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Rachael Ray's Italian Dream Home (2022)
Terrible Behavior; Not Fun to Watch
I have never before watched an RR show. I love design shows, especially those taking a very old space and making it wonderful. This show did not do that. It was all about RR...and the very worst of her. Hateful b!#($. So full of herself. I don't understand how she has ANY shows. I watched one episode and can't take any more, particularly because the show isn't about the design of a house, it's about a terrible person who is cruel to everyone who comes within three feet of her. There isn't enough money in the world that would make me want to work for her. Please someone, tell me how she has any TV shows? All I can hope is that she reads these reviews and takes something away from them that makes her realize she needs serious help. But first rehab.
Bryan Inc. (2016)
Can No Longer Watch; Three Problems
As nearly every review mentions, a BIG problem with this show is Sarah. She's most definitely one of the reasons I can no longer watch it. Not only is her personality annoying, her voice is like nails on a blackboard. She has that maddening Valley Girl speech habit of ending nearly every sentence with a question mark. If she could watch and learn from it (and hire a vocal coach), this show might be salvageable if they can fix Problem #2.
Problem #2 is the format of the show. Like many, many other HGTV shows I've, sadly, had to stop viewing, there is more focus on the design team and less on the reason most of us like to watch HGTV (or USED to like watching it). We design junkies watch these shows because we are interested in DESIGN and the design PROCESS. I want to understand what the problem is that needs to be solved and HOW the designer/builder solves it. (That's what was so great about the original, original home-improvement show: This Old House.)
Please HGTV, please focus on the HOW and not the WHO!!!! The "Sarah Problem" with Renovation, Inc. Would either go away or be reduced to a degree that would allow us design junkies to watch it again. But this problem isn't just restricted to Renovation, Inc. It's also the problem with Love It or List It, Good Bones, and others.
Perhaps what is really needed is a whole new network that caters less to Reality TV viewers and more to Home Improvement.
Problem #3 is the hop-around format of Renovation, Inc. I think I could put up with two project (though I wouldn't like it), but this hopping around gives sooooooo little time to each specific project that I have become disoriented and BORED!!! Bored, HGTV, do you hear that word??? Your viewers are bored. The projects drag out so long that we are no longer interested.
I hope someone at HGTV is reading IMDB. It's a clear indication of what your viewers are asking for. Loud and clear as it pertains to Renovation, Inc.