DIY Network's August 2011 Programming Round Up

DIY Network announces their August 2011 Programming Round Up which includes Hot List: Kitchens, Bathtastic! Top 10: Cheap Fixes, Bathtastic! Top 10: Bathroom Blowouts, 10 Grand In Your Hand, Blog Cabin, Door Knockers,  Disaster DIY and I Hate My Kitchen

NEW SPECIALS:
Hot List: Kitchens (1x30)
Premiere: Tuesday, Aug. 2 at 8:30 p.m. ET
Licensed contractor James Young, host of DIY Network's I Hate My Kitchen, takes you straight to Las Vegas, inside the biggest and baddest trade show around - the 2011 Kitchen & Bath Industry Show. With this all-access insider's look, James will show you the hottest new products for your kitchen. See the latest design trends, from countertops to cabinets, and get a glimpse at some of the most hi-tech gadgets and appliances on the market today. With James as your guide, you'll get the complete 411 on how to plan the kitchen of your dreams in Hot List: Kitchens.
 
Bathtastic! Top 10: Cheap Fixes (1x60)
Premiere: Saturday, Aug. 13 at 7:30 p.m. ET
If your dreams are bigger than your bathroom remodeling budget, BATHtastic! host Matt Muenster has the solutions you need.  He's counting down all of the best projects to fix up your bathroom on the cheap.  From made-from-scratch solutions to bargain-priced high-end style, it's all about finding clever ways to stretch your budget and make your space BATHtastic!
 
Hot List: Baths (1x30)
Premiere: Tuesday, Aug. 16 at 8:30 p.m. ET
Straight from Las Vegas, host and licensed contractor Jeff Devlin takes you behind the scenes at the largest kitchen and bath show of 2011, the Kitchen & Bath Industry Show. From audio-therapy toilets and micro-bubble bathtubs to glass art countertops and waterproof TVs in the shower, DIY Network's Hot List: Baths will give you an insider's look at how to trick out your bathroom with all the latest and greatest trends!
 
Bathtastic! Top 10: Bathroom Blowouts (1x60)
Premiere: Saturday, Aug. 27 at 7:30 p.m. ET
It's true - bigger is definitely better!  And it's all about expansion as BATHtastic! host Matt Muenster counts down his ten biggest bathroom renovations.  He's giving the lowdown on how he turned some of the most cramped, dysfunctional spaces into spacious, luxurious bathroom getaways.
 
NEW SEASON OF EXISTING SERIES:
 
10 Grand In Your Hand (5x30) Episodes 601-605
Season Six Premieres: Wednesday, Aug. 3 at 8:30 p.m. ET
Regular Time Slot: Every Wednesday at 8:30 p.m. ET
Every week on 10 Grand in Your Hand DIY Network shows real homeowners how to cut up to $10,000 from their renovation and remodeling projects. Repeat: DIY Network will save homeowners up to $10,000 in cash. In this original series, host John DeSilvia comes into a renovation or remodeling project at the beginning, offering homeowners smart advice on new materials and technologies, plus essential how-to info on doing some of the basic work themselves. Homeowners are amazed how much we can shave off their total budget, leaving serious cash available to spend on another project, a vacation or a new toy.
 
Blog Cabin (2x30) Episodes 501-502
Season Five Premieres: Thursday, Aug. 18 at 9 p.m. ET
Regular Time Slot: Every Thursday at 9 p.m. ET
DIY Network's Blog Cabin is a groundbreaking multimedia experience based on a very simple idea: "You Design It, We Build It, You Could Win It!" This truly interactive series asks Internet users and viewers to vote and blog on the design features of the ultimate vacation home and offers a chance for one lucky viewer to win it.  Hosted by licensed contractor Matt Blashaw (Money Hunters), this year's Blog Cabin features a team of DIY Network's expert hosts transforming a three-bedroom, two-bath early 1900s house into a modern-day retreat. The 2011 Blog Cabin is located on the Chesapeake Bay in eastern Virginia, just a short drive from Colonial Williamsburg and Washington, D.C. It sits on over 16 acres of outdoor-living paradise and is surrounded by great sailing, shopping and relaxing in one of the most charming communities in the country.
 
NEW EPISODES OF EXISTING SERIES:
 
Door Knockers (2x30) Episodes 104-105
Premiere: Monday, Aug. 1 at 4:30 p.m. ET
Regular Time Slot: Every Monday at 4:30 p.m. ET
Unsuspecting homeowners get a knock on the door from host Evan Farmer that they'll never forget. Before they know it, a crew of contractors is walking into the house, bringing out the power tools and creating amazing room transformations right on the spot. Door Knockers is a new spin on the Crashers franchise; but instead of ambushing at the home improvement store, DIY Network does it right at the front stoop of the house.
 
