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Bingo America
by Chico Alexander

Air time: 6:30p/5:30c on GSN
Hosts: Richard Karn & Diane Mizota
On the Web
: www.gsn.com/bingo 
 
Brooke Patrick

I Can't Believe It's Not Butter is footing the bill for this week's worth of shows with twenty left until the end of the season.

Game 1's numbers: G-57, O-62, I-24, O-66, N-37, N-36, G-58, I-21, B-7. Patrick Bingoes first, winning game 1 with $868 in the bank.

Butter Ball pops up in Game 2. The numbers: N-37, N-44, O-64, O-66, B-1, B-7, G-46, I-16, G-58, O-69, G-50, I-20, O-71. Patrick sews up the match and takes $1517.

The Bingo Bonus Board...
- B-5: $1000
- I-22: $2500
- N-37: $4000
- G-46: $4000

Two of the biggest squares revealed in Bingo America history, you bet he's stopping. Patrick wins $13,017!

Game Show Kingdom's Bobby McBride contributed to this report.

 

Deal Or No Deal
by Gordon Pepper

Air time: Check local listings
Host: Howie Mandel with Tameka Jacobs & Patricia Kara
On the Web
: www.dealornodealtv.com  

Wins / Losses: 71 / 44
Bonus Prize Winners: 14 ($105,000) (1 double winner)
Biggest Win: $275,000 (Chelsea Drake)
Smallest Win: $1 (Marcia and Melanie)
Earliest Exit: Round of 8
Biggest Profit: $201,700
Biggest Loss: -$428,000
Biggest Case Given Away: $500,000 (Ekaterini Petronas / Stuart Ingleman)
Perfect Deals: 11
Good Deals: 59
Bad Deals: 30
Worst Deals: 15
Selected the $500,000: 5
Gave Away the $500,000: 2
Amount Awarded for the day: $32,000
Amount Awarded for the week: $128,300
Amout Awarded for the Season: $3,259,841
Net Profit / Loss on Case Selling for the day: -$40,000
Net Profit / Loss on Case Selling for the week: -$10,885
Net Profit / Loss on Case Selling for the season: -$1,214,020.01
If you have the double run, you've seen this episode already. However, if you don't, this is a new episode, so here's the recap. And one more note: The Double Run has 'Baby On Board' week, so it will have Chelsea Drake's $275,000 win on Friday. If you want it in your archive, set your VCR/DVDs...

Christine Ralph is looking for a blackbelt. Can she karate chop the Banker?

We start with #4 ($7,500), #10 ($1,000), #21 ($300), #14 ($500) and #12 ($10). A very nice first round gets a very nice first offer: $25,000. But that gets turned down and we get 5 more cases to open.

#6 ($200), #8 ($10,000), #18 ($25,000), #16 ($50,000), and #18 ($100). Not a great round, but the Top 4 are still in play. Offer: $31,000. A very nice second round offer...which is turned down. NO DEAL! 4 to open...

#2...$500,000. Oops. #15 ($50) #20 ($25) and #9 ($400) put her back on the right track. The offer, thanks to $500,000 going away, goes down: $18,000. NO DEAL! 2 cases to go...

#18...$100,000
#11 PENNY CASE

$1, $5, $2,500, $5,000, $75,000, $250,000
OFFER: $25,000

It could be an amazing player's board - or junk - in 2 picks...
NO DEAL! 2 picks to go...

#7...$2,500. She's guranteed at least one big case...
#22...$5,000. Make it 2 big cases. It's a player's board.

$1, $5, $75,000, $250,000
OFFER: $37,500

NO DEAL. One to go

#3...$1!

$5, $75,000, $250,000
OFFER: $50,000

As long as she avoids the $250,000, the offer goes up. Christine...is not going to take the chance. Deal for $50,000! Next case...$250,000! So the offer would have dropped - but she had the $75,000. So not a great deal, but a nice pay day nonetheless.
 

Family Feud
by Gordon Pepper

Air time: Check local listings
Host: John O'Hurley
On the Web
: www.familyfeud.tv  
  If you're getting the double run of the Feud, you've seen these shows before. If not... they're new to you.
 
