This Old House® to Air Tribute Special to Master Carpenter and Television Trailblazer, Norm Abram
May 19 2022 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
The House That Norm Built To Premiere
October 3rd
After over four decades, This Old House’s Master Carpenter and
pioneer of the home improvement television genre, Norm Abram is
officially leaving the show and hanging up his toolbelt. Norm will
be sent off in style with a one-hour tribute special The House That
Norm Built premiering Monday, October 3rd at 9pm ET on PBS and
streamed on The Roku Channel.
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This Old House® to air tribute special to
master carpenter and television trailblazer, Norm Abram. Photo
Credit Bob O’Connor/This Old House.
The special will highlight and chronicle 43 years of Norm’s
incredible career featuring classic moments, archived footage,
interviews and memories from celebrities, friends, peers and those
who worked alongside him. Norm’s inspiration reached far and wide
for a humble man who became a national celebrity through his
uncompromising craftsmanship, trademark plaid shirt, impersonations
on popular sitcoms, bits on late night TV shows, morning shows,
nationally syndicated cartoons and as the ultimate authority in
home improvement. Norm appeared in over 1000 episodes of This Old
House, worked on over 50 home renovation projects and hosted more
than 280 episodes of The New Yankee Workshop.
It all started for Norm on Christmas Eve in 1958 as he went with
his father, a Boston carpenter on a job installing hardwood floors.
They installed the floors the old-fashioned way – with cut nails
and a skill saw turned upside down on a milk crate. That first job
led to many weekends and summer breaks spent with his father
learning the discipline of methodical pace and common sense. Twenty
years after that Christmas, Norm was “discovered” by creator
Russell Morash, who had commissioned him to build a barn. So taken
with Norm’s work, he invited the carpenter to help with the
renovation of a house in Boston’s historic Dorchester section—with
a WGBH camera crew recording the process for a series. It was an
instant success, and Norm catapulted into home improvement guru
status. He served as Master Carpenter of This Old House since the
series’ 1979 premiere and host of The New Yankee Workshop a decade
later.
“Norm is a living legend that helped create the home improvement
television genre and entire networks are now in existence because
of the trusted expertise to generations of homeowners that he
provided,” said Dan Suratt, Vice President of This Old House, Roku.
“‘Measure twice, cut once’ is a familiar slogan to anyone who knows
Norm - it will be hard for anyone to measure up to Norm. We’re
honored to have had him as part of our family.”
This Old House and Ask This Old House have received a combined
117 Emmy nominations with 20 Emmy wins overall. This Old House is
set to receive a Lifetime Achievement Award by the National Academy
of Television, Arts & Sciences at the 49th Annual Daytime Emmy®
Awards on June 18th.
Viewers can find all the ways to watch This Old House and Ask
This Old House here.
About This Old House
This Old House is a leading multi-platform home enthusiast
brand, serving over 20 million consumers each month with trusted
information and expert advice. This Old House connects with
audiences through its Emmy award-winning television shows This Old
House and Ask This Old House, its highly regarded This Old House
magazine and its inspiration and information-driven digital
properties, including ThisOldHouse.com, streaming app, free
ad-supported channels, podcasts (Clearstory and Ask This Old
House), social platforms, popular YouTube channel, and Insider
subscription club. This Old House and Ask This Old House are
presented on PBS by WETA Washington, DC. National underwriting for
This Old House and Ask This Old House is provided by The Home
Depot, Amica, GAF, Propane Education & Research Council,
Wagner, and Duluth Trading Company. This Old House Ventures, LLC is
a Roku (NASDAQ: ROKU) company.
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