50 best HGTV shows of all time
There are channels about sports, wildlife, crime, and news鈥攂ut nothing quite relates to avid television-watchers like 鈥攅xcept maybe the Food Network. Everyone watching the channel is likely to either own or rent a home, and often has a garden or a yard. Ever find yourself asking "What are other people doing to their houses? What kind of houses are people buying? How can I do that?"
Even if the viewer decides not to do anything quite as dramatic to their home, they can still live vicariously through the buyers, sellers, designers, and contractors featured on screen. While the earliest shows focused on decorating and design, recent additions to the channel focus on "flipping" houses or selling them. Many of the shows in the next slides may sound increasingly redundant鈥攜et shows with identical premises, but different main characters, receive similar praise. So it may not just be the houses, after all.
麻豆原创 has listed the 50 best HGTV shows of all time, based on their IMDb ratings and votes, to highlight the channel's success over the years. See where your favorite vintage show ranks among newcomers, or find out just how many times the Scott brothers made this list. You just may find some inspiration for your own home.
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#50. Tiny House Hunters
Release year: 2014
IMDb rating: 6.2
This show is one of a few on HGTV that's taking downsizing to the next level. The criteria: each home must be less than 600 square feet, and it has to be able to move with them. The tiny house movement can be hard to adjust to, and not every house hunter is up for the challenge.
#49. Flip or Flop
Release year: 2013
IMDb rating: 6.2
While many HGTV stars aren鈥檛 considered A-list celebrities, 鈥淔lip or Flop鈥 hosts Christina and Tarek El Moussa have quite frequently. From their very public divorce to their new dating lives, every detail surrounding this couple has been scrutinized. Nevertheless, they continued to flip houses on TV together. Christina will be starting soon, called 鈥淐hristina on the Coast.鈥
#48. Selling L.A.
Release year: 2011
IMDb rating: 6.3
Here鈥檚 the viewer鈥檚 chance to get an inside look at the real estate business. While there are at least 15 shows from the homebuyer鈥檚 point of view, 鈥淪elling L.A.鈥 shows just how tough it is for real estate brokers to close a deal, and land and retain clients.
#47. Texas Flip N' Move
Release year: 2015
IMDb rating: 6.3
In a crossover with the DIY channel, these Texans quite literally pick up and move entire homes to the property of their choice. The memorable duo known as the 鈥淪now Sisters,鈥 as well as a few rotating characters, make the premise into an exhilarating competition.
#46. Love It or List It
Release year: 2008
IMDb rating: 6.3
It's an age-old rivalry鈥攊nterior designer versus real estate agent. Hilary Farr wants the homeowners of each episode to remodel and fall back in love with their space, but David Visentin wants them to sell and move into a new home. They're quite competitive, but by the end of the episode, the homeowners eventually make the choice themselves. The spinoff, "Love It or List It, Too," also made it onto the list.
#45. Island Hunters
Release year: 2013
IMDb rating: 6.4
In possibly the most eccentric of the 鈥淗ouse Hunters鈥 spinoffs, real estate agent Chris Krolow isn鈥檛 just showing buyers their dream homes鈥攈e鈥檚 helping them buy an entire island. And yes, there are multiple options for sale all over the world. Depending on the location, the budgets may be surprising.
#44. Design on a Dime
Release year: 2003
IMDb rating: 6.4
Before HGTV was all home-buying and house-flipping, its 2000s programming was filled with interior design shows. 鈥淒esign on a Dime鈥 has hosted multiple stars鈥攖he latest being 鈥淒esign Star鈥 contestant Casey Noble鈥攚ho spill industry secrets on how to make a room look expensive on a budget.
#43. Selling New York
Release year: 2010
IMDb rating: 6.4
This show is just like 鈥淪elling L.A.,鈥 but with the unique challenges of homes in New York City. The area is already known for being expensive, but the average sale price of these homes is more than $2 million. Get ready for a series of unbelievable properties, and the eccentric people who buy them.
