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Saturday, March 10, 2012

'Bachelor Bob,' Designers Meet with Fans For Cranberry Re-Airing of Showhouse Showdown

The meet-and-greet took place in Cranberry's Mystic Ridge neighborhood.

Fans of HGTV’s Showhouse Showdown got another chance to dish with host Bob Guiney and the show’s designers Friday during a special re-airing of the Cranberry episode. In August, HGTV and Stone & Co. Entertainment partnered with Pittsburgh’s Heartland Homes to film an episode at the Mystic Ridge development in Cranberry Township. The show also filmed in September in the Edgewater at Oakmont neighborhood. On Friday, designers Alisha Gwen, of Shadyside, and the Philadelphia-based Joe Berkowitz reteamed with former Bachelor Bob Guiney at the Mystic Ridge model home to talk with fans. The show featured the designers adding their touches to two newly-built homes with mirror-image floor plans. Area residents then toured the home and cast their …

Saturday, March 3, 2012

Chat Live With Designers During Today's Airing of 'Showhouse Showdown' in Cranberry

Plus, meet 'Bachelor Bob' and the designers next week in the Mystic Ridge neighborhood and be entered for a chance to win $25,000.

HGTV fans will have the opportunity to chat live with designers Alisha Gwen and Joe Berkowitz when the Cranberry Township episode of Showhouse Showdown premieres at 2:30 p.m. today. HGTV and Stone & Co. Entertainment partnered with Heartland Homes in August to film an episode at the Mystic Ridge development in Cranberry Township. The show also filmed in September in the Edgewater at Oakmont neighborhood. In addition to chatting with the designers on the Heartlands Homes website, anyone who participates in the chat will be entered to win an iPad. For information, visit more the Heartlands Home website by clicking here. In each episode of Showhouse Showdown, two professional interior designers take over two newly-built houses with mirror-…

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Cranberry Episode of 'Showhouse Showdown' to Air March 3

The show, which airs on HGTV, was filmed in August in the Mystic Ridge neighborhood.

Cranberry will be featured on television at the beginning of March, when the season premiere of "Showhouse Showdown" airs on HGTV. In each episode, two professional interior designers take over two newly built houses with mirror-image floor plans. The designers will compete head-to-head, creating five signature rooms in each house using identical budgets and on the same schedule. Keeping the stakes high and the designers on track will be host Bob Guiney, from ABC’s "The Bachelor." In the end, there is an open house, and one designer will be crowned the winner based on the votes that area residents cast. HGTV and Stone & Co. Entertainment partnered with Heartland Homes in August to film an episode at the Mystic Ridge development in …

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Cranberry Episode of 'Showhouse Showdown' Postponed

The episode taped in Cranberry should have aired by the end of the month. It's now slated to run in December or January.

Area residents who attended the Cranberry taping of HGTV's Showhouse Showdown and can't wait to see if they're appearing on TV are going to have to wait a little bit longer. Due to competition during the Monday night television lineup, HGTV has decided to postpone episodes of its show. About five episodes of the new series have aired on TV. Cranberry's episode was the eighth to be filmed and was expected to air this month. HGTV and Stone & Co. Entertainment partnered with Pittsburgh’s Heartland Homes to film an episode at the Mystic Ridge Development in August. The show also filmed in September in Oakmont. Kevin Oakley, director of marketing for Heartland Homes, said HGTV will begin airing the show when the popular network television …

Sunday, August 28, 2011

Video: HGTV and 'Bachelor' Bob Make TV Magic in Cranberry Home Contest

Former 'Bachelor' Bob Guiney keeps the crowd laughing during a hot afternoon shooting "Showcase Showdown" at Mystic Ridge, the new Heartland Homes development.

More than 750 people showed up Saturday for the filming of "Showhouse Showdown" in Cranberry. HGTV and Stone & Co. Entertainment partnered with Pittsburgh’s Heartland Homes for the series, which is being filmed in cities across the country. The show pits two experts against each other in competition to design the best model home. Judges who choose the winning look are selected from the community where the show is being filmed. The show is hosted by former Bachelor Bob Guiney, who mugged for the camera and interacted with the crowd Saturday at the Mystic Ridge development. The homes, located on Center Oak Drive and Castle Brook Drive off Garvin Road, were open to the public from 1 to 3 p.m. While everyone who attended was allowed to tour …

Wednesday, August 17, 2011

HGTV Filming New Reality Home Show in Cranberry

Former Bachelor Bob Guiney will be the host of Showhouse Showdown.

Model homes in new housing plans often come pre-decorated by an expert. That’s nothing new. But in Mystic Ridge, a new neighborhood in Cranberry, competing interior designers will decorate the model homes with the winning look that the public chooses. And it will all be filmed for TV. HGTV and Stone & Co. Entertainment have partnered with Pittsburgh’s Heartland Homes to film part of a new series titled Showhouse Showdown in Cranberry. The show, which is being filmed in cities across the country, pits two experts against each other in competition to design the best model home. Members of the community where the show is being filmed will act as judges and get to pick the winning look. HGTV’s Leslie Appleyard, who is producing the Pittsburgh …

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