''Home Town'' is an American television series starring husband and wife team, Ben and Erin Napier, that premiered on January 24, 2016 on

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. The married couple restores

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homes in

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. The fifth season of ''Home Town'' (sixteen episodes) began airing on January 3, 2021. On January 4, 2021, a spin-off titled ''Home Town: Ben's Workshop'' premiered on

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, and on May 2, 2021, a spin-off titled ''Home Town Takeover'' premiered.

Premise

Erin and Ben Napier renovate houses in the historic district of Laurel, Mississippi. After being featured in ''Southern Weddings'' magazine and on the magazine's Instagram, they were contacted by HGTV. The show premiered in January 2016 and has been highly rated in the first three of the show's aired seasons.

Hosts

''Home Town'' is hosted by married couple Erin and Ben Napier. The couple met while they were students at

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and were married in 2008. They have two daughters, Helen, who was born in January 2018, and Mae, who was born on May 28, 2021.

Episodes

Series overview

Season 1 (2016–17)

Season 2 (2018)

Season 3 (2019)

Season 4 (2020)

Season 5 (2021)

Spin-offs

''Home Town Takeover''

On November 13, 2019, it was announced that a spin-off titled ''Home Town Takeover'' will premiere in 2021. The six-episode spinoff will feature the Napiers working with another community to renovate multiple homes and public spaces within a single town. It was announced on July 2, 2020, that

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, will be the town featured in this new show. In 2022 the show will be filming in Fort Morgan, Colorado.

''Home Town: Ben's Workshop''

On December 3, 2020, it was announced that a spin-off titled ''Home Town: Ben's Workshop'' would premiere on January 4, 2021 on

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