The Barber family of Wichita won big on an episode of “Family Feud” that aired Friday evening on KSAS, Channel 24.
That means that the five members of the team will be featured in another episode competing against another family. But that episode won’t air for a week.
This week, “Family Feud” is running its BetMGM Big Game series of episodes, all featuring football-related questions, so the episode featuring the Barber family defending its title won’t appear until 5 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 9.
The Barber family team, which includes Julia, Caroline Barber and Jennifer Barber, Erin Emrich and Kristin Streufert, gathered with friends and family on Friday evening for a watch party at the Ziggy’s Pizza at 119th and Maple in Wichita.
A cardboard cutout of the show’s celebrity host, comedian Steve Harvey, greeted all who walked in, and the family packed the restaurant with people: Every table and every chair was filled with supporters, eating pizza, drinking beer and clapping wildly when the show was airing.
The members of the Barber family team roamed around the restaurant talking to people. Jennifer Barber and Emrich were both wearing blue caps with the “Family Feud” logo that they’d picked up at the taping in late March.
The episode featured the Barbers vs. the Rosado family of Weehawken, New Jersey. The contest went back and forth, but the Barbers narrowly defeated their competitors to advance to the show’s “Fast Money” round. Emrich and Julia Barber competed in that segment, where they each had to answer a series of questions quickly and get to at least 200 points. They easily did, and the crowded restaurant erupted when the Barbers were shown winning the show’s big prize of $20,000.
The Barber family team is made of sisters Jennifer Barber, Emrich and Streufert and Jennifer’s two daughters, Julia and Caroline. The five traveled to the Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta in late March to tape the show, which is hosted by comedian Steve Harvey.
This story was originally published February 2, 2026 at 11:50 AM.
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