Is Good Bones Returning for a New Season? HGTV Makes Announcement

Good Bones marked an emotional finale to season 8 in October 2023, however is the present actually finished for good? HGTV made a surprising announcement about this system’s destiny.

What Occurred in Season 8 of ‘Good Bones’?

Mina Starsiak Hawk introduced that Good Bones was coming to an finish after filming her previous few scenes for season 8 in August 2023. Within the months that adopted, Mina revealed that there was much more occurring behind the scenes than viewers noticed, together with a “knockdown drag-out [fight] throughout demo” together with her mother, Karen E. Laine, and a feud with project manager Cory Miller.

“I used to be like, ‘I’m wondering if anybody’s going to have the ability to inform,’” Mina informed People in September 2023. “And naturally, you’ll be able to’t as a result of that’s the thought. Folks . . . that’s not why they’re tuning in to look at Good Bones. That’s not what they need.”

Within the final episode of the season, Mina’s brother Tad Starsiak received engaged to Anna Spiars of their newly renovated dwelling. He broke down in tears in the course of the emotional episode, because the Good Bones forged was readily available to have fun.

Issues weren’t so easy behind the scenes, as Mina admitted she was in “difficult” place together with her mother and Tad.

“My mother and I aren’t in an awesome place. My brother Tad and I aren’t in an awesome place. My brother William and I are in a type of like nonexistent place,” she informed listeners of her “Mina AF” podcast. “It’s difficult with out even being difficult. We don’t actually have interaction a lot, and the final engagement wasn’t tremendous constructive, and that was possibly a yr in the past.”

She has since revealed that she squashed her beef with William.

In October 2023, Mina informed her podcast listeners that she was getting a Good Bones spinoff present about her lake home together with her husband, Steve Hawk. Initially, she mentioned it was being filmed in two phases.

“What I do know proper now could be [the] first section we’re filming for a two-episode spinoff, and it’s been actually enjoyable to date,” Mina defined. “Steve’s concerned loads, the youngsters are there loads, MJ [Coyle] and Austin [Aynes] are there for demo and it simply type of looks like getting again to after I began, and it was simply actually enjoyable and every thing was joyful.”

Across the identical time, Karen shared that she had bought a brand new dwelling in Wilmington, North Carolina, and hoped to work with HGTV once more.

“After eight years of doing Good Bones, I really like our manufacturing firm,” Karen informed the Indianapolis Enterprise Journal in September 2023. “They’re amazingly gifted individuals. They’ve taught me a lot. I don’t wish to cease working with them. I want to work with them till I die as a result of they’re great. HGTV has been great to us. If I might create content material for HGTV till I die, that may be a dream come true.”

Is ‘Good Bones’ Returning?

In July 2024, it was introduced that Mina and Karen’s fashionable present can be returning for a special limited season.

“The most recent season of HGTV’s hit collection Good Bones will comply with Mina Starsiak Hawk and her mother Karen E Laine as their lives evolve previous their time renovating houses in Indianapolis,” a press launch from HGTV mentioned. “Mina will buy a really dated however ‘groovy’ lake home simply north of Indy and provides it a lot wanted beauty updates to create the peaceable household getaway of her goals. Karen will set off on a brand new journey in Wilmington, North Carolina, the place she’ll danger her retirement nest egg on a bungalow that requires extra work than anticipated to change into a colourful beachy oasis. Their new beginnings will play out throughout a restricted three-week run.”

The brand new season will premiere on August 14, 2024, on HGTV at 9 p.m. ET.

“The prolonged 90-minute premiere episode will showcase Mina’s journey by a rocky dwelling shopping for course of and the renovation of her restful lakeside retreat, however alongside the best way she should make a tricky choice about her future,” the community mentioned. “The next two hour-long episodes will function Karen’s buy of a 120-year-old seashore bungalow with challenges at each flip, together with climate that threatens to destroy your complete challenge mid-build.”