Pioneer House (2004– )
"Colonial House" (original title)

Stars:

Jonathon Allen, Julia Friese, Carolyn Heinz

Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Jonathon Allen	...	Lay Preacher's Servant Jonathon Allen

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

tv mini series

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Genres:

Reality-TV

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Details

Official Sites:

PBS [United States]

Country:

UK USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

17 May 2004 (USA)

Also Known As:

Pioneer House

Filming Locations:

Machias, Maine, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Thirteen/WNET Communications Group, Wall to Wall Television

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Referenced in Kathy Griffin Is... Not Nicole Kidman (2005)

User Reviews

A failed experiment

If this show was supposed to have modern folks live and recreate "living" during Colonial times, well, it's a failure on all counts. The people are mostly annoying and don't seem to care about living and becoming their historical roles. The whole set-up is haphazardly enforced. The show makes for dreary viewing.

I'm not a fan of reality shows, like SURVIVOR or BIG BROTHER. So when I heard about this show created by PBS, I thought "This one has potential to be interesting". Well, I thought wrong.

BTW, Oprah was invited to participate for a couple of days. Her appearance was probably thought up by some producer (most likely a friend of Oprah or a friend with a producer of the Oprah show) because they knew the show wasn't working and they needed someone to help keep the whole project from falling apart.