# Why can't HGTV leave well enough alone?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-hgtv-leave-well-enough-alone/565816>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 30, 2010, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-hgtv-leave-well-enough-alone/565816 "2010-12-30T13:45:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-hgtv-leave-well-enough-alone/565816/1 "2010-12-30T13:45:00Z")

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First they changed all the design teams on Design On A Dime, getting rid of my favorites Snijders and Cunningham and replacing them with no-talent Brice Cooper, overly-complicated Fontana and pretty o.k. Kahi. The website still lists Snijders and Cunningham as hosts but I haven’t seen a new show of theirs in more than a year.

Then the took that man-voiced lady who designed with the the color wheel made of things the homeowners liked and put her in a completely different and much suckier show.

And now I’m seeing a bunch of commercials for a new show starting next year with Candice Olson. Talking with Candice or Inside Candice’s Head-- something like that. I DO NOT WANT! Unless she’s going to do two shows. Then it’s O.K… But please don’t take away Divine Design. What’ll happen to Chico and Edmund?

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**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-hgtv-leave-well-enough-alone/565816/2 "2010-12-30T14:48:14Z")

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Oh geez, speaking of pointless changes did you watch this year’s **Design Star**? The “inspiration objects” theme was completely pointless and a lot less fun than before. I don’t know anyone who didn’t hate the changes, and I’m hoping they figure out it wasn’t a hit with audiences.

As for Kristan Cunningham (who is one of my favorites too) the change there might be at her request because [this bio](http://www.hgtv.com/kristan-cunningham/bio/index.html) indicates that she took a non-HGTV design position too in 2009.

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**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-hgtv-leave-well-enough-alone/565816/3 "2010-12-30T14:56:16Z")

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Speaking of Design Star, will they ever get a winner that’ll top David Bromstad?