Howard Eason spent 18 years at IBM before making the jump to full-time interior design.
Now the Dunn native, who lives and works in Durham, is competing on the new season of HGTV's "All American Handyman."
Read more about Eason and tune in tonight at 9 p.m. to see how he does.
Hollywood at Home (8pm, HGTV) - Celebrities offer tours of their homes and discuss their personal style. Featured: John Leguizamo, Lara Spencer, Trace Adkins, Evan Lysacek, Paul Shaffer, and Lisa Ling.
The Royal Wedding: The Encore and More (8pm, TLC) - If you were trapped in a mine for the past 36 hours, you can watch memorable moments from the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton. Includes interviews with guests who attended the wedding.
White House Correspondents Dinner (9pm, MSNBC, CSPAN) - Seth Meyers (right, 'Saturday Night Live') headlines the event, which usually features a comedic turn by the president. Journalists are also honored for their work and 18 Washington, D.C. students will receive college scholarships.
Marwencol (11pm, UNC-TV) - An Independent Lens documentary about Mark Hogancamp, a man who seeks recovery in Marwencol -- an incredible 1/6th scale World War II-era town he creates in his backyard -- after a vicious attack leaves him brain damaged and broke. Read more about Hogancamp and Marwencol at the Independent Lens site.
Are you looking to renovate your home to make it more environmentally friendly? Be careful of getting greenwashed.
AT&T U-Verse subscribers woke up this morning with no Food Network and no HGTV.
In fact, thanks to the carriage dispute du jour, AT&T U-Verse subscribers are missing all channels carried by Scripps (including DIY, Cooking, and GAC - Great American Country).
AT&T U-Verse's contract with Scripps expired at 10pm last night and the two companies are currently duking it out. AT&T says Scripps wants too much money, but Scripps says the dispute is over video rights.
Lost finale (8pm, ABC) - The two-hour "Lost" finale repeats, so if you had any DVR issues or weird interruptions last Sunday, this is your do-over. The finale is followed by Jimmy Kimmel's hilarious "Aloha to Lost" special at 10:05. Not sure how they will cram the original 150-minute finale into 125 minutes, but it probably involves time travel.
The Special Relationship (9pm, HBO) - The third of Peter Mogran's Tony Blair movies is one focusing on the former British Prime Minister's friendship with President Bill Clinton (Dennis Quaid). Blair is played once again by Michael Sheen, and Hope Davis plays Hillary Clinton. The action of the movie involves recounting the whole Monica Lewinsky scandal, and according to The Washington Post's Hank Stuever, Davis is fantastic as Hillary. Quaid? Not so much. Stuever calls Quaid "awful" and likens his portrayal to Foghorn Leghorn.
Dear Genevieve (9pm, HGTV) - One of my very favorite shows on HGTV features designer Genevieve Gorder helping viewers with problem rooms in their homes. The kitchen makeovers might be my favorite, but they're all good. Tonight she helps a newlywed couple remodel a bathroom. It's not as boring as I just made it sound.
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HGTV brought Vern Yip to town recently to evaluate snazzy kitchen remodels for their "Bang For Your Buck" series. One of the shows featuring homes from Raleigh and Cary already aired back in February, and another is airing this Friday night.
For each show, an HGTV designer and a local realtor take a look at three remodels and determine which home got the most bang for their buck as far as improving the overall resale value of the property. The designer and the realtor tour and evaluate the remodel without the homeowners present. The homeowners later watch a video of the tour and either bask in the compliments or engage in a one-way quarrel with the designer through the monitor.
Winter Olympics (NBC) - Figure skating, alpine skiing, ski jumping, and skeleton (left), which I have never seen. That will change tonight. Full schedule.
Bang For Your Buck (9:30pm, HGTV) - Designer Vern Yip evaluates three kitchen remodels in Raleigh.
Ricky Gervais Show (9pm, HBO) - The series opener of a podcast-turned-animated series featuring Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant, and Karl Pilkington, who discuss a variety of topics.
The Life and Times of Tim (9:30pm, HBO) - In the season 2 premiere of another HBO animated series, Tim's post-breakup beard interferes with his job. Guest voices tonight include Will Forte and Tony Hale.
Real Time with Bill Maher (10pm, HBO) - Fresh off his big HBO special (filmed in Raleigh), Maher opens season 8 of his political affairs enntertainment show with guests Wanda Sykes, Eliot Spitzer, Seth McFarland, Norah O'Donnell, and Elizabeth Warren.
20/20 (10pm, ABC) - Actor/comedian Jeff Garlin ("Curb Your Enthusiasm") talks about his new book, "My Footprint: Saving the Planet One Pound at a Time."
HGTV home design star Vern Yip checks out kitchen renovations in Raleigh and Cary in tomorrow night's episode of "Bang for Your Buck."
Yip accompanies local realtor Renee Hillman on a tour of three renovations, including a transitional kitchen with a custom stainless steel farmhouse sink, a traditional kitchen with an in-ceiling sound system, and a Spanish-colonial kitchen with exposed wood ceiling beams.
You may recognize Yip from previous stints on "Trading Spaces," "Design Star," and "Deserving Design."
The episode airs at 9:30pm Friday (February 19) on HGTV and will repeat at 12:30am.
If you need some tips on tricking out your house this Halloween, check out HGTV's "Halloween Block Party" special tonight at 8pm.
The show follows three families as they decorate their houses by theme: The Haunted Mansion, Hansel and Gretel, and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. The familes are aided by decorators Michael Russo, Kelley Moore and Eddie Ross.
HGTV will heavily promote "Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF" during the program, and any donations made to UNICEF through the HGTV website starting today through October 31, will be matched by Proctor and Gamble.
