"in 2004 by This Old House Books in conjunction with Sunset Books. In June 2018, Cook announced that he would be reducing his role in the television programs due to unspecified health issues. Cook lives with his two children in Burlington, Massachusetts, and has a cottage on Cape Cod. Roger Cook (landscaper) Roger Cook has been the garden and landscape contractor on the PBS home renovation program ""This Old House"" since 1988. He also appears on the associated programs ""Ask This Old House"" and ""Inside This Old House"". In 1977, Cook received a Bachelor of Science degree in wildlife management"
"shows with a reminder about personal safety, specifically highlighting the importance of wearing safety glasses. Abram lives with his wife, Elise, in a custom modified-classic two-story Colonial, timber-framed, home that he built in Carlisle, Massachusetts. His fondness of plaid shirts is well-known and at times parodied, a prime example being the character Al Borland on the 1991–1999 ABC sitcom ""Home Improvement"", portrayed by Richard Karn. Abram was previously married to Laura Cone (divorced in 1996), with whom he has a daughter, Lindsey. Norm Abram Norman L. ""Norm"" Abram (born October 3, 1949) is an American carpenter known for his work"
"one or more episodes, and emphasized the use of power tools and equipment. The show aired for 21 seasons on PBS. Norm Abram has authored eight books about carpentry: ""Ask Norm"", ""The New Yankee Workshop"", ""Classics From The New Yankee Workshop"", ""Mostly Shaker From The New Yankee Workshop"", ""Outdoor Projects From The New Yankee Workshop"", ""Norm Abram's New House"", ""Measure Twice, Cut Once"", and ""The New Yankee Workshop Kids' Stuff"". He has also contributed to ""Complete Remodeling"" and ""Complete Landscaping"", both published in 2004 by This Old House Books in conjunction with Sunset Books. Abram also serves on the editorial"
"settlements being awarded. Catch a Contractor Catch a Contractor is an American reality television home improvement series that premiered March 9, 2014 on Spike. The show features former carpenter Adam Carolla, licensed contractor Skip Bedell and his wife Alison, a private investigator. The series premiere was the most watched debut of a Spike original series since March 2011. Prior to becoming a star, Adam Carolla gained construction experience working as a carpenter. Skip Bedell is a licensed home improvement contractor Alison Bedell is a full-time probation officer, and licensed private investigator. Each episode of ""Catch a Contractor"" follows a similar"
"Catch a Contractor Catch a Contractor is an American reality television home improvement series that premiered March 9, 2014 on Spike. The show features former carpenter Adam Carolla, licensed contractor Skip Bedell and his wife Alison, a private investigator. The series premiere was the most watched debut of a Spike original series since March 2011. Prior to becoming a star, Adam Carolla gained construction experience working as a carpenter. Skip Bedell is a licensed home improvement contractor Alison Bedell is a full-time probation officer, and licensed private investigator. Each episode of ""Catch a Contractor"" follows a similar formula. At the"
"on 1 October 2008 on the HOW TO Channel and in the UK on 24 March 2009 on Discovery Shed (formerly Discovery Realtime Extra). The show's premise revolves around general contractor Mike Holmes visiting homeowners (initially in the Greater Toronto Area in the earlier seasons, but also to various locales across Canada and the United States, starting with the seventh season) who are in need of help, mainly due to unsatisfactory home renovations performed by hired contractors. A typical episode has homeowners describing their experiences with the previous contractor, including what had caused the original contractor to leave the work"
"a contractor and ultimately triumphing over an increasingly corrupt management. The first series featured Tim Healy, whose character died in the penultimate episode and therefore did not appear in the second series. The focus of the second series shifted away from the refuse disposal theme, with the opening episode showing the main characters being made redundant; subsequent episodes followed the lives of the characters, showing them experimenting with a number of different jobs including window cleaners, painters and decorators and in the case of Nev Smith coping with retirement after serving 45 years on the bins. A number of new"
"other jobs have been removed from the show. It is strictly about the construction work on his childhood home. The Adam Carolla Project The Adam Carolla Project is an American reality series featuring the comedian Adam Carolla. The series aired on TLC from October to December 2005. Before gaining celebrity on ""Loveline"" and ""The Man Show"", Carolla worked as a carpenter for several years. In this series, he returns to the profession by purchasing his father's house for $739,500 and paying all expenses out of his own pocket to have it renovated. The show co-stars friends from his construction days"
