"Back to the Frontier, which is produced by HGTV icons Chip and Joanna Gaines, follows three families as they head back in time to the 1800s.

BACK TO THE FRONTIER is a reality TV series on HBO Max about three modern-day families who reenact the "homestead" lifestyle of

The brand new series "Back to the Frontier" transports participants to a meticulously recreated historical setting, challenging them to live and compete as pioneers. Contestants will perform tasks essential to frontier life throughout the series.

Magnolia Network's new reality show implies that 1880s pioneers lived more authentic lives than Americans today. But it's a flawed assumption.

Chip and Joanna Gaines challenge three families to live like 1880s homesteaders, forcing them to forsake modern conveniences such as internet, electricity and indoor plumbing for eight weeks.

A new reality TV series helmed by Chip and Joanna Gaines is facing backlash from conservatives evangelicals because the show features a same-sex couple with two sons. “Back to the Frontier,” a Magnolia Network series, premiered on HBO Max on July 10.

The Hanna-Riggs family from Dallas, Texas, is comprised of dads Joe and Jason, along with their two sons, Lucas and Ethan. Jason Hanna, Joe Riggs, and their 10-year-old twin sons are living off the land in the new reality series,

The frontier settlers arrive without even the slightest demonstration that they know what life in the 19th century was actually like, leaving them shocked by things like outhouses and wood-burning stoves.