Paige Davis returns to Trading Spaces in January '08 (CNN)
11-15-07, 04:47 PM
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Paige Davis returns to Trading Spaces in January '08 (CNN)
http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/TV/1....ap/index.html
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NEW YORK (AP) -- Paige Davis is moving back to TLC's "Trading Spaces."
The Broadway actress and TV host will return to the once-popular home makeover series beginning in January, the network said in a statement Thursday.
In 2005, TLC announced Davis would no longer host "Trading Spaces" and transitioned the series to a host-less format.
Davis had perkily hosted the show, which features neighbors swapping homes and redecorating a room, since 2001. Besides "Trading Spaces," she's also appeared on Broadway in the musicals "Beauty and the Beast" and "Chicago."
"Trading Spaces" will now be produced by A. Smith & Co. Productions, the TV production company responsible for Fox's "Hell's Kitchen" and "Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares."
The series was formerly produced by Philadelphia-based Banyan Productions.
The new season begins shooting this month and will be filmed entirely in high-definition. Designers Doug Wilson, Laurie Hickson-Smith, Frank Bielec and Hildi Santo-Thomas will also return to the show, alongside carpenters and other designers to be announced later.
The Broadway actress and TV host will return to the once-popular home makeover series beginning in January, the network said in a statement Thursday.
In 2005, TLC announced Davis would no longer host "Trading Spaces" and transitioned the series to a host-less format.
Davis had perkily hosted the show, which features neighbors swapping homes and redecorating a room, since 2001. Besides "Trading Spaces," she's also appeared on Broadway in the musicals "Beauty and the Beast" and "Chicago."
"Trading Spaces" will now be produced by A. Smith & Co. Productions, the TV production company responsible for Fox's "Hell's Kitchen" and "Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares."
The series was formerly produced by Philadelphia-based Banyan Productions.
The new season begins shooting this month and will be filmed entirely in high-definition. Designers Doug Wilson, Laurie Hickson-Smith, Frank Bielec and Hildi Santo-Thomas will also return to the show, alongside carpenters and other designers to be announced later.
11-15-07, 05:16 PM
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"Trading Spaces" will now be produced by A. Smith & Co. Productions, the TV production company responsible for Fox's "Hell's Kitchen" and "Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares."
Uh-oh, Trading Spaces gets FOXified! can't wait to see the super creative editing!
Uh-oh, Trading Spaces gets FOXified! can't wait to see the super creative editing!
11-15-07, 11:39 PM
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Originally Posted by bluetoast
Speaking of which, what has she been doing in the meantime?
That's one snazzy website...if it were 1997.
11-16-07, 07:06 AM
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Originally Posted by Chew
I always wondered: Did Paige leave the show or was she "pushed"?
11-16-07, 07:44 AM
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Originally Posted by Goldberg74
WTF ever happened to the S1 Trading Spaces chick? she was pretty hot too...
11-16-07, 08:30 AM
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Originally Posted by Chew
I always wondered: Did Paige leave the show or was she "pushed"?
11-16-07, 10:00 AM
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Originally Posted by TallGuyMe
WTF ever happened to the S1 Trading Spaces chick? she was pretty hot too...
11-16-07, 10:31 AM
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Originally Posted by Goldberg74
Paige Davis + High-Definition =
11-16-07, 11:02 AM
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Originally Posted by Goldberg74
11-16-07, 12:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Big Boy Laroux
"Trading Spaces" will now be produced by A. Smith & Co. Productions, the TV production company responsible for Fox's "Hell's Kitchen" and "Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares."
Uh-oh, Trading Spaces gets FOXified! can't wait to see the super creative editing!
Uh-oh, Trading Spaces gets FOXified! can't wait to see the super creative editing!
“I want Green paint, Bitch!”
12-02-07, 03:34 AM
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Originally Posted by Tracer Bullet
You know, oddly enough HD Theater has started showing old episodes of Trading Spaces in HD. Not sure how they're doing it.
12-02-07, 09:33 AM
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Originally Posted by shaun3000
Easy. Film a show in HD, broadcast it in SD for a few years, then rebroadcast it in HD once everyone has HD sets.
Glad to see her back. There's just something about those eyes. 
12-02-07, 10:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Tracer Bullet
Well, yeah. But I never had any indication that Trading Spaces of all things went to the trouble of filming in HD in 2003.
