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Five reasons I prefer classic Jeopardy - VIDEO

Jeopardy 1964When I read AOL's Top 20 Best Game Shows of All Time, I pretty much agreed with all the choices. I might have moved Password up a bit, and dropped Who Wants to Be A Millionaire to a lower slot, but the one selection that really made me glower was The Price Is Right as number one.

No, no, not to me. For me, the only choice for numero uno is Jeopardy. It's not a game of chance or luck or random spins of a wheel. It's all about brains and thinking on your feet. And maybe having really fast thumbs. Merv Grifffin's creation remains the best gameshow ever in my book.

As I was thinking about Jeopardy, I realized that for me, the best Jeopardy is not today's Alex Trebek version. I mean, it's great -- don't misunderstand me. It's the one I still prefer to watch today, but my favorite Jeopardy remains the pre-syndication edition, the one that played on NBC daytime from 1964-1975. No, I'm not nuts. I have five very good reasons why I prefer the original, classic Jeopardy.

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TV male eye candy

Patrick DempseyAOL TV is listing the 50 sexiest women ever on television, and each week they release another ten picks. The list includes everyone from classic television actresses like Loni Anderson and Pat Priest to newcomers like Ali Larter and Sophia Bush. My favorite on the list so far is Jennifer Garner, hottie who can kick butt.

Their list inspired some of us female bloggers at TV Squad to make our own lists ... of TV's sexiest men. It's a much shorter one -- and we only focus on the good-looking men of TV today -- but I think you'll like it.

Click on the links below to see our lists -- be sure to start with Isabelle's picks! -- and end the tour with our tribute to TV's Hottest Guy:

Thankful for television

The weather is getting colder. The leaves are changing colors. Well, if you live in California like me, neither of those things are happening. But Thanksgiving is coming soon. So, it's time to eat turkey, take naps and play touch football out in the brisk autumn air. And, it's time to think about what you're thankful for...on television, that is.

AOL TV wants to know what readers are thankful for on television or, I guess, pertaining to television. Any shows you are loving this fall? Any actors or actresses you're grateful to see on TV each week? Leave your comments here and AOL TV will read them and highlight a few the week of Thanksgiving.

Also, watch for TV Squad's own Thanksgiving posts. Our bloggers are working on posts about what they are thankful for on television, in the television industry, about television, etc. Some of them may even be highlighted along with yours.

Happy Thanksgiving!

A bunch of news bloopers

MathisI'll admit it: I'm a sucker for blooper shows. The ones from sitcoms and dramas where the actors screw up are OK, but the great ones are from news broadcasts, because not only are the shows live, but they're supposed to be very straightforward and serious most of the time. You can see some sort of minor blooper on almost every news broadcast, but the ones here at AOL TV aren't minor. Like the newsanchor that has a tooth fall out of his mouth while live on the air, or the college weatherman who is incredibly nervous and gives one of the worst weather forecasts you'll ever see. Or the guy who tries to stuff a dollar bill down the cleavage of a reporter and the massive slips of the tongue on a live show. And then there's something everyone will like, the prank caller who manages to get on Nancy Grace's show and call her something we'd all like to call her.

Oh, and the next time you're watching your local news, and you think that the meteorologist or the anchorperson is lame or silly, remember this weatherman from the Charlotte, NC TV station (second video down). Wow. (He was eventually fired after rehab and now works at KREX-TV in Denver.)

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