Erin & Ben Napier Pitch New Show Amid Shocking HGTV Cancellations
HGTV’s recent cancellations could allow room for new shows, and Erin and Ben Napier have the perfect idea for their next series.
“I am at work, it’s demo day, and it is so, so hot and so sweaty,” Erin said in a Thursday, June 26, Instagram video. “And I was thinking how fun it would be if we also made a show where Ben and I sit in a dark movie theater like Mystery Science Theater [3000].”
Ben jumped into the frame to add, “But instead of sci-fi movies, we watch old Nancy Meyers movies, like [The] Parent Trap.”
According to Erin, the series would feature them talking “about the houses and the set design and why these characters live in these rooms and these houses and what it says about the character.”
Analyzing movie homes is something Erin said is already their “obsession in real life.” She went on to ask, “Now, what if we just made a show about it that you could watch?”
Ben, in fact, credited their interest in fictional homes for being “the reason that Home Town exists.” Despite their excitement, Erin clarified that “HGTV has absolutely not said they want to make this show.”
Ben joked that the video would act as “crowd-sourcing” to see if fans would be interested in the show idea. “Don’t you think we should pitch that?” Erin asked at the end of the video.
Fans flooded the post’s comments with their thoughts, with one user writing, “I would totally watch this, and dang it would be SO GOOD to see those films on the big screen again! My dream would’ve been a set dresser :).”
A second fan wrote, “You have our vote!” while another added, “Yes! Title should be Home Movies.”
The couple have hosted HGTV’s Home Town since 2016. The series, which follows the couple as they bring new life to houses in their native Laurel, Mississippi, will return for its milestone 10th season later this year. The show has also inspired spinoffs such as Home Town Takeover and Home Town Kickstart.
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Home Town is one of several HGTV series set to return with new episodes this year, including My Lottery Dream Home, Scariest House in America, and 100 Day Dream Home. However, a handful of fan-favorite series recently met the chopping block.
Earlier this month, Keith Bynum announced that Bargain Block would not be returning for Season 5 on the network. “Though you may not be seeing us for much longer on HGTV, we’re excited that we’ve built such an amazing base of followers and we’re very excited about the future,” he wrote via Instagram on June 22.
Less than a week later, Egypt Sherrod and Mike Jackson revealed that they learned of the show Married to Real Estate‘s cancellation upon returning from a family vacation. “While the chain of events leading up to this is disheartening, we are deeply grateful,” Sherrod wrote in a June 24 Instagram update.
One day later, Jonathan Knight broke the news that Farmhouse Fixer got the axe after three seasons. “Television has been so incredibly fun for us,” he shared in a June 25 Instagram post. “We are so proud of what we created together and look forward to sharing what’s next for us.”
Home Town, Season 10 premiere, 2025, HGTV
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Very upset about the shows you are concealing. Get rid of the house hunters , lottery hunter. Boring. Barn house builder, Married to realestate,Bargain block are great shows you need to keep them.
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Agreed. House hunters I've never liked
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Quit trying to be a full service network. I'm here for the " home/ house" and "garden" (though you threw out the garden a long time ago!)
I don't want contests that are only a platform to promote product ( yes, you Wayfair!)
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I totally would not watch. Inappropriate considering the mass layoffs this week. Bring back the cancelled shows instead of giving these 2 another show.
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I think Erin was mostly joking. Also she might not have heard the news about these other shows being canceled. Erin and Ben are both real down to earth people who would be genuinely heartbroken at this news.
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Well, they do pass the straight, white and boring test ... that seems to be essential in order to have an HGTV show.
Most of us don't live in the rural south and many of us aren't racist bigots. Did HGTV not think anyone would notice that they only cancelled the shows with black, gay or Hispanic hosts?
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That is the first thing I noticed!
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Home Town is one of several HGTV series set to return with new episodes this year, including My Lottery Dream Home, Scariest House in America, and 100 Day Dream Home......literally all three are hosted by black, gay or Hispanic hosts.
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They'll be next
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HGTV has lost a viewer. Married to Real estate is my favorite show and now. we have to watch the boring shows and reruns.
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Sorry. I’m boycotting HgTV with their “not so hidden” anti-DEI agenda.
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I won’t watch, enjoyed Married to Real Estate.
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We’re so disappointed that Bargain Block was canceled. That was on our lineup of one of our favorite shows. We’re happy that Lottery Dream home is back. Please reconsider Bargain Block their ideas were really outstanding!!
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I think this fall is going to be a shit show for HGTV since they canceled 4 fan favorite shows. I'm certain they will lose a lot of faithful fans. Why don't you try to bring back some gardening shows. We're tire of house hunters!
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Not to mention the boring endless reruns of My Lottery Dream Home, Carribean Life and Beachfront Bargain Hunt. I was looking forward to new episodes of Izzy Does It and Married to Real Estate. Why not cancel Christina whatever her last name is this year. What a phony!
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More Ben and Erin.🤢🤢🤮. Turning into great American family network. Straight, white conservative. RIP HGTV.
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Married to real-estate and Bargain Block are great shows I don’t understand why they got cancelled or even the farmhouse show. I agree that house hunters and Lottery dream house should get cancelled they are boring. HGTV you are canceling the wrong shows and if y’all keep canceling all the wrong shows you’re not gonna have anybody watching HGTV
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True designers talents are not limited to regions Design is universal. Keep up! I'm not sure who you' are calling obnoxious but perhaps you are just ignorant.
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I’m sorry that Bargain Block got canceled. Evan and Keith were great and very artistic. A show my husband even liked. IMO do away with My Lottery Dream Home No one that hits the lottery seriously needs someone to show them homes, that show is very silly.
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What the hell is wrong with HGTV you are cancelling your best shows.
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I love all the shows that have been cancelled. I can't understand why shows like My lottery dream home and this other new show are still on. Can HGTV give us back some of the original shows that made me a fan, like Sell this House, Design to Sell, and Clean House?
I guess I will watch more of Chip and Joanna's network.
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When they cancel shows we like …..No One’s ever called me to say
“ Whadda thing”?
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I'm so upset that the shows you canceled are my favorites! There is not much left that is worth my time to watch. I was a die hard HGTV fan.
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Interesting that the shows with LGBT hosts and African Americans gets axed. HGTV I sure hope not.
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I miss HGTV in Canada. They replaced it with the Home network. Loaded with crap and I refused to watch it.
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If this couple is going to critique and discuss film Production Design and Set Decoration I hope they will be well versed on the contributions and jurisdiction of each position on the design teams instead of lumping it as set design, which is not correct and will make then sound like uninformed idiots.
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Agreed! She is beyond annoying!
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Finally! That obnoxious know it all will be off the air. I can't stand her. She was in Florida trying to tell coastal people about what Florida coastal design is . Stay in your lane in your backwater town.
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They are coming back so make sure you do not tune in. You are rude, mean and a bully
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Who are you taking about? If it is Egypt, you are so wrong. I love her and Mike. No I am not a "black" but rather a white person. I only say this so people it is not about race or color. It is about talent. I think Married to Real Estate was one of the best HGTV series. I can't believe they were cancelled but maybe I do. Network management is so out of touch with what American people want to watch.
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I think Badcat72 was talking about Erin Napier.
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