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Created by
  
Dean Johnson

Original language(s)
  
English

Executive producer(s)
  
Dean Johnson

Final episode date
  
30 January 2016

Genre
  
Home improvement

8.3/10
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Country of origin
  
USA

No. of seasons
  
29

First episode date
  
1 November 1986

Network
  
PBS

Cast
  
Judd Nelson, Dean Johnson

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Starring
  
Dean Johnson Miriam Johnson

Similar
  
This Old House, Sweat Equity, Man Caves, Bath Crashers, Today's Homeowner with Dan

Hometime is a PBS home improvement television show produced by Hometime Video Publishing of Chaska, Minnesota, in association with WHYY-TV/Wilmington-Philadelphia, and broadcast on public television and in syndication. It first aired on PBS on November 1, 1986. In the 1990s, Hometime aired on TLC (The Learning Channel). The series concluded with its last new episode airing on PBS on January 30, 2016, although episodes of Hometime continue to air in syndication.

Contents

Hometime demonstrates both do-it-yourself- and contractor-performed projects, ranging from simple weekend projects to complete homes. Hometime episodes have covered many aspects of home construction and maintenance.

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Hosts

As of 2011, the show is hosted by Dean Johnson and Miriam Johnson. Although Dean and Miriam share a surname, they are not related.

Although Dean Johnson has continuously hosted the show since its inception, there have been five co-hosts:

  • Peggy Knapp (1986–1987)
  • JoAnne "JoJo" Liebeler (1987–1992) She later hosted and produced her own shows: Room for Change (1995–2002) on HGTV, Home Savvy (1996–2001) on TLC, and Passport to Design (2002–2005) on Travel Channel. Liebeler is now the president of her own production company (2×4 Productions) and returned as a guest on Hometime for projects in October 2006, December 2009, and September 2010.
  • Susanne Egli (1992–1993)
  • Robin Hartl (1993–2005) She has appeared in infomercials for the Little Giant Ladder with actor Richard Karn and the Worx GT lawn trimmer and edger. Hartl now works in the Twin Cities at the Anoka Design Studio as an American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) designer who helps builders and their clients choose designs and finish materials for new house, room addition, and similar construction projects.
  • Miriam Johnson (2005–2016) She hosted through her pregnancy with daughter Sula Catherine. Johnson and her husband, Paul, recently finished an extensive renovation of their 80-year-old home.

    • References

    Hometime (U.S. TV series) Wikipedia
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