Paige Davis Returning To TLC And Trading Spaces
November 15th, 2007 | 1 Comment | Email | SharePaige 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. 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.
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.
Good move TLC. The show was never the same after Davis left. Hopefully she can return Trading Spaces back to the entertaining show it was.
I completely disagree! The “hostless” show was much more appealing to me. I loved the “secret” $2000 room and the fact that the designers stayed to see the owners reaction & then to chat with them later. Paige annoyed me to the hilt & the show was far better once she was gone. The new version, which includes Paige, is AWFUL! I watched this show from its inception until about 4 shows into Paige’s return and now I no longer watch it. I believe the reason the ratings dropped had nothing to do with Paige leaving and everything to do with father time. Everything runs its course and Trading Spaces has run its course and needs to be retired. I would also like to say that TLC was absolutely right in firing Paige to begin with.