judged to be unable to survive the winter. The Glenns have returned to Tennessee. They are told that, while they would have been physically able to survive the winter, they were not psychologically ready to do so. The Glenns decide to separate, as their marriage has suffered during their stay on the homestead. Broadcast PBS originally intended to broadcast Frontier House in January 2002, but switched the air date to April 29 through May 1. This allowed the network to market Frontier House at the same time as other new series and specials, saving advertising dollars. The decision to air the show against other series on broadcast television networks during the highly popular May sweeps was strongly criticized. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, for example, said that this decision meant fewer people watched Frontier House than would have at other times of the year. The series was re-edited with new commentary and a new narrator. The reworked episodes, still titled Frontier House, were shown on the DIY Network. Reception Frontier House was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Non-Fiction Program (Reality) in 2002. It has been described in an academic review as "a critical, self-reflexive interrogation of romanticized visions of the U.S. nineteenth-century life on the frontier". Similar reality series Frontier House was followed in 2004 by Colonial House, which recreated daily life in Plymouth Colony in 1628. In 2006, PBS aired Texas Ranch House, which recreated the life of a family and ranch hands on an 1867 Texas longhorn cattle ranch in Texas. References Bibliography McCormick, Betsy. "Back to the Future: Living the Liminal Life in the Manor House and the Medieval Dream." In Cultural Studies of the Modern Middle Ages. Eileen A. Joy, ed. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007. Shaw, Simon; Peavy, Linda; and Smith, Ursula. Frontier House. New York: Simon and Schuster, 2002. External links Frontier House page at PBS 2002 American television series debuts 2002 American television series endings 2000s American reality television series PBS original programming Television series by WNET American television series based on British television series Historical reality television series Television shows set in Montana