Daily Archives: October 23, 2008

Lisa Ling visits Foreclosure Alley



KCET Los Angeles presents SoCal Connected, a new hard-hitting prime-time weekly television news program that examines the issues and people of Southern California. The program features a repertory company of some of the best broadcast journalists in Southern California, including contributors Lisa Ling, Judy Muller, and Patt Morrison.

SoCal Connected debuts with an unsettling look at the biggest issue in Southern California and the nation today-the economy. Lisa Ling (ABC, CNN, Nat Geo) looks at foreclosure from a different point of view-from the people left behind. For the past few years, the Inland Empire has been one of the fastest growing counties in the state of California. But now the Inland Empire is pretty much the poster child for the foreclosure crisis.

Look for Lisa Ling’s part in the debut of SoCal Connected.

Lisa Ling visits Foreclosure Alley

Vik Sahay on Chuck

Vik Sahay had a supporting role on “Chuck” this week. In the episode entitled “Chuck vs. The Cougars” (Season 2 Episode 4), Vik Sahay plays Lester Patel. His character is involved in a subplot where Michael “Big Mike” Turner, the boss at Buy More, goes on a fishing trip, and puts Lester in charge. Lester’s first act is to institutes a new price policy – bargain until you get a price you like. See what happens to Lester on Chuck.

It’s great to see that there are Asian Americans in the world of Chuck. We wrote about Julia Ling on Chuck a few weeks back.

Vik Sahay on Chuck

Jeannie Mai hosts Dude, Where’s Your Style?

Dude, Where’s Your Style? is a Style Special airing on The Style Network. In this show, a frustrated girlfriend turns to Jeannie Mai in order revamp her boyfriends lazy, frat boy look in time to meet her judgmental best friend. (You may recognize Jeannie Mai from StirTV.)


Jeannie Mai hosts Dude, Where’s Your Style?

UPDATE:

Dude, Where’s Your Style? Episode 1 part 1

Dude, Where’s Your Style? Episode 1 part 2

Asian Americans on House

We spotted a bunch of Asian Americans in last week’s episode of House entitled Birthmarks (Season 5 episode 4). Besides Dr. Kutner played by Kal Penn, you can see :

Samantha Quan as Nicole

Ho-Kwan Tse as Fang Dong Wen

Raymond Ma as Wu Zheng

Esther Kwan as Wu An Lan

Here’s a short recap

When House receives word that his father has passed away, he brushes off the news and dismisses the idea of going to the funeral. However, he is soon coerced into going despite his strongest protests. Back at Princeton-Plainsboro, the team encounters the case of a young woman adopted by American parents who collapsed while in China looking for her birth parents. With House en route to his father’s funeral, he must work with the team to diagnose the woman via cell phone while on the road. The team runs through possible diagnoses and various genetic disorders, but when House’s phone dies, the team must decipher what House was trying to tell th.em before the girl’s condition deteriorates. Meanwhile, the back story of how House and Wilson met for the first time is revealed in the “Birthmarks” episode of HOUSE

Asian Americans on House