Carol Duvall is host of the long-running ''

The Carol Duvall Show ''The Carol Duvall Show'' is an arts and crafts show which aired on the HGTV cable channel from 1994 to 2005 hosted by Carol Duvall. It was also broadcast on the DIY Network from 2005 until late-2009. Recordings of segments from the show can be ...

'' which began on the HGTV network and later broadcast on the

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. Her television career began on a children's show in

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in 1951. A local radio station bought a television station and she and a friend decided to go and audition. The station liked what they had to offer and Duvall was hired. By the end of the first year, she was doing seventeen live shows a week. Interview on Girlfriendology
In 1962 the manager of the station moved to

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and hired Duvall to work there. She spent 18 years in a variety of positions, ranging from news anchor to co-producer and host of her first craft-oriented program, "Here's Carol Duvall". One day she received a call from a man she had met when he was still an intern in

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. He was putting together a new show called the '' Home Show'' and they needed a craft person. The show was picked up by

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and ran for six years. When the Home Show came to an end in 1994, the host

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formed a production company with

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which developed ''The Carol Duvall Show''. The program ran on HGTV from 1994 until 2005, then on DIY Network from 2005 until the end of 2009. Duvall attended

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where she was a member of

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sorority.

Publications

* ''Wanna Make Something Out of It?'' (1972), Nash Publishing * ''Paper Crafting with Carol Duvall'' (2007), DRG Publishing * ''Art Unscripted'', An artist retreat hosted by Carol Duvall (2008) DVD, directed by Suzanne Lamar

Filmography

* ''Home'' (1988–1994) * ''The Carol Duvall Show'' (1994–2005) * ''Carol Duvall's Holiday Workshop'' (2001)

References

External links

HGTV shows

Interview with Carol Duvall at Girlfriendology
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