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Watch Steve Buscemi's NY-Centric Park Bench Talk Show
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Jen Carlson
Published May 15, 2014
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Steve Buscemi has finally bent to the demands of the public and is ready to give us more Steve Buscemi. His new talk show, or as he calls it: "talking show," is called Park Bench and it premieres today on AOL. The show has Buscemi sitting on (classic wooden) park benches around NYC, hosting chats with the likes of Rosie Perez, Mayor de Blasio, Rosanne Cash, Michael Shannon, and more.
There are four episodes available starting today, with four more coming June 12th, and four more on July 10th. Watch the first one here, and here's the trailer:
The show is part of AOL's effort to get into the original series game—they ordered 10-minute episode shows from Buscemi, James Franco, and Zoe Saldana.
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Jen Carlson is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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