HGTV

The new show HomeTown - which I've binged watched at least 3 times since there's only 6 or 7 shows so far - is FANTASTIC and such a breath of fresh air. I thought it might be just another Fixer Upper, but it's not. HomeTown doesn't waste time on showing things like Chip's gross antics (eating a roach... really?), removing his shirt (yuck!), jumping in a river, playing tricks, riding a plane, etc. or the family eating breakfast, playing with animals, or bringing dinner to Jo. All this really takes away from the remodeling and decorating, the reason our family watches the show. Magnolia brand promotion also wastes time and gets really old. We just fast forward through all that now.

I love Joanna's decorating, but we see so very little of it on the show. We figure we only see decorating for maybe 8-10 minutes per show from Fixer Upper but HomeTown is much more interesting and doesn't waste time on the stars' personal lives.

Erin and Ben are masters at figuring how to do things less expensively, both in building and decorating. Their decorating is fun and entertaining. I especially like that Erin actually gets in there and works on the houses while Joanne just points and tells people what to do. (You'll never see Jo tearing down a wall, ripping up a floor or painting a front porch. In a show I watched the other day, Jo wouldn't even go get a bucket from the front yard for Chip.) And Ben is such a gentleman and so mannerly compared to Chip Gaines.

And I so love these old, historic homes that HomeTown does such a great job of bringing back to life and the local vendors and others who assist them. The couples who purchase the houses have been so cute and have interesting stories as to why they're moving to a little town like Laurel, MS. I just hope they don't run out of homes or buyers any time soon.

Best show on HGTV or DIY Network right now. Keep 'em coming!