(1999–2003) John Jarratt (1995–1998) Motoring & Technology James Tobin (2020–present) Health & Fitness Sam Wood (2020–2021) Pets Harry Cooper (2004–present) Noni Hazlehurst (1995–2003) Better Living (consumer advice) Noni Hazlehurst (1995–1997) Broadcast The program originally aired on Tuesdays at 7:30 pm and ran back to back with The Great Outdoors until the travel program was moved to Mondays early in the 2000s. It then aired before Room For Improvement, which was hosted by then-DIY presenter Scott McGregor. Better Homes was moved to Saturday nights at 7.30 pm in 2004, before being shifted to 6.30pm. Both timeslots were reportedly disastrous for ratings and the show struggled immensely against Australian rules football on other networks. In 2005, it was shifted to 7:30pm on Friday nights, where it has enjoyed ratings success since. It is now the longest-running Australian TV lifestyle program and the highest rating show on Australian TV. It was often among the top 10 rating programs in Australia during the 1990s, sometimes with audiences in excess of two million. From 2007 until 2011, the Seven Network showed Better Homes and Gardens at 7:30 pm., prior to its coverage of Friday Night Football starting at 8:30 pm. This was a very successful timeslot for the show, but the scheduling was unpopular amongst football fans on the east coast, because it meant that the football was shown on a one-hour delayed telecast (except for matches in Perth, which were live due to the time difference). Sports fans and media continually called for Seven to shift Better Homes and Gardens and show the football live, but Seven preferred to leave the show in its top-rating timeslot, moving it only for particularly large matches. Better Homes and Gardens was forced into a new timeslot at the start of the 2012 AFL season, as the new AFL Broadcast Rights deal forced Seven to show the football live on Friday nights. Better Homes now airs in all states on Friday nights at 7:00 pm on Channel 7 when the AFL is not on and 7Two when the AFL is on. See also List of Seven Network programs List of Australian television series References External links Better Homes and Gardens (Australian) Better Homes and Gardens on 7plus 1995 Australian television series debuts 2000s Australian television series 2010s Australian television series Australian non-fiction television series English-language television shows Gardening television Seven Network original programming Television shows based on magazines