In he began hosting gardening shows for DIY Network. Each week, millions of viewers are charmed by his engaging personality and unique style of education blended with entertainment. Landscape gardening has never before been showcased in a way that was so exciting to watch on television. He is a guest columnist for several industry publications and HGTV magazine.
In Ahmed began shooting web and promotional videos for various Green Industry companies. Ahmed Hassan is a self taught landscape designer that began working as a professional maintenance gardener at the age of Some clients insist on a specific plant without considering whether it will do well in their yard, Hassan said.
Hassan was hired by DIY Network in the mids, a time when the network was trying to get the husbands of its female viewers to watch its shows. You can catch the show, with c. The show spawned a spin-off, "Turf War," a competition that pitted landscapers against homeowners and a ticking clock.
Hassan said he was replaced at the end of because he was frustrated by the formatted nature of the shows. He wanted variety in every episode, but "apparently that's not the way TV works," he said.
In an email this week, Hassan wrote, "I was in essence fired, though that word was not used. I was no longer able to produce my shows and the network re-cast my role with current host and DIY network host, Matt Blashaw.
Because my shows were great and I have a large fan base, the network continues to air both my older episodes alongside the newer episodes with Blashaw. There has never been any open discussion on the matter of me no longer hosting the show. I no longer watch Property Virgins without Sandra. I think you will be losing a lot of viewers with these changes. I used to watch Yard Crashers every Saturday Morning. It was a nice way to start my Saturdays. I remember when Yard Crashers came to Chicago.
In case folks forgot it was set in Chicago The guy was getting his place done and he had a cute perky Blond girlfriend who kept asking him about an engagement ring. It was a running joke. Renovation realities is my show now. I especially liked the episode where the young woman redid her porch with her Uncle. There was so much love between them. Not like most episode where folks are ready to kill each other… Thanks for allowing me to rant. Take care.
The Show is too unrealistic for me. And the places they call homes or apartments over there would be condemned here. I can watch House Hunters for days. I love Ahmed. He is the reason I watched the show. Now, they are shoving the same cookie cut out hosts at me and have taken away the best one. Ahmed knew his stuff, is easy on the eyes and does not have a forced camera persona. He knows landscaping, he knows yards, he knows plants.
I am crushed. So disappointed in the networks I discovered him on DIY, not HGTV, which I soured on because of the over the top designs and the spoiled house hunters who irk me to no end complaining about an interior paint color — newsflash, if you buy it you can paint is whatever color you want.
But without Ahmed, my favorite crasher show is dead to me. Even my kids are upset. To be fair, I tried to watch the new host, but it was not the same, it was horrible.
Is he related to somebody or something? Why are they so hell bent to keep him in our faces? Get Matt yet another show of his own. Bring back Ahmed. Pay him whatever he asks. If it was a network decision, then they seriously need to have a meeting and someone on the inside needs to be fired. Okay, maybe I care too much. I love Ahmed Hassan and my husband knows it. Wow Ahmed I am glad your reason are your own and not some big wigs who think they know what people want.
I will miss seeing your great face on TV. Enjoy your family. We are truly dismayed that Ahmed has been replaced. He was the only reason that we chose to watch.
Where is the diversity at HGTV. He just does not have the pizzazz that Ahmed has! Please bring him back HGTV! You are really missing the mark by replacing him. Who told you to do such a stupid thing! I was very dissapointed to see that Ahmed want be hosting yard crasher any more, HGTV is making bad mistakes over their need to fire management over there. Ahmed is the show!!
His expertise, wrapped up in that awesome personality is the show!! That is why we tune in. Done deal, HGTV is over! Matt Blashaw is blaaaa!! This channel is dead to me! Ahmed with his creativity and great personality made the show. I will only watch repeats with him. No I will not be watching yard crasher. First of all HGtv. Continues to delete is minority hosts. I am sick of the network. Ahmed , if you go to another network,let me know. I agree, I will no longer watch yard crasher or turf wars.
Sad to say there is no way it will be the same without Ahmed. He was truly someone most people could connect with and admire. His personality and enthusiasm made these shows what they came to be. I am a truly disappointed former fan or the network. You create a star, then knock him down. I wish him the very best. I know he will shine in any endeavor. He was most entertaining. HGTV, be careful, viewers are fickle, but non-amenable to this manipulation.
Sorry new guy but I will not watch this show without Ahmed. I wish him all of the best with life and family. I can not bring myself to watch someone try to master what had already been mastered. I have my dvr set to record new episodes. I was happy to see one had recorded.