#42. Love It or List It Vancouver
Release year: 2013
IMDb rating: 6.4
Also known as 鈥淟ove It or List It, Too鈥 in the U.S., the designer versus real estate agent trope makes its way to Canada in this spinoff. The younger pair, Jillian Harris and Todd Talbot, had their success recently stunted by
#41. House Hunters Renovation
Release year: 2012
IMDb rating: 6.5
Another year, another "House Hunters" spinoff. While there are already a couple of shows where homebuyers specifically pick out fixer-uppers, this one just has the famous "House Hunters" name. Watch as they choose between three potential homes, then work to renovate it to their liking.
#40. Flea Market Flip
Release year: 2012
IMDb rating: 6.6
Instead of flipping homes, teams compete to flip items they find at flea markets. The teams in every episode get $500 each, and by the end, should be able to earn more than their original budget.
#39. HGTV Design Star
Release year: 2006
IMDb rating: 6.6
鈥淗GTV Design Star" has a similar premise to 鈥淔ood Network Star鈥 or even 鈥淎merica鈥檚 Next Top Model.鈥 In a series of competitions and weekly eliminations, aspiring designers try to win a spot on the HGTV roster with their own show. The series ended in 2012, with season one contestant David Bromstad as the final host.
#38. The Antonio Treatment
Release year: 2009
IMDb rating: 6.7
Speaking of 鈥淒esign Star鈥 winners, Antonio Ballatore won season four and launched his show, 鈥淭he Antonio Treatment.鈥 Known for his bold design style and bolder tattoos, Ballatore took boring homes and made them extraordinary using his signature touch.
#37. Curb Appeal
Release year: 1999
IMDb rating: 6.7
One of the only popular shows in the gardening section of Home & Garden Television, 鈥淐urb Appeal鈥 focuses on the outside of the home, including the home itself and the front lawn. The show ended in 2003, with John Gidding as the last host.
#36. Hawaii Life
Release year: 2013
IMDb rating: 6.7
This show centers around one realty firm in Hawaii that helps people move to Hawaii鈥攏o matter their budget. Viewers who can't just up and leave their 9 to 5 may watch this and live vicariously through homebuyers living the island lifestyle.
#35. Million Dollar Rooms
Release year: 2011
IMDb rating: 6.7
If just the room is a million dollars, imagine the cost of the house. This show explores luxury spaces in homes, hotels, and even nightclubs.
#34. Beachfront Bargain Hunt
Release year: 2013
IMDb rating: 6.7
In the real estate world, bargains aren鈥檛 usually found near the water鈥攂ut this show follows families who are trying to find their dream beachfront property on a budget. The prices of these homes surprise the homebuyers and the viewers as well.
#33. Listed Sisters
Release year: 2015
IMDb rating: 6.8
Similar to the 鈥淟ove It or List It鈥 premise, 鈥淟isted Sisters鈥 features twins Lex and Alana, a designer and real estate agent, respectively. In this show, the homeowners definitely want to move, but are renovating their current space so that it鈥檒l sell for more. This makes the perfect recipe for buying a new dream home.
#32. Extreme Homes
Release year: 2012
IMDb rating: 6.9
It鈥檚 difficult to believe some of the strange properties out there鈥攊t鈥檚 even harder to try and figure out why or how they were built in the first place. 鈥淓xtreme Homes鈥 features anything from extravagant castles to homes made entirely out of refrigerator doors.
#31. Tiny House, Big Living
Release year: 2014
IMDb rating: 6.9
Each house is an average of only 180 square feet. The only thing harder than finding a tiny house is building one from scratch, and that's what the couples in this show are attempting to do.
#30. Flip or Flop Atlanta
Release year: 2017
IMDb rating: 6.9
Another spinoff, another couple and another location. Ken and Anita Corsini head the newest version of 鈥淔lip or Flop,鈥 where they flip more than 100 houses each year.