Bath Crashers (3x30) Episodes 304-305 & 311
Premiere: Monday, Aug. 1 at 9 p.m. ET
Regular Time Slot: Every Monday at 9 p.m. ET
DIY Network is on a mission to crash, demolish and raze bathrooms, transforming them into stunning, functional and modern living spaces in the series Bath Crashers. Produced similarly to the popular House Crashers and Yard Crashers series, crasher Matt Muenster ambushes homeowners while they're home improvement shopping. When he identifies the ultimate bathroom challenge, he follows the lucky homeowner home and totally overhauls a bathroom in need of repair.
 
Disaster DIY (5x30) Episodes 501 & 510-513
Premiere: Tuesday, Aug. 2 at 5 p.m. ET
Regular Time Slot: Every Tuesday at 5 p.m. ET
Disaster DIY is a show about Do-It-Yourselfers who have failed at their own home renovations and are in desperate need of some on-the-job training! Host and contractor Bryan Baeumler arrives to save a family from a renovation disaster and teach the DIY-er the safe and proper way to fix his or her mistakes.
 
Rescue Renovation (1x30) Episode 213
Premiere: Tuesday, Aug. 2 at 8 p.m. ET
Regular Time Slot: Every Tuesday at 8 p.m. ET
In DIY Network's Rescue Renovation, host Kayleen McCabe saves project-challenged homeowners who are in over their heads. McCabe points out exactly what went wrong and formulates a seven-day action plan to turn awful renovations into jaw-dropping rooms.
 
I Hate My Kitchen (5x30) Episodes 204-208
Premiere: Tuesday, Aug. 2 at 9 p.m. ET
Regular Time Slot: Every Tuesday at 9 p.m. ET
Love your house without the kitchen? Join the club. DIY Network's I Hate My Kitchen series gives homeowners hope with economical yet clever kitchen design ideas using amazing new products and cool tools. Forget about it costing a huge chunk of an annual salary to renovate your kitchen. I Hate My Kitchen crew and host James Young tears up real homeowners' lives and their kitchens, showcasing along the way impactful alternatives that don't require loans, demolition or divorce.
 
Indoors Out (5x30) Episodes 607-611
Premiere: Tuesday, Aug. 2 at 10 p.m. ET
Regular Time Slot: Every Tuesday at 10 p.m. ET
How do you expand a home's square footage without expanding the home? It's easy: build an outdoor room, one of the biggest trends in home improvement. On DIY Network's Indoors Out, stonemasons and contractors Dean Marsico and Derek Stearns lead a crew of carpenters, landscapers and stonemasons to build unique, functional and eye-popping spaces outside the box. From outdoor TVs to spa showers to fully outfitted kitchens, Indoors Out makes great TV.
 
Extra Yardage (1x30) Episode 113
Premiere: Tuesday, Aug. 2 at 10:30 p.m. ET
Regular Time Slot: Every Tuesday at 10:30 p.m. ET
Extra Yardage is a half-hour landscaping series that transforms neglected decks, patios and yards into world-class outdoor entertainment spaces using the latest designs, materials and concepts. Host Billy Derian is a hands-on landscape designer and builder with an eye for big-time transformations. From outdoor kitchens to sports-bar-themed spaces, to outdoor theaters and beyond, Billy gives you a new look at life outside the box.
 
This New House (5x30)Episodes 204-208
Premiere: Wednesday, Aug. 3 at 9 p.m. ET
Regular Time Slot: Every Wednesday at 9 p.m. ET
In This New House, a magazine-style series on DIY Network, co-hosts Amy Matthews and This Old House's Kevin O'Connor bring viewers inside homes across the U.S. that feature innovative building materials, techniques and gadgets. The best part: Kevin and Amy demonstrate how homeowners can make their homes smarter with the touch of their do-it-yourself buttons.
 
Hollywood Hi-Tech (3x30) Episodes 103-105
Premiere: Wednesday, Aug. 3 at 9:30 p.m. ET
Regular Time Slot: Every Wednesday at 9:30 p.m. ET
Hollywood Hi-Tech, the first TV series devoted to lifestyle electronics and custom installation, documents lifestyle-technology expert Janna Robinson as she goes into a Hollywood star's home to give one room the ultimate technology makeover, using state-of-the-art, high-end gear to completely transform the space. The series features some of Hollywood's best-known celebrities: Academy Award winning director Oliver Stone, Entertainment Tonight special correspondent and co-anchor Nancy O'Dell, Entourage star Kevin Connolly and Patrick Warburton, actor of the TV comedy Rules of Engagement. The celebrities are involved in the entire makeover process, from the initial consultation with Janna through construction and installation to the unveiling of the finished room.
 