That was until I started watching it. Stopped and erased it and then canceled the show all together. Ahmed not only made the show by doing so well all the other crasher shows happened due to his success. Just makes me sad. Why all of the real estate shows? It seems to all be about buying or selling a house, not projects for the house you already have!
I hope to see Ahmed on another network soon. I cannot stand Matt Blashaw. But my days of watching Yard Crashers is now officially over. First Sandra from Property Virgins, now Ahmed. Since Ahmed is no longer the host,I will not watch Yard Crashers again. Your new host looks like a clown. Sorry I will not be watching the new Yard Crashers. He made the show and was the back drop for the other shows. Kitchen Crashers — you can keep. Holmes on Holmes is good — but every night — Come on.
Lets get back to the basics show your viewers how to decorate. Lets not put a host on because their young. Put Candice and Gennevie on during the week!! My daughter does too. Just watched the new Yard Crashers. Saw it 3 days ago for the first time and its on again today. Since its a new program I was sure we would see new shows. No, been on twice and its already a rerun. Why in the world would they give you so much hype and then run the same program twice. Hopefully, Ahmed will have a new program soon.
I am sorry you, for whatever reason, changed hosts on Yard Crashers. I will not be watching anymore. You can be as creative as you like mixing the old with the new. You have lost a loyal fan!!!!!! Ahmed, I will miss you but I will keep an eye out for your future projects. Much success to you!!!! This is horrible. You know I get so sick of this network doing stuff like this. The replacement guy has been bounced around from show to show replacing people and failing at it. This reminds me of them doing the same thing with Amy Mathews.
They put her on about every show they had like she was a beauty queen not. Those two Amy and Matt must have family that own the network or they are providing some type of favors. I constantly perplexed by networks that make major shifts without even the basic courtesy of keeping fans informed. Sorry HGTV. You just lost me as a viewer. I began watching the station because of Ahmed. He was such a natural. There is just something in his character and presentations that make me want to watch.
Please bring him back. I love Ahmed and any show he is in so sorry he is gone. I pay extra for my DTV just to get diy. I put house hunters on each night to bore me to sleep. Will be watching for Ahmeds new show.. I agree with several of you on the personality of Ahmed and Sandra. They really made you want to watch. I have not seen the new host yet. But I will give them a far chance to compare. We need people to come here and do landscaping and kitchens, etc. I watched Yard Crashers with the new host.
The show is not fun anymore. Will not watch the new ones. Bring back Ahmed!!!! I watched one of the new episodes with Matt and was greatly disappointed. Ahmed was the reason I watched Yard Crashers. The outpouring of love from the fans has been amazing. Thanks so much and please keep voicing your opinion — the power of social media is unprecedented.
Thanks again. One of the fans was so displeased that she started a petition at change. If you want to join the movement, please do and spread the word. Kelley, I have already signed the petition. Hope it works. Him being the Host is very pleasing and entertaining. It was my hope that he would come to my house in Delaware-city row house- and redo the tiny backyard for me. It would have been exciting to see what could be done to make my backyard more comfortable and beautiful instead of it being the junkyard it is presently crowded with all of my houseplants and the few herbs and vegetable plants.
When will they ever learn???!!! Ahmed is a great host, I see no reason to change. He is fun to watch and you get ideas for your own yard. Bring him back. I also loved If Walls Could Talk. I tape the reruns in case I missed them so I can watch when I get home. Actually, I caught the show on a DirectTv free preview weekend and it made me upgrade my service plan. I will truly miss Ahmed Hassan. His personality and his brilliance will be missed. I looked forward to his show on Saturdays and replacing him with Matt — who seems to wear many hats — is just boring.
Yard Crashers was what I started my morning with, get some breakfast sit up in bed and watch Ahmed transform yards. I love Yard Crashers. The other crasher shows would not exist without it. I have watched the show with the new host. They changed the host, they should change the name of the show. I hope Ahmed comes back with a new show. Miss you already Ahmed!
Im so sorry to see Ahmed go. My 8 yr old sons name is Ahmed and my last name is Hasan. We got a kick out of that. So, we always loved watching Yard Crashers with Ahmed Hassan! Im sure the new host is nice but we sure will miss Ahmed. We love his sense of humor and of course his expertise. I secretly wished I could run into him while shopping at home improvement stores. That would be so cool! Ahmed, we wish you happiness and the best of luck! As many of you, I watched Yard Crashers because of Ahmed.
