actual price: $24,689, a difference of $3689. Actual price if Spencer's Showcase: $17,086. He's your big winner with $42,092 in cash and prizes!

Stats: 5/6, $83,758.

Trato Hecho by Gordon Pepper, GSNN

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

Tis the season to be giving, as Sandra the hiker, Ada the clown and Norma the puffy haired person get to be visited by...The Count of Monte Trato. Oooooooohhhhh. Norma can take Curtain #2, and what she doesn't want wil go to Sandra. Norma takes the curtain, and receives a nice new living room set worth $2,181! Wow! Now Sandra has the Count, which she can give to Ada in exchange for some Vitacilina and what's inside. She takes the Vitacilina, and inside is a $500 certificate for IKEA, which is pretty nice. Now Ada has the count, and can get rid of him with the $500 buyout. She doesn't want it, and instead she gets the Count's Chasco Boat, complete with sea sick captain.

Hopefully, Paula will not get sick as she gets to pick between a can of tuna and a can of caviar. Paula is given $300 to forget about the deal, but she wants to go on. Inside the tuna - a $500 certificate to cooking.com. Inside the caviar tin - a handful of Goldfish Crackers. They may not get Paula sick, but I bet that she's feeling sort of pale right about now.

Guillermo wants to give someone $500. Juan Jose the cowboy and Paul the Siesta blanket will both get the money - and then can both trade it away if they want. Juan Jose trades his for Curtain #1, and behind there is the swimming pool and fish of the Count of Monte Trato, which is a wading pool, a rubber fish and a trip to Chascoville. Raul does not want Curtain #3, and he could have had a whole market of Chasco Fish.

We go back to Norma and Sandra as they vie for the Gran Trato. Norma wants door #2 while Sandra wants door #1. No one wants Door #3, and no one will be going to Cancun on a $2,300 trip. Sandra will be taking home $800, but Norma will be taking home a new kitchen with cookware, stove, dishwasher, cabinet, china and dinette set as she grabs the Gran Trato and $5,296 worth of goodies. Everyone this week has so far won the Gran Trato. Can we make it a full week? Tune in tomorrow to find out.

Wheel of Fortune by Jason Block, GSNN

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

Sipping on a tropical drink, we recap the Thursday edition of "5 Star Resorts" week! The $1,000 Tossup is PHRASE. Radio meteorologist Mike Leona from Valley Stream, NY solved DON'T LIFT A FINGER for $1,000. Brenda Debberschmidt is next, going for her masters. Yvette Bucklin from Groton, CT is a data manager.

The $2,000 Tossup is RHYME TIME. Mike is two for two with MAYBE BABY. He has $3,000 and we add this trip to the Four Seasons Palm Beach in Florida worth $5,700! He starts this round which is BEFORE AND AFTER. Mike starts. He hits and picks up the $1,000 aa.com gift certificate. He misses...over to Brenda. She hits Bankrupt. Over to Yvette. She solves SUGAR SUBSTITUTE TEACHER for an amount that the scorers don't know. We will check during the break. And we check and it's $2,500.

The jackpot round is sponsored by BrandSource. The category is WHO SAID IT? Brenda starts. She misses...over to Yvette...she misses...over to Mike. He misses the trip...back to Brenda...she misses...back to Yvette. She misses...back to Mike. He hits the Jackpot wedge and solves I'LL HUFF AND I'LL PUFF for $7,850. And he adds THE BIG BAD WOLF for $3,000 more. That round was worth $10,850...and he has $13,850 in cash for his efforts.

The mystery round prize is $10,000. The category is THING...and it's a PRIZE PUZZLE...Yvette starts. She hits Bankrupt. Over to Mike. He misses...over to Brenda...back to Yvette. She hits Lose A Turn...back to Mike. He hits Lose A Turn...back to Brenda...she misses the solve...over to Yvette. She hits and picks up the Palm Beach trip. She solves CHOREOGRAPHED FOUNTAIN SHOW for $900. She is going to Florida and you can see that at the Bellagio in Las Vegas from vegas.com worth $4,000. And if you have the SPIN ID of CN02844 you off to Sin City and the Bellagio! That round was worth $10,600 and she is behind the leader by only $750. She has $13,100 in cash and trips!

