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Marvel Comics' "Capwolf and The Howling Commandos" #4 (of 4), now available is written by Stephanie Phillips and illustrated by Carlos Magno, with covers by Ryan Brown, Gary Frank and Declan Shalvey:

"...when 'Captain America' is transformed into a werewolf on the front lines of World War II, he’ll need the help of the 'Howling Commandos'...

"...to take down a band of 'Third Reich' goons who intend to use supernatural forces to turn the tide of battle.

"But can Cap control the skeptical, jaded Commandos when he can barely control himself ?..."

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TLC is returning to its design roots and Zap2it had the exclusive first interview with former "Flipping Out" star, Ryan Brown. He's the face of the network's new home renovation series, "Spouse Vs. The House," premiering Wednesday, May 4 at 10 p.m. Et.

The series gives couples $25,000 and three weeks to renovate three rooms in their home. But, there's a twist. The husband will have to do the entire renovation on his own. 

Meanwhile, the wife will work with Ryan in the "doll's house" where she can redesign a replica of the room she most wanted to renovate. In the big reveal, the couple get to see just how close or far away their visions were.

In Zap2it's exclusive clip from the premiere episode, watch as this hubby struggles with balancing his budget while his mother tries to help out:  

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TLC's return to home design, "Spouse Vs. the House," has a new name and a premiere date: May 4. 

Zap2it was the first to speak with former "Flipping Out" star Ryan Brown about his new series (formerly known as "Mad About the House"), which represents the network's return to home design after making "Trading Spaces" a hit for eight seasons.

The series gives couples three weeks to make over three rooms in their house, but there's a twist.

"The husband gets to do whatever he wants to do to the house in the three weeks that he's there without consulting her," Brown tells Zap2it exclusively.

That doesn't mean the wife frets while her husband has his way with their house. She'll be busy working with Brown in what's called the "doll's house," which is a life-size replica of the room she most wanted to redesign.

"From there, sky's the limit,...

The network that blazed the trail for design shows on TV with "Trading Spaces" is returning to its roots. After numerous shows driven by little people, families with multiple children and personalities like Sarah Palin, Tlc is moving back into the design business with the currently titled "Mad About the House" and a former member of Bravo's "Flipping Out," Ryan Brown, is the face of the network's new series.

"I'm so excited about it, because really Tlc is where it's at," Brown tells Zap2it exclusively. "They're the ones who put decorating shows on the map with 'Trading Spaces.' So, I'm so thrilled and honored to be the first one out the gate with this. I know the Tlc viewers are really going to love the program. It's great."

The new series gives married couples $25,000 and three weeks to make over three rooms in their home and follows the...

I'm going to miss Flipping Out. The series, which features designer Jeff Lewis and his not-so-merry band of employees, wrapped its fourth season last night ("Rock, Paper and the Kitchen Sink") on a high note, with Jeff and Co. flying to New York to attend the opening of the House Beautiful Kitchen of the Year that Jeff had designed in Rockefeller Center. After some back-and-forth with Jenni Pulos about whether or not she was invited or would attend, the entire office gang--including Trace and Sarah--arrived with Jeff in Manhattan to cap off a season of career highs and some interpersonal lows, as Jeff turned out some breathtaking work this season. (I was blown away with the beauty and luscious design of his interiors this year, displaying a confidence and poise that I've come to expect from his work.) While this season was devoid of the sort of headline-grabbing drama that...

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(S04E01) When Jeff Lewis referred to the changes in his business early on in the season premiere of 'Flipping Out,' for a while there it seemed like it was all for the better.

After all, the Ryan Brown smoke screen had been lifted -- a Google search snafu that resulted in business never reaching Jeff because it was diverted to Ryan -- and the job offers were up four times what they'd been before. But enough about the work, what about the baby in the office?

Well, it wasn't Jenni and Jeff's. That much hadn't changed. No, it was Jett's. Between the baby -- an occasional visitor -- and the unruly dogs and willful cats, the Jeff Lewis office was more a variation on last season than a real change.

 

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Wondering just what went down with Flipping Out's Jeff Lewis and Ryan Brown? Or where their relationship stands now following last fall's explosive reunion special? Head over to The Daily Beast, where you can read my latest feature, entitled "Flipping Out's Real-Life Fall-Out," where I talk to Jeff Lewis, Ryan Brown, Jenni Pulos, and Bravo's Andy Cohen about Season Four of Flipping Out, Jeff's now booming design business, and whether television ruined his relationship with Ryan Brown. Were you on Team Jeff or Team Ryan last year? And does the piece change your perspective at all or strengthen your convictions? Head to the comments section to discuss, debate, and analyze. Season Four of Flipping Out begins tomorrow night at 9 pm Et/Pt on Bravo. You can read my advance review of the fourth season premiere here.

Read the full article at Televisionary (http://www.televisionarytv.com).

