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Article: 'Trading Spaces' Spurs Cottage Industry
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- February 3, 2003
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A poll conducted last year for HGTV revealed that television viewers
considered "Trading Spaces" one of their favorite shows on the cable
channel.
One problem: It's on TLC, not HGTV.
"Trading Spaces," the remodeling show where neighbors impose their
decorating tastes on neighbors, was the most popular show on basic
cable last week, eclipsing professional wrestling and "SpongeBob SquarePants."
It has spawned imitators and transformed home improvement television.
Nowhere is that more evident than at HGTV, a network built on home
design that somehow missed out on the biggest home design sensation
on ...