You're listening to the Joe Gardner Show, the podcast all about gardening, where we cover

everything you need to know to grow like a pro, no experience required.

And now here's your guide, National Gardening Television Host, and the Joe Behind Joe Gardner,

Joe Lample.

Hey everybody, it's Joe Lample, the Joe Behind Joe Gardner, and thanks for joining

me today on the Joe Gardner Show.

So let me ask you this.

How many of you have asked to yourself, where did that GGO and HGTV?

Well I know I certainly have asked that, and I know a lot of you have.

We've talked about that in the past in various ways, but my perspective over 17 years

is host of three National TV Gardening shows, including DIY Network and HGTV and PBS.

Well, over those past many years, I've really had a great perspective and insiders look

so to speak, and what drives the decisions of what shows to produce, and what to carry,

or drop, and the challenges of maintaining the sustainability of guarding television

shows on the air, from a television networks perspective, from a producer, creators perspective,

from a media buyers perspective, it's quite fascinating.

And in fact, 10 years ago, I wrote an article from my syndicated newspaper column, at that

time, addressing the very same issue.

The title to the article was, leave the G in HGTV, please.

And well, 10 years later, that G, it's long gone, and frankly, I don't see it coming

back there.

And before I get ahead of myself, I just want to say thank you to our brand partner and

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