Dear HGTV,
First of all, let me tell you what a huge fan I am of your channel. I recently read the press release announcing your partnership with Heather Armstrong of Dooce and your show, Design Happens.
While I am thrilled and looking forward to seeing what Mrs. Armstrong will bring to the show, I thought I’d pitch you an idea that came to me while ordering my family some takeout.
Good Enough would be focused on two modern day mothers who juggle the demands of raising children without going insane.
The Kick Ass Hosts of Good Enough
These women keep their home just tidy enough, their men happy enough, and their kids smart enough. We may not always be green, eat organic, and keep a spotless bathroom, but we get dinner on the table, our kids’ teeth brushed, and their hair washed (at least twice a week).
While I realize there is a strong market for the Martha Stewarts of the world, I know there is an even bigger market for moms (and dads) who just get by and that’s good enough.
Some possible show topics could include:
Planning A Dinner Party – Text your friends, last person to respond hosts the dinner, everyone brings something to eat. Voila! Done.
Kids’ Birthday Party – Scavenger hunt theme, no need to clean up the whole house. The first child to find your glasses, keys, flask, and latest US magazine wins a prize!
I sincerely look forward to hearing your thoughts and suggestions. While we may not draw the same numbers as the Dooce gal, I believe there is a niche audience that will surely be drawn to us.
Fondly,
Kacey
I would watch your show anytime on any channel. We need more shows that we can relate to.
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I would totally watch that show.
And I LOVE the scavenger hunt idea. There are a few things around here that I can’t find.
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I think a lot of us live by the good enough motto. As a working mom of a toddler and a 3 month old, I feel accomplished if we eat at a decent time and I manage to stay awake long enough to get the kids to bed! Until there is a monetary prize for keeping my house spotless, I won’t mind a little clutter!
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francesca Reply:
March 16th, 2010 at 5:55 am
A monetary incentive for keeping our home clean? You are brilliant, Kam. I will be sure to pass your idea along to my husband. I am sure that he will be appreciative.
xo
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I would tune in to your show ANY day of the week. And I don’t even have a TV. That’s saying something.
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admin Reply:
March 10th, 2010 at 9:19 pm
I’m sorry did you write that you DO NOT have a tv? Ummm who watches your kids?
Sadly our cable went out last night and I thought I was dying. Pathetic I know.
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Lolli Reply:
March 10th, 2010 at 9:35 pm
Um, yeah…we have the box that sits in our basement and plays our enormous collection of DVDs. I’m no hermit or anything. Just no reception. Or cable.
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You gals got our votes!! Oh, scavenger hunt? We call it an I Spy Room!
~kristin
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This is hysterical! I would totally tune in and could easily be a guest on your new hit show.
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I was SO watch that show. I’m not into shows that make me feel like I suck. I have mommy group for that! Fran, come check out our beautiful photo from Bloggy. Only thing missing was Kacey.
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francesca Reply:
March 16th, 2010 at 5:57 am
There is a rumor going around that M-K, Angie, and I will all be in Phoenix at the beginning of May. Surely you won’t make us get together without you, right? My laptop would be so lonely…and our pictures would definitely be sub-par without you.
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I want to be part of your show.
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francesca Reply:
March 16th, 2010 at 5:59 am
Are you kidding? You are going to be our featured correspondent, Nana. How on earth could we do something like this without you? My only fear is that the audience would like you more than us and, in your journey to stardom, you’d take over the show and kick us off.
Just promise me you’ll still let us get you coffee when that time comes.
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I really hope they replace Dooce with you. I wanted to throw something at the screen when I saw her.
Not a fan, if you can’t tell.
Maybe that will change if I can watch it.
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I would MUCH rather watch a Mayhem & Moxie show than a show about Dooce. Are you listening, HGTV?!?
That is all.
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I am all over that show! Tell HGTV that they can count on at least one viewer who will be glued to her couch mainlining Cadbury eggs and merlot while you guys make me feel like I’m not alone!
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francesca Reply:
March 16th, 2010 at 5:59 am
Cadbury eggs and Merlot? My gawd, woman, we really are the same person.
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I would watch. You know it!
My mom said “some famous blogger” was getting her own show. Should’ve known it was Dooce. I’d totally rather watch you.
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I’d watch. Fo sho. LOL In fact, I could do some guest spots for you, too. You know, when Fran’s too busy hugging a toilet or something.
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francesca Reply:
March 16th, 2010 at 6:01 am
You’re all heart and generosity, my friend. Honestly, I think two pregnant women, their pregnant bellies, and their screaming brood of kids have a lot of potential for a show called, Good Enough.
You’re in!
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I would totally watch!
That would be some real reality TV 
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I’d watch too. I love the scavenger hunt although maybe my party should be more of a craft party i.e., scrapbook my family’s life for the past 6 years.
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Yes! You just got another viewer. Sounds like an awesome show to me!
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You’d have yet another viewer here! That would be great.
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Sounds like a fabulous show idea. I would definitely watch. Love the photos.
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OMG Kacey, this was hysterical! It’s the kind of show I’d watch, for sure!
Justine
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AHAAHAA… Brilliant!
