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Cash Cab by Chico Alexander, GSNN

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

First player, a dude by the name of Clayton, is going to Ninth between 20th & 21st. He sweeps the $25 tier and gets up to $200 going into the Red Light Challenge: four of the actors who have had the honor of playing Bond... James Bond. He gets Sean Connery, Pierce Brosnan, and Roger Moore... but misses Timothy Dalton, George Lazenby, David Niven, and Woody Allen. It's true... He also thought the Pentagon was in Baltimore, MD (it was Arlington, VA for the first strike). Clayton needs to take a shoutout on this: the sale of what company's stock landed Martha Stewart in a cell of her own? Kim doesn't know. "Omni Living? Omni Technologies?" Nope, it's ImClone. Famed Yankee broadcaster Phil Rizzuto is known for what bovine catchphrase? He times out on "Holy cow!". He loses the money, but there's still cupcakes in his future.

Next, we go to Columbus Circle with Kelly. That's 53.5 blocks. That's a lot of money, potentially. But she needs to call her sister-in-law on this for $25: What does WWJD stand for? "What would Jesus do?" Right for $75! She needs a street shoutout on the alma mater of Bill Clinton and Hilary Rodham. "Yale." Correct for $100! Raised by apes, who is fictional character Lord Greystoke known as? "Bram Stoker's..." Tarzan. Strike one! What legendary bodybuilder claimed he could turn a 97-pound weakling into a muscleman? It's not Arnold. It was Charles Atlas. Strike two! We make it to Columbus Circle in one piece to win $400, but will she take the Video? Nope.

Finally, we're going to 36th between Second and Third with the Gallaghers, Bill, Brenda, Alex, Caroline. They sweep the $25ers and the $50ers and get to a Red Light Challenge: name all five members of the immediate Simpsons. Homer, Bart, Marge... I can't believe anyone could miss Lisa and Maggie. Also a style of music, what means "glad tiding" or "good news" in Christianity? They time out on "gospel." They end up with $600! Will they take the Video Bonus? That's a 10-4! The question: before the British named the metropolis New York City, what did the Dutch call it? "New Amsterdam!" And the Gallaghers leave with $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); $545

Lester (Breanne, Jackie, Natalie, Amanda, Jaimie)

Round 1: something drivers spend time looking at with their eyes when they should be on the road (6). Accidents are good for #6, while radios get #2 for Breanne. Jackie gets #4, cell phone. Natalie gets #5, makeup. Amanda scores the number one with children (or other people). The Hamiltons try to steal with other cars. Nope, the Lesters get 72! Other answer: billboard/sign

Round 2: real or not, name a famous Bo (5). Lynda gets #1, Bo Derek. Bo Jackson, Beau Bridges, and Bo Diddley also make the board. The Lesters try "bow and arrow". Not right as the Hamilton gets 81. Other answer: Bo Duke.

Double Round: what is the biggest nuisance about camping out (full board)? Natalie gets the big one, mosquitoes. No showers, sleeping on the ground, weather, and wild animals also make the survey. The Hamiltons try again with dirt. Not there, the Lesters get up to 262. Other answer: the tent.

Triple Round: a place where you'd see a group of cardinals (4). A tree is good for 2, and a baseball game is good for 3. Toni wins. A zoo and the number one of church do it for the champs, 369-262.

John and Toni try again for the Fast Money, but only score another $855, a two-day total of $1400.

Jeopardy! by Chico Alexander, GSNN

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

Jeff Lawrence (limousine driver from Las Vegas); $11,400

Josh Yost (student from Manchester, KY)

Lisa Loiselle (investigator/lawyer from Toronto)

The kids spelled them for victory, but Jeff, Josh, and Lisa are going to spell them for profit. That comes later. Right now, though, the champ start with $200 Movie Newcomers. Jeff takes the lead at the TV time out with $4000 to Lisa's $2600. Josh has $1200.

Jeff finds the Daily Double under $800 Peaks & Valleys. Trailing by $400, he bets $1400 on the Limbang Valley's country. "What is Jordan?" Brunei puts Jeff at $3000. He ends the round with $3800 to Lisa's $5600. Meanwhile, Josh at $2600 starts out Double Jeopardy!...

... with $400 Geographic Pop. Ten clues later, he finds the first Daily Double under $1200 Educational Burgs. With $4200 and the chance to lead, he goes $1500 on the branch campus of the University of Florida. "What is St. Petersburg?" Right for $5700. Lisa, with a minute to go, finds the second Daily Double under $1200 British Poets & Poetry. Only going $1000, she gets the poet who began his most famous work "upon leaving Tintern, after crossing the Wye". "Who is Alfred Lord Tennyson?" Nope. It was Wordsworth, leaving her with $8600, still leading. That would change as Jeff passes her with $11,800. Josh has $6900.

