Deal or No Deal: This week, the Million Dollar Mission continues. I have this strange feeling that the $1 Million will finally go out the door on Wednesday. Will I be right?
The Moment of Truth: Mark L. Wahlberg returns to game shows with this potentially outrageous new game show with $500,000 on the line!
Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?: This week, it's two hours worth of fun from Jeff Foxworthy and the gang, with one of the contestants being a big Dallas Cowboys fan!
Real World/Road Rules Challenge: A new season of "Gauntlet" begins with a one-hour episode!
Pros vs. Joes: This week, I will be covering this Spike TV game show for the very first time as it begins its third season! For this week only, a new episode will air on Wednesday after some UFC action airs. Then, it will air every Thursday night at 11 PM EST. And, it's in high-definition!
All this, plus more "American Idol" auditions and lots more as I'm about to turn 22!
Monday, January 21, 2008
tv game shows - this week
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Wednesday, January 9, 2008
tv game shows - winner advice
| Good Game | Thu Jan 03, 2008 12:47 pm |
| Finally, a contestant that played the game wisely. I can't stand watching people when they have 1 chance at big money and the rest are small amounts - the banker offers like $100,000, but they don't take the money (usually because say they didn't come to lose). Then they wind up with $500. They get what they deserve. This man played well and the money is going to an amazing cause. Great job! | |
tv game shows - deal or no deal winner
Chester man wins $271,000 on 'Deal or No Deal'
Ex-cop, 9/11 survivor to help other cops
Thursday, January 3, 2008
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Jimeno, a former Port Authority Police Officer who survived the 9/11 World Trade Center attack, said he plans to use his winnings to start a nonprofit organization to benefit injured police officers.
"I'm not going to be able to save the world, but if I can touch someone's life once a year, that's really something," Jimeno said. "If I can make a difference, it makes me feel like I'm still a police officer."
On Wednesday evening, Jimeno watched the show, taped in October, for the first time with his wife, their two children, friends from the Port Authority, and his neighbors, the Logues.
During the show, Jimeno took an unprecedented shot at the feared "banker" when he successfully shot an apple off the top of the banker's head with a bow and arrow. However, he wasn't actually given access to the banker himself. He shot the apple off of a mannequin dressed as the banker, a figure in the show.
Jimeno's appearance on the show also kicked off the "Million Dollar Mission," which gave him two chances to win a million dollars.
"It was an incredible experience," Jimeno said. "It was exciting and exhilarating. It was very surreal to be on a show you watch with your family."
He also said everyone involved with the show was very supportive, including host Howie Mandel.
"They were welcoming and warm, and they really rooted for you," he said.
Jimeno was joined on stage by his parents, William and Emma Jimeno, and his sister, Karen Chaffe. Scott Strauss of the New York Police Department Emergency Service Unit Truck One, who led the operation to rescue Jimeno from beneath the collapsed World Trade Center, also accompanied him to the taping.
"Of all the men and women who wear the shield, Scott Strauss is my hero," Jimeno said during the show.
He said afterward that he wanted to thank the community for its overwhelming support.
Katelyn Farago can be reached at (973) 428-6630 or kfarago@gannett.com.
