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Catch 21
by Chico Alexander

Air time: 6:30p/5:30C on GSN
Host: Alfonso Ribeiro with Mikki Padilla
On the Web: www.gsn.com/catch21 

Total cash today: $6000
Total cash this week: $6000
Total cash this season: $285,000
Bonus record this week: 0-0-1
Bonus record this season: 5-9-32
One-hand draws: 12
Two-hand draws: 20
Bonus prizes won/offered: 31/46
 
Karen
parts unknown
married mother of two
Dan Merkin
Anaheim, CA
substitute teacher
Schuyler Williams
Gary, IN
has not met the Jackson 5ive
FIRST 21 WINS
trip to the Radisson in San Francisco

Hand 1: Karen gets a 6 to start things off. Dan gets a 5, and Schuyler gets a queen. Dan passes a 10 to Karen for 16, then keeps an ace for soft 16. Schuyler passes a 3 to Karen for 19. Karen then passes a king for Dan for hard 16. Dan passes an 8 to bust Karen on 100. Dan then works on Schuyler with a 2 and a 10 to bust him out on 100. Dan leads so far with 1000.

Hand 2: Next up, a 5 for Karen, a 2 for Dan, and a king for Schuyler. Dan passes a king to Karen for 15 and an 8 for Schuyler for 18. He's on a tear, keeping a 6 for 8. Schuyler freezes on 18. Dan then busts Karen out of the game with a jack. Dan gets the draw. A 4 and a 10 bust, but he still leads, 1400 to 700.

Final Hand: Dan gets a 9 to Schulyer's ace. Next card for Schuyler... queen for the game, the match, $1000, and the trip!.

Bonus Catch 21 with three power chips:
Hand 1) 4 - Q - 7 = 21 ($1000)
Hand 2) 4 - 7 - Q = 21 ($5000)
Hand 3) 6 - 2 - J
PASSED: 10

... and Schuyler stops there with the $6000. Had he played on, he would've chipped an 8 and a 5... for an ace. Next card... an 8! A wise choice, sir.

 

Jeopardy!
by Chico Alexander

Air time: check local listings
Host: Alex Trebek
On the Web
: www.jeopardy.com  
  First of the week, first defense for Siobhan.
 
Siobhan McKenney
Austin, TX
systems administrator
$10,799
Dave Mackie
Cary, NC
software developer
Jennifer Montgomery
Encinitas, CA
jazz radio station development director

Siobhan starts with $200 Alliterative Food & Drink, finding the Daily Double under $600. She bets the max of $1000 on this: this cocktail of gin, cherry brandy & lemon juice is named for a city near the Malay Peninsula. "What is a Tom Collins?" That's... not it. It was a Singapore sling, leaving her with -$800. She does get out of the hole with $1400 at the half to Jennifer's $4800. Dave in the middle is the go-ahead run at $1200 for Double Jeopardy!...

... with $400 Are You "Exp"-erienced? Jennifer finds the first Daily Double under $1200 Portrait of a Lady. She bets $4000 on this: Sir John Everett Millais captured the madness of this tragic character seen here. "Who is Ophelia?" Correct for $11,200! She also finds the one under $2000 Jimmy. She bets $4000 on this: after his daring April 1942 raid, he & his crew bailed out over China. "Who is Jimmy Hoffa?" He bailed out, but not over China. It was Jimmy Doolittle, leaving her with $14,400. She rebounds to $18,800, which is good news for her because with $5400 for Siobhan and $1200 for Dave, it's her game to lose.

Final Jeopardy! in "Space News": in 2009 NASA named the Combined Operational Load Bearing External Resistance Treadmill for this man. Correct response: Who is Stephen Colbert?

The response is in the clue. Jennifer saw it and wins with $20,000. Siobhan leaves with $12,799.

 

Let's Make a Deal
by Gordon Pepper

Air time: 10a/9C OR 3p/2C on CBS
Host: Wayne Brady with Jonathan Mangum & Alison Fiori
On the Web
: cbs.com/letsmakeadeal  