Desperate Landscapes (4x30) Episodes 810-813
Premiere: Wednesday, Aug. 3 at 10 p.m. ET
Regular Time Slot: Every Wednesday at 10 p.m. ET
Your home can have the most beautifully decorated interior, but without curb appeal, your family may become the scourge of the neighborhood. But who's got the time to trim those out-of-control bushes, repave that cracked walkway and paint the porch? Fortunately, DIY Network has the time. In Desperate Landscapes, licensed contractor Jason Cameron comes to a lucky viewer's home armed with a wheelbarrow full of creative solutions to the toughest landscaping problems. In one day Jason and his team of DIY experts can transform even the most desperate landscape into a showplace sure to make your home the envy of the neighborhood.
 
Yard Crashers (4x30) Episodes 610-612, 604
Premiere: Thursday, Aug. 4 at 10 p.m. ET
Regular Time Slot: Every Thursday at 10 p.m. ET
You never know what you'll be bringing home from the home improvement store. You go in for grass seed but come home with new patio chairs and a bag of cement. If you're lucky enough, you could also bring home a professional landscape contractor. On DIY Network's Yard Crashers, expert Ahmed Hassan waits at stores looking for the perfect weekend warriors who could definitely use his help. Once he finds his target, Ahmed and his team follow the surprised shoppers to their homes and completely transform their yards.
 
Decked Out (1x30) Episode 113
Premiere: Saturday, Aug. 6 at 9 a.m. ET
Regular Time Slot: Every Saturday at 9 a.m. ET
Decked Out shows viewers how to create amazing outdoor spaces - one dazzling deck at a time! Whether it's a townhouse with a tiny yard or a five-acre rancher, host Paul Lafrance and crew demonstrate the before, the after and a whole lot of how-to along the way. From construction tricks to decorating tips to landscaping secrets, Decked Out proves any backyard can be the main attraction.
 
Renovation Realities (4x30) Episodes 702-705
Premiere: Saturday, Aug. 6 at 9 p.m. ET
Regular Time Slot: Every Saturday at 9 p.m. ET
Home renovation looks so easy on TV. We see a project move quickly and smoothly from start to finish - and the results are always beautiful. But somewhere between "before" and "after" there are always at least a few speed bumps - and one great story. Budgets skyrocket, tempers flare, relationships suffer. This is real life, and DIY Network's Renovation Realities proves that even in home improvement, truth is often stranger than fiction.
 
Family Renovation (4x30) Episodes 204-207
Premiere: Sunday, Aug. 7 at 9:30 p.m. ET
Regular Time Slot: Every Sunday at 9:30 p.m. ET
The drama continues on season two of DIY Network's Family Renovation as a new family of four attempts to live in their house during a messy, noisy renovation.  As the house is gutted and money starts to run out, Adam and Emilie Brown take matters into their own hands and try to finish the renovation themselves.  It's a move that takes them to the edge of sanity - and safety.
 
Turf War (1x60) Episode 210
Premiere: Monday, Aug. 8 at 10 p.m. ET
Regular Time Slot: Every Monday at 10 p.m. ET
Neighbors battle to win $10,000 and the title of the best yard on the block by Ahmed Hassan. Two teams, each led by Ahmed's landscape experts, use the same batch of materials and the same time frame to transform their yards into spectacular outdoor spaces. Ahmed is there offering advice, constructively criticizing, and at times jumping in to help. In the end, Ahmed (with input from other neighbors) decides who got the better result, but viewers get to see two amazing transformations.
 
Run My Renovation (2x30) Episodes 208-209
Premiere: Thursday, Aug. 18 at 9:30 p.m. ET
Regular Time Slot: Every Thursday at 9:30 p.m. ET
DIY Network's Run My Renovation is the first-ever home renovation television series that puts online users in charge. It's design by democracy. DIYNetwork.com visitors decide which lighting, flooring and other elements are actually installed. Even if the homeowners don't like the product choices or designs, they work with expert hosts, John DeSilvia and Joanie Dodds, to bring them to life in their personal spaces. Packed with drama and plenty of home improvement know-how, Run My Renovation is interactive television viewing at its best.
 
CONTESTS:
 
Worst Kitchen In America
Tuesday, June 28 - Monday, Aug. 8
DIY Network and Food Network Magazine are teaming up for the second year to uncover the "Worst Kitchen in America." From June 28 to August 8, Food Network Magazine readers and DIY Network viewers can upload an image or video to DIYNetwork.com and explain why their kitchen is cramping their style. One lucky winner will receive a full kitchen makeover courtesy of DIY Network and Food Network Magazine. Hosted by licensed contractor Matt Blashaw, the entire makeover will be documented in a one-hour DIY Network special, "Worst Kitchen in America," premiering in January 2012, and featured in the January/February 2012 issue of Food Network Magazine. In addition, the winner will receive a trip for two to attend the New York City Wine & Food Festival, including a meet and greet with Food Network host and Chef Anne Burrell.