In 1951 Cy Newman was the first to present homes for sale on New York
television. The earliest programs were only 15 minutes
long and some would run just before Brooklyn Dodgers baseball games on WOR -TV.
The popularity of The
House Detective during the baby boom of the 1950's had the show spreading up and down the east coast from New Jersey to
Florida and as far west as Ohio.
In 1994 Cy's son Dave began producing The House Detective in Reno on KOLO-TV.
The show has produced a new program every week during the more than thirteen year run.
Starting in 2000 a
spin-off of The House Detective called New Home Showcase began airing programs directed to the new home buyer. Later
renamed The House Detective Saturday Edition, the show aired weekly
on Saturday afternoons on KTVN, CBS-Reno, Channel 2 until 2008.
Starting June 2008, The House Detecive is going
somewhere that program in the show's history is going, international. The House Detective Mexico Edtion signed on the
air across North America. Featuring communities up and down the west side of Mexico. Go to www.TheHouseDetectiveMexico.com for more information.
