DIY to become Chip and Joanna Gaines TV

Discovery/HGTV is giving Chip and Joanna Gaines their own TV channel. Can they program a whole channel devote to lifestyle television without using the gays? Yes, they have been on HGTV almost non-stop for more than 5 years and haven't had a gay couple on that I have seen. For a long time, they didn't

Discovery/HGTV is giving Chip and Joanna Gaines their own TV channel. Can they program a whole channel devote to lifestyle television without using the gays?

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by Anonymousreply 20April 12, 2019 11:05 PM

Yes, they have been on HGTV almost non-stop for more than 5 years and haven't had a gay couple on that I have seen. For a long time, they didn't have any race diversity either but started having some nice straight mixed couples. Most of the folks on their show seem to come from their church. They say they're not homophobic but you would think that Waco would have at least one gay couple.

by Anonymousreply 2April 10, 2019 9:50 PM

I don’t get it. She’s a one trick pony and HGTV has a slew of couples like these two, so why them?

by Anonymousreply 3April 10, 2019 9:52 PM

it used to be passe to have crap like this around the house but these two have normalized it for the mcmansion set.

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by Anonymousreply 4April 10, 2019 10:01 PM

Off topic, but R4’s pic reminds me of most of the Airbnb rentals I’ve stayed in. Can’t understand why so many hosts have similar tacky taste.

by Anonymousreply 5April 10, 2019 10:08 PM

They've used their show well to develop companies like Magnolia Homes (Construction), Magnolia Real Estate, Magnolia Design, Magnolia Farms, Magnolia Home Products in Target, Magnolia Bakeries, Magnolia Silos.

by Anonymousreply 6April 10, 2019 10:08 PM

I only caught parts of their shows on HGTV before they were unmasked as fundie homophobes but the role of that doofus husband was never really clear to me. What does he do besides being childishly annoying?

by Anonymousreply 8April 10, 2019 10:22 PM

"What does he do besides being childishly annoying?"

His schtick is to ask like a goofy little boy so all the frauen watching get all wet "down there" and then run out and buy whatever shit these two con artists are peddling at the moment.

by Anonymousreply 10April 10, 2019 10:44 PM

I use to almost live on HGTV and I liked Chip and Joanna at first but I quickly got tired of them, I rarely watch HGTV anymore.

by Anonymousreply 11April 10, 2019 10:59 PM

Those stupid inspirational quotes on the wall aside, her sense of design is actually not bad at all and certainly a cut above the usual stuff you see on those HGTV house flipping or reno shows. For instance, she doesn't use cheap Wayfair shit. But, there's something about them that rubbed me the wrong way even before they got outed as bigots. I actually vastly prefer the couple from "Masters of Flip", even though their stuff looks more low rent.

by Anonymousreply 12April 10, 2019 11:29 PM

If you watch their show often enough, you'll begin to see the same pieces of furniture used over and over again. She pulls pieces from her warehouse like a home staging company. You have to have a budget of $X which goes to the production company and basically covers the cost of construction. Then she comes in and redecorates the house. The couples can buy the furniture or not, if not, then she has it removed and hauled back to the warehouse for use on a different show. Most of these shows are like that. The homeowner only gets to keep construction and maybe one or two pieces that were specially built for them.

by Anonymousreply 13April 10, 2019 11:45 PM

I never got their appeal.

by Anonymousreply 14April 10, 2019 11:56 PM

The only way to watch their show is on mute and not pay attention - and then the last 10 minutes of the reveal to put the sound back on. He is beyond annoying and desperately needs to be cleaned up - haircut, beard trim, etc. Their design style has caught on like wild fire. Farmhouse style, ship lap, reclaimed wood, chunky rugs are all the rage and I do find it attractive for the most part. It will be over one day and people will look at it and say "what the hell was I thinking..." much like the Spanish invasion in the early 70's (harvest gold, avocado green, poppy orange, monstrous lamps, chunky dark pine furniture, crushed velvet, Moroccan design linoleum. Design also went thru a big transition in the 1950's - if you watch I Love Lucy it is very apparent. The apartment went from fuddy duddy stodgy, to modern sofa and chair and then eventually when to "Early American" when they got to CT . I was looking for pillows recently and found exactly what I wanted at Pier 1 - it was a Magnolia pillow and was priced at $109. No way. I will keep looking.

by Anonymousreply 15April 10, 2019 11:58 PM

HGTV is one of my go-to channels when I just want something on in the background but as soon as I see them or the Property Brothers I bail. Unfortunately this happens a lot.

by Anonymousreply 16April 11, 2019 12:04 AM

absolutely loathe them...probably as much as they hate me and my husband

by Anonymousreply 17April 12, 2019 10:36 PM

I used to love their show, but agree that everything has started to look the same so the "big reveal" looks pretty much like the last one they did. I would like to see them makeover smaller spaces, like apartments, where knocking down multiple walls and changing front doors aren't an option.

by Anonymousreply 18April 12, 2019 10:42 PM

Can't stand those two one note hack goobers. He seems somewhat retarded and his decorator squaw only knows one style. But they're perfect for the heteros who live in bumfuck towns who actually believe everything they see on reality TV.

by Anonymousreply 19April 12, 2019 11:04 PM

Maybe gay people want no part of Waco Texas

by Anonymousreply 20April 12, 2019 11:05 PM

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