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November 20, 2007
Reality On TLC
I love reality TV and TLC offers a lot of it. Below, I have listed the shows I watch, plus one that I will no longer be watching.
I can hardly wait for the premier of London Ink. If you have watched Miami Ink, you know this show is about a tattoo shop and the guys who run it. I don’t have any tattoos, but I love watching other people get them. It takes a lot of talent and is another form of art.
Little People, Big World is a show for the entire family. It’s about the Roloff family. The mom and dad of the Roloff family are dwarfs and one of their sons is also a dwarf. He has a twin brother who is average height plus another brother and sister of average height. This show demonstrates how people who have dwarfism have to do things differently than people of average height. We think nothing of hopping into a minivan or SUV, but for them, each event has to be thought out.
Another wonderful show for the entire family is Jon & Kate plus 8. Kate (the mom) could not get pregnant so she tried fertility drugs. She got pregnant with twins. After that, they wanted another child so she took fertility drugs again and got pregnant with 6 babies! This show documents their lives with eight children. This is my favorite show on The Learning Channel, so I hope they keep filming this family. Jon and Kate are both wonderful people and their children are so endearing, I don’t see how anyone could not like this show.
Flip That House shows what happens when someone buys a house and wants to remodel or “flip” it in order to gain more money. It is very interesting to see the strategies these people use in order to flip a house and make a buck. I don’t think I would ever be brave enough to gut my whole kitchen or bathroom in order to get newer things. I think I would go crazy during the process!
Now that I have mentioned some good shows on TLC, let me point out one that has become a MAJOR disappointment; Trading Spaces. I have faithfully watched this show for years, but that is now coming to an end. Although some of the “old” people are still there (three designers: Frank, Laurie, and Laura & one carpenter: Faber), they have two new carpenters and two new designers. This would be okay if the new people had a shred of decency, but they don’t. In the season opener, one of the carpenter’s, Brandon, slowly takes his shirt off as if he’s stripping. Then he continues to walk around the set without a shirt; without a shirt and sunglasses. He wears the sunglasses indoors. Now, we all know how well one can see indoors wearing sunglasses. Brandon is a big fan of his own body; I am not! One of the designer’s, Lauren, likes to show off her triple D breasts. She only wears shirts that barely cover her nipples and you better be sitting down when she bends over! The entire show seems fake and “staged” now. I know things were staged before, but not to this degree. They have really gone overboard with setting dialogue up before the camera rolls. This is one show that is not so much reality TV any longer. I guess they are trying to appeal to younger viewers, however they just lost me!
Posted by tami at November 20, 2007 11:47 AM
Comments
I am a TLC adict! I love the shows on there. Starting with Trading Spaces. I liked the other one too...um....about organizing your stuff...dang it! I forgot the name of it! Anyway I like the tattoo shows also. They do such great work!
Posted by: deanna at November 20, 2007 1:54 PM
Clean Sweep! I cannot get enough of that show!! I wish they had new ones!
Posted by: Tami at November 20, 2007 2:16 PM
GOOD NEWS! This per CNN.com --
NEW YORK (AP) -- Paige Davis is moving back to TLC's "Trading Spaces."
Paige Davis hosted "Trading Spaces" from 2001 to 2005. She's returning to the show in January.
The Broadway actress and TV host will return to the once-popular home makeover series beginning in January, the network said in a statement Thursday.
In 2005, TLC announced Davis would no longer host "Trading Spaces" and transitioned the series to a host-less format.
Davis had perkily hosted the show, which features neighbors swapping homes and redecorating a room, since 2001. Besides "Trading Spaces," she's also appeared on Broadway in the musicals "Beauty and the Beast" and "Chicago."
"Trading Spaces" will now be produced by A. Smith & Co. Productions, the TV production company responsible for Fox's "Hell's Kitchen" and "Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares."
The series was formerly produced by Philadelphia-based Banyan Productions.
The new season begins shooting this month and will be filmed entirely in high-definition. Designers Doug Wilson, Laurie Hickson-Smith, Frank Bielec and Hildi Santo-Thomas will also return to the show, alongside carpenters and other designers to be announced later.
Posted by: gw at November 20, 2007 11:34 PM
This is great news! Doug & Hildi aren't even on there now.
Posted by: Tami at November 20, 2007 11:39 PM