Comments on: Save Paul James, Gardening by the Yard Cancelled, HGTV == Bad

By: sue payton

sue payton — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 00:19:44 +0000

Paul James is the bomb. I have all the episodes I could find on tape and I watch them every year. He is best and is so entertaining. Miss him a bunch and now am stuck with the gardening shows on Createtv, bummer.

By: Peter W.

Peter W. — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 08:39:07 +0000

One of the best quality shows on TV. Sorry to see it go.

Now, HGTV has this terrible “Design on a Dime” show. On one episode the host says how much she hates the “ugly sliding glass door,” which I thought looked pretty good. Instead of cleaning it up a little and updating it, she got really carried away with an over-kill treatment. She should have just said, “I really hate the ugly sliding glass door, so I’m going to make it uglier and here’s how.” Wake up HGTV.

By: Leon

Leon — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 11:38:36 +0000

I wrote letters directly to HGTV back when it was announced Paul’s GBTY show was being cancelled. I never received one response from HGTV. My wife is the gardener in our family, but I always watched Paul James’ show with her. The others I never cared that much about. I do a lot of the heavy stuff, like digging holes, prepping the ground, etc while my wife does all the “finer” things. Paul was great with information, also slightly nuts, which made for a great show. Our loss is America’s loss since we can no longer get down-to-earth advice and tips on gardening for the non-experts. TO HGTV… I don’t care about searching for homes in foreign countries or even in the US. I want to know how to work my home and keep it looking better… GBTY did that for our landscaping, which is a constant activity around our house. I don’t have $800,000 or so to spend on some tropical setting or to live in Paris or Italy or even NYC (I’d never live in NYC, even if someone paid me). Get real HGTV, and wake up, let’s get back to basics and Paul James did that for several millions of us.

By: Sinderbella

Sinderbella — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 05:22:25 +0000

There will never be another gardening show like Paul James Gardening By The Yard program. Not only was it informative but it was entertaining and funny. I learned so much about gardening while watching it. Paul was the perfect host and I must say, very easy on the eyes. I miss him and I also miss seeing his little corgi dogs.

By: Bob O'Brien

Bob O'Brien — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 06:04:53 +0000

Lets keep the dialog going. I haven’t read all the blogs regarding this topic, but here’s my two cents worth. I love HGTV and DIY, but they are really getting away from their roots. Garden Crashers is a good show, but you don’t learn very much other than get to watch someone hit the gardening jack pot. Paul James was funny, but could really teach you about gardening. It was a fun half hour show.

Two many shows are focusing on buying houses. A few years ago, there were too many shows about flipping houses and getting rich quick. Do you think this may in some sort contributed to the biggest housing crisis since the Great Depression?

I understand that shows need to make money by selling adds. But maybe its time for the folks at the network to re-think some of their programming and marketing strategies. Holmes on Homes is a great example of the types of shows HGTV cut their teeth on and since Gardening by the Yard is an educational show, its time to bring back Paul James.

Ps. HGTV can stop showing re-runs of shows that pre-date the housing market crash…they aren’t to relevant anymore are they?

By: Maria

Maria — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 04:49:18 +0000

My husband and I really miss Gardening by the Yard. Paul is so funny. He has a way of making gardening fun. We have always had a garden even when I was little. I miss all the gardening shows HGTV use to have on. They have some dumb shows on now. The only shows we watch now are Holmes on Homes, House Hunters (International) and Income property. Thats it.

I agree put the G back in HGTV and bring Paul James back.

By: Rita Bain

Rita Bain — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 15:23:13 +0000

Like so many of the others, I have lost interest in HGTV. The programs that are on now are just boring. My love is gardening. I can’t wait to get out in my yard and dig in the dirt. Paul James was full of some very good information about gardening. I used his advice often. And he was just a pleasure to watch. Come on HGTV, you guys need to quit catering to the rich and famous and get back to the basics that made you a popular network to begin with. More people are gardening to save at the grocery stores. These are hard times. We need the simple abundance of the earth. Put the G back in HGTV and bring back Paul James. Please.

By: Gene

Gene — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 15:23:17 +0000

Gardening by the Yard was not the only program I watched on HGTV, but it was the lead-in to all the other programs I watched on the weekend. And it was the best of the lot. I haven’t watched HGTV since they took Paul James off. The only reason I watched any other programs on that network was because once I turned on Gardening by the Yard, I didn’t bother changing the channel when the following programs came on.

By: AzRobin

AzRobin — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 18:46:21 +0000

It’s been over 2yrs and we’re STILL missing and supporting the return of Paul James.

I too have stopped watching HGTV as a result of them cancelling his show. His were the ONLY shows I looked forward to watching/recording and would actually leave HGTV on all weekend as I found it relaxing and energizing to do my gardening with his tips as well as see some of the design shows. Now and again I’ll turn HGTV on and I’m bored to tears. I’d watch reruns after reruns as well as new episodes. That’s how informative and entertaining Paul James is.

Home & GARDEN TV?…Yard Crashers don’t quite cut it, Producers and powers that be.

BRING PAUL JAMES BACK! (There…that’s my 2 cents)

By: Spike

Spike — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 18:07:39 +0000

I miss ths show so much. This was the only entertaining Gardening show on TV. You think they could at least post all of the episodes on their website. Maybe we can bug PBS to pick this show up. They could use another garden program and at least this one won’t put you to sleep like P Allen Smith’s does.