Bravo's addictive and hysterical reality series Flipping Out returns next month with a whole new season of meltdowns, freak outs, and dirty, dirty... martinis. (Yes, martinis.) I had the chance to watch the Season Four opener of Flipping Out a few days ago and instantly fell back in love with this series, which manages to effortlessly remain one of the most consistently funny and eye-opening reality series on television today. (That it remains off the radar of the majority of viewers is a crime against reality TV that simply cannot stand.) Season Four finds the gang at Jeff Lewis Design grappling with some very different problems than when we last saw them. Longtime viewers will remember that Season Three of Flipping Out focused on the economic downturn and how the global financial crisis wreaked havoc with Jeff's business... and with his relationship with ex-boyfriend and business partner Ryan Brown. Yes,...

Cameras are funny things. They're meant to capture the reality of a moment but there's something inherently artificial about them being there in the first place. Reality television isn't exactly reality as it exists; it's an edited-together version of actual events, threaded together into a cohesive narrative for television. It gives us an image of reality but not the whole picture. The reason I'm bringing this up is that I'm still in shock about last night's dramatic and intensely stressful Flipping Out: Season Three Reunion on Bravo. While the reunion special brought up a number of intriguing (and in some cases hilarious) plot strands from the third season of Flipping Out including "rollover Number Two minutes," Roomba (dubbed a "big bitch" by Zoila), the poisoned bacon, and the status of Valley Oak, the main set piece in the episode was a confrontation between Jeff Lewis and his former business partner Ryan Brown.

At the start of the Flipping Out third-season reunion, Jeff Lewis joked that he was doing the reunion to make himself more favorable to Bravo so the show would get a fourth season, and said, "I want to lose some more friends." That's apparently what eventually happened, as Jeff later had an epic and atypically emotional fight with his friend and former partner Ryan Brown. The reunion was half frivolous, half serious. The first half...

And just like that, Season Three of Flipping Out came to a close last night. Not with a bang but with Jeff walking off of Ryan's property during Chloe's third birthday party, with what seemed like a heavy heart. I already alluded to much of the action in Flipping Out's third season finale ("Baby Boom") via my advance review of the episode, but now that the episode has aired, I can speak a little more freely about what actually went down this week. I do feel for Jeff. Given the recent problems in his relationship with business partner Ryan Brown, Jeff is beset by a swirl of change in his professional and personal life: Ryan and his family might be moving to Santa Barbara, Jeff could be selling his own home, and there's a sort of biological clock ticking over the action, a sound that's all the more loud...

It had to happen, really. The tension between Jeff Lewis and sometimes business partner Ryan Brown has been building all season long and things got more than a little heated on last night's episode of Bravo's addictive reality series Flipping Out ("Irreconcilable Differences"), in which Jeff confronted Ryan about his allegedly "shady" business dealings. The confrontation, which went down in the final minutes of the episode, followed an hour where Jeff pulled some rather telling passive-aggressive maneuvers towards Ryan, disregarding his father's advice to cut the cord between the two but also not quite giving Ryan the opportunity to defend himself against Jeff's silent accusations. Who is at fault? It's really difficult say. Obviously, Flipping Out follows Jeff Lewis around on a daily basis and not Ryan Brown, so it's easy to side with Jeff because it's his perspective that we're seeing here. But let's look at the supposed evidence.

All eyes might be on the Primetime Emmy Award nominations that were released in the wee hours of the morning today (including one for Top Chef) but that doesn't mean I've forgotten about last night's episode of Top Chef Masters ("Miniaturize Me"). On this week's installment, the four newest master chefs--Michael Chiarello, Lachlan Mackinnon-Patterson, Nils Noren, and Rick Moonen--faced off in one of the toughest challenges displayed on the culinary series to date: preparing a three course meal for one hundred foodie guests at a cocktail party. But before that Herculean task, there was the Quickfire Challenge, which this week offered a flashback to Season One of Top Chef and featured guest judges Jeff Lewis, Jenni Pulos, and Ryan Brown of Bravo's Flipping Out. But no Zoila? What's up with that? So how did this week's batch of master chefs perform under pressure in the kitchen? Let's discuss.

Aspiring house-flippers have only one show to look forward to, and that’s Bravo’s Flipping Out, which puts the spotlight on Jeff Lewis, a self-professed real-estate enthusiast who enjoys purchasing homes and making them over for another sale. In fact, he adds a personal touch to every estate he has worked on by emulating a person’s lifestyle through the interiors and exteriors of the homes.

“I'm obsessive about the way I live and work, so when it comes to renovating, I believe in finding the true integrity of a house, then breathing life back into it in a way that connects with a certain type of buyer,” Jeff Lewis says about his brand of work.

Flipping Out follows Jeff Lewis and his crew, composed of interior designer Ryan Brown, executive assistant Jenni Pulos, former trash man turned house manager Chris Elwood, housekeeper Noila Chavez and new assistant Chris Keslar,...