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TV

Thursday, Nov. 13, 2008

‘House’ proud

TV: Workers from “This Old House” are gutting a Prospect Heights brownstone as part of the long-running home improvement show’s first New York project — but this is not a free ride for homeowners Kevin Costello and Karen Shen. Comment.

Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2008

Get your Gersh on

TV: Our editor, Gersh Kuntzman, was once again in the moderator chair for Brooklyn Independent Television’s premier show, “Reporter Rountable.” Comment.

Thursday, Oct. 30, 2008

Goldblum’s in Bay Ridge!

TV: What was this mega-star doing in Bay Ridge? Comment.

Thursday, Sep. 11, 2008

Get your Gersh on

TV: Our editor is back on TV! Comment.

Thursday, Aug. 21, 2008

Stranger than fiction

TV: Three Brooklyn rockers — with a delicious double-life — are proving that there’s a lot to laugh about when you’re in pursuit of a record deal in their debut television series, “Z Rock.” Comment.

Saturday, Jan. 5, 2008

‘Wake’ up

TV: DUMBO actor Sam Amidon stars in “American Wake,” an independent film airing on WNET/Channel 13 on Jan. 5. Comment.

High ‘Wire’ act

TV: “You know, people step to me and they basically say, ‘you’re playing my life.’” actor Jamie Hector told GO Brooklyn about his role as Marlo Stanfield in HBO’s hit series “The Wire,” which enters its fifth and final season on Sunday, Jan. 6. Comment.

Saturday, March 22, 2008

Polish Easter

TV: Carroll Gardens resident Terry Corrao knows her own family’s dining traditions — on Christmas Eve she makes the classic Italian seven-course fish feast — but it’s the Easter rituals of Greenpoint’s Polish enclave that she was truly hungering to learn about. Comment.

Saturday, April 12, 2008

Eye ‘Candy’

TV: For Jennifer Dzuira, stand-up comedy is no joke. After three years of running “Monday Night Stand-Up,” a live comedy show at Pete’s Candy Store in Williamsburg, she’s reaching even more neighborhoods through television. Now, every Tuesday at midnight the show airs on BCAT. Comment.

Saturday, March 15, 2008

Kitchen confidential

TV: Growing up, Nikki Cascone loved attending Little Italy’s annual San Gennaro festival, feasting on zeppoles hot out of the deep fryer. What she didn’t know back then was that in 2005, she’d open her own restaurant in Nolita, where the Sheepshead Bay native now serves a more sophisticated variety of her old favorite: zeppoles with warm chocolate sauce and homemade vanilla bean ice cream. Comments (2).

About Adams

TV: If politicians think they have a hard life in 2008, they need to watch HBO’s “John Adams” miniseries, starring Brooklyn Heights’ own Paul Giamatti, to feel ashamed. With video … Comment.

Saturday, Jan. 26, 2008

Feel the Byrne

TV: Brooklyn Heights actor Gabriel Byrne stars in HBO’s latest drama, “In Treatment,” and grows as a conflicted shrink. Comment.

Saturday, March 15, 2008

About Adams

TV: If politicians think they have a hard life in 2008, they need to watch HBO’s “John Adams” miniseries, starring Brooklyn Heights’ own Paul Giamatti, to feel ashamed. With video … Comment.
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