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Chain Reaction by Chico Alexander, GSNN

Air time: 9p ET/8p CT on GSN
Host: Dylan Lane

Brandon, Norman & Michael (New York buddies)

Malinda, Kathryn & Salimah (girlfriends)

Round 1 ($100 per word): connect HALF with WAR. Brandon is half DEAD start. Salimah is a dead DUCK. Brandon gets duck DOWN. No one gets PRO war. Brandon finishes the chain with TURN for the $300-$100 lead. Speed Chain: SORRY - C - B - BELT. "Charlie Brown" does it for $400.

Round 2 ($200 per word): connect JALAPENO with WINNER. Malinda gets a jalapeno PEPPER. Michael spells out pepperMINT. Brandon gets mint TEA. Kathryn gets a teaSPOON. Malinda finishes with BREAD. They trail, $800-$700. Speed Chain: SUPER - G - F - OUTLET. They miss "glue factory."

Round 3 ($300 per word): connect YELLOW with SUPERVISOR. Michael is yellow BELLY. Brandon belly LAUGHs, Norman is a laugh RIOT. Malinda gets her riot GEAR. Kathryn finishes the chain reaction with SHIFT for $1300 to the guys' $1700. Final Speed Chain: KEVIN - B - S - SEARCH. "Bacon Strip" wins.... not for the ladies, though.

Round 4: connect COLORED with CABINET. Chain: COLORED - PENCIL - THIN - SPAGHETTI - WESTERN - MEDICINE - CABINET. The guys win it, $1600 to $500.

Bonus Round: The guys get potato, Ireland, boots, temperature, and telescope for the double and $3200.

Family Feud by Chico Alexander, GSNN

Air time: Check local listings or familyfeud.com
Host: John O'Hurley

Alexander (Gregory, Jamaal, Andre, Tawana, Letitia), no relation

Anderson (Holly, Shannon, Chris, Destiny, Casey)

Round 1: when people talk about "the big one", what are they referring to (6)? Holly goes with an earthquake, #2. Gregory's war is #1. Rest of the family comes up with heart attack. The Andersons steal with the end of the world for 53. Other answers: rich/lottery, Big Bang/evolution.

Round 2: something in which people stick thermometers (5). Shannon gets #1, mouth. Also, we have butt, ears, and armpits. The Alexanders try to steal with turkey... Got it for 85.

Double: someplace a man goes where he sucks his gut in to make himself look better (5). Andre wins the showdown with his gym to Chris' pool, 3 to 5. Tawana gets #2, the club. Letitia gets the top answer, the beach. Andersons try to steal with mirror.. Got it for 199.

Triple: something you might cheat on... (4). Destiny fires with a test... #1! Rest of the question: ... if you knew for sure you wouldn't get caught. Casey gets #3, girlfriend. The Alexanders steal with taxes for 220. Other answer: diet.

Sudden Death: a kind of place that some people sneak food into. That's Casey... "Movie theater." Win, 442-220.

Holly and Chris try for Fast Money, getting only 188, giving them $940.

In the nightcap, it's the Sparrows (Andrea, Kimberly, Cheryl, Norie, Jenny; $1285) vs. the Clarks (Andrea, Kris, Kerrie, Kathy, Jerry). After three, the champs lead, 238-86. Triple: something you'd hate to have the hotel maid walk in on you doing (4). Norie makes love for the top answer. Also on the board, the bathroom, getting dressed, and... stealing? The Clarks hope so... Got it for the win, 368-238.

Kerrie & Kathy take on the board... Together, they get 206 in eight for $20,000.

Jeopardy! by Chico Alexander, GSNN

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

Sara Terrell (veterinary technician from Collinsville, CT); $17,999

Jack Martin (civil engineer from Medford, MA)

Allison Otto (lawyer from Arlington, VA)

Five of the last six games have been won by women. Will Sara repeat and prove that her win was no fluke?

She starts with $200 Biblical Quotes, but Jack finds the Daily Double under $800 The US President Who... After a scoring change that gives him second place, he says those magic words... "Let's make this a true Daily Double." The clue: ... has a foreign capital named after him. "Who is Monroe?" Right for $3600! He builds up to a lead of $8200 to Sara's $3800. Allison, with $1600, starts Double Jeopardy!...

