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HGTV’s Biggest Breakout Stars: Chip and Joanna Gaines and More

HGTV has made Chip and Joanna Gaines, Drew and Jonathan Scott, Nicole Curtis and other home design experts into households names — see photos

As home improvement became a booming industry, so too did renovation shows, thanks to the channel’s slate of affable hosts and stars — including husband-and-wife team Chip and Joanna Gaines and ex-spouses Tarek El Moussa and Christina Hall — only boosts its popularity. “I’ve had a lot of doors slammed in my face by cable operators who said, ‘This is too small of an idea, nobody’s really going to watch this, we just can’t see it.’” As home improvement became a booming industry, so too did renovation shows, thanks to the channel’s slate of affable hosts and stars — including husband-and-wife team Chip and Joanna Gaines and ex-spouses Tarek El Moussa and Christina Hall — only boosts its popularity. El Moussa may owe his life to his TV career: In 2013, a Flip or Flop viewer spotted a lump on his neck that led to his thyroid cancer diagnosis.

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