"carpentry and construction at a young age, and worked as a construction worker after college to make ends meet. In 2003, he auditioned as an on-screen carpenter for the TLC renovation program, ""While You Were Out"". He got the job and joined the cast in season two, staying on until the end of the show's run in 2006. After the show's end, Cameron became a licensed contractor and was approached by DIY Network to host their landscape makeover show ""Desperate Landscapes"" in 2007. Since then, he has also been hosting ""Man Caves"" and ""Project Xtreme"" for the network. Cameron is"
"Boardwalk Empire Boardwalk Empire is an American period crime drama television series created by Terence Winter and broadcast on premium cable channel HBO. The series is set in Atlantic City, New Jersey, during the Prohibition era and stars Steve Buscemi as Nucky Thompson. Winter, a Primetime Emmy Award-winning screenwriter and producer, created the show, inspired by the book ""Boardwalk Empire: The Birth, High Times, and Corruption of Atlantic City"" by Nelson Johnson about historical criminal kingpin Enoch L. Johnson. The pilot episode was directed by Martin Scorsese and produced at a cost of $18 million. On September 1, 2009, HBO"
"rating adults aged 18–49. The second-season premiere was watched by 2.91 million viewers, down 39% from the pilot and down 12% from its first-season finale. Boardwalk Empire Boardwalk Empire is an American period crime drama television series created by Terence Winter and broadcast on premium cable channel HBO. The series is set in Atlantic City, New Jersey, during the Prohibition era and stars Steve Buscemi as Nucky Thompson. Winter, a Primetime Emmy Award-winning screenwriter and producer, created the show, inspired by the book ""Boardwalk Empire: The Birth, High Times, and Corruption of Atlantic City"" by Nelson Johnson about historical criminal"
"construction firm. In 1976, Abram then went into business for himself, founding the general contracting firm Integrated Structures Inc. In 1979, Abram took a construction job building a small barn in the backyard of television producer Russell Morash, the creator of public television's ""This Old House"". Impressed by Abram's small scrap pile and efficient work habits, Morash invited Abram to help with the renovation of a rundown Victorian house in Boston's historic Dorchester section, with a WGBH camera crew recording the process for the first ""This Old House"" project with host Bob Vila. Morash then approached Abram with the idea"
"The Adam Carolla Project The Adam Carolla Project is an American reality series featuring the comedian Adam Carolla. The series aired on TLC from October to December 2005. Before gaining celebrity on ""Loveline"" and ""The Man Show"", Carolla worked as a carpenter for several years. In this series, he returns to the profession by purchasing his father's house for $739,500 and paying all expenses out of his own pocket to have it renovated. The show co-stars friends from his construction days (""my band of unemployable idiots""), who do much of the renovation. The footage is a mix of celebreality television"
"becomes reluctant to stay involved with him. In series 2 when her violent ex-husband Jack gives her two black eyes, Tom goes to 'sort him out', only to end up in hospital himself. Liz then sees him as a hero and someone who can protect her. Liz does not appear in series 3. Tom (Mark Powley) Tom is a builder. He arrives at the house to install a damp course. Both Georgia and Liz immediately have a crush on him. He is then employed to convert the garage into a fourth bedroom and from then on becomes more involved with"
"which helps raise awareness of skilled trades. Although Holmes serves as the show's host, he brings with him several other equally skilled contractors who are regulars on the series (although not all appear in all seasons): The construction crew in the seventh season is as follows: The following is a list of past crew members who have appeared in earlier seasons: Several other tradespersons running their own companies also make regular appearances on the series. Home renovation expert Jon Eakes has also appeared as a guest in one episode, and the winners of ""Handyman Superstar Challenge"" are invited to make"
"Atlantic County Convalescent Home. Premiering September 19, 2010, the HBO series ""Boardwalk Empire"" fictionalized the Prohibition era in Atlantic City. The series ran for five seasons and was produced by Martin Scorsese and Mark Wahlberg and starred Steve Buscemi as Nucky Thompson. Show creator Terence Winter elected to portray a fictionalized version of Johnson, to give the writers creative license with history, and to maintain suspense. One great difference between the real Johnson and the fictional Thompson is that the real Johnson is not known to have killed anyone personally, as the fictional Thompson does; there is also no evidence"
"wardrobe. Dealing with a range of topics including sex and racism, the series uses considerable adult language and casts performers widely known as stand-up comedians, including Jim Norton, Laura Kightlinger, Nick DiPaolo, Todd Barry and Rick Shapiro. HBO ordered 12 episodes, which aired during the 2006 summer season, as well as eight scripts for a second season, before canceling the show in September 2006 — for numerous reasons ranging from the nature of the show to network economic pressure. The show follows the life of Louie, a working class part-time mechanic at a muffler shop owned by his best friend"