... with $400 Bestselling Pageturners. Jack Hangs a "UE" for $2000 for the first Daily Double. He bets the level on this: originating in the Caribbean, it's a popular ballroom dance characterized by a limping step. "What is the merengue? Right for $13,400. Back to pageturners, as Sara goes with the $800 clue for the second Daily Double. She goes $3000 on this: "The Matarese Countdown", "The Osterman Weekend", "The Icarus Agenda". "Who is... James Patterson?" Nope, it's Robert Ludlum, as she is left with $6400. She goes back up to $7600 against Jack's $13,400. Allison has $4400.

Final Jeopardy! in "British Royalty": just prior to her death in 1536, she told Sir William Kingston, "I have a little neck." Correct question: who was Anne Boleyn? Or as my sister calls her, number two.

The ladies are right. Jack... is wrong. Sara wins it with $33,199 for two days.

The Price is Right by Travis Schario, GSNN

Air time: 11a ET/10a CT on CBS
Host: Bob Barker

After a near $300,000 day and a take of $147,517 for Vickyann yesterday, there may not be much left in the warehouse. Let's find out.

Christine Payette, Jose Villacana, Leah Mitchell, and Brenda Washington-Fredrickson take their place in Bidders' Row (before Bob makes his way down the aisle) to bid on a Bull barbecue island. Christine captures the $3806 grill and makes her way to the Price Tag to play One Away for a bright yellow Ford Mustang. The fake price: $31534. Christine sets the price to $22,625 netting three horn blasts. Changing the price to $20,645 nets her.....nothing. Real price: $20,425.

Next, Leah takes her place at the Price Tag after capturing a $2074 Meade LX90 GPS telescope. Her game: Grand Game with a target of $5.00. To choose from; David jalapeno sunflower seeds, O Cedar Smart Grip squeegee, Pillsbury crescent rolls, AZO cranberry supplement, Purina Cat Chow, and Betty Crocker skillet potatoes. Leah, unsure if our American prices are close to the Canadian prices (as she is from Montreal), goes with the rolls ($2.39), the seeds ($1.09), and the potatoes ($1.89). With the audience's blessing, she goes for the sweep with the squeegee. Not a good idea at $5.99. Should have gone with the cat food.

T-MAC NOTE: Fingers and Roger got some serious camera time, as Bob asked them if the American prices were much different from the Canadian prices. I even got some camera time, standing back in the shadows!

To finish out this bleak first half, Brenda claimed a Yamaha Clavinova digital piano, priced at $2595, in a very roundabout way. Wanting to bid "$1 up from the highest," Bob bids $2451 for her. Well, that gave her the win and the opportunity to play Race Game for over $16,000 in stuff. What stuff? The Heartland "Flaming Fridge", Oceanic SCUBA gear for two, a John Deere utility vehicle, and a Ridgeway Lexington grandfather clock. The tags: $2114, $3150, $4999, and $6130. With a quick "onyourmarkgetsetGO" from Bob, Brenda places $6130 on the fridge, $2114 on the gear, $4999 on the John Deere, and $3150 on the clock. She rushed back, pulled the arm down, HIT ALL FOUR IN :15, THEN WENT BACK!! Bob waved her back, and she went over and nearly took Roger out with a big bear hug. From Bob: "I helped her get up here and she goes and hugs Roger!" Although she rocked Race Game, and won another $1000 on the Wheel (and hugged Roger again), Christina got $1000 on the Wheel as !
well, and beat Brenda in the Bonus Spinoff 80-40.

Let's kick off the second half with William Cahill capturing an Apple Mac Pro worth $1699. He jumped to the Turntable ahead of Bob to Squeeze for a Panasonic 42" plasma TV with an Encore! TV console. With the setup at 6 8 4 9 3, he quickly whipped out the 4. The price squeezed to $6893, but the 8 should have been the one to go. ARP: $6493.

OK, come on. Let's give SOMETHING away! Let's try with Michael Dunlop, a U of M student, after he captured a $2205 Antiques Roadshow curio cabinet. Once more to the Turntable to play Money Game for a Ford Focus Wagon SE. The Board:

80 35 76
18 50 19
95 17 44
$ - - 5 - -

Snatching 18 first, and getting $18, he moves to 19 and fills in the front. Taking a hint from the audience, he then moves to 35, winning $35 more ($53). He then goes for 44 and wins the car!!