Diederich (Brian, Donna, Sharon, Amber, Ryan)
2 Day Champs
$1,350
Paqua (Grace, Robert, Brian, Gina, Crystal)

Round 1 (7): Name something that you have to do to get your husband's attention during the Super Bowl. Offer a beer: #3. Offer sex: X. Champs get control. Stand in front of the TV: #4. Turn the TV off: #2. Cheer: #5 Change Diaper (Wha?): X. Change the Channel: XX. Get Naked!: #1! Kick the husband: XXX. Paquas look for their first steal with Wait for a commercial...X. Defending champs strike first. #6: Talk. #7: Wear a sexy outfit.

Round 2 (6): Something that helps people find their way. Map: #1 and the chanmps get control again. Compass: #3. GPS: #2. Commercial/Ad: X. Signs: #6. Policeman: XX. The Stars: #5. One answer remains. The Internet...XXX. Paquas get a shot with civillian/stranger: X. Champs are up to 182. Remaining answer: G-d or religion.

Double (5): Name a state with the healthiest teenagers. California: #1 and the Paquas get to play. Florida: #2. Utah: X. Idaho: XX. Iowa: #5. Hawaii: XXX. Not enough to win, but enough to take a very big lead for the champs with New York...X. Paqua's get on the board. Other answers: Colorado and Texas.

Triple (4): Name a reason why you'd want Vanna White's Job. Take her wardrobe: #1. and the challengers can win if they take the question out. The Money: #2. Fame: #4. One answer for the championship. Easy job...#3! That's the win! Paquas, by a score of 361-182, are your new champs.

Fast Money: Bryan and Crystal go for their first shot at 20 grand, and Crystal only gets 53 points. Bryan gets...150, for a total of 203 and the cash! A spectacular come from behind win in the bonus round, which is just like the main game. Tune in tomorrow to see if they can get any further.

 

Jeopardy!
by Chico Alexander

Air time: check local listings
Host: Alex Trebek
On the Web
: www.jeopardy.com  
  Just because I'm on a boat doesn't mean that I haven't been following the J!...
 
Ben Bishop
orig. Seattle
student
$114,800, four days
Geoff Moore
Los Angeles
screenwriter
Kathy Sahlmann
Erie, PA
pharmacist

Ben is going for his fifth game today. He's already assured himself of a trip to Vegas later this season, but what's a little more icing.

He's in a bit of a bind at the end of Double Jeopardy! with only $9000 to Geoff's $11,500 and Kathy's $7800. Final Jeopardy! in "Actor-Directors": the only woman to win a Golden Globe for directing, she won for a 1983 film that she had also co-written. Correct response: who is Barbra Streisand?

Ben loses it on a pure guess as Geoff wins $18,001. Ben leaves with $115,800 and a shot at $250,000 later on...

J-Archive.com contributed to this report.

 

The Price Is Right
by Jason Block

Air time: 11a/10C on CBS & CBS HD
Host: Drew Carey with Phire Dawson, Amber Lancaster & Gabrielle Tuite
On the Web
: www.cbs.com/daytime/price  

Record today: 2-4
Record this week: 2-4
Record this season: 149-173-8
Total today: $63,597
Total this week: $63,597
Total this season: $3,731,952
Perfect Shows/Skunks: 1/0
DSWs/DOBs: 1/1


 
While Chico is a-cruising, it is I, Jason Block, who will let you know what happened on The Price is Right! So let's see what the goings on were at Studio 33!

Virginia Collin, Trinh Nugyen, Stephen Hernandez and Bobbie Latrell start us off this week with a Craftsman Riding Lawn Mower. They overbid, but It goes for $980 as Bobbie, who is a customer service agent for an airline from Memphis plays for a NEW CAR....a 2009 Pontiac G6..as well as a London Phone Box(non-Tardis)USB HUB, Messenger Bag, Lemonade Juice Stand, and Kitchen Timer shaped like a fake ice cream cone! She is playing Switcheroo! After the first 30 seconds....she has one right! She gets another 30 seconds...switches the top to $21,245...almost switches it out at the last second, leaves it alone...and STILL has one right! Which one is it....it's THE CAR! She wins the Pontiac G6!

