Director general Greg Dyke has said that BBC Two would be "reducing its reliance" on such programmes and, at the same time, boosting the number of arts, politics and current affairs shows.
News of the change of direction at the BBC comes in a new report called 'Looking Ahead'. The report lays out the BBC's future programming plans across its entire service.
In the report, Dyke said: "BBC Two will be changing its programme mix in peak time by reducing its reliance on lifestyle programming without, of course, doing away with this type of programming altogether."
The BBC has developed a raft of makeover shows that it has sold around the world including the two most popular 'Changing Rooms' and 'Ground Force', which both started out on BBC Two before transferring to the public broadcaster's flagship channel BBC One.
More recent shows have included the headline-grabbing 'What Not to Wear', presented by Trinny Woodall and Susannah Constantine.
The change in programming direction follows much criticism of the BBC schedules, which critics have accused of being rammed with such makeover shows while arts programmes have been marginalised.
The report commits both BBC main channels, BBC One and BBC Two, to making arts programming a priority and promises that BBC One will see "a year of arts landmark programmes as new investment arrives on screen".
To back this up, the BBC unveiled forthcoming programming including a series on Michelangelo, another on the life of 'Frankenstein' author Mary Shelley, and a new arts strand called 'Imagine'.
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