Finally, Ben Kanani captured a Capresso C-1300 espresso maker (and a supply of Hot Pockets), worth $1000. His game: Two for One for a Stamina Pilates machine and a Kasson pool table, a package worth $4215. The board:

8 3 6
$ $ $
4 0 0

He took the 2nd number free (3), and filled in 8 and 0 as the remaining, and won both prizes. Unfortunately, his winning came to an end there, as Michael made it to the Showcases with a one-spin 45, beating out William (10 + 10) and Ben (who went over; 130).

T-MAC NOTE: Somewhere online years ago, there was a "Price" drinking game. One of the drinks came with someone winning the Showdown with a score less than 50 cents. Now, everyone take a shot, and move on.

Michael is the Top Winner, and Christine is the Runner-Up. Showcase #1 is your standard Carolinachair.com living room, a Riverside 3-piece table group, Hibernia Woolen Mills carpeting, a 1668 International gemstone globe, and a trip to Tokyo (6n @ Century Hyatt Tokyo). Michael passed on that one, sending it to Christine for a $14,000 bid.

Showcase #2 has Shane and Rachel square dancing (with Rich as the caller...off camera, naturally). They dance for a trip to London (6n @ Holiday Inn Kings Cross), a Funtek USA exercise trampoline, and a West Wight Potter 19 ft. sailboat. Michael's bid: $29,550.

Christine's Showcase totaled $17,924 for a difference of $3924. Not bad. Michael's Showcase? $24,045 and he's over. Christine walks away with a total take of $22,730.

STATS: 3/6; $74,508 and a hug for Roger from Bob.

¿Qué Dice La Gente? by Chico Alexander, GSNN

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

Ortiz (Lina, Enrique Sr., Enrique Jr., Maria, Ernesto)

Guzman (Carolina, Amparo, Maria Cecilia, Martha Andrea, Leonardo)

The Guzman lead, 256-0. Double: a fruit that stains when you eat it (3). Maria gets #2, a watermelon. Ernesto gets #1, a mango. The Guzmans try to steal with a guanabana... Nope. Ortiz get 178. Other answer: strawberry.

Triple Round: something that works with a spring (3). Leonardo gets the top answer, a clock. A toy and a music box do it for the sweep, 529-178.

Dinero Rápido: Carolina and Leonardo only get 165 for $500.

Reyes (Genoveva, Jose Luis, Fernando, Gonzalo, Hector); $1500, two games

Guzman (Carolina, Amparo, Maria Cecilia, Martha Andrea, Leonardo)

The champs lead after three, 163-39. Double: something you ask your neighbor to do for you while you're on vacation (3). Take care of the dog was #2 for Martha. Leonardo gets #1, watch the house. Watch the garden is the sweep answer for the lead, 239-163.

Triple: besides Latin cooking, the cuisine of what country is liked around the world (3)? Hector fires with China... #1! America and Italy finish it off for the win, 454-239.

Jose Luis and Genoveva try again for the Dinero Rápido, but first... bring forth the lucky table! We get... another $500! Jose Luis gets 137. Genoveva gets... the rest for $5000! That gives them $7000 for three games.

Starface by Chico Alexander, GSNN

Air time: 9:30p ET/8:30p CT on GSN
Host: Danny Bonaduce

Signe Kiesel (recently engaged from Lansdale, PA; signed a little kid's autograph as Heather Locklear)

George Hillway (marketing executive orig. from Paterson, NJ; almost ran into Mel Gibson... with his car)

Lisa Guerenser (admin assistant from LA; danced for Jack Nicholson and Danny Glover)

Round 1: George gets 50 from Barbara Walters. No one knows Dominic Monaghan, though. National Enquirer Hot Corner time with the Irish eyes of Colin Farrell. And after that, it's time for a Train Wreck, as Joanie "Chyna Doll" Laurer leads us by force to break with 300 to Lisa's 250 and Signe's 150.

Round 2: remember when punk was punk? Don't worry, neither does Avril Lavigne. Next, send the kids to bed, because we're at See Cups time. Clues: "built for comfort and the need for speed".... "some like it in moderation, some like it INXS"... "time to get your wild on." George wins on Brooke Burke. Next, a Mug Shot of Bobby Brown. Lisa comes back with 650 to George's 600. Signe stays at 150.