#29. Property Brothers at Home
Release year: 2014
IMDb rating: 6.9
The Property Brothers have had tons of clients in their time on HGTV. In this season-long special, Jonathan and Drew Scott become their own clients. They take on the challenge of renovating their own property in Las Vegas, just six months before they host a family reunion.
#28. My House Is Worth What?
Release year: 2006
IMDb rating: 7
Homeowners prepare to sell in a number of different ways in 鈥淢y House Is Worth What?鈥 The show takes a professional look at how to up the value just before selling a house. The show was criticized for provided to viewers.
#27. Dear Genevieve
Release year: 2009
IMDb rating: 7
Named 鈥渙ne of America鈥檚 favorite interior designers鈥 by HGTV, Genevieve Gorder has had her own shows and been a judge on others. 鈥淒ear Genevieve鈥 resembles an advice column for homeowners, where Gorder gives in-person advice to fix the design issues in their homes.
#26. Property Virgins
Release year: 2006
IMDb rating: 7
The first time buying a home is a big deal for a lot of people. Host Egypt Sherrod helps property "virgins" make realistic choices about one of the biggest decisions of their lives.
#25. House Hunters
Release year: 1999
IMDb rating: 7
It鈥檚 the original, but not the most highly rated of the 15 鈥淗ouse Hunters鈥 shows. Buyers look at three homes, and by the end of the episode, they鈥檝e finally chosen where to move鈥攐r so viewers would like to think. that some of the show may be scripted or edited in a dishonest way.
#24. Hidden Potential
Release year: 2006
IMDb rating: 7.1
Think of this one as the precursor or inspiration for the 鈥淧roperty Brothers鈥 premiere. 鈥淗idden Potential,鈥 which lasted from 2006 to 2009, shows a designer鈥檚 vision for a home that doesn鈥檛 look so great in order to convince buyers to commit.
#23. House Hunters International
Release year: 2006
IMDb rating: 7.1
Get ready for another couple, another realtor, another set of three homes鈥攂ut all overseas.
#22. Good Bones
Release year: 2016
IMDb rating: 7.2
In one of many house-flipping shows on the channel, this mother-daughter duo turns unappealing homes in Indianapolis into awesome places to live.
#21. Decorating Cents
Release year: 1997
IMDb rating: 7.3
Home decor can get seriously expensive. Joan Steffend, the host on this early HGTV show, showed viewers how a limited budget didn't have to limit their home style.
#20. Property Brothers - Buying + Selling
Release year: 2012
IMDb rating: 7.3
In this very popular spinoff of the original 鈥淧roperty Brothers,鈥 Jonathan and Drew Scott not only renovate a couple鈥檚 existing house; they also help them find and buy an entirely new one. This takes the 鈥淧roperty Brothers鈥 premise, and doubles it.
#19. Property Brothers
Release year: 2011
IMDb rating: 7.3
The famously attractive and talented brothers started their HGTV stint in 2011. They use their talents and charm to convince homebuyers that they can turn a fixer-upper into a liveable space. Many people don鈥檛 know about the duo鈥檚 additional : singing.
#18. Junk Brothers
Release year: 2006
IMDb rating: 7.4
One man鈥檚 trash is another man鈥檚 furniture. This HGTV Canada show, brought to the U.S. in 2006, stars brothers who take what people see as garbage and return the items, good as new.
#17. Renovation Realities
Release year: 2007
IMDb rating: 7.4
In the house flipping, fixer-upper type shows on this network, all of the difficulty is frequently edited out. That鈥檚 what 鈥淩enovation Realities鈥 aims to do. This DIY-to-HGTV show is known for uncovering the truth about renovating a home.
#16. Home Town
Release year: 2016
IMDb rating: 7.4
In a small Mississippi town full of old houses, Erin and Ben Napier take a historical area and modernize it. The key is keeping the charm the town has always had.
