Ask This Old House
| This Old House | |
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| Created by | Russell Morash (through WGBH-TV) |
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| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 39 |
| No. of episodes | (over) 900, as of May. 2014 |
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| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production company(s) | This Old House Ventures (since 2001) WGBH-TV (since 1979) |
| Distributor | WGBH-TV for PBS Stations Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution in syndication |
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| Original network | PBS, syndication |
| Original release | February 20, 1979 – present |
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| This Old House | |
This Old House is an American home improvement media brand with television shows, a magazine and a website, ThisOldHouse.com. The television series airs on the American television station Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) and follows remodeling projects of houses over a number of weeks. This Old House is produced by This Old House Ventures, Inc. with WGBH Boston as the PBS distributing station. Warner Bros. Domestic Television distributes the series to commercial television stations in syndication. Time Inc. launched This Old House magazine in 1995, focusing on home how-to, know-how and inspiration. In 2001, Time Inc. acquired the television assets from WGBH Boston and formed This Old House Ventures, Inc. In 2016, Time Inc. sold This Old House Ventures to executive Eric Thorkilsen and private equity firm TZP Growth Partners (although it will continue to have a special partnership deal with its former parent company).
This Old House and its sister series Ask This Old House are often broadcast together as The This Old House Hour, which was originally known as The New This Old House Hour. Both shows are owned by This Old House Ventures, Inc. and are underwritten by GMC and The Home Depot. Weyerhauser lumber distributor, a previous underwriter, by 1989 had donated more than $1,000,000 a year to the show.This Old House is also underwritten by State Farm Insurance and Lumber Liquidators, Inc. Other underwriters throughout the show's tenure included Parks Corporation, Glidden paints, Montgomery Ward, Ace Hardware, Kohler plumbing, Schlage locks, Century 21 Real Estate, Toro lawnmowers/snowblowers, ERA Real Estate, Angie's List, and Mitsubishi Electric. Two of the original underwriters were Weyerhauser and Owens-Corning.
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