Does anyone know why craft shows are being dumped???
There has been a LOT of discussion and complaints about this on the HGTV message boards! There are a few things that seem to be informing their decisions on this: The first is that they’re convinced that most of their viewers really want only passive entertainment, not to really do anything themselves…in other words, to just kick back and watch (and vicariously participate) in “stories” rather than actually trying to learn to do something later on. That’s part of the emphasis on the “personalities” too. That’s also why you have so much home and yard decorating shows on HGTV …plus they generally save the woodworking (mostly repeats) and other fixit stuff for DIY–both channels are owned by the same company. Also, they want to appeal mostly to the prized younger and “hipper” demographic who they think spend more money, and who’ll be potential customers for longer… The advertisers are the most important people to be pleased here, followed by cutting costs (from doing things like hou
