HGTV On Set With

It takes a village to create the magic you see on the big screen. From HBO's The Gilded Age to Succession, HGTV On Set With hosts exclusive interviews with set and production designers behind the scenes of hit movies and tv shows.

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Step inside the affluent, dysfunctional world of Succession with the people who brought it to life: production designer Stephen Carter and director of photography Patrick Capone. Join host SuChin Pak and learn about the psychology behind the Roys’ luxurious, impersonal apartments, how to create the perfect corporate environment for eavesdropping and sabotage, and what it takes to find the underbelly of the most picturesque places on earth.

Step inside the epic world of Game of Thrones with the design team who brought it to life: production designer Gemma Jackson and costume designer Michele Clapton. Join host SuChin Pak and learn about the distinct visual story behind each of the kingdoms of Westeros, designing Daenerys’s costumes to come full circle, and what it takes to build a 700-foot wall of ice at the edge of the world.

Immerse yourself in the gritty world of the first season of True Detective with the design team who brought it to life: production designer Alex DiGerlando and set decorator Cynthia Slagter. Join host SuChin Pak and learn about building a burnt-out church from scratch, the subconscious storytelling of a hoarder house, and sourcing objects weathered by time and humidity from the real neighborhoods of Louisiana.

Step into the suburban depravity of The Sopranos with the design team who brought Tony’s world to life: production designer Dean Taucher and scenic charge artist Michael Zansky. Join host SuChin Pak and learn about using sets as psychological arenas, the secret religious symbolism in the Bada Bing, and the real meaning behind that painting in Tony and Carmela’s bedroom.

Step inside the vibrant and relatable world of Insecure with the design team that brought it to life: production designer Kay Lee and set decorator Amber Haley. Join host SuChin Pak and learn about decorating Issa’s iconically realistic apartment, pulling off those giant community events, and authentically capturing the spirit of South L.A.

Step inside two different snapshots of young people in New York City with the production designer of Friends, John Shaffner, and the production designer of Girls, Judy Becker. Join host SuChin Pak and learn about the fantasy and reality of New York apartments, how each designer drew upon their own experience coming up in the city, and the real reason Monica’s apartment was so big, after all.

Immerse yourself in the divinely extravagant and irreverent world of The Righteous Gemstones with the design team that brought it to life: production designer Richard Wright and set decorator Patrick Cassidy. Join host SuChin Pak and learn about designing at the scale of mega-mansions and mega-churches, the decor choice all “new money” folks seem to have in common, and building an opulent world out of an abandoned Sears in South Carolina.

Take a look inside the glamorous and brutal world of show business with the design team that brought Hacks to life: production designer Rob Tokarz and set decorator Jen Lukehart. Join host SuChin Pak and learn about decking the halls of a mansion with floor-to-ceiling Christmas decor, sourcing the perfect trash for a dumpster dive, and the psychology behind Deborah Vance’s signature style: tasteful with a hint of bedazzled.

Immerse yourself in the elegant, luxurious and emotionally fraught world of The White Lotus with the design team that brought the second season to life: production designer Cristina Onori and set decorator Letizia Santucci. Join host SuChin Pak and learn about designing an authentic Sicilian experience, sneaking secret symbolism into the artwork for each character, and decorating palazzos exquisite enough for “high end gays."