I realize in the grand scheme of things that anything dealing with TV is really not important, so please know I don't take this very seriously....it was just an idea that I thought might spark some debate.
HGTV is often on our television around the Looney Bin, and after watching enough of it, I've come to some conclusions about it's programming. I would say my least favorite show has become "Hidden Potential", mainly because it's so anti-climatic. The basic premise is that a designer shows a family three houses that he/she can completely renovate on the prospective owner's budget.
Whoa....I interrupt this blog to tell you that Jack just stood up on his own...for a whole 6 seconds...whohoo! Maybe we will walk at some point in the future.
Ok, sorry (it's the little things in life right?), back to Hidden Potential...the homes tend to be pretty outdated and the prospective owner's budget pretty large ($400-$600K range). The homes are usually well below the budget so that the designer can spend anywhere from $75-$200K totally gutting the place and bringing it up to date, courtesy of some spiffy software on a computer. So the prospective owner gets to choose from three different houses and thus three different interior redesigns. The audience is informed of their choice, and then the show is over! How crummy is that? I need the closure that comes from seeing the home actually renovated people! Everyone loves before and after! Are you listening HGTV?
My vote for most predictable show (aside from the formulaic but lovable "House Hunters") has become "Buy Me", where home owners fight to sell their prized homes in a struggling housing market. The reason they struggle is because all of them live in la la land where they either 1) don't need a realtor even though 50 gazillion other houses are also on the market in their neighborhood, or 2) are still living in the housing bubble of 2005 and think their homes are worth $100-200K more than what people are paying now, or 3) have creepy collections of items like dolls an figurines that they refuse to put away during open houses. I guess there wouldn't be much of a show if the seller was a reasonable person...reasonable people just make for boring reality television.
"House Hunters" is still one of my favorites, and "What you Get for the Money" is interesting too, although I've noticed no one seems to care about what you can get for $100K....it's all $300K and above!
What about you?
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Let me just say, I didn't even know what HGTV was - but I'm guessing from your post it is Home & Garden TV? We don't have cable. **Yay for Jack Standing - you Go little guy!** Back when we had cable (seems like forever ago), I liked watching decorating shows...but I was starting to get worn out on them.
You know, especially with the writer's strike going on now, there really isn't much on TV. And I agree Kami, the renovation thing gets a little old. I'm trying to read more in my spare time now...wait, what is spare time?
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