This could be hilarious. A new show, "Hollywood Residential," premieres on the Starz channel tonight at 10:30 p.m. ET/PT. It’s a semi-scripted spoof (think "Curb Your Enthusiasm") that skewers all parties equally: home improvement shows, struggling actors-turned-contractors, celebrities wanting to get their houses worked on for free (trying to get something, anything for free). Guest…
We first met this wonderful couple — Vern and Deb Jahnke — earlier this year when they gave me a tour of their Claremont home for a Pardon Our Dust feature. You can see photos of their very green home and read their inspiring story. Now you can also see the gorgeous home, which rose…
As I was posting the latest casting call from Pie Town Productions for another new reality home show, I began to wonder: Is participating in one of these shows really a good thing? If you or someone you know has been on a reality home show, please let us know what we might be in…
Here’s a casting call from Pie Town Productions: Pie Town Productions is currently casting fun and energetic homeowners for an exciting new HGTV series, called Rate My Space. Rate My Space is based on a popular online community for do-it-yourself home designers, on www.hgtv.com. It’s a website where people go to share photos of the…
So the Hollywood writers’ strike is on and we’ve all to do our part, fill in the gap, step up to the plate, pull up our bootstraps and all the other clichés that pop up when there are no real writers on the job. Some of us on the Pardon Our Dust Blog have come…
TV and film writers may decide to strike, and if they do, I’d like to do my part by coming up with ideas for new home shows. Here are new home shows I’d like to see: • Contractors’ Challenge: This show would be like Designers’ Challenge, but with contractors. I mean, it’s finding a contractor…
From the HGTV website: HGTV’s "Over Your Head" with host Eric Stromer is again looking for Southern California homeowners who’ve abandoned their remodeling projects and need expert help to finish the job! Did you truly believe you could work magic with a hammer and a drill — but now your unfinished bathroom or patio looks…
Are home improvement TV shows really helpful? Or are they just content wrapped around commercials? AOL has put together a list of its 17 most useful home improvement TV shows: Take Home Handyman (TLC), Dream House (HGTV), What’s With That House? (HGTV), Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (ABC), Flipping Out (Bravo), Toolbelt Diva (DIY), House Hunters…
I quite enjoyed watching Jeff Lewis, the narcissistic host of Bravo’s new home improvement show, Flipping Out. Sure, he’s obsessive compulsive. And self-important. And a jerk. But I felt for the guy. He’s going to therapy for goodness sake. He does scream therapy. He’s trying! That’s how I think. But I’ve lived in California my…
Not enough drama in your own remodel? Bravo’s new show, Flipping Out, will fill in the gap. The show premieres Tuesday and “follows the antics of one of Los Angeles’ most colorful real estate speculators, Jeff Lewis,” the website says. “It takes a special kind of personality to handle flipping six multimillion-dollar houses at one…