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Nancy2 <nancy-dooley@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Nov 15, 1:31 am, Taylor <jaketoranzoszyman...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > On Nov 15, 2:27 am, David <dimla...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > > from variety
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> > > TLC to revamp 'Spaces'
> > > 'Trading' gets its own makeover
> > > By JOSEF ADALIAN
> >
> > > TLC is giving "Trading Spaces" an extreme makeover -- bringing back
> > > former host Paige Davis and enlisting the brains behind "Hell's
> > > Kitchen" to revive a show that was once a ratings powerhouse on
cable.
> >
> > > A. Smith & Co. has replaced current "Trading" production ****ngle
> > > Banyan Prods. as producers of the home redecorating format, which
TLC
> > > plans to relaunch as early as January. Move, along with TLC's recent
> > > purchase of the Miss America franchise, is part of a major overhaul
of
> > > the net being planned by new prexy-G.M. Angela Shapiro-Mathes.
> >
> > > Davis left the show two years ago. Her departure -- along with a
glut
> > > of copycat cable makeover shows -- led to declining ratings for
> > > "Spaces," which at its zenith was the No. 1 cable show on Saturday
> > > nights. One episode even drew 9 million viewers, outdrawing the
major
> > > broadcast nets.
> >
> > > Shapiro-Mathes said reviving "Spaces" has been a priority since she
> > > started at the net earlier this year.
> >
> > > "When you say TLC to anybody, 'Trading Spaces' is still the show
most
> > > people connect with (the network), because it was so huge," she
said.
> >
> > > Exec compared TLC's handling of the franchise to ABC's decision to
> > > maximize exposure for "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" when that
> > > quizzer was red-hot. Cabler tried a variety of brand extensions for
> > > "Spaces" and aired it frequently -- just as rival nets sent in the
> > > clones.
> >
> > > "It was no longer unique, it didn't have a clean format and it
didn't
> > > have a host that said 'Trading Spaces' to the audience,"
> > > Shapiro-Mathes said.
> >
> > > Shapiro-Mathes said her new senior VP of programming, Brant
Pinvidic,
> > > suggested going after Davis, a move that led to bringing in A. Smith
&
> > > Co. -- and parting ways with Banyan.
> >
> > > "They did an incredible job keeping the show on the air for so
long,"
> > > she said, adding that TLC is working with Banyan on other projects.
> >
> > > As for A. Smith & Co., Shapiro-Mathes said the ****ngle has "the
> > > sensibility and the experience" to put a new spin on "Spaces."
> >
> > > Skein will maintain much of its original format. Two teams will
still
> > > perform makeovers on the other's rooms, with a budget of $1,000.
> >
> > > "The big difference will be in the casting," exec producer Arthur
> > > Smith said. "People want to be more vested in the people they're
> > > seeing. The couples may not be next-door neighbors all the time."
> >
> > > Indeed, Smith -- who will exec produce with Kent Weed and Frank
Sinton
> > > -- said the show might now focus on a divorced couple or dueling
> > > mothers-in-law.
> >
> > > "You might have a little more conflict and drama than you had
before,"
> > > Weed said.
> >
> > > That doesn't mean Davis will start calling people donkeys or cursing
> > > them out, a la "Hell's Kitchen" chef Gordon Ramsay.
> >
> > > "We want to protect the things that made the show popular in the
first
> > > place," Smith said. "It'll still be heartwarming."
> >
> > > In addition to Davis, a number of designers are returning to the
> > > skein, including Doug Wilson, Laurie Hickson-Smith, Frank Bielec and
> > > Hildi Santo-Thomas.
> >
> > > "This feels like a great big reunion," Davis said.
> >
> > > After leaving "Spaces," Davis inked a development deal with King
World
> > > Television (now CBS Paramount) and returned to her theater roots,
> > > starring in "Chicago" and "Sweet Charity."
> >
> > > Davis is repped by UTA; A.Smith & Co. by WMA.
> >
> > ZOMG, I'd have a *real* axe to grind w/ Discovery Communications/
> > Banyan Productions. They'd have to pay me a PRETTY penny to come back.
> > Then again, *both* parties have been floundering since their abrupt
> > departure. ;-)
> >
> > God, T.S. is like the 'ER' of unscripted home decorating! Will
> > ANYTHING kill it???!!!- Hide quoted text -
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> The most recent "ick" factor in TS is the new designer Lauren Makk who
> has a HUGE chest, which nearly pops out of her plunging neckline every
> move she makes. It's very distasteful and distracting, to say the
> least, and she seems to wear the same green top with disgusting
> regularity on different episodes. (Not only that, at her TLC website
> bio page, she's wearing it AGAIN!!) Please, execs, buy her an
> appropriate blouse and use some common sense! See her at:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/2dnnvt
>
> N.
Argh. Taggers should all rot in jail. I wonder what she thinks when
somebody comes up and spray paints HER work?
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