Who replaces Bobbie? Ryan Fernandez! We play for Freestyle Audio waterproof MP3 players as Stephen wins them(they were $510). He is from La Mirada, CA! He is playing for a Sofa, a Drum Set and a 50" Plasma TV! Which one is the MOST EXPENSIVE? He picks the drum set($1860)...and it's the Plasma TV worth $2499. No win for Stephen.

Who gets to come down to contestant row? It's Sarah Pigeon. She flies like a bird on down to play for a self-cleaning range. It goes for $1,599...and Sarah quickly flies out! She is from San Diego..and a bartender! She is playing for a pair of Kawasaki KX100 Motorcycles! She is playing Coming or Going...is it 6698...or 8966? She picks $6698! And she is vrooming off with a win!

In the first half Showdown, Sarah continues her hot streak by winning $1,000! But she can't pick up anymore in the Bonus Spin. But she is going to the showcase!

And we start the 4th one-bid with a new addition! It's Cheri McCormis. Gabrielle brings us a Dov Valencia pendant to bid on. Who snags it? Trinh does...and it's worth $1750! And she is playing for a 2009 Chevrolet HHR LS....and she is playing THAT'S TOO MUCH! Does she know how much too much is...she stops at $17,995! Is it too much! No. The car is $19,590!

Next down...Kenneth Thomas! What are we bidding on? It's a cooler than Drew Danby Wine Cooler. Who wins it? Cheri (who is from Miami) wins it and it's $999! She is playing for an electric EZ-GO golf cart and Golf Clubs! It's worth $8993! She is playing the Grocery Game! The products...Ziploc Bags, Bruce's Yams, Sunsweet Plum Juice, Ester-C and Gold Bond Cream! She picks 2 Gold Bond Creams, 2 Juices...and she overplays her hand by playing 3 $2.29 Yams. She went over, and the cart and clubs go back to the pro shop.

The final contestant of the day is Jennifer Piazza. The item...a Golden West Billiard Table with accessories. And Ryan wins the $2400 table! He finally gets out of The Row. We have a safe to open....and inside...it's a WAVERUNNER. It's the YamahaVX110, and a pair of watches! They are Sultana Watches. It's worth $9858! The SAFE CRACKERS door slams...the numbers are 0,6,5...He turns the dials to $650...and the door stays shut. It's $560.

Cheri wins at the Wheel by tying Ryan at 90 cents, and then winning the Spin off at 55 cents. Sarah is our top winner and looks at Showcase #1. It has a Barbeque, dining room, dinnerware and sailboat! She passes to Cheri who bids $26,300. Sarah has Showcase #2...and we throw it to Rich Fields (a former weather man), in the Price is Right Weather Center...who reports on a MacBook Pro, a Sauna, and a Ford F-150 Truck! She bids $20,000! Sarah's Showcase...is worth $26,510. She is off $6,510. Cheri...is OVER. Her showcase is...$17,940. Sarah wins $35,807 in prizes today! And Remember don't forget to spay and neuter your pets...for the Price is Right Recap...this is Jason Block...see ya!
 

Trivial Pursuit: America Plays
by Gordon Pepper

Air time: check local listings
Host: Christopher Knight
On the Web
: www.tpamericaplays.com    

Studio wins/America wins: 25/27
Double or Nothing Wins/Attempts/Offers: 5/7/12
Total winnings this week: $21,200
Total winnings this season: $790,900
Studio winnings this week: $21,200
Studio winnings this season: $390,200
America winnings this week: $0
America winnings this season: $400,700
You know that notice we posted under today's Feud? Same applies to TP:AP. Double runs are reruns, and singletons are new.
 
Betsy Reese
Louisville, KY
baby sitter
Chad Klein
Burbank, CA
cartoonist
Alicia Culvert
Los Angeles, CA
assistant
AMERICA'S CAPTAIN
Andrew Adams
Yellow Springs, OH

Chico's on a boat, so Gordon is on the recaps - and America is on the hunt for some Christmas money. Round 1's categories are Travel (blue), TV (pink), History (yellow), Celebs (purple), Whatever (green), and Fashion (orange). Betsy gets the first 3 questions right, so she's safely into the next round. Chad gets the next question right, but Alicia gets the next 3, which moves herself into the next round while knocking out Chad. The contestants lead America, $2,100-$300.