Good/Bad Deals - Today: 7-2
Good/Bad Deals - This week: 7-2
Good/Bad Deals - This season: 212-241
Zonks Won: 81
Audience Choices: 2-0
Big Deals: 11-37
Big/Medium/Small Deals: 11/18/19
Total for the day (sans audience promos): $41,002
Total for the week (sans audience promos): $41,002
Total for the season (sans audience promos): $1,927,512
$1M Mark Passed: 11/12/09
Crab, Eggs and Bacon. Perfect way to start your breakfast on a Monday morning. Christopher (Crab) and Kristen (Cube) and Carol (Bacon). And what's good with your morning breakfast? The daily paper, which says that a Tropical Heat Wave exists behind the Big Box. Christopher is offered $600 to avoid the headline...$800...NO DEAL! Christopher gets a trip to Kauai worth $8,101! The next paper; The Style File, which say that grunge lovers run screaming FROM Curtain #2. Kristen is offered $700, but she also wants the curtain and gets a washing machine/dryer combo and maid service for a year worth $4,080. Now we have Carol and curtain #3. Wayne makes a square deal for the curtain. That's your clue, and Wayne offers Carol $900. She takes it, and gives up a NISSAN CUBE WORTH $14,710! Aw.

Wayne has a ladies only game - and it's only for single ladies. Dana (nice Scandinavian outfit) claims to be single. Now Wayne needs some single guys. Shannon (football player) is a single guy. Wayne gives Dana a list of items. Dana wins what she wants and Shannon wins cash if he correctly guesses what she wants. First up: $600 or the Small Box. They....both say Box and they both get $2,000 Gift Card to American Airlines Vacations. That's a nice first date. 2nd option - $800 or Curtain #1. They both pick Curtain #1, and they both get a new living room group and plasma TV worth $3,995. Now each of them can keep what they have or trade it for Curtain #2. They both keep the $5,995 worth of goodies, and neither of them get a broken cardboard heart (ZONK!) Good move for the newly-founded couple.

So now after being single, we need a man and a woman. Stevie (Pilot) and Maria (Gymnast) will do. Allison brings down a green and black bag. Stevie gets the black bag and Maria gets the green bag. Maria is offered the Big Box, but she doesn't want it, and turns down a set of lost luggage (ZONK!) Maria;'s bag has a trip to Cancun worth $6,165. Steve can trade his black bag for Curtain #2 and he will. Inside the black bag...Wayne's Toothbrush (ZONK!) Behind the curtain - New office furniture worth $4,636. Another nice deal.

Jardin (Civilian) can have a really nice deal; a NEW DODGE CALIBER WORTH $16,954!!! It's Tic Tac Deal. Jardin gets to pick 4 cards, and hoping that she gets 3 x's or 3 o's. She selects 1, 2, 3 and 4. #1...O. #2...X. #3...WILD! So she's got a 50/50 shot at the card, but she has to pick the wild card. She says O, so Wallet #4 needs to have an O. Wayne offers her a new barbecue grill and outdoor bar worth $8,597 to call off the deal. She takes the deal. The 4th wallet had...an X, so a good move by her to quit.

Francisco (Sharp dressed man) gets an envelope. He gets a lot of money...but how much of it is real? He can elect to go with Curtain #2 instead and that's what he does. The amount of real money...$100. So he made a better deal behind the Curtain, which is an ATV worth $3,200.

The Big Deal today is worth $49,680. So who'll get a crack at it?

TRADE LIST:
Jardin: $8,597
Christopher: $8,101
Maria: $6,165
Shannon: $5,995
Dana: $5,995
Stevie: $4,636
Kristen: $4,080
Francisco: $3,200
Carol: $900

Will Jardin give back the barbecue grill? Yes she will. She selected door #3. Behind door #2...a Mediterranean Cruise worth $13,066. Behind her door...a 42 Inch LCD TV, Laptop and a Slingbox worth $1,930. She takes a plummet down while Door #1 had a PORSCHE BOXTER WORTH $49,680!!!! So despite all the good deals, we end Monday on a downer. Let's see if we can make it an upper tomorrow.
 

The Newlywed Game
by Chico Alexander

Air time: 6p/5C on GSN
Host: Carnie Wilson
On the Web: www.gsn.com/newlywed  
  First trip of the week takes us to Costa Rica.
 
Kristian & Roxana
married 11 months
Davi & Tiffany
married 12 months
Eric & Pyper
married 6 months

5-point round:
- What animal do you most resemble when you're making love?
- What percentage of the time do you think your wife fakes it in bed: less than 5 percent, 20 percent, or more than 50 percent?
- Maybelline Beauty Question: if your wife forgot to put on lipstick before a night out, would she... stop at a store and buy some, borrow some from a friend, or lipstick? She never wears lipstick!

Couples #1 and #2 are tied with 10 to Eric & Pyper's 5.