#15. Income Property
Release year: 2008
IMDb rating: 7.4
鈥淚ncome Property鈥 host Scott McGillivray wants to help homebuyers make money off their new property. He takes them through each step: buying the house, renovating it, and renting it out.
#14. Color Splash
Release year: 2007
IMDb rating: 7.5
Host and designer David Bromstad sets out to paint Miami in every color imaginable in 鈥淐olor Splash.鈥 The winner of season one of 鈥淗GTV Design Star鈥 in 2006, Bromstad got to create and host this popular show, which ran for seven seasons.
#13. You Live in What?
Release year: 2012
IMDb rating: 7.6
This show is similar to 鈥淓xtreme Homes,鈥 but with a twist: homes are made out of what one would least expect, such as a water tower, or are located in surprising places.
#12. Flip or Flop Fort Worth
Release year: 2017
IMDb rating: 7.7
In the most recent spinoff of 鈥淔lip or Flop,鈥 Andy and Ashley Williams place a special emphasis on helping veterans in the Fort Worth area; as they both met when they
#11. Yard Crashers
Release year: 2008
IMDb rating: 7.7
Brought over to HGTV from DIY Network, this show stars Roger Craig Smith, Ahmed Hassan, and Matt Blashaw. The experts seek out homeowners in home improvement stores to offer them brand-new backyards.
#10. Designed to Sell
Release year: 2004
IMDb rating: 7.9
Selling a home that鈥檚 been lived in for so long is not an easy task. That鈥檚 why this team of designers is here to help. They do whatever they can to make the house in each episode more attractive to buyers before it hits the market.
#9. Rehab Addict
Release year: 2010
IMDb rating: 8
It鈥檚 a corny play on words, but it totally works鈥擭icole Curtis is addicted to rehabilitating old homes on the brink of demolition. She goes against all odds to restore homes in the Minneapolis and Detroit areas.
#8. Kitchen Cousins
Release year: 2011
IMDb rating: 8.1
These cousins are part of a family construction company, and took their talents to the small screen to give homeowners the kitchens of their dreams. Anthony Carrino and John Colaneri also have a spinoff called 鈥淐ousins Undercover,鈥 which did not make this list.
#7. Desert Flippers
Release year: 2016
IMDb rating: 8.2
Welcome to the desert of Palm Springs, Calif., where houses might have scorpions or snakes lurking behind the walls. It鈥檚 not the best situation for renovators Eric and Lindsey Bennett, but they鈥檙e definitely up for the challenge.
#6. Divine Design
Release year: 1999
IMDb rating: 8.3
Candice Olson, one of the first ladies of HGTV, uses her brilliant design skills on all types of rooms, changing homes into something beyond her clients' wildest dreams.
#5. Fixer Upper
Release year: 2013
IMDb rating: 8.4
One of the most famous couples of HGTV had their last episode air this past April. While Chip and Joanna Gaines have over the years, their success is quite noticeable and they don鈥檛 seem to be leaving the public eye any time soon.
#4. Holmes on Homes
Release year: 2001
IMDb rating: 8.6
Many homes might have some serious problems only Mike Holmes can truly fix. As the highest-rated show on HGTV Canada, 鈥淗olmes on Homes鈥 exposes some of the shoddy jobs that contractors do, and how they should have done it right the first time.
#3. Gardening by the Yard
Release year: 2004
IMDb rating: 8.7
While viewers can鈥檛 count on seeing many gardening shows on HGTV, this show does the trick. Topics include plant care, yard work, gardening tools, and even small ponds.
#2. If Walls Could Talk...
Release year: 1998
IMDb rating: 8.7
Every home has a story, and the homeowners in each episode set out to find theirs. Not only does this show thoughtfully tell the history of each home, it also reveals untold value to the homeowners.
#1. Beautiful Homes
Release year: 2012
IMDb rating: 8.8
It's a simple plot: These homes are beautiful and viewers want to see them. The show "Beautiful Homes" features some of the most opulent and elegant neighborhoods in addictive 30-minute episodes.