Name: Fixer Upper
Genre: Reality
Released: 2013-05-13
Rating: 7.8
Cast: Chip Gaines, Joanna Gaines

Shiplap obsession starts here. Don't blame me when you want to move to Waco.

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Cozy chaosMarriage goalsDemolition therapy

Latest Episode

45 min

Season 6 • Episode 8

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Episode 8

Apr 16, 2023

Overview

Reality

Renovation, design and real estate pros Chip and Joanna Gaines are paired with Waco/Dallas, Texas-area buyers to renovate the wrong house that's in the right location.

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home renovation home and garden fixer upper

Transformation and second chancesCommunity and place-makingWork-life partnershipAmerican housing dreams

Standout Aspects

Production

The reveal format is reality TV's most satisfying structural invention.

Acting

Chip's chaotic dad energy versus Joanna's deadpan eye-roll chemistry.

Best for:Streaming·Background·Family

First AiredMay 13, 2013

StatusCanceled

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Seasons6·Episodes86

Top Cast

Chip Gaines

Self - Host

Joanna Gaines

Self - Host

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Deep Dive

Trivia, insights & behind the scenes

Cultural

This show single-handedly made Waco, Texas a tourist destination and 'modern farmhouse' a plague on American interior design.

Insight

The Gaineses built a $50M Magnolia empire from this HGTV launch pad, including their own network—rare creators who owned their IP instead of becoming it.