And Alicia gets on a roll. She takes the next 3 questions and sweeps Betsy right out of the game. She leads America with a whopping $5,100-$300, which is almost as bad as what Oklahoma did to Missouri this past Saturday.

Time for Alicia to take on America in the Head-to-Head.

- Holidays for $500
- Hip Hop for $1000
- Politics for $2000
- Las Vegas for $3000
- Silver Screen for $4000
- Phobias for $5000

We say hi to Mitchell Szczepanczyk, a good friend of the site and a good friend of the Game Show Congress. Unfortunately for Mitchell, Alicia wins 3 of the first 4 questions and has $10,600 for the win. Will she play Double or Nothing? She will!

The question...What is the name that Tom Hanks gave to his volleyball in Cast Away? She knows it. Wilson. And that's right for a payout of $21,200! Now she actually has a 6th question - phobias - but she doesn't get to play quadruple or nothing. Booo, cheap skate producers. Congratulations to Alicia though. 3 new players tomorrow!

 

Wheel of Fortune
by Jason Block

Air time: check local listings
Hosts: Pat Sajak & Vanna White
On the Web
: www.wheeloffortune.com  

Total for today: $76,683
Total for Week 14: $76,683
Total for the Season: $4,343,034
Bonus Win Percentage: 28/66
Gooseeggs: 16
Toss Up Sweeps/Group Misses: 8/2
Mystery Round Prizes won: 5
Car Wins: 4
$100,000 Losses/Wins: 2/2
$1,000,000 Losses/Wins:0/1
$1,000,000 Wedge Hit/Offered/Used: 17/66/5
Wild Cards Hit/Offered/Used: 42/66/10
Prizes added to the wheel hit/won: 39/22
Gift Tags won: 14
Free Spins Hit/Used: 37/36
Jackpot wins: 0
$6,000 FINAL SPINS: 10/66
Best Week: Week 6 $1,237,028
Week 12 to Week 13: -$1939
$1,000,000 Level Broken: 10/08/08
$2,000,000 Level Broken: 10/14/08
$3,000,000 Level Broken: 11/04/08
$4,000,000 Level Broken: 11/27/08
This week is a special week on Wheel as we celebrate our four-legged friends with "Pet Lovers" Week!

The $1,000 Tossup is SONG LYRICS. Nick Dumont from Boise, ID solved BACK IN THE SADDLE AGAIN for $1,000. He has 3 cats, 3 dogs. Kelli Lane from NJ is a senior at Trinity College. She is a pet sitter. She has 2 dogs and 3 cats. Jessica De Young is a bartender/cheerleader coach. She has one cat, Glammy.

And if you have TW06414, you have $5,000!

The $2,000 Tossup is FUN & GAMES. Kelli has $2,000 with SQUIRT-GUN FIGHT. We add this to the wheel, a $5,000 PETCO shopping spree. Kelli starts PLACE...and a PRIZE PUZZLE. She picks up $1,000 from PETCO and PETCO is going to donate $1,000 to Heart of Texas Greyhound Rescue. She misses. Jessica solves THE LAND OF THE MIDNIGHT SUN for $3,750. And she is going to Alaska on a cruise! It's a Cruise West Cruise of Alaska! It's wiorth $6,298! If you have CP1787804, you are off to Alaska! Remember the SONY CARD BONUS! She has $10,048 in cash and cruise! Everyone has cash!

The Jackpot Round is sponsored by IHOP! The category is TV TITLE. Jessica starts. She misses a vowel. Nick hits 2 $3,500 L's and solves THE GOLDEN GIRLS for $7,500. He has $8,500. And we get to see one of the all time greats of TV...Betty White! Appropriate for Pet Lovers week! She talks about Pontiac, her dog who is a career change guide dog, and her affiliation with the LA ZOO. Great job, Betty!

The mystery round is sponsored by Campbell's. It's RHYME TIME. Nick starts. He hits a $3,500 S. He dominates and solve BIRDS OF A FEATHER FLOCK TOGETHER for $7,850. He has $16,350 in cash!

The $3,000 Tossup is THING. He has $19,350 with ROLL-TOP DESK. He misses when he starts PERSON. Kelli hits 2 $5,000 C's and solves COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN. She has $14,000 and we start...

