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[kbdid]

Apparently TLC is now going to cash in on the Hoard-watching craze with a new series (I guess "Truth be told..." wasn't enough)...

[Fionas2]

Why am I not surprised?

Anyone know when this series is set to begin?

[Teena10242]

I haven't seen anything advertised about this show. Will post when I do

Does sound interesting though

[SoRandom]

I just saw a commercial for this show this morning, and it looks kind of similar to A & E's show. Still, I'm curious; maybe this new show will give us some more insights into the hoarders it features. Here's hoping we don't see any sailcats on this one!

[Galloways Cave]

I guess if I can handle a double dose of prostitots, I can handle a double dose of Hoard Lasagna. Firing up the DVR!

Please PLEASE let this one have some therapists with balls.

[kbdid]

March 14th is the start date from the commercial I saw this am. I wonder if it will be a "saving" situation like A&E's or more of just a documentary (i.e. no 3 day cleanout excrapaganza).

[TexasTallGal]

TLC used to air Clean Sweep with Peter Walsh. I loved that show. I thought Mr. Walsh was perfect for that job. He was pretty straightforward about confronting the clutter and the clutterer.

[dingbatesq]

I think this show's been on before--I saw a hoarders show on TLC about a month ago, before Toddlers & Tiaras on a Wednesday (9 pm), but it hasn't been on since. I actually liked it better than Hoarders on A&E, as it was much more realistic in the approach to help the hoarder. It featured two hoarders, and each got a psychologist. Unlike the A&E show, which has a cleanup crew come in and work for two days, this show only had the hoarder and a few family/friends going through the mess. It also took much longer than two days to clean up--I remember that for one of the hoarders it updated her progress after a month or so.

[kbdid]

I hope its a bit more realistic. Just once I'd like to see a relative/friend of a hoarder walk into a house and have a natural/normal reaction to the mess: "WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS? Clean this crap up RIGHT NOW or we're taking (the kids, the dog, the hamster, the pickles) the hell outta here!"

[TexasTallGal]

I'd like to see more of the psychological side of hoarding. What makes a person do this? How do they learn other behaviors, how to stop? From everything I've read, the 'clean it out in two days approach' used by shows like Hoarders doesn't work.

[kbdid]

It would be nice to see a differentiation between "types" of hoarders/squalor as well....there are people who are truly attached to anything and everything right down to trash (I think of Jill - ? - from season 1 of hoarders) and then people who keep stuff willy nilly and then let trash just pile up everywhere as well because you can't get around the stuff....

I also want to see if a therapist who talks to a patient/subject like they're an adult.

[Galloways Cave]

I think this show's been on before--I saw a hoarders show on TLC about a month ago

My DVR search finally picked up this show. The Hoarders:Buried Alive special from 2009 will air first on March 14, then immediately afterward the series (of the same name) will start. I have no idea how many episodes will air.

Edited by Galloways Cave, Mar 5, 2010 @ 10:36 AM.

[Suz at Large]

"WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS? Clean this crap up RIGHT NOW or we're taking (the kids, the dog, the hamster, the pickles) the hell outta here!"

NOOOO NOOOO!! Not the PICKLES!! Please!!

[loudfan]

The show kicks off tonight:

Episode 1: Welcome to My Nightmare
Chris appears to be a handsome bachelor with it all put together. But for the last year he's been hiding something from his girlfriend Annie. Chris is an extreme hoarder and his three story townhouse is virtually uninhabitable. Revealing the severity of his secret may end his relationship on the spot, but it's a secret he can no longer keep hidden. Laurie is also an extreme hoarder and her compulsion is destroying her family. Her hoarding has distanced her from her three grown children and has her husband at his wits end. With the help of hoarding specialists Dr. Keith Saylor and Dr. David Dia, both hoarders hope to get their lives back on track and repair their broken relationships.

If I'm not mistaken, didn't Dr. Dia appear on an episode of A&E's "Hoarders"?

