Somehow, Network Still Exists

By now, everyone knows that the Home and Garden Television Network is stuck between a rock and a chromated copper arsenate pressure-treated hard place. You see, to attract viewers, a television network needs to air shows that are engaging, exciting, maybe even challenging, but appealing at the very least; but the dilemma this network faces is that it needs to fill up 24 hours a day with shows about homes and gardens. And the results can be disastrous. I knew this back in 1978, when I sat on the board of the the E.W. Scripps Company and the idea of creating a network devoted to home renovations was first introduced. "We can't make a whole network out of that crap," I said and quickly tried to change the subject. But no one listened. Then, on September 21, 2006, the suckiness of HGTV was undeniably put to fact when Gaard Swanson, host of 'Generation Renovation,' said, "this show really rocks," as he took a seat on a rocking chair. Vindicated.