After over five decades of grooming and exploring his passion for construction and renovation, Steve Thomas still holds sway among the best in the industry. His first official home renovation project was accomplished in 1974 when he revamped a 1920s building. Since then, it has been an interesting journey from one dilapidated home to another. His passion lies in old structures; many of them have tasted his magic hands, including an 1836 Colonial revival in Boston. Steve Thomas became a household name when he replaced Bob Vila as the host of This Old House in 1989. He has since left
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- 4/8/2024
- by Banks Onuoha
- TVovermind.com
An Asmr equivalent — shows like PBS’s This Old House, now hosted by Kevin O’Connor, are the ultimate guilty pleasure for design and home improvement enthusiasts. The first episode of This Old House premiered on February 20, 1979, and was hosted by Bob Vila, introducing viewers to a whole new genre of TV. Founded by Russell Morash, the show is still going strong and is currently on its 45th season, drawing viewers into the exciting world of home improvement. This Old House has won a whopping total of 20 Emmy Awards as well as 92 nominations and is the longest-running
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- 4/8/2024
- by Safwan Azeem
- TVovermind.com
Right off the bat, Bob Vila has inspired home improvement audiences. Growing up with his dad who loved to do things by himself groomed Vila to be resourceful from childhood. Subsequently, he leveraged his hands-on skills to forge a television career. Vila probably didn’t see himself hogging the spotlight for his home improvement skills but his 10-year stint as the host of This Old House made him a household name. At the 49th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards, Bob Vila was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences for his exploits as This
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- 3/30/2024
- by Banks Onuoha
- TVovermind.com
“Is Bob Vila alive” is a valid question asked by fans of the home improvement host who has not been active in the past couple of years. Vila left a lasting impression on television as an exemplary home designer, builder, remodeling expert, and overall handyman. Vila is the original host of This Old House which he anchored from 1979 to 1989. During this time, the legendary builder primed audiences to build or remodel, revealing the intricate step-by-step procedure to carry everyone along. The show also made him a household name. The impact he left on This Old House viewers is
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- 3/29/2024
- by Banks Onuoha
- TVovermind.com
Dabl, a lifestyle-focused multicast network launched last fall by CBS Television Distribution, is expanding via new carriage deals with Comcast Xfinity and Verizon FiOS.
The agreements cover 13 top markets on both platforms (see the full list below), mirroring the places where Dabl (pronounced as “dabble”) already airs on digital spectrum programmed by CBS-owned stations. At the start of this year, CBS said the ad-supported network was cleared in 90% of the country.
In addition to the extra distribution, the network announced four new shows joining its summer lineup: Emeril Live, Instant Gardener, 60 Minute Makeover and Gordon Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares. The last of the group comes to Dabl via a deal with ITV Studios.
“We’re excited to announce the extension of Dabl’s footprint to cable subscribers in top markets,” said Steve LoCascio, COO of CBS Television Distribution. “Dabl’s lineup of lifestyle programs in the food, home improvement,...
The agreements cover 13 top markets on both platforms (see the full list below), mirroring the places where Dabl (pronounced as “dabble”) already airs on digital spectrum programmed by CBS-owned stations. At the start of this year, CBS said the ad-supported network was cleared in 90% of the country.
In addition to the extra distribution, the network announced four new shows joining its summer lineup: Emeril Live, Instant Gardener, 60 Minute Makeover and Gordon Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares. The last of the group comes to Dabl via a deal with ITV Studios.
“We’re excited to announce the extension of Dabl’s footprint to cable subscribers in top markets,” said Steve LoCascio, COO of CBS Television Distribution. “Dabl’s lineup of lifestyle programs in the food, home improvement,...
- 7/23/2020
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
Dabl, an ad-supported, multi-platform lifestyle network launched last September by CBS Television Distribution, is now cleared in 90% of the U.S., the company said Tuesday.
In delivering the status report on the fledgling operation on Day 1 of Natpe, Ctd also said Dabl (as in “dabble”) has acquired more than 400 hours of programming from ITV Studios and all3media. The block includes some titles featuring British chef Gordon Ramsay.
While Dabl is a multicast network airing on the digital spectrum of television stations (including the CBS portfolio), it also recently added cable distribution with Altice USA. The multicast space in general has surged in value in recent years, growing from a fringe realm that was created by the transition to HD TV a generation ago into a more robust business throwing off hundreds of millions in revenue.
“We are thrilled with the growth we have seen in Dabl in just four months,...
In delivering the status report on the fledgling operation on Day 1 of Natpe, Ctd also said Dabl (as in “dabble”) has acquired more than 400 hours of programming from ITV Studios and all3media. The block includes some titles featuring British chef Gordon Ramsay.
While Dabl is a multicast network airing on the digital spectrum of television stations (including the CBS portfolio), it also recently added cable distribution with Altice USA. The multicast space in general has surged in value in recent years, growing from a fringe realm that was created by the transition to HD TV a generation ago into a more robust business throwing off hundreds of millions in revenue.
“We are thrilled with the growth we have seen in Dabl in just four months,...
