'Bargain Block' is coming back to HGTV – with a catch Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press August 16, 2025 at 3:44 AM "Bargain Block" host Keith Bynum was all smiles in a recent social media post, showing off a joyful hand between himself, his onair (and reallife) partner, Evan Thomas, and their costar, ...
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Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press August 16, 2025 at 3:44 AM
"Bargain Block" host Keith Bynum was all smiles in a recent social media post, showing off a joyful hand between himself, his on-air (and real-life) partner, Evan Thomas, and their costar, Shea Hicks-Whitfield.
"I haven't been as excited about the future as I have the last few weeks," Bynum wrote in the Aug. 11 Instagram post. "Life has an amazing way of guiding you exactly where you need to go. The more you fight it, the harder things get. Hope you all have an amazing week!"
For fans of the HGTV home renovation series set in Detroit, Bynum's post comes on the heels of both good and bad news.
From left: Keith Bynum, Shea Hicks-Whitfield and Evan Thomas of HGTV's "Bargain Block," which begins airing its final four episodes on Aug. 20, 2025.
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The good news is that "Bargain Block" will return at 8 p.m. ET Aug. 20, with the first of four new episodes that conclude Season 4.
The bad news? "Bargain Block," the series that turns ailing and abandoned houses in Motor City into eye-catching starter homes, wasn't renewed for a fifth season.
Viewers, understandably, are bummed. "I miss the 3 of you. My family and I have basically stopped watching HGTV. All our favourite shows have been cancelled. Keep pushing through," one fan wrote in the comment section of Bynum's post this week.
Hicks-Whitfield, the real estate expert on the series, understands why some people are feeling sad. "I am, too, because I believe it is a really good show, and it highlights really great things happening in our city," she said in a phone interview with the Detroit Free Press, part of the USA TODAY Network.
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According to Hicks-Whitfield, the past four seasons have been an exciting, often emotional journey.
"A lot of those first few homes, I literally shed tears," she says. "I'm from the city of Detroit and I've seen a lot of these dilapidated homes sit for many years. To see the renovations that (Bynum and Thomas) complete, especially homes that have been sitting for 10 or 15 years, in neighborhoods … to have them come in and completely revive homes has been so rewarding, especially being able to sell these homes to first-time buyers."
When "Bargain Block" debuted in 2021 in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, it drew more than 20 million viewers. Bynum and Thomas renovated houses that were bought for as little as $1,000 and sold for 100 times that amount.
Fans didn't just tune in to see the before-and-after look of the homes, though. They found comfort during the pandemic from the positive nature of the projects and the friendship between Hicks-Whitfield and Bynum and Thomas. She says people often mention that "Bargain Block" helped get them through that tough period, "just seeing our camaraderie or us being silly on TV and laughing, and that's how we are."
The fourth season of "Bargain Block," which premiered in September, unveiled a location twist. At midseason, the focus shifted away from Detroit to a five-episode spin-off called "Bargain Block: New Orleans" that aired in the same time slot.
From left: Keith Bynum, Shea Hicks-Whitfield and Evan Thomas of HGTV's "Bargain Block."
On June 17, Bynum revealed on Instagram Stories that the show had been canceled and that the decision had been made in February. Days later, he posted on Instagram that the previous six months had been "a pretty wild journey" and called television "a fickle world" with "a lot of great people but it's also full of some of the worst people I've ever encountered."
"Our entire business and lives have been put through the ringer at the hands of a giant corporation, yet we persist lol," he wrote at the time. "Though you may not be seeing us for much longer on HGTV, we're excited that we've built such an amazing base of followers and we're very excited about the future."
Asked why the show wasn't renewed, Hicks-Whitfield says she doesn't know. "We don't really have much of an inside scoop of the why," she admits. Before the cancellation, she says that she, Bynum and Thomas were "excited with the prospect" of Season 5.
"It seems to me in my 48 years of life and a TV watcher all my days, that in the past … quite a few really good shows get canceled," she muses.
When contacted by the Free Press, HGTV would confirm via email only that "the final four episodes of Bargain Block Season 4 will premiere on Wednesday, Aug. 20, at 8 p.m. ET/PT."
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