10-point round:
- Which TV show titles best describes your husband's ability to create new moves in the bedroom: America's Got Talent, So You Think You Can Dance, or Wipeout?
- If you were able to get rid of one gift that your husband gave you, which would it be?
- "I never though I'd let my husband see me BLANK, but now I do it in front of him all of the time."

Eric & Pyper are perfect in this round to springboard into the lead, 35 to the others' 20.

30-POINT BONUS: If your friends were characters in 'The Wizard of Oz', BLANK would be Glinda the Good Witch, and WHO would be the Wicked Witch of the West.

Kristian starts with Circe/Crissy... PERFECT for 50! Davi tries Kimmy/Sophia... The good witch is good for 15. One to tie and two two win, Eric. He says Ashley... and Heather. NO MATCH! Kristian & Roxana win! The others leave with a griddler.

 

Poker After Dark: The Cash Game
by Chico Alexander

Air time: 2:05a/1:05c on NBC
Host: Leeann Tweeden with Oliver "Ali" Nejad
On the Web: www.nbcsports.com/poker   
  Last week, Gus Hansen was the clear leader in profit, but that was then... and this is now. Right now, almost $2 million is on the felt.
 
Gus Hansen
$695,000
Phil Ivey
$124,000
Phil "The Poker Brat" Hellmuth
$98,000
Patrik Antonius
$554,000
Tom "durrrr" Dwan
$354,000
BLINDS: $300/$600
ANTE: $100
Daniel Negreanu
$125,000

We start this week with Tom playing J-5 again Ivey's A-4h. Flop: 7-Q-Ad. Ivey calls on bullets. Turn: 4s. Two-pair for Ivey. Bet and a call, and we see the river... 8s. Durrrr bets $22,400. Phil... decides to call it. He takes down a healthy $72,000-plus pot.

Three hands into our next flop: K-9-A. Tom's on 3s. Patrik and Daniel flop top pair. Tom takes the shot... as does Patrik... as does Daniel with a raise. Tom gets out of this. Reraise, says Patrik. Daniel goes all-in. For $243,900... The turn.. Kd. The river... 8s.  Daniel wins with aces over kings... But then two times. Turn: 2d. River: 7s. That goes back to the Canadian.

Three hands, over $21,000 at stake. The flop: 6-4-10. Tom checks on 6s up. Gus checks on ace-high. Ivey checks on 9s. Turn: 8s. A gut-shot for Gus, but a 7 would give Phil the nut straight. Tom bets, Phil calls. River: 3c. So far, $54,000 in the pot. Durrrr checks. Phil... checks. And Tom cashes.

We get to "The Big One", as Daniel calls it, as he, Ivey, Gus, and durrrr flip for $100,000 a pop.

durrrr: Queens
Daniel: 7d-3h
Ivey: 10h-9d
Gus: 7h-5c

Flop: 4-2-K. Turn: 8s. And the river... king. Tom adds $300,000 to his stack.

Gus fires $16,600 to end the night with triple-A to Phil Ivey's aces over 7s. Phil... guesses right and mucks it. More action from the Golden Nugget tomorrow, including... a SEVENTH player.

 

The Price Is Right
by Chico Alexander

Air time: 11a/10C on CBS & CBS HD
Host: Drew Carey with Lanisha Cole, Gwendolyn Osborne-Smith & Rachel Reynolds
On the Web
: www.cbs.com/tpir
www.priceisright.com   

Record today: 2-4
Record this week: 2-4
Record this season: 146-217-9
Total today: $51,852
Total this week: $51,852
Total this season: $4,054,611
Perfect Shows/Skunks: 0/1
DSWs/DOBs: 0/0
$1M broken: 10/5/09
$2M broken: 10/27/09
$3M broken: 11/16/09
$4M broken: 12/11/09
New week is set to begin with new players Nichole Dickerson, Shauntay Hinton, Vernon Thompson Jr., and Adriann Altizer. Hammock goes for $830. Nichole gets that and a trip to win TWO trips to Napa Valley and Sedona. The 1 Right Price: $3461. She goes with Sedona. That's... $2575.

Michael Abbate takes her place in the Row AND on stage with an $850 HDTV/DVD. Now he needs movie money. It's PLINKO TIME! With chips from Drew, a $20 TPIR 2010 PC game, and a $34 emergency radio, he puts a little English on it and wins... $11,000!

