brooke, this show was based on the real life story of a person who played allen braidy? roseanne. incorrect. dick van dyke. mike, 72% of the country tuned in to see the episode of this show in which the lead gave birth? i love lucy. that is correct. all three of the real life spouses of the lead actress appeared on this show? murphy brown. incorrect. roseanne. mike, over ten seasons. roseanne. murphy brown. you got four correct answers. worth 40 points each. chris/allyson, your turn up next. take a look at your category. talk shows. four talk shows on the board. the shows are, the oprah winfrey show. i will take another category. pass. donahue. later titled the phil donahue show. the merv griffin show arsenio hall show. we got this. you got it. 60 second on the clock. chris, at 19, this talk show host became the youngest person to anchor the news at
second. what s that i smell cooking? a little bit of lemon. a little bit of lemon. was. no. the lemon is feeling squeezed. how to make lemonade. all right. all right. mike/brooke, come on down. good job. good job. should we pick the hardest category possible? let s see. huh. mike, you are such a news guy. this is the perfect category for you. super. let s take a look. live shot. tv news locations. on this you have to pick the, the match, tv news event to its location. location. midland, texas. washington, d.c. van nuys, california, omaha, nebraska, and detroit, michigan. i wish you luck. that s inspiring. confidence. whip us into a frenzy. here are the news events. start.
violently came to an en outside of waco texas. this event reportedly motivated the killers of what attack, a, oklahoma city bombing chris? oklahoma city bombing. that is correct. this is the final question. in 1962, the first live transatlantic tv signals sent from what at & t communications satellite. telstar. mercury freedom. mariner 2? brooke. telstar. that is correct. nicely done. mike and brooke are in the lead. yeah. yeah. yeah. 50 points, chris and alisyn in third. done and john in third. what? what. you don t have to be nice. when we come back. the point value doubles as the the players face-off in head-to-head battles. stay tuned.
sciatica. which american broadcaster was born in canada? peter jennings wow. that s a draw. chris. you want to say it for me? peter jennings. that was correct. four correct for chris cuomo. 20 points for each correct answer. back to the podium. very well done. next, allyson and brooke, come on down. [ applause ] you guys are in it. i m ready. how you doing over there, donny boy. how is your goose egg feeling? we got it. all right. all of your questions will be about commercials. okay. all right. hands behind your back. ready. four questions. alka-seltzer had a number of ad over the years which is not a catch phrase heard on the commercial.
incorrect. david bowie. incorrect. the answer is rolling stones for rice krispies. i was like, that can t be it. in 1941 the first legal commercial in the u.s. aired before watches. that is it. correct. i got to hand that to you. that was good. allyson, brooke one. 20 points for each correct answer. head back to the podium. nicely done. finally, mike and john. come on down. [ applause ] nobody likes you. nobody. go mike! come on, john. make up for don, john. his was embarrassing. all your questions will be about tv cowboys. ooh. giddy up. this guy is a tv cow boy. come on. i was told to wear my work clothes. tv cowboys. bonanza cowboy ben cartwright and sons live on which fictional