“House Hunters” and All Things HGTV:  The Top 25 Shows of 2016, No. 13

One thing you likely will not notice on any critic’s Best of 2016 list is mention of House Hunters or any other series on any of the Scripps Interactive Networks channels, including HGTV, Food Network, Cooking Channel, DIY and Travel Channel. And yet, as noted in my previous year-end lists, it is virtually impossible to walk into the home of anyone outside of the media industry and its immediate environs and not find the people inside watching shows on one or more of those networks – or, at the very least, playing them as a sort of visual background music as they go about the business of their day.