The series premiered on 17th May 2004 on PBS.
“ The Colonial House has been assembled as something of an epic but it's never dull and it is beautiful to look at, photographed with an eye for detail and composition and colour that rivals feature film, and imbues the series with a double air of reality and of mystery appropriate to the subject and the setting ”
“ May be the most thoughtful, thought provoking docudramatic series PBS has brought us since the Loud family's sunny California Shakespearian saga An American Family aired three decades ago ”
“ In many ways, Colonial House is the best reality series yet in the PBS line. The program, filmed last year on the Maine coast, looks gorgeous. The narration supplies fascinating nuggets about the past as a counterpoint to what's unfolding on the screen ”
“ Every reality TV producer in Hollywood is looking for a hot concept that can be spun off into endless variations, a la the Survivor franchise. PBS has gone one better, showcasing a whole genre of reality television based on a boundless source of drama and history ”
“ Gripping stuff … more like a feature film than a reality show ”