The $3,000 Tossup is next. AROUND THE HOUSE it is. Mike is three for
three with SPACE HEATER. He has $16,850...final spin time with $1,300 a letter...OCCUPATION is the category. And Yvette solves PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTOR for $3,900. And she wins by $150 with a total of $17,000. Brenda got gooseegged and we give her $1,000 for her trouble. And Mike's forecast is great with a great total of $16,850 in cash!

Now Yvette is going to Palm Beach and Vegas. She needs a lot of spending cash. She lands on the *** wedge. Her category tonight is ON THE MAP. With the RSTLNE we have:

_ _ R _ _ N _

She chooses DPFI and we get no help....and it's close to where we tape Wheel of Fortune...BURBANK. She lost $25,000. But she is going to Vegas and Palm Beach with a nice total of $17,000.

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire by Don Harpwood, GSNN

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

Yesterday, Randy Wormald (Salisbury, NH) only had time to get to $200, but had no problem in doing so. With 2 days to go in Teacher Week, will we see him or another teacher get to the upper tier this week?

Believe it or not, Randy has a reputation of making math cool, which would likely explain the 10% of his class joining a math club. How does he do it? Well, one of the things he does is dress up as and act like Pythagoras, the Greek mathematician. And we even get to see a pic of this. Hey, whatever works... Anyway, he resumes the game, and he soon secures the $1,000 easily. Then, along comes this for $2,000...

The double bass is a low-pitched member of what musical instrument family?
A: String
B: Percussion
C: Brass
D: Woodwind

Randy asks the audience, and 69% of the studio audience goes with A, while 62% of the AIM users agree. He trusts them... and they're right! Another question later, and this comes up for $8,000...

Public schoolchildren in NYC face off against each other in a 2005 hit documentary titled "Mad Hot" what?
A: Dodgeball
B: Shakespeare
C: Ballroom
D: Jump Rope

The 50:50 leaves C and D. Randy decides to go with D... but it's C! Darn. That sends him home with $1,000.

Could Cindy Pochomis (Newark, DE) be the first teacher this week to reach that elusive upper tier? Well, during the break, she did whisper under her breath that she'll win the million, so at least this special-ed teacher is confident. Before getting into it, we see a picture of some of her colleagues from Richardson Park Learning Center, as their way of wishing her luck. With that, Cindy starts by knowing that according to tradition, the teacher's dreaded red pen is used to correct papers. She breezes through the lower tier, then comes to this $2,000 question...

One of the first Muppets created by Jim Henson, the ivory-tickling Rowlf is what kind of animal?
A: Dog
B: Bear
C: Goat
D: Lion

Cindy decides to ask the audience. 83% of the studio audience and 58% of the AIM users pick A. So, Cindy goes with A... and it's A! Eventually, she then gets to this for $8,000...

A North American plant called the purple coneflower is a common source of what herbal remedy?
A: Echinacea
B: St. John's wort
C: Saw palmetto
D: Ginkgo biloba

Cindy uses the 50:50, which leaves A and D. She then picks A... and she's right! On to $16,000...

In the liberal-bashing best-seller "100 People Who Are Screwing Up America," who is listed as number one?
A: Oprah Winfrey
B: Teddy Kennedy
C: Hillary Clinton
D: Michael Moore

Cindy calls her son's friend Roger, who is 100% sure that it's D. So, she goes with D... and it's right! Now, for $25,000...

Due to a 1992 federal law, new toilets in U.S. homes may use a maximum of how much water per flush?
A: 1.6 gallons
B: 2.2 gallons
C: 2.8 gallons
D: 3.4 gallons

Cindy has an inkling, but she's not sure enough, so she walks. The answer was A, but that's what she thought it was. So, though she heads home with $16,000, one has to wonder how much farther she could have gone had she gone for it...

How well will Wanda Jennings (Boise, ID) do? Hmm... For some reason, I think I see some sort of a resemblance between her and another certain person whose last name is Jennings. I wonder... Could they be related? Well, anyway, Wanda starts by knowing that in a time-honoured tradition, schoolchildren clap together erasers to clean them of chalk (they'd need more than that for cooties, though). She then easily gets to $1,000.

And there's the horn. Teacher Week will wrap up tomorrow, as Wanda will continue her attempt to climb to the million.