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Cash Cab by Chico Alexander, GSNN

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

A taxicab becomes a think tank as Shana and Marcia head to Torrey Birch. They get their first strike on the actor who was known as "The Fresh Prince" (Will Smith). Second strike: what former speechwriter hosted a game show in which contestants could win his money? All together now... "Ben Stein!" They need a street shoutout to ask someone what the Show Me State was... "It's Missouri." Good shoutout! Last question... What blond actress published the novel "Star" in 2004 and "Star Struck" a year later? They go to the mobile shoutout! Quoth Stephanie: "I don't know." Pam Anderson... is correct! That's $425! Will they take the Video Bonus? Nope. They walk with the $425.

Going to 47th & Fifth with Chris & Margarita next. They get their first strike on the fault line that runs 800 miles through California (San Andreas). They get their second strike on whom incumbent Bill Clinton defeated in 1996 (Bob Dole). They need a mobile shoutout. They call Uncle Mark about a giant shipping company in Tennessee. "Fedex?" You're staying in! Using the street shoutout to identify the Prince album with "When Doves Cry" and "Let's Go Crazy". "Purple Rain"... right! Third strike: "two households, first alike in dignity" begins what Shakespeare play? "MacBeth!" No, the correct answer is GET OUT! Romeo & Juliet.

One more round with Mike & Patrick going to 63rd & First. They sweep the $25 tier. They sweep the $50 tier. First strike at $100: Haile Sellassie of India is worshipped by what group of followers? They run out of time on "Rastafarians". They need a street shoutout on the Beatles album that came out with a moustache and glasses. "Sgt. Pepper's!" Right! Last question... needs a shoutout. Who resigned as Senate Majority Leader in 2002 over controversial comments about Strom Thurmond. "Trent Lott." Right for $600! But what about the Video? "Let's go for it!" The question: in medical terms, what feeling of dizziness comes from the Latin word meaning "to turn?" "Vertigo"... right for $1200!

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

Hamilton (John, Lynda, Noel, Toni, Jeff)

Kaufman (Kimberley, Michael, Barry, David, Dan); $41,740, four days

The only thing standing between the Kaufmans and eternal Family Feud glory is a clan that we jumped to on October 10. Round 1: something that reminds you of the fall season (5). Kimberley gets #1, leaves, while the rest of the family follows up with colder weather and pumpkins. The Hamiltons steal 90 with football. Other answers: new TV shows.

Round 2: a city where lots of rich people live (7). LA beats NY, 1 to 2, as Lynda wins the faceoff. But that's all they come up with. The Kaufmans try to steal with Miami... Got it for 69! Other answers: Las Vegas, Philadelphia, Palm Beach, San Francisco.

Double Round: 100 married women: your husband may not have a girlfriend, but I bet he has a love affair with something. What is it (full board)? Barry wins this one again sports against Noel's dog. Car and job also make the survey. The Kaufmans want Richard to show them the money. Not there, Kaufmans get 191! Other answer: computer/games, food.

Triple Round: the worst thing a doctor can order to give up (4). Toni goes with food for #2. Smoking is number one from Jeff. Sex and drinking round it out for the Hamiltons, who win with 381-191.

John and Toni team up to win only $545 in Fast Money.

Jeopardy! by Chico Alexander, GSNN

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

Laura McElfresh (librarian from Atlanta); $53,202, two days

Karen Spinale (high school teacher from Duxbury, MA)

Jeff Lawrence (limousine driver from Las Vegas)

So far, so good for our two-time champ. Can she keep it up? Laura begins her third game with $200 Insectoid Rhyme Time. Laura picks up where she left off, with $3400 to Karen's $800 and Jeff's $2200.

By The Numbers for $800 is Laura's choice for the Daily Double, and as she almost ran out of fingers on the last clue in that category, she bets $1400. The clue: a reduction of arms & independence for Turkey were 2 items in this January 8, 1918 pronouncement. "What were the 14 Points?" Right for $5800. She leads at the half with $8200 to Jeff's $4000. Karen, with $1400, starts Double Jeopardy!...

... with $400 in Time for a Movie Review. Six clues later, Laura finds the first Daily Double under $1600 Classical Composers. With $10,600, she bets $6000. The clue: in 1726, this German composer became a naturalized British subject. "Who is Handel?" Right for $16,600! Back to Time for a Movie Review, as we find the second Daily Double under $1600. Jeff needs to play this for all its worth, as he bets $6000 on the 1994 crime epic that "still has the impact of an adrenalin shot to the heart." "What is Pulp Fiction?" Right for $14,000. Jeff rallies to go to $16,400, only $4200 less than Laura's $20,600 at the end of this round. Karen only has $4600.

Final Jeopardy! in "Lines from Lincoln": though it's not accurate, this meaning of the word "Mississippi" appears in one of Lincoln's most famous lines. Correct question: What is "the father of waters"?

No one gets it right, and it's particularly stinging for Jeff because he was born in Mississippi. Laura bets a little bit too much, giving Jeff the game with $11,400. Laura leaves with $55,202.

