This Old House Ventures, LLC is the company behind a leading multi-platform home enthusiast brand, serving over 20 million consumers each month with trusted home improvement information and expert advice.
When This Old House premiered in 1979, the show launched a new television genre, empowering legions of home remodelers. More than four decades later, the company boasts two of the top-rated home improvement shows on television in This Old House and Ask This Old House, the highly regarded This Old House Magazine, and a robust digital business at ThisOldHouse.com and across a myriad of platforms including social, podcasting, app, YouTube, and free ad-supported digital television.
A Revolution from Day One: When This Old House debuted on PBS in September 1979, it “began a how-to home revolution,” as the show’s own 20th-anniversary tribute described it. Built on “lots of hard work, unflagging professionalism and a dedication to superior craftsmanship,” the series quickly became the highest-rated home improvement series on television — a distinction it has carried across decades and platforms.
Classic Episodes, Now Streaming: In addition to its current programming, fans can relive the magic of the early seasons — classic episodes spanning 1979 to 2005 — streaming free on the This Old House channel, ensuring that the brand’s foundational projects and techniques remain accessible to new generations of homeowners.
The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has recognized This Old House and Ask This Old House with 20 Emmy® Awards and 105 nominations, with the most recent honor coming in July, 2021 when This Old House won “Outstanding Instructional and How-To Program” at the 48th Annual Daytime Emmy® Awards.
The series continued its winning streak in 2009, earning the Daytime Emmy® Award for Outstanding Lifestyle Program — a recognition prominently featured across the show’s PBS broadcasts and promotional materials for years afterward.
The show’s award recognition has been a team effort from the start. In 2000, five Emmy nominations spanned nearly every facet of production — from Outstanding Service Show and Outstanding Host (Steve Thomas) to Outstanding Directing (Russ Morash), Outstanding Single Camera Editing (Gary Stephenson), and Outstanding Single Camera Photography (Stephen “Dino” D’Onofrio) — a testament to the craft behind every episode.
A Legacy of Recognition: This Old House’s Emmy history stretches back decades. By the year 2000, the series had already been nominated more than 50 times and taken home 15 statuettes. Executive producer Russ Morash alone had been nominated more than 40 times as an executive producer and director of several PBS shows, accumulating 13 wins that placed him among the most honored figures in public television.
Since its founding, This Old House has established itself as what the brand describes as “America’s Most Trusted Home Improvement Brand,” building a multi-platform presence that spans its flagship PBS TV show, a widely read magazine, books, and its comprehensive website at thisoldhouse.com.
The brand continues to resonate with audiences across the world, as detailed by The New York Times, Salon and The Atlantic, as well as evidenced by recent appearances on The Today Show and The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.
This Old House Ventures, LLC, is headquartered in Stamford, CT, and has a production studio in Concord, MA.
The brand’s multi-platform strategy ensures that This Old House is everywhere its audience is — delivering inspiration, information, and entertainment across television, print, digital, social media channels including Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, YouTube, and Instagram, as well as mobile and tablet editions — all designed so fans can watch, read, and share with friends.