...FOOD AND DRINK. We go right into a $1,600 a letter FINAL SPIN. Nick seals his win with BREAKFAST CEREAL for $3,200. He wins with $22,550 in cash! Kelli leaves with $14,000 in cash. And Jessica is going to Alaska with $10,048 in cash and trip!

The pre-bonus round total is $46,548. Nick wants a car or even more cash!

He lands on the A in GAME. His category is PERSON. With the RSTLNE and his choices of M D C A we have:

C _ T E
_ _ D

And he loves a CUTE KID. And he can show to all the cute kids in the neighborhood his new 2009 Mitsubishi Outlander worth $30,135! He leaves with $52,685 in cash and car! And do you want this car? If your ID is LK0008188, you have the keys! Nice way to end the show!
 

Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?
by Don Harpwood

Air time: check local listings
Host: Meredith Vieira
On the Web
: www.millionairetv.com   
  Bryan Bishop (Los Angeles, CA) begins the week with $16,000 and 3 lifelines. As for this week's expert, it's the man that hosted the World Series of Pop Culture, Pat Kiernan.

[$25,000] (Wee Tales)
In the classic tale by Washington Irving, Rip Van Winkle sleeps for so long that he misses what momentous event?
A: French and Indian War
B: American Revolution
C: U.S. Civil War
D: War of 1812

Bryan asks the audience, and 55% are saying B. He trusts them... and he has $25,000!

[$50,000] (Asian Cities)
Which of these Asian cities once boasted a vast series of canals, or klongs, which gained it the nickname "Venice of the East"?
A: Seoul
B: Singapore
C: Hanoi
D: Bangkok

After mentioning that he has never been to any of those cities, Bryan asks the expert. Pat says that he has been to Bangkok, and that there is an extensive network of canals there, so he'd recommend D, though he isn't 100% sure. Bryan locks in D... and that is the right answer!

[$100,000] (Athletic Venues)
When filled to capacity for a game, what college's football stadium temporarily becomes the third largest "city" in its state?
A: University of Nebraska
B: University of Wisconsin
C: University of Alabama
D: University of Tennessee

He may be knowledgeable about college football, but Bryan admits that this is tough. He's thinking it's not B or D, though, so after thinking about it, he uses the Double Dip with 8 seconds on the clock. Bryan's first answer is A... and he's right!

[$250,000] (Bee-ginnings)
The National Spelling Bee was first organized in 1925 by a newspaper based in what U.S. city?
A: Charlotte, NC
B: Cincinnati, OH
C: Louisville, KY
D: Memphis, TN

Bryan is thinking that one of those might have "The Bee" as its newspaper. He says that A has "The Observer", and B has "The Inquirer". But he can't decide between the other two, so Bryan lets the clock hit 0. After seeing that it is C, "Bald Bryan" leaves with $100,000!

Tracy Bielaczyc (Traverse City, MI) - Is "geeked" to be there
Menu:
Lower - No Boys Allowed, Intensive Care, Holiday Eats, Kickin' Assets, Kid Lit
Middle - Back to Reality, Big-Screen Science, Canines; It's a Gas, Gas, Gas; American Ingenuity
Upper - Riding the Rails, Small Procedures, Crime Fighters, The First Time, Thomas Edison

Tracy secures $1,000, then eventually, she reaches this...

[$16,000] (It's a Gas, Gas, Gas)
To extend their shelf life, bags of potato chips are often filled with what gas before being sealed?
A: Helium
B: Radon
C: Nitrogen
D: Xenon

Unsure of this, Tracy calls her cousin, Ethan, who happens to be a rocket scientist! Ethan says that he's thinking B, though his confidence level is about 50% (that last bit came as time ran out on the call). Then, with just 2 seconds left, Tracy uses the Double Dip. Her first answer is B... but it's wrong! She then makes C her second answer just as time runs out... and she's right!

[$25,000] (American Ingenuity)
Noted satirist H.L. Mencken famously claimed that "the only American invention as perfect as a sonnet" is a what?
A: Baseball
B: Revolver
C: Phonograph
D: Martini

Tracy asks the audience, and 58% are thinking D. She trusts them... and she has $25,000! And that is all for today; Tracy returns tomorrow!