On Sun, 01 May 2005 14:20:07 -0400, Leuf
wrote:

On Sun, 01 May 2005 07:50:16 -0400, Tom Watson
wrote:

Trading Spaces is in trouble as a result of overexposure, changing
tastes, and enough imitators to fill the stands at Citizens Bank Park.
snip

Well that is the problem with all of those shows. It's not about
showing you how to do anything. But still, if it inspires people to
try doing things that's a good thing.

-Leuf

I think Trading Spaces was a much better production before the
powers-that-be started trying to broaden their audience by fiddling
with the format. The DIY audience doesn't NEED drama and conflict.
When the producers have some hair-brained "decorator" slathering white
paint all over someone's "off limits" family heirloom piano, they've
gone too far.

I suspect they could keep a limited but loyal audience for
years to come if they stuck with a straightforward DIY format.