The Price is Right by Travis Schario, GSNN

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

"O Price is Right, O Price is Right...How wond'rous are your prizes." Christmas Week. Day 3. 7800. Here we go.

Things will kick off in high style with Joseph claiming a pair of Lionel trains ($1307), then heading to the Range for a trip to Hawaii from Northwest World Vacations. Range today starts at $4100. He stops the Rangefinder between $4330 and $4480. ARP: $4376, and our first winner.

Next, things really get exciting. Contestant Toni picked up a Kurt S. Adler Christmas wreath, worth $800. What does Santa have in his bag for her? A sleek, black, shiny, CHEVY CORVETTE and 3 Strikes on the stage. Numbers in the car: 2 3 4 5 8. Her first two pulls tried to put 2 and 8 in the second slot. Neither went. Her next three pulls filled in the first three spots ($ 5 4 3 = =). However, in her last four pulls, she only pulled one number, and three strikes. YER OUT with no more shots at the $54,382 car.

OK, we need to pull ourselves up by our coal black bootstraps and get back on a winning track. Lauren, can you help us out? She picked up a 6-piece set of his & her American Tourister luggage ($1040). Her game: Most Expensive between the Teddy Bears for a LifeFitness elliptical cross trainer, a Hawaii's Finest shaved ice wagon, and a Flexsteel Cello sofa. Her pick: the Ice Wagon. With the trainer at $2599, and the sofa at $1575, she may not have a shot. ARP of the wagon: $3367. 2/3 for the half.

In the first Showdown, Joseph added $1000 to his take and a berth in the Showcases.

Let's start the 2nd half with Haywood Cooper Jr. capturing a $949 Whirlpool Gold range, and taking to the stage for a quick 10-G's on the Punchboard. Stumbling only once on an egg-shaped mini clothes washer ($95, higher, $76) he picked up three punches from a $30 StoryReader, a $15 Santa Chef chalkboard, and a $49 smoothie maker. His punches ended up very low: $50, $250, and $50 again. 2/4.

We're back in our iced-over rut. Victoria Vasset picked up a set of Morrow his & her snowboard equipment, valued at $765. Her game: Money Game for a Ford Focus ZX4SE. No sooner did the Board swing around on the Turntable, when someone in the front yelled out "35". Here's the board set:

90 65 81
45 18 17
70 19 35
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$ = = 5 = =

Going with that advice, she took 35 for the BACK OF THE CAR!! A guaranteed win, at this point. She picked up $19, then the $17,535 car. 3/5. Awesome Win.

Finally, Marcie Seals managed to win a Ridgeway Alexandria grandfather clock ($3075) to play Hit Me for "Things for your backyard," including a Great Lakes patio set and a Beachcomber hot tub, all worth $7875. With the House pulling a 3 of Diamonds, she quickly picked Campbell's Soup ($10.20 = $1.02 + Ks) and took some time picking the Clorox Bath Wand ($9.99 = As) and hitting 21. House's hole card: Kd. Marcie won her berth in the Showcases with 95¢.

T-MAC NOTE: Somewhere, I can hear Jason Hernandez cheering for joy that Hit Me was played correctly this time!

Top Winner: Marcie. Runner-Up: Joseph. On with the Showcases!

The first Showcase had Shane and Lanisha as two "savvy kids luring Santa down the chimney." What did they use? A year's supply of Ghirardelli, a collection of Ryobi power tools, a 42" plasma TV, and a Hi-Lo trailer. Marcie passed on that one (?!), to which Joseph bid $25,500.

Showcase 2 gave us an Aico Tresor dining room with Christmas dinnerware, a deluxe cappuccino machine, and a Kohler & Campbell petite grand piano. Marcie's bid: $27,500.

Joseph's Showcase: $27,740 for a difference of $2240.
Marcie's Showcase: $25,625 and she's over.

Joseph gets mobbed by his group while walking away with $34,423.

T-MAC NOTE: Should their bids have been flopped, here would have been the result:
Joseph Marcie
Bid 27500 25500
ARP 27740 25625
Diff 240 125 (BOTH below $250)
Winner

STATS: 4/6; $74,147
CHRISTMAS WEEK STATS: 12/18 (.667); $272,541

Wheel of Fortune by Jason Block, GSNN

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

As we get ready for the Christmas Holidays...we have the midweek edition of "Tis the Season" week on WOF!! The $1,000 Tossup is PHRASE. Jim Knight from Arizona solved LONG TIME NO SEE for $1,000. He is a sales manager. Lisa Zeberenko from Colorado is a stay at home mom. Tryfenna Millay is a retail sales manager from Fremont, California.

The $2,000 Tossup is PEOPLE. Jim misses and Lisa is on the board with GIFTED CHILDREN for $2,000. We add a trip to Lake Tahoe from Northstar at Tahoe worth $4,276...and we look for a THING...and it's a PRIZE PUZZLE. Lisa starts. She hits the $2,500 wedge and one S. She hits the $10,000 wedge and picks it up! She keeps spinning and spinning and hits Lose A Turn...and over to Tryfenna who immediately solves FIVE-DAY
WEATHER FORECAST for no money...but it's a PRIZE PUZZLE...and she is going to the Caribbean! It's a trip to Kura Hulanda in Curacao with airfare from Air Jamaica worth $5,000. And if you have CJ01333 you are off to Curacao...and she has $5,000.