The green spot is HOT with Audrey Pugh winning a $1599 freezer. Can she remain hot on the Dice Game table with a 2010 Chevrolet Camaro on the line? The first number: 2. The dice rolls: 1, 5, 5, 3. The second 5 is an exacta. The others go higher, lower, (right), higher. The actual price... $22,654. Yeowch. Crap out.

Nichole spins a win on the Showcase Showdown. Vernon, meanwhile, wins a Swiss Army watch worth $895. Now he takes Charlie Lapson accessories to a Swap Meet for a computer, a wine cooler, and a motor scooter. He goes with the wine cooler... $1400. The accessories... $1400!

Grant Morgan takes Vernon's spot with a $1940 sofa. Will he putt his way to a Ford Focus? Bruce's yams... $1.69. Easy Cheese spread... $3.99. Clorox wipes... $2.99. Woops. Grant's first putt... pulled it. Second... same story.

Either Shauntay or Adriann... or perhaps both... seems destined to head to the land of parting gifts. Next up, a set of dumbbells... $964 for those. Winner... Natalie Delgado. Next for her, a hot tub. Range Game is on tap for that. She stops the rangefinder at $10,423... and she's about a Hamilton short.

Vernon gets the second spot in the Showcase. First up, the perfect party with a karaoke machine, a jukebox, a photo booth, and a sport boat. Top winner Vernon passes, and Nichole bids $20,450. Vernon gets to go golfing with clubs and trips to courses in Palm Springs & Fiji. He bids $30,000. Actual price... $19,425. Over he goes... Nichole's Showcase... $34,615! She wins $35,445 in swag!

 

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: $77,700
Total for Week 14: $77,700
Total for the Season: $3,161,740
Bonus Win Percentage: 29/66
Gooseeggs: 10
Toss Up Sweeps/Group Misses: 9/1
Mystery Round Prizes won: 10
Car Wins: 1
$100,000 Losses/Wins:
$1,000,000 Losses/Wins:
$1,000,000 Wedge Hit/Offered/Used: 15/66/3
Wild Cards Hit/Offered/Used: 34/66/10
Prizes added to the wheel hit/won: 38/19(50%)
Gift Tags won: 14
Free Play Hit: 68
Jackpot wins: 3
$6,000 FINAL SPINS: 11/66
Best Week: Week 7 $321,263
Week 12 to Week 13 -$110,162
$1,000,000 Mark Passed 10/12/09
$2,000,000 Mark Passed 11/05/09
$3,000,000 Mark Passed 12/09/09
This week is very special on Wheel for two reasons. First, we are celebrating our great heroes on Heroes Week. Also, Sears and Wheel of Fortune are teaming up to give 1,000 Lucky Wheel Watchers a $100 Sears Gift Card for that last minute holiday shopping. More on that in a bit. Let's get to it.

The $1,000 Tossup is PHRASE. Anton misses and Jeffrey Jorgensen solves THE COAST IS CLEAR. He is not in uniform, because he is a retired Lt. Colonel in the Air Force from Las Vegas. He served 20 years. Gregory Harmon is from Ft. Irwin, CA. He is a Sgt. 1st Class in the US Army. He is an observer/controller. He is married with one daughter. Anton Cuevas from Camp Pendleton is a gunnery sergeant in the Marines and a combat instructor. He has been to Iraq, Afghanistan and Kosovo. He is married with 3 kids.

The $2,000 Tossup is THING. Jeffrey has $3,000 with STRENGTH TRAINING. He will start the Mama Lucia Meat Balls Jackpot Round,but first we add this to the wheel. It's a $5,000 Shopping Spree at Sears(our sponsor for the contest this week). He will start BEFORE AND AFTER. He Bankrupts. Gregory hits a $500 Jackpot D, and then 2 Free Play E's. He solves G.I. JOE BIDEN for the house minimum.

Gregory starts the next round and it's WHAT ARE YOU DOING?....and A PRIZE PUZZLE. He hits 2 $3,500 N's, and 2 Free Play R's. He dominates and solves SHOPPING FOR A NEW PAIR OF SKI BOOTS for $11,900 and a trip to Lake Tahoe at the Resort at Squaw Creek worth $5,500! If you have CK8787655 and are Colleen K of California, you are skiing in Lake Tahoe! Remember the SONY CARD BONUS! He is up to $18,400 in cash and trip!

The Mystery Round is sponsored by IHOP. Anton starts and finally gets a shot to spin. He is dealing with IN THE KITCHEN. He misses. Jeffrey hits 2 $3,500 D's and the Sears Shopping Spree. He solves SIDE-BY-SIDE REFRIGERATOR WITH ICEMAKER for a total of $13,800. He has $16,800 in cash and prize!