Final Jeopardy! in "Annual Events": Henri Desgrande, founder of this event, created its maillot jaune, first worn by Eugene Christophe, riding from Grenoble. Correct question: What is the Tour de France?

Lisa gets it right, but holds back. Jeff gets it right and wins $14,800 for a two-day total of $26,200.

The Price is Right by Chico Alexander, GSNN

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

"Deck the Doors with evergreens...fa la la la la, it's Christmas Week." Timothy Hatters, Kimla Booker, Dennis Houck, and Maria Conipe would get a chance at a treadmill, but only Maria would get a chance at $50,000! It's Plinko Time once again, as we get all four chips from a CD rack, a Santa candy dish, a breakfast maker, and an electric toothbrush. Wtih all five chips, she drops and lands of $10,000, $500, $100, $10,000, and zero. But still, $20,600 is a hell of a stocking stuffer.

Timothy gets art products and a chance to win a nice present of either a dinette set or a 2006 Pontiac G6. Or, of course, he could get enough for a really chintzy gift card, as the Pepperdine student plays Any Number. He ends up picking on his final pick... a dinette set. I mean, it's a really cool-looking dinette set. It's all retro diner with a racing stripe and everything.

Madeline Kingston couldn't stop herself from going on stage. That's why she went up a round prior, but the Red Hats delegate earns her way in earnest with a step chest. Now how about 2 for the Price of 1? The two? A set of Faberge Santas and a 2006 Ford Focus! The first number is either 6 or 2, the second, 9 or 5, and the third, 7 or 2. The freebie gives us $--2. She goes for $652 for the Santas... and she gets a lump of coal. Correct price: $692. And that's it for her as well as she literally falls over while Timothy gets $1000 (on skill) for a spot in the Showcase.

Travis, why does Claymation Probst look scary?

Kimla gets a Spaceball trampoline set. She'll really be jumping for joy if she wins a computer armoire, with the computer, of course. Is it $5811 or $4977. She goes for $5811... and it's $4977. Darn!

An ATGSer from WAY back in the day, Paul Crabbe of San Diego finally hits the stage with a pool table, instantly becoming one of... THE INELIGIBLES! But let's see if he can milk THIS visit for all it's worth with a chance at a day sailer. The products to shoot for the Bullseye: Campbell's Cream of Mushroom. Uncle Ben's brown rice, Westbrae Natural organic salad beans, Baker's Joy spray, and Alberto VO5 hot oil. Paul takes six soups for $6.12. He takes five rices for $9.95. He takes three hot oils... BULLSEYE! They're $10.47.

Finally, Earlene Claunch gets a charm necklace and a chance for a Chevy HHR! The game is That's Too Much! After a couple of dry runs, it's doable. She gets up to $18,990 before saying "That's enough." Try again. "That's too much!" More like it. And sure enough, $18,990 is too much for the $16,990! Not only that, she gets $1000 in the Showdown! So it's Earlene and Timothy in the Showcase...

The first on the Showcase is a living room with carpeting, a DVD/CD home theatre system, and a hot tub. Top winner Earlene passes to Timothy, who bids $7550. Meanwhile, Shane gets Christmas cards from Acapulco (where they say "Feliz Navidad"), Rome (where they say "Buone Feste Natalizie"), and Tokyo (where they say "shinnen omedeto Kurisumasu omedeto", although the prop itself says "Merii Kurisumasu"). Earlene bids $17,500. Actual price: $14,671. She's over. So it's all on Timothy now. Actual price: $15,839. He's your Showcase winner with $18,313 in cash and prizes, although the earlier Plinko win gives Maria top winner nods with $22,848 in swag.

Next time, someone's going to win a really big tree.

Today: 3/6, $78,096
This week: 15/24 (.625); $350,637

Wheel of Fortune by Jason Block, GSNN

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

The Transit Strike is over...and it's the Thursday edition of "Tis the Season" week on WOF! The $1,000 Tossup is THING. Matt Schoen, a meat salesman from Glidden, IL, solved A SHINY NEW BIKE for $1,000. Robin is an aerospace engineer from California. Fe McGuffey is a retired Navy veteran from Las Vegas. She was in for 24 years.

The $2,000 Tossup is LIVING THINGS. Robin is on the board with WILDFLOWERS. She has $2,000 and we add a trip to London--the birthplace of Rod Stewart! It's a trip with business class airfare and hotel. This trip is sponsored by J Records release of "The Great American Songbook" by Rod Stewart. We also include a box set of all four volumes and a live DVD performance courtesy of Circuit City. It's worth $5,110! The category for this round is SAME NAME. Robin starts. She misses...over to Fe. She misses...over to Matt. He misses...back to Robin. She solves BEDTIME & SUCCESS STORY for $3,550. She has $5,550!