- 1/21/2020
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
Miami born Bob Vila worked his way into the homes of millions as the hard-working host and blue-collar sex symbol on the long-running home renovation television show 'This Old House.' Bob Vila tooled around on the PBS program alongside master carpenter Norm Abram starting back in 1979 but Vila demoed his involvement a decade later after an endorsement disagreement ... the show was then contracted out to Steve Thomas ... who continue to build the show after that.
- 6/14/2019
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Need to catch up? Check out the previous Outlander recap here.
Both Brianna and Roger make the leap through time in this week’s Outlander, thank goodness. It’s been fun watching Jamie and Claire channel Bob Vila and all, but I’m ready for the Frasers and Rog all to be in one place (and century) so that the joyful reunions, tearful misunderstandings and 18th-century game of telephone* can get underway!
On a related note, this week’s episode brings back two characters we haven’t seen in a while: Frank and Laoghaire. For the first time, particularly in Laoghaire’s case,...
Both Brianna and Roger make the leap through time in this week’s Outlander, thank goodness. It’s been fun watching Jamie and Claire channel Bob Vila and all, but I’m ready for the Frasers and Rog all to be in one place (and century) so that the joyful reunions, tearful misunderstandings and 18th-century game of telephone* can get underway!
On a related note, this week’s episode brings back two characters we haven’t seen in a while: Frank and Laoghaire. For the first time, particularly in Laoghaire’s case,...
- 12/17/2018
- TVLine.com
By Bob Vila's beard! Are you at a loss for what to get your favorite Thor: Ragnarok fan this coming holiday? You are? Well, then you might be interested to know that ThinkGeek has got a mighty good deal going on right now for Marvel's Thor Hammer Tool Set. That's right, now you too can replace those nasty floorboards, tighten up your loose cabinet…...
- 11/19/2018
- by Steve Seigh
- JoBlo.com
Home and Green Living can be viewed for free on FilmOn. The channel is great for those who like do-it-yourself projects, gardening, and those who like home improvement. The channel features popular television series like “Real Green” and Bob Vila-presented television programs. “Real Green” shows its viewers how to live much more in-sync with the natural world and create a smaller carbon footprint while saving some money. Here’s more about “Real Green”: “Real Green” is a nationally-syndicated weekly television series featuring practical advice for living a greener, more sustainable life. We’ll show how you can help save the environment while saving yourself some money as well. We’ll hear from experts, [ Read More ]
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- 1/6/2014
- by monique
- ShockYa
June 17: Actor Peter Lupus (TV's "Mission: Impossible") is 80. Singer Barry Manilow is 69. Comedian Joe Piscopo is 61. Actor Mark Linn-Baker ("Perfect Strangers") is 58. Director Bobby Farrelly ("There's Something About Mary") is 54. Actor Thomas Haden Church ("Sideways," "Wings," "Ned and Stacy") is 51. Actor Greg Kinnear is 49. Actress Kami Cotler ("The Waltons") is 47. Actor Jason Patric is 46. Singer Kevin Thornton of Color Me Badd is 43. Actor-comedian Will Forte ("Saturday Night Live") is 42. Actor-rapper Herculeez of Herculeez and Big Tyme is 29.
June 18: Musician Paul McCartney is 70. Movie critic Roger Ebert is 70. Actress Constance McCashin ("Knots Landing") is 65. Actress Linda Thorson ("The Avengers") is 65. Keyboardist John Evans of The Box Tops is 64. Actress Isabella Rossellini is 60. Actress Carol Kane is 60. Actor Brian Benben ("Private Practice") is 56. Actress Andrea Evans ("The Bold and the Beautiful") is 55. Singer Alison Moyet is 51. Keyboardist Dizzy Reed (Guns N' Roses) is 49. Country singer-guitarist Tim Hunt (Yankee Grey) is...
June 18: Musician Paul McCartney is 70. Movie critic Roger Ebert is 70. Actress Constance McCashin ("Knots Landing") is 65. Actress Linda Thorson ("The Avengers") is 65. Keyboardist John Evans of The Box Tops is 64. Actress Isabella Rossellini is 60. Actress Carol Kane is 60. Actor Brian Benben ("Private Practice") is 56. Actress Andrea Evans ("The Bold and the Beautiful") is 55. Singer Alison Moyet is 51. Keyboardist Dizzy Reed (Guns N' Roses) is 49. Country singer-guitarist Tim Hunt (Yankee Grey) is...
- 6/14/2012
- by AP
- Huffington Post
Good eeeeeeeeevening, boys and ghouls. Last night FX premiered Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk's new thriller American Horror Story, and I think I speak for everyone who watched when I ask, "What the faaaaaaaaalchuk was that?!"
Each week I will be recapping the madness that goes on inside and near the Harmon house, partly in an attempt to make some sense of it myself. But rest assured, dear readers - I am a lifelong horror nut with an advanced degree in Batsh*tology, so if anyone is qualified to give you a tour of this cursed piece of real estate, I'd like to think it's me.
Shall we get this party started?
Just a minute in, and it's already batty as hell...
We kick things off in 1978 with a few sweeping shots of the front of a gorgeous but disused Victorian mansion accompanied by some ominous and familiar strings (if I'm not mistaken,...