Like the lady on the commercial, plants come to my house to die! It is not the same without him. Very disappointing. So now, Josh is the only Crasher I enjoy watching at this time. We will you dearly Ahmed! I look forward to seeing you in a new venture as you Move Forward! I cannot believe Ahmed is gone! It used to be Home and Garden Television — now it is buying and selling homes or million dollar home TV.
Dear HGTV your lack of diversity is pathetic. From Candice to Jamie to Vern on… get your heads out of the sand. I like Matt better. Matt is just better. Ahmed has a rare quality that you just cant find much these days, hes Charismatic, humble and charming to his those he works with. He had qualities that always came through and made him really likeable. You know Yard Crashers is such a great show. But Ahmed has alot to do with it. He has such a fantastic pesonality. Very outgoing, witty, silly, and respectful.
I just love watching him, he never disappoints. I wish he was still going to be on there. I stopped watching HGTV. Paul James had a huge following and his ratings were the highest. He traveled the country for Garden Shows, did the Rose Parade each year, and then out of no place he was dropped.
That has been several years now. HGTV is not into gardening. HGTV should call themselves something else. A big mistake, as far as, I am concerned. Ahmed is a hero to my son and my family. We watched the show faithfully and then Turf Wars, too. He talks about all the things he has learned from Ahmed and wants to do a landscaping service project when the time comes. He was so good to my son, answering questions and taking pictures.
We still talk about it. Ahmed, or Kelly, if you read this…we missed you greatly this year. You will remain in our thoughts and prayers and hopefully we will see you again. Nancy and Kyle. The only reason I watch Yard Crashers is Ahmed. He is not only entertaining and talented but also has integrity. No will not watch. The new guy seems boring and not as knowledgable as Ahmed.
Plus Ahmed is good looking and creative. Loved his work. My dad always said…. HGTV should have left Ahmed on yard crashers….
I want Ahmed back!! What next are you going to try to get rid of Josh Temple or Vern Yip? I miss Sandra and Clive too! I was disappointed when I discovered that Ahmed was not going to be host of Yard Crashers.
No one can match his perfect personality for the program. I was actually hoping they would develop more shows for him. He was a fountain of knowledge with a personality everyone loved. I watched for a few minutes and felt the show seemed forced and fake not fun and interesting like it always did with Ahmed. Please bring back Ahmed. He is cold and not engaging. Ahmed was a natural…nothing else to be said. I will have to see the new host Matt in action before passing judgment on his skills.
Matt is a looker though! Ahmed was great on that show. My mom and I use to watch him all the time. She is no longer with us but I know she would want me to experss our feeling about him leaving… big thumbs down. Ahmed was one of the most jovial, amiable, HOT hosts on any show anywhere.
Maybe Oprah should sign him up on her network! Ahmed is awesome at communication and enthusiastic and informative without needing to be scripted. I think the show will suffer eventually and DIY will as well. I support bringing back Ahmed.
Too many program changes. Ahmed was a natural and easily made the everyone broaden their horizons and work for great makeovers. I wanted him to crash my back yard and deck area. Please bring Ahmed back!!!! When did Egypt Sherrod become a real estate expert..
And a good one; but Sandra Rinamato is a real estate expert with personality. The same for Ahmed Hassan. He is a landscape expert with personality. Nothing against Egypt or Matt; but they feel more like fill-ins. Neither shows will be the same without Ahmed or Sandra. Their shows were about their passions. Ahmed was very entertaining as well as informative. I can find something else to watch. Bring Ahmed back!!!!
Just saw the first show with Matt Blashaw… Definitely not Ahmed… Not quite the same personality, not dynamic as Ahmed. Very different concepts about design. Regarding Sandra Rinomato: She actually made the decision to leave the show not HGTV to be closer to her family as the traveling was getting to be too much. I undertand people get invested in some of the hosts but guess what they are a dime a dozen and everyone is replaceable.
Get over it and grow up people!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sometimes homeowners can be pushy and even difficult but he always handled it with grace and humor! New guy is ok and should probably keep this show. People will stop watching Hgtv you have let all good people go there is no use of having the show with out Ahmed he was the best. Whataer u on up there u have lost so many people. Now u are just another loser show.
It appears that Sandra left of her own accord, however it sounds like Ahmed was summarily replaced. I tried to watch the new guy…the charm and humor are not there…he just tries to hard. My Saturday morning Yard Crash hours will now be spent on another network. I will not watch the new show without Ahmed. He made the show.
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