"element: A cabin that rotates 360 degrees, a cabin that floats, a cabin that features its own winch elevator, etc. Promoted by the network as ""The most rugged construction series ever built,"" all episodes were filmed in the area surrounding Bennington, Vermont. The show was created by and is Executive Produced by George Verschoor and William Spjut. Season Two premiered on February 24, 2015. The final episode of the series aired on April 21, 2015 Paul DiMeo (frequently referred to as ""Paulie"" on the series) spent nine seasons as a designer on ABC's """". Partner Pat ""Tuffy"" Bakaitis is a"
"husband, Peter Bowman (David Morse), has been hired to help build a new dam for oil company Quad Carbon. While driving one morning through the city, Peter is caught in traffic and then ambushed and abducted by guerrilla rebels of the Liberation Army of Tecala (ELT). Believing that Peter is working on Quad Carbon's oil pipeline, ELT soldiers lead him through the jungle. Terry Thorne (Russell Crowe), a former member of the British Special Air Service, arrives in Tecala fresh from a successful hostage rescue in Chechnya. As an expert negotiator in kidnapping-and-ransom cases, he is assigned by his company,"
"serial killer. Dirk Lombarde (Peter Warner) is introduced as Pete’s rival. A series of flashbacks show Boone’s troubled childhood lead him to become a detective. In 2005, the show was moved to Aurora (Foxtel). In 2007, David Murdoch took over directing. The 2nd season premiered July 5, 2007. Constable O'Flynn (Peter Murkins) forces Gravel to partner with Pete Boone (Peter Love) to solve another series of murders. This season introduces behind the scenes, messages to the fans, and Christmas episodes. The 3rd season premiered on July 5, 2009. Pete Boone and inspector Gravel save the town from zombies, corporate demolition,"
"the freecycling experiment entirely. In the second season, the client is Evergreen, a nonprofit organization in charge of the Brick Works project, a massive restoration project eight years in the making. Representing them is Martin Leifhebber, their architect, and Matthew Cohen, their senior project manager. In the third season, the client is Darcy MacDonnell, the general manager of some of the fanciest restaurants in Toronto. In addition to the incredible pressure of finishing the renovation to his standards, he also wants the restaurant to be ready for opening night, and wants his new restaurant's first impression to be a good"
"of the series and sold it to Cartoon Network. Wareheim played ""The Mayor,"" an official who always managed to destroy Tom's well-intentioned plans often along with the entire town as well. In 2006, Adult Swim greenlit ""Tim & Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!"" and before the end of the year episodes were produced. It was created by and starred Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim, and premiered February 11, 2007 on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim comedy block and ran until May 2010. The program features surrealistic and often satirical humor (at points anti-humor), public-access television-style performances, bizarre faux-commercials, and kitsch editing"
"contractor, while his mother is a housewife. Kevin also has an older brother, Wayne, and an older sister, Karen. Two of Kevin's friends and neighbors are prominently featured throughout the series: his best friend, Paul Pfeiffer, and his crush-turned-girlfriend Gwendolyn ""Winnie"" Cooper. Storylines are told through Kevin's reflections as an adult in his mid-30s, voiced by narrator Daniel Stern. In the pilot episode, Winnie's older brother Brian, whom Kevin admires, is killed in action in Vietnam in 1968. Kevin meets Winnie in a nearby wooded area called Harpers Woods. This unsaid relationship between Winnie and Kevin remains dormant for a"
"up the pieces and rebuilding after a disaster, or coming to the rescue on a remodel gone wrong, the Operation Build team gets the job done. Operation Build Operation Build is an American reality television home improvement series hosted by Alexi Panos with costars Andrew Dan-Jumbo, and Alena Capra. It first premiered on History Channel in November 2014. As of 2018 the show's site is on A&E television. Operation Build travels all over the country discovering home improvement concepts in renovations, remodels, and do-it-yourself projects. Part History, part reality, part building technology; each episode has a project objective. Panos and"
"and pull strings to suspend his housing operation. In retaliation, Jack buys the majority stock to Bushwood from Ty and turns it into an amusement park. Chandler, incensed at the thought of a mere ""nouveau-riche"" individual getting the better of him, hires Captain Tom Everett (Dan Aykroyd) (who code-names Chandler “Mrs. Esterhaus”), a shell-shocked mercenary operating out of a lunch wagon, to ""discourage"" Jack from building any more structures on Bushwood property. The bumbling Everett decides to use explosive golf balls to do this. Meanwhile, Chandler uses his lawyers and connections to shut down Jack's housing construction site. Webb suggests"
