Tune In Tomorrow: USA Network To Air "Over-Under" Filmed In Carroll Gardens

Over/Under filming in Carroll Gardens back in  August 2011

Some of you may remember that in August of 2011, a production company was shooting scenes for a TV pilot entitled Over/Under in Carroll Gardens. One of the locations was Mazzone Hardware on Court Street, which turned into 'Puzzo' Hardware for two days that summer.

The plot of the series centered on Paul (played by Steven Pasquale), a day trader with a gambling problem, who gets fired from his job and moves to Brooklyn with his wife and child. There, he meets Marino (Anthony Carrigan), an expectant father. Together, the two start a high end bookie business.

The script for Over/Under was written by Sheila Callaghan, who set the action in a fictional neighborhood called Kerrigan Gardens, which is based very closely on Carroll Gardens, where Callaghan once lived and hopes to return to one day.

Unfortunately, Over/Under was not picked up as a series, but Callaghan contacted me recently to let me know that the pilot that was shot in August 2011 will air on USA Network as a 2-hour TV movie. It will premiere tomorrow, January 4th, at 10pm.

"I am very proud of the work we did. The neighborhood looks gorgeous, and my actors delivered some fine performances. Just watching it again makes me incredibly homesick. :)" Callaghan told me.

Don't forget to tune in tomorrow at 10 PM, everyone.

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No, Mazzone's Hardware On Court Street Didn't Sell Out To Puzzo's

No, no. Vince Mazzone and his family have not sold out to Puzzo, as the new signs and awning in front of their hardware store would indicate. After all, the Mazzones have operated their hardware store at this location for decades and they aren't going anywhere.

The signage, as Vince explained in an email he sent around yesterday is just a movie prop for a new TV show entitled Over/Under, about a day trader who has a gambling problem. Vince Mazzone writes:

Should you be passing the corner of 4th Place & Court Street at any time on Tuesday or Wednesday (Aug. 30th & 31st) and notice a new outdoor sign on our building and a new family name on the sign - WE ARE NOT SELLING OUR BUSINESS.

On Tuesday, a TV production company will be modifying the look of our store (both inside and outside) for the Wednesday filming of several segments of a new TV series -Over/Under.

On Tuesday we will be open for business-as-usual.

On Wednesday we will be closed for the entire day. We will have staff members positioned outside for customers who may have questions. And as usual, our Paint Center located at 211 Smith Street in Cobble Hill will be open

from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Vincent

Don't scare us like that again, Vince

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