Each week I will be recapping the madness that goes on inside and near the Harmon house, partly in an attempt to make some sense of it myself. But rest assured, dear readers - I am a lifelong horror nut with an advanced degree in Batsh*tology, so if anyone is qualified to give you a tour of this cursed piece of real estate, I'd like to think it's me.
Shall we get this party started?
Just a minute in, and it's already batty as hell...
We kick things off in 1978 with a few sweeping shots of the front of a gorgeous but disused Victorian mansion accompanied by some ominous and familiar strings (if I'm not mistaken,...
- 10/6/2011
- by Brian Juergens
- The Backlot
Filed under: TV News
If you miss Bob Vila's home improvement shows ... well, this may not help much. Nevertheless, Robert Van Winkle, better known by his former stage name, Vanilla Ice, is set to teach you the tricks of the trade in a new home improvement show he's hosting for Diy Network, as reported by The Boombox.
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If you miss Bob Vila's home improvement shows ... well, this may not help much. Nevertheless, Robert Van Winkle, better known by his former stage name, Vanilla Ice, is set to teach you the tricks of the trade in a new home improvement show he's hosting for Diy Network, as reported by The Boombox.
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- 8/6/2010
- by Jason Hughes
- Aol TV.
By Ben Collins
David Simon has become famous for creating the type of television that make viewers want to breath inside his detail-heavy landscapes — even if those settings (like his gritty but all-to-real Baltimore streets in "Homicide: Life on the Street" and "The Wire") tend to get bloody and gruesome pretty frequently.
Simon's new show "Treme" (named after the New Orleans neighborhood where most of the action takes place) debuted on HBO with an 80-minute premiere on Sunday night (April 11), and its dedication to those inviting hues is no different. It's about a post-Katrina New Orleans (a title card at the top of the show reads "Three Months After"), and there are full five minute blocks of footage that show characters wading through wrecked houses and their own belongings, now unrecognizable by all the flood damage. But the there's something about it all that makes you want to be there regardless,...
David Simon has become famous for creating the type of television that make viewers want to breath inside his detail-heavy landscapes — even if those settings (like his gritty but all-to-real Baltimore streets in "Homicide: Life on the Street" and "The Wire") tend to get bloody and gruesome pretty frequently.
Simon's new show "Treme" (named after the New Orleans neighborhood where most of the action takes place) debuted on HBO with an 80-minute premiere on Sunday night (April 11), and its dedication to those inviting hues is no different. It's about a post-Katrina New Orleans (a title card at the top of the show reads "Three Months After"), and there are full five minute blocks of footage that show characters wading through wrecked houses and their own belongings, now unrecognizable by all the flood damage. But the there's something about it all that makes you want to be there regardless,...
- 4/12/2010
- by MTV News
- MTV Newsroom
Until the recent economic collapse hit and home values plummeted, “flipping” fixed-up houses had grown from a small movement of handy folks with foresight into a cottage industry. “How-to” guides and home-improvement shows proliferated to the point where it seemed like every other high-numbered cable channel featured it’s own Bob Vila or Norm Abrams. Now, banks are trying to offload foreclosed mortgages by any available means and houses that would have been prime flip fodder have instead become a prime source of copper piping for the locals junkies to steal. This bear market needs a new hero, a Tim Taylor for the current real estate environment. We don’t need some run-of-the-mill home improvement expert with no personality hammerin’ nails or fixing the sink. We need Jimmy Pace: he’s got safety goggles, an empty tool belt and he doesn’t actually know how to fix anything. The bane...
- 3/18/2009
- by Alex Crowley
- Tilzy.tv
After averaging a 0.8 household rating, CBS Television Distribution has cancelled the home improvement syndicated series Bob Vila. This ends a 28-year run for host and renovation expert Bob Vila.
Vila started hosting PBS' This Old House series in 1979 after winning the "Heritage House of 1978" award from Better Homes and Gardens. House instructed home viewers on how to perform a variety of home renovations. Vila left the series in 1989, reportedly because of his involvement in outside endorsements of building equipment. Soonafter, Vila became a spokesman for Sears and began hosting Bob Vila's Home Again in syndication. That series was renamed as simply Bob Vila in 2005.
Bob Vila has been declining in the ratings for many years, due in part to having to compete with earlier incarnations of Vila's shows. There has been a huge growth in home-improvement shows and cable channels like Hgtv and the Diy Network in the past several years.
Vila started hosting PBS' This Old House series in 1979 after winning the "Heritage House of 1978" award from Better Homes and Gardens. House instructed home viewers on how to perform a variety of home renovations. Vila left the series in 1989, reportedly because of his involvement in outside endorsements of building equipment. Soonafter, Vila became a spokesman for Sears and began hosting Bob Vila's Home Again in syndication. That series was renamed as simply Bob Vila in 2005.
Bob Vila has been declining in the ratings for many years, due in part to having to compete with earlier incarnations of Vila's shows. There has been a huge growth in home-improvement shows and cable channels like Hgtv and the Diy Network in the past several years.
- 5/2/2007
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
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