The jackpot round is sponsored by Jolly Time Mallow Magic Popcorn. The category is OCCUPATION...and it's a PRIZE PUZZLE. Fe starts. She misses...over to Matt. He hits and picks up the $1,000 Harry and David gift tag. He hits the jackpot wedge and solves MASTER CHOCOLATE MAKER for $10,700. And you could visit one of those on your trip to
Switzerland! It's a ski.com trip to Switzerland and the Hotel Belvedere! It's worth $6,000! And if you have the SPIN ID of JH00406 you are off to Switzerland...and his total is $18,700 in cash and prizes!

The mystery round prize is $10,000! And the category is PHRASE. Matt starts. He hits the $3,500 wedge and 3 R's. He hits and picks up the $1,000 Capresso gift center. He misses...over to Robin. She hits and picks up the Rod Stewart London Trip/Box Set. She solves AND NOW THE MOMENT YOU'VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR for $4,450. That round was worth $9,560 and she has $15,110 in cash and trip!

The $3,000 Tossup is next...TV TITLE. Robin is closing in on the lead with BOSTON LEGAL. She has $18,110! She starts this round which is PEOPLE. She misses...over to Fe. She misses...over to Matt. FINAL SPIN TIME, however...$1,700 a letter tonight...And Matt solves HELPFUL SALES STAFF for $11,050. He wins with $29,750 in cash and prizes. Fe got the lump of coal, but we give her $1,000. Robin is a great 2nd place total with a trip to London and cash with $18,110.

Matt is going to meet those master chocolate makers in Switzerland...but first he needs to hit the bonus round...he lands on the * wedge. His category is PLACE. With the RSTLNE we have:

_ _ _ T _ _ _ E

He chooses MDPI and we have:

_ _ _ T I _ _ E

This was a tough puzzle...and it was a fashionable BOUTIQUE. And he lost $30,000. But that is about what he won in cash and trip...$29,750....

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire by Don Harpwood, GSNN

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

There's 3 days left before Christmas. Will someone here be able to stuff their stocking with a million dollars?

First up today is Cheryl Conner (Gastonia, NC), a shopaholic. And yes, she'll do a ton of shopping if she wins the million! Now, what does she love to buy most? If you said shoes, you'd be right. In fact, as her husband Joe mentions, a shopkeeper from a shoe store once sent her a letter, thanking her for her patronage! [I can see it now. A million dollars worth of shoes...] Anyway, Cheryl starts by knowing that on "Star Trek," the command often given to Scotty was "Beam me up" ("Pull my finger" just didn't sound right, I guess). She sweeps the lower tier, and gets through a good portion of the middle tier, before coming up to this for $16,000...

What retailer, which started out in 1978 selling military-surplus clothing, is now a division of Gap Inc.?
A: Lands' End
B: Abercrombie & Fitch
C: Eddie Bauer
D: Banana Republic

Ah, a question involving shops for a shopaholic. But Cheryl asks the audience anyway, and 68% of the studio audience says D, with 49% of the AIM users in agreement. So, Cheryl trusts them... and they're right! On to $25,000...

Before it was made from bits of paper, confetti traditionally consisted of what?
A: Sweets
B: Beans
C: Feathers
D: Beads

The 50:50 leaves A and B. Cheryl then calls her good friend Rick, but after saying A at first, he changes his mind and says B. Doesn't mention how sure he is, though. It seems to have left Cheryl confused, and in the end, she decides to just walk. Good thing, too, because the answer was A. But hey, she can still buy a lot of shoes with $16,000!

Next is Wayne Smith (New Orleans, LA). He had to evacuate his home due to Hurricane Katrina, and at the time of this taping, he still hadn't been able to return yet. He figures that his home is pretty much a mess, but at least he and his wife are safe and sound, so that's good. With that, Wayne starts with the ol' $100...

By definition, "puppy love" is a crush experienced by whom?
A: Liberals
B: The wealthy
C: Young people
D: Snoop Dogg

Wayne knows that it's C, and he's off to a good start. He goes on to easily secure the $1,000, and eventually, he faces this $4,000 question...

Great Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer is the equivalent to what U.S. cabinet position?
A: Secretary of the Treasury
B: Attorney General
C: Secretary of Defense
D: Secretary of State

Wayne wants to say A, but he's not sure enough, so he calls his older brother Robert. But unfortunately, Robert doesn't respond. Despite this, Wayne just goes ahead and says A... and he's right!

That's all for today. Wayne will continue moving towards the million bucks tomorrow.