HGTV has been delighting viewers with shows about home renovations and gardening since 1994.

These shows have stuck around for so long because they’re just too great to part with.

Unfortunately, there have also been many HGTV shows that met the chopping block perhaps a bit too soon.

Genevieve Gorder at event

for many more years.

Since leaving the franchise,life is very different for Harrison.

He’s moved away from Los Angeles, opting for a quieter life with his fiancee in Texas.

Chris Harrison at event

Perhaps a “Designers' Challenge” reboot is just what he needs.

Unfortunately, gardening isn’t for everyone, and the show’s ratings dipped, leading to its cancellation.

But today, James is doing well.

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“I have no disparaging feelings toward HGTV at all.

They were so good to me, they were wonderful.

I still know people there that I respect and admire greatly, and I had a good run.”

Paul James pointing at plants

In an interview withLocale Magazine, she said that she never even intended to end up on television.

But when the opportunity presented itself, I jumped all over it."

Roth already has another ongoing hit HGTV show, “Help!

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In an interview with6sqft, she revealed how she handled designing for television shows.

“To attack home design you have to have a sense of grace and that means listening, kindness.

I believe that truly pays you back,” she said.

Emily Henderson at HGTV event

Because TV isn’t always.”

Women don’t care.

Men like white, or beige.

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Dark beige if they are daring."

The show was filmed totally without script.

Today the ‘reality’ shows are often scripted and planned ahead of time.

Genevieve Gorder with curtains

I am glad I was able to bring fine, but affordable, design to the masses."

It was also shown “in 90 million homes across the country and internationally.”

So not only was it a charming, easy-viewing design show, but it was incredibly successful.

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Curb Appeal

In 1999, HGTV took a step in a different direction with their homeowner how-tos.

Unfortunately, Gidding announced the ending to “Curb Appeal” in a 2014Facebookpost.

Matt Fox and Shari Hiller

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