"owner Cleveland and his wife Loretta (later Donna); paraplegic police officer Joe, his wife Bonnie, their son Kevin and their baby daughter Susie; neurotic Jewish pharmacist Mort, his wife Muriel, and their geeky and annoying son Neil; and elderly child molester Herbert. TV news anchors Tom Tucker and Diane Simmons, Asian reporter Tricia Takanawa, and ""Blaccu-Weather"" meteorologist Ollie Williams also make frequent appearances. Actors Adam West and James Woods guest star as themselves in various episodes. The primary setting of ""Family Guy"" is Quahog ( [pron. ko-hog or kwo-hog]), a fictional district of Providence, Rhode Island that was founded by"
"introduces Bohannon to the ""cut crew"" - the men who dig the trail for the rails to be laid in - which is predominantly black. In a nearby river, the idealistic Reverend Cole (Tom Noonan) baptizes a young Native American, Joseph Black Moon (Eddie Spears). Afterward, the two ride into the Hell on Wheels camp, to set up their church. Deep in the Nebraska Territory, surveyor Robert Bell (Robert Moloney) plots the railroad's path, with a small surveying team that includes his wife, Lily (Dominique McElligott). Robert urges Lily to return to Chicago, as they are entering hostile Cheyenne territory,"
"corrupt detectives in Gordon's unit. Nestor Carbonell appears as Anthony Garcia, the mayor of Gotham. Ng Chin Han portrays Lau, a corrupt Chinese LSI Holdings accountant Triad boss. Eric Roberts plays Sal Maroni, an Italian mafia boss who takes over Carmine Falcone's mob, and Ritchie Coster portrays the Chechen, a Chechen mafia boss in charge of drug-trafficking for the mob. Anthony Michael Hall appears as Mike Engel, a Gotham Cable News reporter, and Keith Szarabajka portrays Gerard Stephens, a detective in Gordon's unit. Joshua Harto plays Coleman Reese, an M&A law accountant at Wayne Enterprises who deduces Bruce's persona of"
"in the six seasons of the show that have been broadcast so far, including several of Gunther's landlords, his boss Roger Slacks, his neighbor, a rival TV host Rusty Trees, a country western singer named Tex LeBeauf, Jake of ""Jake's Mind Repair"", an emergency guest host, a grave digger named Mr. Rule, an Italian movie zombie, a UFO Expert, a giant red rabbit named Rapjack Rabbit, Gunther's Aunt Ertha, Gunther's Aunt Bertha, and a ghost named Lester Jenkins. Gunther Dedmund also likes to bring in special guest hosts that have included Ol’ Flick a classic Wichita, KS. TV host (Jim"
"December 2014, Spike ordered a third season of ""Catch a Contractor"", the first episode of which aired on June 21, 2015 and premiered to 748,000 viewers. Internationally, the series premiered in Australia on A&E on September 22, 2015, and has since been syndicated in the Middle East and Canada. On May 1, 2016, Carolla confirmed via his verified Twitter account that ""Catch a Contractor"" would not return. In May 2013, ""Catch a Contractor"" performed a repair at the home of Rochelle Kirk and Scott Waters of Covina, California, whose bathroom had been torn apart and abandoned by a scheming contractor."
"the plumber Don Santry (Tom Berenger) start dating each other in the preceding episode, ""The Guy Can't Help It"" (1993). Meanwhile in that episode, Sam faces up to his sexual addiction and begins to attend group therapy. Norm Peterson (George Wendt) is still semi-unemployed. Cliff Clavin (John Ratzenberger) is still a postal carrier living with his mother. The episode ran for 98 minutes, including commercials, when it was originally broadcast. This episode was rebroadcast on August 19, 1993, but was trimmed to 90 minutes. In syndicated and online reruns, this episode was split into three parts, but the DVD release"
"adults and promote the use of Vyvanse for the treatment of adult ADHD. He has been criticized for promoting the use of ADHD medications such as Adderall without disclosing his sponsorship. He also appeared on TV with Russell Barkley. Ty Pennington Tygert Burton ""Ty"" Pennington (born Gary Tygert Burton; October 19, 1964) is an American television host, artist, carpenter, author, philanthropist, and former model and actor. His rise to prominence began with his role as carpenter on the TLC home improvement reality show ""Trading Spaces"" (2000–2003), and most notably for his work as host of the critically acclaimed ABC reality"
"to celebrate the acquisition of a $50,000 Van Brocklin painting. Moe struggles with the pipes in the basement while Shemp manages to trap himself inside a maze of pipes in the bathroom. Larry is assigned to finding the water cutoff and proceeds to dig up most of the lawn in an attempt to turn off the water. Shemp later surmises that the pipes fail to work properly because they are ""clogged up with wires"". Shemp and Moe proceed to remove the electrical system from the pipes and connect a water pipe to the freshly available pipe. The cook (Dudley Dickerson),"