{"id":39361,"date":"2022-06-29T18:28:26","date_gmt":"2022-06-29T22:28:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=39361"},"modified":"2022-06-29T18:28:26","modified_gmt":"2022-06-29T22:28:26","slug":"hgtv-greenlights-its-first-africa-based-series-renovation-wild","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2022\/06\/29\/hgtv-greenlights-its-first-africa-based-series-renovation-wild\/","title":{"rendered":"HGTV Greenlights Its First Africa-Based Series &#8220;Renovation Wild&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-39362\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/HGTV-on-white.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"328\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/HGTV-on-white.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/HGTV-on-white-300x164.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>Thrilling renovations, amazing animal sightings, and extraordinary surroundings will captivate fans when HGTV cameras go to Africa in its newly greenlighted series, <strong><em>Renovation Wild<\/em><\/strong>. The eight-episode order, slated to premiere in summer 2023, will chronicle safari camp owners Grant and Lynsey Cummings and their children as they take on the uniquely difficult challenges of remodeling dilapidated lodges on their remote Zambia property. 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