Don't forget to tune in to Jeopardy! tonight as they kick off Power Players Week, taped in Washington D.C. Winners of each game will earn at least $50,000 for their charities, while all other competitors will take away at least $10,000. (Of course if they earn more than these guaranteed amounts in their games, they'll get their actual winnings instead.)

Here are the match-ups:

• Monday May 14: Robert Gibbs, former Whitehouse Press Secretary; Chris Matthews of MSNBC's Hardball; CNN's Lizzie O'Leary
• Tuesday May 15: NBA icon Kareem Abdul-Jabbar; David Faber, CNBC's The Faber Report; FOX News' Dana Perino
• Wednesday May 16: Katty Kay from BBC World News America; Dr. Mehmet Oz, The Dr. Oz Show; FOX News' Chris Wallace
• Thursday May 17: Comedian Lewis Black; The Chicago Tribune's Clarence Page; Chuck Todd, NBC News
• Friday May 18: CNN's Anderson Cooper; The New York Times' Thomas L. Friedman; Kelly O'Donnell, NBC News

This should turn out to be a very challenging and exciting week, and with all of the money going to charity, it's all for a good cause!

Logo courtest Jeopardy! Productions Inc.

If you really want to be a contestant on the Canadian game show Splatalot (and if my e-mail inbox is any indication, a lot of you do!), then now's your chance to apply. You'll have to hurry though, because filming begins next month and the casting process is already underway.

If you're Canadian, aged 13-15, and want to play, send an e-mail to splatalotcasting@marblemedia.com with your name and age, and they'll send you the application form. Of course you'll also need your parents' permission to appear on the show.

Remember, you don't have a lot of time, but you'll want to fill out your application carefully. We've got some tips for your application, as well as the in-person auditions if you need some help:

• Game Show Application Tips
• How to Choose a Photo for Your Application
• How to Stand Out at an Audition
• What NOT to Do at an Audition

Best of luck to all of those who are applying! Tell them Game Shows at About.com sent you!

Photo courtesy YTV

The nominees for the 39th annual Daytime Emmy Awards have been announced, and of course that includes our favorite categories, Outstanding Game/Audience Participation Show and Outstanding Game Show Host. The 2012 nominees are:

Outstanding Game/Audience Participation Show

• Brainsurge, Nickelodeon
• Cash Cab, Discovery
• Jeopardy!, syndicated
• Let's Make a Deal, CBS
• Wheel of Fortune, syndicated
• Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, syndicated

Outstanding Game Show Host

• Ben Bailey, Cash Cab
• Todd Newton, Family Game Night
• Wayne Brady, Let's Make a Deal
• Meredith Vieira, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire

The 2012 Daytime Emmy Awards will take place on June 23rd, but no network has been confirmed to carry the proceedings yet. You can view the entire list of nominees here.

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More sad news for game show fans, I'm afraid. Randy West has posted on Facebook that Bob Stewart, legendary game show producer, has died at the age of 91.

None of the mainstream media has picked up the story as I write this, so there's not much else to share yet.

Stewart created some of the most beloved game shows of all time, including To Tell the Truth, Password, Pyramid, and The Price is Right. He retired in 1992, and in 2009 was recognized with an induction into the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Hall of Fame.

Our thoughts go out to his family and friends--he was one of the most innovative minds in this industry, and will be missed.