This Old House: The Rare Home-Improvement Show That Spotlights Skilled Workers

Now in its 40th season, the PBS home-improvement show This Old House feels like the TV equivalent of New England clam chowder: hearty, wholesome, and old-school. Every program on HGTV arguably owes its existence to This Old House, which first turned home renovation and real estate into television. These newer programs often unfold like reality TV–esque hero’s journeys, with the hosts figuring as creative geniuses who marshal old or otherwise sad houses through a rapid-fire rehabilitation and beautification process.

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