Living With Ed (2007)
Living With Ed is an American reality television show. It was originally shown on HGTV in 2007. In 2009 a new version began showing on the new Planet Green channel. The show follows actor Ed Begley, Jr. in his quest to live his life with a small carbon footprint. The series records the conflicts between him and his less zealous wife Rachelle Carson who many times suffers due to her husband's uncompromising beliefs. One of the most frequent capers Begley engages in is making his home environmentally more friendly, which he competes with his best friend Bill Nye. Other celebrities have appeared on the show including Jay Leno, Jackson Browne and Jack McGee. Commenting in 2006 on the appeal of the show, Begley said: "In the format of the show, everyone who watches—even people who have never thought about living a low-impact, environmentally conscious life—will be able to relate. They’ll come away with a raised awareness, but they’ll also enjoy seeing the differences between the Rachelle and me." In July 2009 Planet Green announced that it had produced 13 new episodes of the series that would begin airing on October 21, 2009.
Seasons & Episode
Rachelle hunts for a fully organic gown for an awards show; Ed looks into a new water filtration system for his home.
Ed and Rachelle go on a romantic getaway; Ed cleans out his storage unit and plans to remodel his garage.
The Begleys decide to get away from it all and go on a family camping trip.
Ed and Rachelle have very different ideas about what type of energy audit the Begley household needs. Rachelle is having the psychic energy flow assessed, while Ed is measuring the energy efficiency of the Begley home.
Roadtrip to Las Vegas; Ed and Rachelle renew their vows at the chapel where they originally wed.
Since Rachelle won't heed his calls to conserve water, Ed decides to curb water usage at the Begley household by installing a gray water system, which filters sink and shower water for reuse in his garden.
Rachelle and Hayden plan a surprise party to celebrate Ed's 60th birthday. Will it be green enough for Ed, but fun enough for the planners (and attendees)?
Now that Ed has finished his second book, he and Rachelle get set to take a bite out of "the big organic apple," aka New York City, for a promotional book tour.
Rachelle and her friend decide to teach table manners to Hayden and Ed
Ed goes to the Water Woman Festival to give a speech and ends up communing with some hippies in the desert for a couple days. Meanwhile, Rachelle is stuck at home with Perry, a visiting overzealous entrepreneur who is pitching a lot of green product ideas that aren’t quite catching on.
Ed visits Three Rivers, an off-the-grid community in Oregon, and decided he wants to retire in that area. But Rachael does not want to move that far away from civilization.
Ed's stay-at-home vacation turns into an ever expanding series of public appearances to help the community, leaving Rachel with the "honey do" chore list that Ed was supposed to do himself during his time off.