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HGTV: Please cancel this show
HGTV: Please cancel this show.
I find the hosts to be condescending and irritating, more concerned with looking smug on camera than helping the homeowners or the viewing audience with practical advice. They make so many snide asides about the homeowners yet most of the shows I've seen conclude with the house still up for sale even though the homeowner invested thousands of dollars to implement their advice or with the hosts claiming credit for a sale that was made a day after their visit.
How do they make that connection? A) The homeowners have not had time to implement their advice, and B) the show has not even aired on TV.
Also annoying about this show are the "suspenseful" camera cuts and hanging phrases that seem to be more common this year on HGTV. If the host or the real estate expert has an opinion, just say it. We don't need to have the camera cut dramatically from the host or expert to the homeowner.
For example:
Host/expert: The reason your house hasn't sold is....
(Camera cut to homeowners. Homeowners look at each other nervously.)
(Camera cut to host/expert. In the case of Secrets That Sell, the hosts look at each other, as though they alone know the truth and the homeowners are idiots.)
(Camera cut back to homeowners, still looking nervous, clutching their hands, biting their nails.)
(Camera cut back to host/expert, again looking smug.)
... insert some trivial reason.
The other day, they told these two guys that the bold colors they used on their walls and the furniture arrangement indicated they hadn't grown up. Tonight they told a guy that his place was perfectly decorated but was too formal.
There's no consistency to the show. When they have people with too much clutter, they blame the clutter and ask that all of it be removed. When there's no clutter, they call the place formal and uninviting.
Please, HGTV, cancel the show or find more likable hosts.
I find the hosts to be condescending and irritating, more concerned with looking smug on camera than helping the homeowners or the viewing audience with practical advice. They make so many snide asides about the homeowners yet most of the shows I've seen conclude with the house still up for sale even though the homeowner invested thousands of dollars to implement their advice or with the hosts claiming credit for a sale that was made a day after their visit.
How do they make that connection? A) The homeowners have not had time to implement their advice, and B) the show has not even aired on TV.
Also annoying about this show are the "suspenseful" camera cuts and hanging phrases that seem to be more common this year on HGTV. If the host or the real estate expert has an opinion, just say it. We don't need to have the camera cut dramatically from the host or expert to the homeowner.
For example:
Host/expert: The reason your house hasn't sold is....
(Camera cut to homeowners. Homeowners look at each other nervously.)
(Camera cut to host/expert. In the case of Secrets That Sell, the hosts look at each other, as though they alone know the truth and the homeowners are idiots.)
(Camera cut back to homeowners, still looking nervous, clutching their hands, biting their nails.)
(Camera cut back to host/expert, again looking smug.)
... insert some trivial reason.
The other day, they told these two guys that the bold colors they used on their walls and the furniture arrangement indicated they hadn't grown up. Tonight they told a guy that his place was perfectly decorated but was too formal.
There's no consistency to the show. When they have people with too much clutter, they blame the clutter and ask that all of it be removed. When there's no clutter, they call the place formal and uninviting.
Please, HGTV, cancel the show or find more likable hosts.
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- Chicago_TV_Movie
- Dec 25, 2007
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