Explore the social and professional lives of some of Brooklyn’s most sought after and influential personalities- from up and coming hip-hop artists to internationally known DJs to one of RocNation's protégé's.
A deep dive into the underbelly of the Prohibition era, which was characterized as much by jazz, illegal booze and female liberation as it was by gangsters and brutality.
Maddie Moate explores unique homes across the globe which reflect their owners’ personalities, passions and philosophies for life. These visionaries dared to dream, build, and live differently, challenging the way we see home.
Ed Edmunds has been scaring people since he was a teenager. He parlayed his interest in science fiction and his artistic skills into a mask-making business before he graduated high school, which led to the creation of his Colorado-based company, Distortions Unlimited. That was more than two decades ago, and today the company is world-renowned in the monster and creature animatronics industry. "Making Monsters" spotlights the work done at Distortions Unlimited, which Ed co-owns with his wife, Marsha, who handles client relations and sales, among other duties. Ed works closely alongside Jordu Schell, a veteran monster-maker whose work has been seen in films such as "Avatar." Together, the Distortions Unlimited crew creates lifelike creatures that populate haunted houses, Halloween stores and other fright attractions.
With her days of all-out partying on "Jersey Shore" over, reality TV star Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi is fashioning a different sort of entrepreneurship in the Garden State. Her interest in interior design has spawned a business partnership with husband Jionni Lavalle. Along with help from family and close friends, the couple buy Jersey Shore homes, renovate them from top to bottom, and then negotiate flips. Each episode focuses on a different area of the property -- from the bedrooms to bathrooms, kitchen, basement, backyard and more -- and feature Nicole's inexpensive design touches and Jionni's contracting/building skills. With their own money and reputations on the line, the dynamic duo does what it takes to complete the project on budget and flip a profit.
Platinum Hit is a reality competition series on Bravo launched in 2011 in which 12 singer-songwriters compete through innovative songwriting challenges that will test their creativity, patience and drive. The series was created and produced by Evan Bogart. Every episode features a different topic from a dance track to a love ballad, that require the contestants to write and perform lyrics from a multiple of genres, for a cash prize of $100,000, a publishing deal with songwriting collective The Writing Camp, and a recording deal with RCA/Jive label. The title was won by Sonyae Elise.
The show was originally to be entitled Hitmakers and was later changed to Going Platinum before settling on its present title.
In the new series, SUPER FACTORIES, viewers will be taken inside of the world’s smartest, biggest and most cutting-edge factories to get a behind-the-scenes look at the many unique products they manufacture at baffling speeds with astonishing efficiency and precision. From the big and the mighty machines that push boundaries to create things like the McLaren supercar and Tesla batteries, to the useful products that make everyday life go round, such as the inner workings of UPS and the journey of Amazon parcels, SUPER FACTORIES spotlights the factories that make our world what it is today.
Pushing her rough 'n' tough crew, arguing with her family, wrangling with city officials and dealing with the usual litany of old house headaches, Nicole Curtis brings historic houses in Detroit and Minneapolis back to life.
Trailblazers is a television series presented by Kara Miller and first aired in October 2007 on the Community Channel. Trailblazers is a celebration, for Black History Month, of people of colour who have achieved extraordinary things. The four interviewees are performing at the highest level in their chosen fields.
What if we were to look to our primate predecessors to understand human interaction and social dynamics? Not only do we share 98% of our genetic code with our ape relatives, we also share the same inherent basic instincts. Presented by actor Peter Elliot, this revealing, often comic series explores our battles for power, territory, sex and allegiance with that of our monkey cousins.
Follow husband and wife tiny home builder duo, Tyson and Michelle Spiess as together with Michelle's two brothers and their wives they run the country's premier, high-end tiny home building company. In each episode we'll see a tiny home built from start to finish as this team works to fit every single client wish item into a space suited to travel anywhere.
“The American Farm” is an authentic portrait of the fight to go from seed to stalk, and from farm to fork. The HISTORY series presents an up-close look at one full year of family farming, told through an unprecedented year on the ground, capturing breathtaking visuals, private moments and personal interviews.
Abdullah Saeed and two VICE co-workers go on epic journeys of exploration and self-discovery in forgotten corners of the world. What could possibly go wrong?
Are ghosts and demons dwelling among us? The Fourman Brothers, a family of paranormal investigators, investigate four hauntings, including a demonic entity, a murderous specter, a dangerous force, and a dark presence in this documentary series.