[blubld43]

"WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS? Clean this crap up RIGHT NOW

Bwahhh! In other words, a normal reaction to a catastrophic mess :)

[rhys7]

Ack, that was awful. Wish we knew a bit more about Isaih's mom and the kids' dads. Also what happened to the hoarder's husband (I'm assuming she had one before her fiance' died.

[trojanchick99]

This is the perfect motivation for my spring cleaning.

[tnskyhawk]

Was the first epi (before the series premire) basically the same A and E epi of Hoarders? I hope I am not going crazy.

[mharvey816]

Dear A&E Hoarders, I've found someone else. :)

Still not happy about 2 people instead of 1, but really glad at how so much more realistic the goals are on this show. The lady in Louisiana just wanted her dining room back, and she got her living room as well. And the guy in NoVA (I spotted Reston Town Center!) has just gotten some walking room back after a hard 6 weeks of treatment.

Best of all, we got that relative/friend reaction that someone up thread was wanting to see. It's just a shame that Annie decided to bail on Chris at that moment but I honestly cannot blame her one little bit. I wish Chris luck in his cleanup and recovery. I hope the people he works with don't watch TLC.

Edited to add that I think Annie must have fallen asleep in the sun. More than once, I'm afraid. She was rocking the reverse raccoon eyes hard.

Edited by mharvey816, Mar 14, 2010 @ 10:15 PM.

[GeorgePBurdell]

Did I miss it or did they not say what they felt was the impetus for Chris' hoarding? Also, was that a bad sunglass-tan or did his girlfriend use too much highlighter around her eyes? It was distracting.

[opivy]

Well, I haven't watched the A&E show so I wouldn't know how similar it is, but...

I think I liked the special (was that what it was?) that aired before the series premiere better. They actually went into the thoughts and reasons behind the hoarding, and the emotional trauma that may have caused it. I was dying to know more about the psychological aspect, and they just never got to it. Are we ever going to get a follow-up or something?

Gah. That was unsatisfying.

Edit: Also, what the hell was with the whole gene thing in the special? We've isolated a gene for hoarding but we haven't figured out any other mental illness yet? Yeah, okay.

Edited by opivy, Mar 14, 2010 @ 10:17 PM.

[violet04]

I don't know why, but I find this show fascinating. I haven't seen the A&E show, but I watched the two shows airing on TLC. It seems like all the women featured were able to make good progress.

Cindy's daughter was cute. Her son still seemed to have anger towards his mom. It was nice to see Cindy and her husband finally able to eat dinner together.

Chris had a really extreme case. They didn't really mention a specific reason/incident that triggered the hoarding. All the women's husbands were supportive and stayed married to them, so I felt kind of sorry for Chris and the fact that his girlfriend probably wasn't going to stick around. It seems like he was slowly making some headway.

If this show stays on the air, I hope they do follow-ups on these people to see how they have progressed.

Next week looks like another extreme case. The woman said she hadn't thrown out trash in a year.

[lu1wml]

Just happened to watch the 2 episodes tonight, and I'm hooked if I can remember when it's on.
I hadn't watched the A&E show, so what I've seen on hoarders has been the Dr Phil/Oprah approach, with dump truck and crew. I've got to say that that method is more satisfying from a viewers point of view.
You could have three or four seasons of Chris before you'd see any change. I really want to see follow up on these people.
I too didn't see them finding out why Chris hoarded.

[dingbatesq]

I hadn't watched the A&E show, so what I've seen on hoarders has been the Dr Phil/Oprah approach, with dump truck and crew.

That's pretty much the A&E approach--send a therapist, a professional organizer and a few dump trucks w/ crew and voila! a cleaner house in two days. I agree it's kind of more fun to see tons of crap being thrown out, but after watching the A&E show and this one, I think this one is actually helping the hoarders more and will do more for them in the long run.

It's just a shame that Annie decided to bail on Chris at that moment but I honestly cannot blame her one little bit.

