HGTV picks up four

Specialty net HGTV has picked up series from the U.S. and from across the pond. American buys include: My First Place, a show covering first-home design challenges, airing Mondays at 8:30 p.m. beginning Jan. 2; Small Space, Big Style, which addresses making the most of lesser spaces, begins airing on Tuesday, Jan. 3 at 7:30 p.m.; and Generation Renovation, which airs weekly beginning Thursday, Jan. 5 at 7:30 p.m. is about homeowners who renovate their older homes. All are half-hour shows. The British, hour-long How Not to Decorate, which originally aired on BBC Canada, makes its network premiere on Tuesday, Jan. 3 at 9 p.m.