Why The New Yankee Workshop Really Ended — What Happened to Norm Abram After TV

For twenty-one seasons, The New Yankee Workshop made woodworking look almost effortless. Norm Abram could walk into that Massachusetts workshop, pick up a piece of lumber, and turn it into something extraordinary before millions of viewers. Then, in 2009, he walked away, not because PBS canceled the show, not because the ratings collapsed, but because he had made the decision himself. So why did Norm Abram leave a show that was still succeeding, and what had two decades of building, lifting, and working on concrete floors done to the man behind the legendary workshop? Join us as we uncover the real story behind Norm Abram’s decision to walk away.