I was kind of on the fence about her--on one hand, you can't blame her, and he did hide this from her for a long time, but on the other hand, he did call the show and agree to work on it, so I couldn't decide if her dropping him immediately was kind of bitchy or not. Loved her reaction to the hoard, though.

And next week, possible sailferrets!

[jo_tornblade]

I've watched all the episodes of the other Hoarders show, so I was mentally screaming, "Run Annie! Run away while you still can!" So I think that she made the right decision.

I do like the more realistic goals set in this show. They're showing multiweek efforts rather than on weekend. It doesn't seem as exploitive.

[Cynara]

I was kind of on the fence about her--on one hand, you can't blame her, and he did hide this from her for a long time, but on the other hand, he did call the show and agree to work on it, so I couldn't decide if her dropping him immediately was kind of bitchy or not.

I was on the fence too. I totally understand where she is coming from...but I also don't think she made any great effort to understand where HE was coming from. I can also get behind what she said about being independent and not letting him live in her house and she's not going to change who she is, but I got the impression that it was not in an "I stand up for myself because that's healthy and smart" way (which it is) but in a self-entitled "No way am I going to let this affect the fabulous life I deserve and am living and if this doesn't fit into the mold, I am out" kind of way. Which in the end is just as well for both of them, if she doesn't have the feelings for him to make the fight worth it. With the extent of his problem, I can't blame her, but I think she could have couched it a little more compassionately.

I also agree this is a much more helpful and less sensationalistic approach than Hoarders.

[Tahitian Moon]

I don't blame Annie (who looks like Vicki Gunderson's younger sister) for walking away. It showed that she had self-esteem and common sense, something in short supply on reality tv.


I watch A&E Hoarders and always wonder how the spouses get sucked into that crazy mess. He hid the fact that he was a hoarder for a year...to me that's on par with hiding extreme mental illness, drug addiction, etc. He does not need a relationship right now, he needs to work on himself, his compulsive shopping, and cleaning up that hoard.

[CharmCollector]

There was a deplorable lack of mayhem and foolishness that is an integral part of A&E's series but I still like TLC's version. These two shows are like bookends so I will watch A&E for the aforementioned M&F and TLC's show for the psychological treatment process. I had a good bit of sympathy for the grandmother with custody of her grandchildren that I rarely feel for A&E's hoarders. She didn't make her grandkids live in squalor, ie no cat/dog/rat turds about and the hallway was clear to walk down. The other woman from the original show seemed more smackable especially when she was talking about her soup jars. Soup? She can barely cook a pork chop. Paint? PAINT? How can you paint in that house? She probably has a WHO FARTED hat to keep easter eggs in. However, her dad must have been a real wanker to burn her stuff. Ugh.

The new show had good ole Dr. Dia from the Missy/Alex episode of hoarders. Chris's outbreak of temper had lots Jerry Springerish potential. His gf was prolly wide to get out but she the kind of prisspot I normally escew IRL. The Louisiana lady I had sympathy for and her dining room DID look great for her Mardi Gras deenah party.

All in all, no kids living in abject squalor and the raging narcissism was minimal.

[crimsongrl]

I also agree this is a much more helpful and less sensationalistic approach than Hoarders.

I agree even though I was bored to tears. I felt like I was watching case studies instead of real people. I didn't feel anything for the hoarders or the people in their lives (except the grandma taking care of her grand kids). At least with the A&E show I feel something!

I'll try again next week, but this show left me feeling unsatisfied just like Hoarders does but in a different way.

[Major Misfit]

I agree even though I was bored to tears. I felt like I was watching case studies instead of real people. I didn't feel anything for the hoarders or the people in their lives (except the grandma taking care of her grand kids). At least with the A&E show I feel something!

I'll try again next week, but this show left me feeling unsatisfied just like Hoarders does but in a different way.

Felt the same way. In fact, I think this was the first time I got bored watching a hoarder on TV. I think A&E's version, for all its faults and completely unrealistic expectations, is so much better.