My fellow "Sell This House" fans, addicts, are freaked out that our show wasn't on today, and for the first time ever, looked up, joined, the AE community to see what is happening.
All my close pals, (and their husbands, as did mine until he died), LOVE "SELL THIS HOUSE", have been hooked since we discovered years ago, and fear now that it is being replaced, taken off due to Roger Hazard leaving???
We tune in early every Sat. am, (on T.V.'s in every room if we are doing our usual Sat. projects around the house, even if reruns). It has not been easy finding our bickering, so talented, funny FRIENDS, with all the schedule changes, LIKE TODAY, WHAT A DISSAPOINTMENT!!! As always, no matter how late we were out, up, I set my alarm for "sell this house" as today, needing much more sleep, to wake to yet more reruns of the "Armando" show. Yep, we have watched his shows, only because he was on after "Sell This House". "Armando's" flip this house is OK, though trite, he's such a conspicuous self promoter, all over T.V., it seems, must be a very inexpensive "fill" show for networks to purchase? Doesn't hold a candle to "STH".
We will really miss Roger if he is off the show, so talented, funny. If he is a co-producer of "STH", whoever is, (are), the producer(s), IT WILL BE A TERRIBLE LOSS TO US IF THE SHOW IS TAKEN OFF DUE TO ROGER'S ABSENCE. Tanya of course, is a great designer herself, (though her "part" clearly to be Roger's silly heavy lifter). No offense to Roger, but there are many witty male designers, stagers, with whom Tanya could make just as good a show. Especially with help from Roger who must, (despite his other projects), realize this show is, and can still be a moneymaker, and of course will give us back our show, WE PLEAD.
As with many others, we find the very contrived "Charlie", big mouthed personna, just obnoxious, though the show is good with Tanya & Roger at least. Roger didn't, doesn't need another "foil" partner with yelling & phony outbursts to try to make this already fabulous show, into yet another phony, "Jerry Springer" type of reality show. YCH, I just walk out or mute the "Charlie v. Roger" crap which ONLY DETRACTS FROM THE ALREADY DRAMATIC, HIGH PRESSURE, HYSTERICAL, AND UNBELIEVABLY, SO HELPFUL, "DECORATING", STAGING SHOW, WE EVEN LEARN GREAT TIPS FROM.
Whoever thought this show needed the "Charlie character" to make this show worth watching, IS SOOOOO WRONG. HE IS ONLY A REMINDER TO US, MANY, WHO HAVE HAD THE TYPICAL MISERY OF HAVING TO DEAL WITH A BELLIGERENT, RUDE, TANTRUM THROWING, REAL CONTRACTOR. HE MAKES MY STOMACH HURT! AND WON'T WATCH IF THIS IS THE WAY IT'S GONNA BE!
Please producers of "STH", AETV, realize that the pioneering "Reality" show, "STH", has all the DRAMA, EXCITEMENT, funny and disgusting aspects of humanity, from FILTH, to tragedy, then finally "self awareness", most artful, creative success, bailing people out, saving them through most inexpensive fabulous design!........AS THE AUDIENCE GASPS AT THE MANY TIMES DIRTY, OBVIOUSLY UGLY, DISGUSTING HOMES these folk think, obliviously, should sell for top dollar!!! We just ache, and laugh, for/at the clients having to suffer through all the insults with their first open house videos, making me cringe as don't have much use of my arms, & back, (though able bodied friends feel the same), and I would be equally hummilliated to these homeowners, (most anyway), with the mess I have around due to physical limitations.
HOW I WISH TANIA AND ROGER WOULD COME HELP ME, ORGANIZE, DESIGN, REDO, MY HOUSE FOR MY PAINFUL DISABILITIES, WOULD BE A LIFESAVER! NEVERTHELESS, THIS WITTY, LOL, CREATIVE, EMOTION PROVOKING, WONDERFUL SHOW, IS AS WELL, (THE IMPOSSIBLE LIKELY THOUGHT IN PRODUCTION, BOARD MEETINGS), A REAL PUBLIC SERVICE!!! SURELY TANIA AND ROGER HAVE HELPED THOUSANDS TO SELL, UPGRADE THEIR HOMES, EVEN BETTER, FOR SO LITTLE $$$, AS THEY HAVE WITH US!!!
THIS SHOW SHOULD BE, SHOULD HAVE BEEN ON PRIMETIME ALL THESE YEARS, IS ALWAYS "FRESH", AND OF COURSE THE INSPIRATION FOR "HGTV", ALL THOSE SHOWS, WITH NONE AS GOOD, OR CREATIVE (ON A TIGHT BUDGET NO LESS), AS "SELL THIS HOUSE"! AND I WAS AN INTERIOR DESGINER! WAY AHEAD OF THEIR TIME, NEEDS TO BE IN PRIMETIME AETV!!!
We just cannot bear most of your shows, AETV, that seem so desperate, appealing to the lowest common denominator. We cannot believe there are audiences for "Hoggers", storage shows et. al., or "Bounty Hunters". Nobody we know watches these, or the exterminator, and our kids think they are crap as well.
PLEASE KEEP "SELL THIS HOUSE", AND "STH EXTREME" IF "CHARLIE" TONES IT WAY DOWN, AND PUT THE ORIGINAL ON PRIMETIME!!! YOU ALL AT AETV MUST HAVE YOUR PRIORITIES MESSED UP, WITH THOSE IN CHARGE OF PROGRAMMING FRESH OUT OF REHAB, JAIL, HIGH SCHOOL. OR THEY'RE SO "EFFETE", SPOILED, WEALTHY, IT'S A NOVELTY FOR THEM TO "ESCAPE" INTO SHOWS ABOUT LOWLIFE'S FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE TRACKS, THE "REAL WORLD" FOLK TRY TO ESCAPE.
I have never written to, or signed up to do, any network, about any TV show so obviously this HIGH QUALITY, (talent, concept), PROGRAM means so much to me, my friends. WE DO NOT WANT TO LOSE THIS GREAT, INNOVATIVE, TRAILBLAZING, SHOULD BE ON PRIMETIME, SHOW, EVEN IF ROGER LEAVES. PERHAPS HE WOULD STAY IF RECOGNIZED, PUT ON PRIME TIME, AND GIVEN A PRIMETIME BUDGET.....AS WITH THE "IMMITATORS" OUT THERE NOW!
Please forgive my emotional verbosity, and indeed do offer myself, my house for any makeover by Tania & Roger!! Thanks!