The jackpot round is sponsored by Jolly Time Mallow Magic Popcorn. The category is BEFORE AND AFTER. Tryfenna starts. She hits and picks up the Tahoe trip. Next Spin...Bankrupt...too bad. Over to Jim. He hits the $3,500 wedge and 2 T's. He misses a vowel...over to Lisa. She hits Lose A Turn...back to Tryfenna. She solves PEPPERMINT STICK LIKE GLUE for $5,450. She has $10,450.

The mystery round prize is $10,000. The category is SONG TITLE. Jim starts. He hits the mystery wedge but can't capitalize...over to Lisa. She misses...over to Tryfenna. She hits the $3,500 wedge and 3 M's...and she quickly solves I SAW MOMMY KISSING SANTA CLAUS for $10,500. She has $20,950.

The $3,000 tossup is EVENT. Tryfenna continues her winning ways with CHOPPING FIREWOOD. She has $23,950 and starts this round which is ON THE MAP. She misses... over to Jim. He solves STEAMBOAT SPRINGS for $900...but the minimum is $1,000. He has $2,000 and we have time for another round...

...which is SHOW BIZ. Jim starts. He misses...over to Lisa who hits Bankrupt...FINAL SPIN TIME however...$1,800 a letter tonight. Lisa wins $5,400 with ON LOCATION. She leaves with $7,400. Jim leaves with $2,000. But Tryfenna is our big winner with $23,950 in cash and trip to Curacao.

Let's see what the bonus round has in store for Tryfenna...she lands on the 3rd 0 in $100,000 and her category is PHRASE. With the RSTLNE we have:

_ _ _ N T _ _
_ _ E _

She chooses MHPA and we have:

P _ _ N T _ _
_ _ E _

And she didn't have the right POINT OF VIEW to drive a new BMW 325i. But she leaves with $23,950 in cash and trip to Curacao!

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire by Don Harpwood, GSNN

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

In the last episode, Ixo Valdes (Miami, FL) got to $200. In this episode, he goes for more.

Apparently, Ixo is such a trivia whiz that at work, there's a TV in the employee room because of him. His co-workers watch him play along each day, and he ends up doing very well most of the time. Well, hopefully, he can pull off a good enough performance here to possibly win the million. The game resumes, and he breezes through the lower tier. Then, along the way through the lower tier, he sees this for $8,000...

Before it was renamed to honor a statesman, the ancient Romans called what month Quintilis?
A: May
B: June
C: July
D: April

Ixo decides to ask the audience. 55% of the studio audience says A, and 41% of the AIM users agree. Then, just to be safe, he uses the 50:50. Guess what? A is gone (meaning the audience is wrong), and so is B. C and D remain. But it turns out that Ixo's first instinct was C, and he goes with that... and he's right! If only he just trusted that first instinct without using those lifelines... Anyway, continuing on, and he gets another before reaching this $25,000 question...

In 1891, Impressionist Claude Monet completed a famous series of paintings featuring what farm motif?
A: Rows of corn
B: Haystacks
C: Grazing cows
D: Barns

Ixo calls his friend Jose, who is 100% sure that it's B. Though Ixo had a prior inkling that it was D, he trusts Jose and says B... and he has $25,000! Going for $50,000, now...

The melody for which of these children's songs comes from the French song "Ah! Vous Dirai-Je, Maman"?
A: London Bridge
B: The Farmer in the Dell
C: Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
D: Old MacDonald

Ixo thinks it's A, and goes with A... but it's C! Ouch. Well, at least he lost nothing, and goes home with $25,000!

Next in the hot seat is Shannon Harris (St. Paul, MN), who has 2 daughters. The older of the two, Payton (4 years old), watches the show, and she'd like to see her mother high-5 Meredith upon reaching $1,000. So they get to it, and Shannon starts by knowing that "tackle" and "touch" are two varieties of football (I think with Friday night at the movies, only one of those would make sense; you can guess which one). She has no problem getting to $1,000 (and there's the high-5), and eventually, she gets to this $8,000 query...

The logo for the Goodyear tire company features the winged foot of what Roman god?
A: Mars
B: Apollo
C: Mercury
D: Neptune

Shannon asks the audience. 82% of the studio audience and 48% of the AIM users say C, so she trusts them... and this time, they're right! On to $16,000...

The United States has never issued an official declaration of war against which of these countries?
A: Great Britain
B: Spain
C: Mexico
D: France

Shannon decides to call her father Wayne, who is about 80% sure that it's A. She then uses the 50:50, just to be safe. Yeah, remember the last time it was used "just to be safe"? It happened again. A is gone. Her father is wrong. B and D remain. Then, after some consideration, Shannon decides to just walk. After how those lifelines turned out, that was likely the best option, and she has $8,000 to show for it. Oh, BTW, it was D.

And the horn signals the end of this episode. A new player will grace the hot seat tomorrow.