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Can't wait to see more NEW episodes of Craft Lab, Knitty Gritty and other craft shows! Seems to be all re-runs, here's my plea for new episodes :)

Posted by claudine hellmuth – May 29, 2008 3:15 PM

Hi, not only is it the scheduling times, it is the LACK of craft shows........in the beginning, I was thrilled with the variety of shows you had dealing with crafts.....now all I see is pimp my house or something about how to sell your house or how it was when I first had my home...........come on, bring back some sewing shows and general useful crafting shows...........

Posted by Carol – June 1, 2008 9:42 AM

I am so disappointed with HGTV scheduling of craft shows of late. Who is going to get up at 5:30 in the morning to watch a craft show. I've worked for 35 years and and now am retiring 6/30/08. I was so looking forward to watching crafts on HGTV but I'm not getting up at 5:30 am to watch anything. I've been a loyal fan of HGTV's crafting shows since 1994. I am sick to death of real estate shows and how to sell my house or what is it worth! Please bring back crafts at a decent viewing hour.

Posted by Paulette Kendrick – June 2, 2008 12:20 PM

I too am disappointed in the scheduling at HGTV. Along with the lack of Crafting programming, I miss the antiques, and of course gardening. I now set my recorder so I can watch Gardening by the Yard because it comes on at 4 am in my area. So disappointing. In case no one has heard your home isn't what it was worth 6 months ago, so please eliminate that show.....please!

Posted by Jan – June 3, 2008 5:42 PM

Oh, Baby, you just hit a sore spot with me...first walmart takes out the fabric/crafts from our store, where we are 1 1/2 hours from any store that has thread!!! then HGTV takes off all the good shows...I loved the quilting show, then carol Duval..missing Crafters Coast to coast, they keep changing the times...they need to keep all the craft shows together..just like all the Real Estate and house flipping together...what are these people thinking...oh, it must be a MAN that is doing the programing, cuz a woman would be more organized..........just what I told Walmart...they just don't know what they are doing to the people that sew/craft...just remember, the baby boomers are moving up, and they will have tons of time on their hands...and want to watch crafting shows and sit and craft themselves...am I right??????????

Posted by suz – June 5, 2008 11:00 PM

I agree 200 %.... I, too, miss the craft shows and inspiration... jewelry making, knitting, making things, that's what I do for relaxation. Please Bring them all back and put them on when we can watch them. Even my husband, who shoulder surfs, is getting tired of the housing shows...how many times can you watch paint dry...and what's with the Man shows all day on the weekend... He's watching racing and sports...and Cops... Give me back the arts and crafts...

Posted by PML – June 9, 2008 1:09 PM

I was wondering why I could never find a craft show. Instead it's all home improvement, moving up, fixing up for resale. Okay, that's all so last month, and many of them are repeats. Why isn't there any craft shows on the weekends? Has HGTV taken a look at Etsy.com lately? Have they done a search on blogspot to see just how many people are crafting and posting photos and instructions for their projects? There's far more people out there who are likely to take up a craft than there are who are likely to drop $600K on a fixer-upper in California, and put another $100K in cleaning it up and hoping it sells. So why aren't we being entertained?

Posted by Susan Entwistle – June 11, 2008 1:16 PM

I have the same problem. I watched HGTV much more when they had all the craft shows at a decent hour.
Now I hardly watch it at all.
Hope someone at the network it reading these comments and changes the programing.
Bring back our craft shows!

Posted by KH – June 21, 2008 11:08 PM

Well, now Simply Quilts and Carol Duvall have been removed entirely!! It's a shame, and I just don't understand how this network can continue to ignore so many viewers and their wishes.

Posted by Karen – June 30, 2008 4:06 PM

Dear HGTV,

Please bring back the Carol Duvall Show and Simply Quilts - they were my favorite shows on your channel.

Now, there's nothing for me to watch. I don't have a home - just an apartment - and I sure don't have a garden and pool. I am not looking to buy/sell a house and remake my backyard into a luxurious spa, so there's nothing of interest anymore.

HGTV used to be my favorite channel, but I just won't spend my time watching rich people tearing down houses just to make a bigger house for themselves.

Please bring back some of the dear crafting ladies we're grown to love.

Thank you.

Posted by Duabe – July 1, 2008 8:17 AM

Where are all the craft shows going? Now Carol Duvall is gone. She had really great crafters on her show and many crafts looked like quality items. All I see on HGTV now are shows on flipping houses, buying houses... Doesn't anyone there at the station know that many people are undergoing forclosures? Whose buying anyway? Houses are staying on the market well below their original costs. PLEASE BRING BACK OUR CRAFT SHOWS!

Posted by Cynthia – July 3, 2008 7:03 AM

I too am disappointed with the lack of craft shows. I love watching crafting. How many times can I see how to sell, fix or find out what a house is worth? Please think of your original audience. I started watching for the crafting.

Posted by elizabeth – July 6, 2008 8:39 PM

I am so disappointed hgtv has removed all it's craft shows except for those shown at an unreasonable time. We don't need constant shows of houses & remodeling...we need shows for regular people who like to make things...that is what made hgtv great in the beginning. Now it's not great anymore. DirecTV doesn't include DIY on it's normal channel selection. So you have to be rich to get craft shows!!!

Posted by Lee – July 7, 2008 11:35 AM

amen
has anyone told the execs at HGTV & DIY that crafting & especially scrapbooking is a billion dollar industry. Everyone who has commented is right, enough already with the real estate shows. Bring on the crafts & decorating the houses we can't sell!!!

Posted by rita – July 8, 2008 7:28 PM

I feel like HGTV has abandoned the people who made it a viable network. In the beginning they had lots of crafts and gardening shows and we turned to them to watch. Now all they seem to care about is selling houses and buying houses. I have a home and I really don't care about some spoiled rich kids buying a house or what a house costs in Milan. I don't have a lot of spare time to watch TV. As a result I don't spend a lot of time watching HGTV anymore. I can hire any idiot off the street to decorate my house badly, I don't really need instructions from the Design Star winners or the Design on a Dime know-nothings to guide me in that direction.

Posted by Heidi – July 12, 2008 1:39 PM

I too am sick of the HGTV schedlue and lack of craft shows..I really enjoyed Material Girls and Creative Juice and lets not forget the Queen, Carol Duvall. I would love a repeat of Carol at a decent time and please more NEW shows of Creative Juice and B. Original and Material Girls..Are you listening HGTV programmers..

Posted by Barb Mosier – August 18, 2008 10:30 PM