Tired of true crime? Sick of American Idol? Try on one of these Real Estate Reality TV shows from HGTV. You might turn your TV time into cold hard cash when it comes down to knowing how to buy and sell when the time is right for you.

Secrets That Sell
Sundays at 11:00 a.m. ET/PT, beginning May 6
Real estate experts and mother/daughter duo Donna and Shannon Freeman offer a no-holds-barred, insiders’ view on homes that need some help to sell. The pair tours the house with the homeowner to identify why it hasn’t sold. After the assessment, they offer practical solutions to problems such as structural issues, design flaws and marketing mistakes.

Get It Sold
Sundays at 11:30 a.m. ET/PT, beginning May 6
In this timely series, designer and home staging expert Sabrina Soto shows frustrated and financially- stressed sellers that with a little elbow grease, a few clever, yet inexpensive, ideas, and simple do-it-yourself fixes, they can turn a home into a showplace. A real estate agent also offers strategic pricing advice, while viewers get a first-hand look at other homes for sale at the same price in the same neighborhood. Once the makeover is complete, an open house is the perfect way to showcase the dramatic “before and after.”

Bought and Sold
Sundays at 10:00 pm ET/PT
In this weekly series, viewers meet a competitive, calculating and colorful cast of real estate brokers who know how to buy and sell homes. The weekly half-hour docusoap focuses on a mid-size office of real estate agents and reveals the drama behind the sales, the inter-office politics and the lengths the brokers will go to seal a deal.

SPECIALS

20 Ways to Add Value to Your Home
Sunday, May 6 at 9 p.m. ET/PT
It’s a countdown show with a mission: entertain viewers while giving the hottest advice on how to maximize the biggest investment a homeowner can make. This compelling special highlights common remodeling projects; a few surprising trends and debunks myths about home improvement.

You Should Live Here
Sunday, May 13 at 9 p.m. ET/PT
If you could live anywhere in the country, where would it be? This highly entertaining and informative new special can help viewers find their ideal place to live in America by highlighting where the most attractive people live (San Diego); which place in America is the most friendly (Nashville); and even which city is the most entrepreneurial (Phoenix). You Should Live Here! also highlights the interesting “hooks” of America’s favorite cities, including the most dog-friendly (Chicago); best place to be vegetarian (San Francisco); best city to be single (Denver-Boulder); the most livable city (Nashville) and much more.

Designed to Sell’s Top 35 Selling Secrets (wt)
Sunday, May 20 at 9 p.m. ET/PT
This one-hour countdown special gives viewers 35 great ideas to help boost their bottom line and help them get the most out of selling their home. The Designed to Sell experts provide their picks for the top secrets and tell viewers how to get top dollar from the sale of a home. Viewers also will benefit from tips that cover topics such as real estate savvy, design know-how and handyman secrets.

What’s With That Really Expensive House?
Sunday, May 27 at 9 p.m. ET/PT
What’s With That Really Expensive House? (wt) is a voyeuristic special with a humorous edge. As in the series What’s With That House?, Host George Gray takes the viewers behind the closed doors of the most talked about houses in the neighborhood. Not only do viewers get to tour the unique interiors, but they also get to meet the interesting characters who live there. In addition, Gray takes this special one step further by checking out $10-$40 million homes and asking the tough questions like “Does anyone really need 14 bathrooms?”

About HGTV

HGTV, America’s leader in home and lifestyle programming, is distributed to more than 91 million U.S. households and is one of cable’s top-rated networks. HGTV’s website, http://www.HGTV.com http://www.hgtv.com/> , is the nation’s leading online home-and-garden destination that attracts an average of 5.5 million unique visitors per month. HGTV owns 33 percent of HGTV Canada and provides much of the Canadian network’s daily programming. The network’s branded programming also can be seen in 127 territories across all seven continents and its selected programming is available to service men and women on board Navy ships and through American Forces Radio Television Service (AFRTS) which services more than 1,000 outlets in over 175 countries. Headquartered in Knoxville, Tenn., with offices in Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Detroit, Los Angeles, Nashville and New York, HGTV is wholly owned by The E.W. Scripps Company (NYSE:SSP), which also operates Food Network ( http://www.foodnetwork.com), DIY Network (http://www.diynetwork.com), Fine Living TV Network (http://www.fineliving.com), and Great American Country (http://www.gactv.com).