The $3,000 Tossup is PLACE. Anton finally has some luck with MILITARY ACADEMY and $3,000. He starts PERSON. He misses. Jeffrey loses $1,100 on Bankrupt. Gregory loses $800 on Bankrupt. Anton leads us into a FINAL SPIN worth $1,450 a letter. Anton solves SUPREME COURT JUSTICE for $4,500. He leaves with $7,500. Jeffrey is going to shop at Sears with a nice total of $16,800 in cash and prizes! Gregory is going to Lake Tahoe with $18,400 in cash and trip!

The front game total is $42,700. But before he goes to Tahoe, he needs to go to Bonus Land.

He lands on the S in SPIN. His category is PHRASE. With the RSTLNE and his choices of D H P O we have:

H _ P P _  T O
H E L P


We are HAPPY TO HELP Gregory with his life...by giving him $35,000 in cash! He leaves with $53,400 in cash and trip!

Now take HAPPY TO HELP to wheeloffortune.com and enter to win one of 1,000 Sears $100 Gift Cards. You do that every day this week!
 

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
by Don Harpwood

Air time: check local listings
Host: Meredith Vieira
On the Web
: www.millionairetv.com
  Greg Howard (Headland, AL) starts the week with $12,500 and 3 lifelines.

[$15,000] (At the Bookstore)
Detective Alex Cross is the protagonist of a popular series of novels by what best-selling author?
A: James Patterson
B: Janet Evanovich
C: Sue Grafton
D: Michael Connelly

Right away, Greg asks the Expert, and this time, it is a TV and radio personality, Kennedy. Unfortunately, she has no idea. So, Greg calls his wife, Sandra, and she is sure that it's A. He trusts her... and it is A!

[$25,000] (Russia)
Considered the KGB's primary successor, Russia's top-secret state intelligence agency is known by what abbreviation?
A: KUB
B: FSB
C: GVB
D: OPB

Since he's not sure enough to even attempt it with the Double Dip, Greg walks with $15,000! As for the answer, it's B.

Jamie Frola (Astoria, NY) - One of the Rockettes
:15 - Thomas Jefferson, Musicals, Across the Pond, Medical Conditions, Landmarks
:30 - All in the Family, CELEBRITY Q, Famous Firsts, Essays, Athlete Politicians
:45 - Restaurant Chains, Desk Jobs, Michael Jackson, Playwrights, U.S. History

[$5,000] (Landmarks)
Which of these iconic structures was originally built to have blimps dock on top of it?
A: Statue of Liberty
B: Empire State Building
C: Washington Monument
D: Taj Mahal

Though she has a guess, Jamie asks the audience, and 74% are saying B. That was what she thought, so she locks it in, and secures $5,000!

[$10,000] (CELEBRITY Q) - asked by Susan Lucci
Since January 5, 1970, "All My Children" has chronicled the tumultuous days and nights of what fictional place?
A: Wisteria Lane
B: Pine Valley
C: Port Charles
D: Stars Hollow

Jamie decides to ask the Expert, and Kennedy is certain that it's B. Jamie trusts her... and she's right!

[$12,500] (Famous Firsts)
In 2009, Johanna Sigurdardottir was hailed as the first openly gay head of state when she became the Prime Minister of what country?
A: Thailand
B: Paraguay
C: Morocco
D: Iceland

Jamie calls a family friend, George, and he's fairly sure, though not 100%, that it's D. Jamie then uses the Double Dip. Her first answer is D... which is right!

[$15,000] (Essays)
In his 1729 satirical essay "A Modest Proposal," Jonathan Swift proposed that Ireland's poor do what with their children?
A: Turn them into soap
B: Ship them to Australia
C: Use them as firewood
D: Sell them to be eaten

She does have a guess, but Jamie can't risk it here, so she walks. Her guess was D, which turned out to be right! Well, she does have $12,500, at least.

Deni Mayer (Chicago, IL) - Stay-at-home dad
:15 - At the Movies, Consumer Brands, Word Origins, The Animal Kingdom, Architecture
:30 - Morning TV, Music City, Headlines, The Civil War, Astronomy
:45 - Sherlock Holmes, The Cabinet, Diplomatic Relations, Fine Art, Genetics

Deni gets to $2,000 before the horn is heard. He'll be back tomorrow for more.