Excerpt: If you are a fan of A&E's reality series "Flip This House," you were probably as disappointed as I was to tune in this season and find the Trademark team (headed by Richard Davis and Ginger Alexander) no where to be found.
Excerpt: Richard is extremely interested by the profit and the bottom line, but also gives back to the community where was raised. For example, Trademark flipped the concession stand at Richard's old high school and a restaurant where Richard used to make his real estate deals when he first started out (putting most of the meal checks on credit). It is the sense of responsibility and giving back, not to mention the other interesting characters like Ginger and John (Richard's brother), that makes the show great.
Excerpt: "Most importantly, he (Billy Campbell, Discovery Communications President) is not going to script my life," Davis said, referring to his creative differences with A&E and its production crew. In contrast, "the broadcasting company (Discovery) 'rolled out the red carpet'; treated me like royalty," he (Davis) said.
Excerpt: "They [A & E] did a casting call after I moved networks; they are trying to 'act' like my real company. I can't comment much further but I will tell you this, they will not steal my show:) you can't do my show without my team, you can try and copy but I still own the show, read the credits 'created by Richard C Davis.' I took it to them, they owe me many dollars, the rest will come out in court."
Excerpt: But tensions between the network and former Flip This House team leader, Richard C. Davis, led the Trademark Properties real estate guru to take his team to TLC (The Learning Channel), who showed him a little more "tender loving care" than A & E.