Ask Danny | Ep. 17: Reflecting on 25 years of Today’s Homeowner TV


In this unique “Ask Danny,” Scott Gardner, artistic director for Today’s House owner Tv set, joins me to look back again on 25 many years of producing the exhibit.

I achieved Scott about 26 decades ago when Today’s House owner Television set was however Remodeling Right now, and he was functioning for a community generation firm.
Enjoy this job interview with Scott Gardner to hear much more from him about the show’s history.
Just as our hair and designs have changed over the several years, so has the format of the display. In the early times, there ended up a whole lot of two-part episodes. The exhibit showcased substantial-scale, prolonged assignments from my design firm, so breaking each individual just one up into two episodes manufactured feeling.
These days, we concentration on more compact tasks so we can complete them in a couple of days. That way, our viewers can see the job from start out to finish in every 30-moment episode.

An additional issue that’s modified in excess of the years is the focus on the home-owner. Decades back, you would hardly ever see the homeowner. We centered on the contractors doing the job on the jobs, and I would intermittently pop in to give some clarification on the operate staying carried out.
Now, the home owners operate on every single job, and oftentimes they are what can make the present so entertaining. Observing them correctly comprehensive their assignments conjures up our viewers and provides any person who’s observing the present a sense of “I can do this also!”
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