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Good Luck! I love the idea of the dinner parties, I may have to steal that one for my friends. I too feel much of the same. I think I was more organized when working full time but after my 2nd I’ve gone down hill. Glad to know I am not the only one but what matters is that we try our best and do what we can.
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How could the producers of HGTV NOT be all over this. It’s brilliant. Has the phone rung yet?
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francesca Reply:
March 16th, 2010 at 6:01 am
Shockingly, we’re still waiting.
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I am LOVING this scavenger hunt idea – I wish I had thought of that. Absolutely hilarious x
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I would totally watch Good Enough over that OTHER show you mentioned!
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I’ll only watch if one of my kids can unearth the tv remote. Time for a scavenger hunt!
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This made me laugh so hard I cried. Genius post! Also love the new do.
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Glad to have discovered your website and loooking forward to reading through it.
Thanks for the twitter follow! Happy SITs Saturday, too!
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I’d vote for that show! Let’s hope HGTV knows what’s good for them!
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HILARIOUS! I love it — I’d definitely watch that show (heck, I could host something like that too, lol).
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I really like HGTV but am having a really hard time with the Dooce thing. I will not be watching…
BUT. I would totally watch your show as long as I could do a guest spot on how to remove blood, vomit and red wine from a linen sofa.
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francesca Reply:
March 16th, 2010 at 6:04 am
Of course you could! We’d call your segment, Must See TV. I mean, who doesn’t want to sit on their couch and watch a vomit removal tutorial?
Plus, I have visions of you doing an “out and about” segment about all the things you see in your neighborhood when you are walking your dog.
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You know I’d watch your show. I was sold by your, “Planning A Dinner Party” idea. I think I might just have to steal it…I mean, use it.
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Sign me up as a charter subscriber. Heck, maybe you’ll even let me be a columnist. You guys are geniuses.
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Now that is a show I would watch!
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Yes! My question is, will you wear makeup? Also, will you be wearing standard mother attire, i.e. sweatpants, husband’s t-shirts? Just wondering!
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francesca Reply:
March 16th, 2010 at 6:05 am
For a show like, Good Enough, we’d definitely be in our standard mom attire. Besides, I only put on my fancy make-up at Christmas.
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LOVE this idea!! It’s irritating seeing the glamorous lifestyles featured on HGTV that will never ever relate to my life. I don’t have a small child right now, but if I did, I would want to see REAL life as it applies to me, not how I wish it could be. Some of their themes just are not realistic to anyone with children.
I saw one episode where the family had two small boys and the designers gave them furniture with sharp edges and white cushions. That probably didn’t last long…
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francesca Reply:
March 16th, 2010 at 6:06 am
White furniture? That’s a good one. I really doubt that lasted long at all. I know in my house it wouldn’t have even gotten through breakfast unharmed.
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This is awesome!!
Sadie at heyMamas
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This is my first visit to your blog and I’m already in love, if for no other reason than the picture of the wild-haired child and the family room.
Can’t say enough how much I ADORE that you’re keepin’ it real.
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I love this post! What a cute idea.
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I would so tune in to your show!
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Hon… you are funny! I LOVE the idea! I am TOTALLY good enough!!
BTW, I am so glad that I didn’t follow my internal (greedy) prompting to spark conversation with that reporter… hoping that she would have inserted a blurb about my blog and sent me into fame and fortune. She totally would have made me look like an idiot.. like she did to you…
Just sayin’… “I want to start a blog ’cause I just love them. They’re pretty and fun. And cool. (snort).”
Yes, better you than me!
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francesca Reply:
March 16th, 2010 at 6:07 am
You are cracking me up with this comment. Self-preservation at its finest. I can totally relate.
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I don’t know how, but I managed to sort of lose you guys in all of my blogging mayhem…achem. So, I just put your blog button on my sidebar, never to be lost again.
I love this post. Good Enough would be my most favorite show eva! I really love the idea to text your friends and the last to respond is the host. I’m going to give that one a try soon. I’ll let you know how it goes.
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francesca Reply:
March 17th, 2010 at 5:21 am
Jenny! Hello again. So, so great to see you on our blog. Glad to see that we are finally getting a chance to start interacting again. Seeing your name pop up is like re-connecting with an old friend.
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Awesome response and holy crap, I think you just made the big time! I mean don’t all celebs have their comments taken out of context?
GO FRANCESCA!
And you could look at it this way, you are getting some serious comment love from this crappy article! And that my friend, is all us bloggers need.
I {heart} Mayhem and Moxie!
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francesca Reply:
March 17th, 2010 at 5:14 am
This is me reaching through the computer and giving you one giant hug, Bobbi-Jo. THANK YOU for your lovely comment. Such a great way to start my day.
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Found your post through the “sorry” letter written by (name escapes me) of the NYTimes….
Anyway, found you, and THAT is the important thing! Loved your entry! My partner and I are new to this whole blogging/twitter world. Came from corporate, and now find myself working from home(again). Thank heavens I get to meet (read) posts like this! Makes me feel human…
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I would totally watch that show. Also, I could be ON that show. I was thinking just earlier that it’s a good thing I read books to my son every night otherwise our time together would be filled with household chores, eating dinner, and getting ready for bed.
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Omg!!! I can’t stop laughing!!!!
LOVE you site! (:
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