Round 3: Mr. T is in the cardboard mask round. George and Lisa spent the round duking it out, while Signe ended up with 550. Final score between the leaders... 1050 to 1000... in favor of Lisa!

Bonus Round for a trip to the Dominican Republic: it's between Kevin Federline... and leeches Lisa gets... nine. She leaves with $900.

Stump the Schwab by Chico Alexander, GSNN

Air time: 7p ET/6p CT on ESPN Classic
Host: Stuart Scott & Howie Schwab

Gregg Zampella (county inspector from Miami)

Ken Gelman (marketing exec from Weston, CT)

Sean Flaherty (student from Middleboro, MA)

Schwab's Jackpot: $17,000

Leading Off: 1000+ yards receiving last season. The players go boom boom boom after 3. Schwab has 4. Next, 16 men's hoops teams in the Big East. Sean is out with 6. Ken is out with 7. Greg is out with 7. Schwab has 9 after the run out. Finally, the top 20 NHL players with goals scored last year. Schwab has 14, while the players are tied at 9. Tiebreaker! Touchdowns scored by the '84 Dolphins. Sean, 89. Ken, 69. Gregg, 60. Correct... 80. Sean is the furthest away. Bye bye, Sean.

On the Record: It's a buzzers round, as we'll give you the quote, you give us who said it. Penalties apply in the second round. First up, Gregg leads, 5-3. At the end of the game, it's 10-7 in favor of Gregg, who pockets a cool grand.

The Schwab Showdown: The categories are... Fan-Tastic! (famous sports fans), Center Stage (centerfielders), Hawaii Five-Throw (Pro Bowl QBs), the British is Coming (the British Open).

Gregg's first strike comes with Fan-Tastic! for 2 and his second with The British is Coming for 3. Schwab gets his first under 3 in Hawaii Five-Throw. Final score, 9-8 for Schwab.

Wheel of Fortune by Jason Block, GSNN

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

Let's see, it's Tuesday, this show was probably taped on a Thursday, and we are celebrating the "TGIF" Part of the weekend. I am confused...let's just get to the recap!

The $1,000 Tossup is PHRASE. Marquita (MAR-KWEE-TA) Steele from Savannah, GA solved DROP EVERYTHING for $1,000. She is a surgical tech. Nicole Brunz is an event coordinator from Phoenix, AZ originally from IA. Larry Steele from Talahoma, TN can do a billy goat impression and says hi to his 5 yr old son Ethan.

The $2,000 Tossup is RHYME TIME. Marquita has $3,000 with CHEAT SHEET. She starts this round, but we add a trip to Vancouver from Last Minute Travel.com worth $4,500! The category is THINGS...and it's a PRIZE PUZZLE as well. She misses the $10,000 space and hits Bankrupt...and we go to Nicole. She misses...over to Larry. He misses...back to Marquita. She misses...and so does Nicole. Back to Larry. He solves YOUR FAVORITE FLIP-FLOPS for $3,500. And you can wear them on your beach trip to the Wyndham Playa Dorada in the Dominican Republic worth $4,600. Your Spin ID DS15733? You are on your way to the DR! And if you have the SONY CARD...you have $50,000. He has the lead with $8,100 in cash and trip.

The jackpot round is sponsored by Eggland's Best Eggs. The category is SAME NAME. Nicole starts. She misses a vowel...over to Larry. He solves CHRIS & CLASSIC ROCK for $2,900. And he has $11,000 in cash and Dominican Republic Trip.

The mystery round prize is a PriceGrabber.com $10,000 shopping spree. The category is PERSON. Larry, who is on a roll, starts and picks up the $1,000 Fandango Bucks Gift Tag. He misses a vowel over to Marquita...she misses...over to Nicole. She hits Lose a Turn...and Larry has the shot for the mystery wedge. He risks $2,850...and gets the shopping spree! He solves RESPECTED MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY for $1,550 and the shopping spree. That round was worth $11,550 and with the prizes he has $23,550 in cash and prizes! That was our mystery round prize win of the season!

The $3,000 Tossup is SONG TITLE. Nicole prevents the gooseegg with LET'S STAY TOGETHER. She has $3,000 and starts this round with FOOD AND DRINK. She misses...back to the red hot Larry. He quickly solves TOASTED SANDWICHES for $2,950. He has $26,500 in cash and prizes. We jump into another round with...

