Penn Holderness

Penn Holderness is a content creator, TV personality, and author. He hosted three seasons of “Designer Finals” on HGTV and hosted a college hoops show on CSTV with former Tar Heel Coach Matt Doherty. Penn also worked as a video essayist for ABC and ESPN while living in New York before returning to North Carolina where he anchored the evening news for WNCN-TV.

Penn and his wife, Kim, started chronicling their marriage and their family with funny music videos, vlogs, skits, and a podcast. Today, their videos have resulted in over a billion views and 4.5 million followers across social media. Penn and Kim honed their storytelling skills with twenty-five combined years in the TV news business. Today, they own their own company, Holderness Family Productions, where Kim is Chief Executive Officer and Penn is Chief Creative Officer.

As well as creating content for their channels, they also work alongside brands and agencies to shape product launches and marketing campaigns. Their book about improving communication in marriage, "Everybody Fights: So Why Not Get Better at It?" was released in 2021. Penn's latest book, "ADHD is Awesome: A Guide to (Mostly) Thriving with ADHD (Which is a Terrible Name, By the Way)," was released in 2024.

Penn and Kim live in Raleigh, North Carolina, with their children, Lola and Penn Charles, and fluffy dog, Sunny.