TLC Not Trading on Spaces

摘要

Before Trading Spaces arrived on Saturday nights, an uninspiring half-million viewers tuned in to TLC's Human Beings documentary series. These days, with its redecorating series on fire, more like 4 million human beings flock to TLC on Saturday nights. For any cable channel, a hit can be a blessing and a curse. A high-rated show showers its network with buzz, new viewers, fresh ad dollars. But the temptation to be ruled by the prized program is hard to avoid. A&E's franchise series Biography was big enough to spawn knockoffs all over cable and still overshadows everything else on A&E's air. Since Behind the Music's peak, VH1 has tried mightily to find its next big show―and has repeatedly fallen short.