A housing (TV show) boom
Think television programs about homes and the housing market are suffering along with sellers? Think again. As The New York Times reports today, the two channels best known for housing-related shows -- HGTV and TLC -- are drawing more viewers now than during the boom times:
HGTV’s prime-time schedule — built around the shows “Designed to Sell,” “House Hunters” and “My House Is Worth What?” — now average more than a million viewers every evening.Shows that were hallmarks of the bubble — like “Flip That House” (on TLC) and “Flip This House” (on A&E) — are still around, but have been retooled with less-than-happy endings. The TLC episodes are repeated several times each week and still draw an average of 700,000 viewers a showing.
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Comments
Think of all the other (non) reality TV shows we Americans watch. Were in a perpetual state of disillusionment.
Posted by: Kevin | June 12, 2008 12:19 PM
It's fair to say that the "Flip" series has been relegated to the ranks of "escapist utopian" television.
Posted by: John | June 12, 2008 1:49 PM