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This Old House is an American home improvement media brand with television shows, a magazine and a website, ThisOldHouse.com.〔thisoldhouse.com〕 The television series airs on the American television station Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) and follows remodeling projects of houses over a number of weeks. ''This Old House'' is produced by This Old House Ventures, Inc. with WGBH Boston as the PBS distributing station. Warner Bros. Domestic Television distributes the series to commercial television stations in syndication. Time Inc. launched ''This Old House'' magazine in 1995, focusing on home how-to, know-how and inspiration. In 2001, Time Inc. acquired the television assets from WGBH Boston and formed This Old House Ventures, Inc. ==Overview== ''This Old House'' and its sister series ''Ask This Old House'' are often broadcast together as ''The This Old House Hour'' (originally known as ''The New This Old House Hour''). Both shows are owned by This Old House Ventures, Inc. (a subsidiary of Time, Inc.) and are underwritten by GMC and The Home Depot. Weyerhauser lumber distributor, a previous underwriter, by 1989 had donated more than $1,000,000 a year to the show.〔 〕 ''This Old House'' is also underwritten by State Farm Insurance and Lumber Liquidators, Inc. Other underwriters throughout the show's tenure included Parks Corporation (featuring its line of Carver Tripp paint thinners/sealants/wood stains and treatments), Glidden paints, Montgomery Ward, Ace Hardware, Kohler plumbing, Schlage locks, Century 21 Real Estate, Toro lawnmowers/snowblowers, ERA Real Estate, Angie's List, and Mitsubishi Electrics. Two of the original underwriters were Weyerhauser and Owens-Corning. The third series to share the name is ''Inside This Old House'', a retrospective featuring highlights from previous episodes. Old episodes are also shown under the program name ''This Old House Classics'' and were formerly shown on The Learning Channel under the name ''The Renovation Guide''. Only the episodes with original host Bob Vila aired under that name. , ''Classics'' are also carried on the commercial non-broadcast DIY Network as well as syndicated to local TV stations. This Old House was one of the earliest home improvement shows on national television. As such, it was initially controversial among building contractors, and the cast was afraid that they were giving away secrets of the building trades. However, as time passed, the show grew into a cultural icon. Producer-director Russell Morash became known as the "Father of How-To." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「This Old House」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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