...PLACE. But we go into a $1,600 a letter FINAL SPIN. Marquita adds $6,400 with DISTANT PLANET. She leaves with $9,400. Nicole leaves with $3,000.
But Larry didn't get his goat with the Fandango Bucks, the $10,000 Shopping Spree and the Trip to the Dominican Republic and a huge total of $26,500 in cash and prizes.

Will Larry make Ethan and his whole family proud? He lands on the B in BONUS. His category is PLACE. With the RSTLNE and his choices of P C M O and we have:

O R _ N _ E
_ R O _ E

And he completes the hotness with ORANGE GROVE...and he has enough to buy the Mustang of his dreams with $25,000! He leaves with $51,500 in cash and prizes!

Total for today: $63,900
Total for Week 2: $96,314
Total for the Season: $389,014
Bonus Win Percentage: 4/6
Gooseeggs: 3
Mystery Round Prizes won: 1

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? by Don Harpwood, GSNN

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

Today's show starts with a clip from last season of Dante Constable, who had the following question on the May 5, 2006 episode...

[$250,000]
What element, like water, has an unusual physical property that causes it to expand when it freezes?
A: Silicon
B: Polonium
C: Bismuth
D: Fluorine

Those who saw it may remember that he went for it and said A, but the answer was given as C. Now, as Meredith explains, although C is still correct, it has been recently discovered that silicon also expands when it freezes, so technically, A is actually correct as well!

As a result, Dante Constable (now hailing from Las Vegas, NV) is back, and due to the technicality, he has been given credit for a correct answer at that level, and is now at $250,000! His companion, M.J., who was in the audience then, is back in the audience now, and she says she was mad at him for going for it then. I can understand that, but I wonder how she'll feel if he goes for it here, because Dante, with no lifelines left (he used them all), will now face a question at a level that we haven't seen any questions from since Season 3. And here it is...

[$500,000]
In 1996, the Pillsbury Bake-Off awarded its first million-dollar prize to the creator of what recipe?
A: Macadamia Fudge Torte
B: Cream Cheese Brownie Pie
C: Crescent Caramel Swirl
D: Chocolate Praline Layer Cake

There is no way Dante is going to attempt this one, though. He has decided to walk. After we see that it was A, he walks outta there with a check for $250,000!

Next up is Danielle Radford (Acton, MA). She has some good news of her own; she's getting married in 3 months! The wedding has just about been planned out completely, but she could still use some money for some final stuff. So, with that, Danielle starts by knowing that attendees keep their faces covered at a masquerade. She sweeps the lower tier, then faces this...

[$2,000]
The period before recorded history, prehistory is commonly divided into what three "ages"?
A: Steel, brass and nickel
B: Platinum, gold and silver
C: Water, earth and wind
D: Stone, bronze and iron

Danielle asks the audience, and D gets 90% of the vote. Danielle trusts them... and they're right! A couple of questions later, and this pops up...

[$16,000]
Celeb baby Shiloh Jolie-Pitt shares her first name with a famous Civil War battlefield in what U.S. state?
A: Tennessee
B: North Carolina
C: Virginia
D: Pennsylvania

Danielle decides to call her dad, Dennis, and he's thinking C. Danielle goes with that... but it's A! Ouch. That sends her home with $1,000.

In the hot seat now is Carol Martinez (Wilmington, DE). It seems that she has a severe case of road rage, as a result of hearing this show on the radio! When she hears someone making a mistake, she yells at her radio! Well, she's nervous now, because she doesn't want to make such a mistake. We'll see what happens, as Carol starts by knowing that a chin-up is similar to a pull-up (though if I tried chin-ups, I'm certain I'd be saying "I give up!" after some time). She gets to $1,000, then eventually reaches this...

[$16,000]
According to estimates by the Census Bureau, the U.S. population will reach what number in October 2006?
A: 250 million
B: 275 million
C: 300 million
D: 325 million

Carol calls her neighbor, Doug, but he doesn't know. He was about to give a guess, though, but time ran out as he was saying "2-", possibly leaning towards A or B. So, Carol uses the 50:50. C and D remain, so whatever guess Doug would have said would have been wrong. All that's left now is to ask the audience, and she does so. 81% of the audience says C. Carol goes with C...and it is C!

And there's the horn. What a show this was! And Carol will be back tomorrow to see if she can win more!