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TopicRanking the TV shows and movies I watched in the year of lockdown
SeabassDebeste
04/28/21 12:48:55 PM
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Series 34. Property Brothers (random episodes, around 10+ or so? 2011-present)

This is the only HGTV show I've put here, though I guess I also came across some random episodes of Love It Or List It, Chip and Joanna, and others.

Property Brothers is probably a mid-range, maybe slightly above-average HGTV show. The format is that the Property Brothers, Jonathan and Drew, help a couple to tour and buy a home, but they can't afford to buy the exact home they want. They wind up buying something a little below their price range and then allocating tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars to renovating it, a responsibility that the Property Brothers take on. The Property Brothers are tall, good-looking twins who seem relatively affable.

I actually really like the principle of Property Brothers and don't hate real estate porn TV as a rule. The brothers' clientele tend to shop a little more expensive than many other shows' - in general budgets are in the 800K to 1MM range, which can be pretty dispiriting as a prospective homebuyer myself. There are house-shopping and fixer-upper shows, but PB manages to combine the two in a pretty unique way, since they are entirely serving clients, and they usually throw in a few extra details to round out the house.

Everything you expect is here - slightly cheesy editing, reaction shots, unrealistic expectations, "water damage," chemistry issues, the like. Depending on the amount of dramatic roadblocks hit, the show may pad out episodes with banter and scenes where they just play a sport or whatever. Usually PB is pretty positive in tone, despite issues, which is nice.

The show's most awkward part is probably that the PB themselves just aren't that likable - there's something just a little off-putting about how much eye contact they're always making. And maybe it's the enforced nature of the series where the leads need to banter - the episode always ends with the two brothers taking a random potshot at each other, and it makes it just feel really bizarre.
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