Extreme Makeover: Home Edition 

A family that has faced hardship has their dilapidated house completely rebuilt while they are away on vacation for a week.

Stars:

Ty Pennington, Paul DiMeo, Michael Moloney

Won 2 Primetime Emmys. Another 10 wins & 26 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Ty Pennington	...	Self - Host 202 episodes, 2003-2012
Paul DiMeo	...	Self / ... 138 episodes, 2003-2012
Michael Moloney	...	Self / ... 136 episodes, 2003-2012
Tracy Hutson	...	Self / ... 101 episodes, 2003-2012
Paige Hemmis	...	Self / ... 97 episodes, 2004-2012

Storyline

A family that has faced hardship has their dilapidated house completely rebuilt while they are away on vacation for a week. While early episodes renovated houses, the usual approach is to tear down the house on the first day and build a brand new, usually much larger, one, fully furnished. The houses are customized to the families, with rooms reflecting the interests of, especially, the children, and special technology for any unusual medical conditions. Host Ty Pennington usually has a "secret" project which is only revealed when the family sees it. The construction is accomplished with the help of a large army of blue-shirted volunteers and a wide array of sponsor-donated products and services.

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Plot Keywords:

construction | makeover | interior design | home improvement | non fiction | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Family | Reality-TV

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Did You Know?

Trivia

O.A.R. ( ...Of A Revolution) sings the theme song.

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Quotes

Ty Pennington: Ripping down someone's house is fantastic fun!

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Connections

Referenced in The Killing: Unraveling (2014)

User Reviews

The only reality show on TV worth watching

I have to shake my head when I read the comments of people that don't care for this show. It's obviously not about the nuts-and-bolts building of a house, and as far as Ty "never picking up a hammer" - for God's sake, they can't show the entire seven days of building the house, and if they did, who'd want to watch it?! Reality shows, by their nature, are cruel freak shows, highlighting the worst of human behavior, like disloyalty and back-stabbing motivated by greed (SURVIVOR comes to mind), gross-out stunts (FEAR FACTOR, anyone?), extolling the idea that physical beauty is the answer to all your problems (THE SWAN), or exploiting a near-psychotic desire to appear on TV no matter what the cost to yourself or your family (Jerry Springer and his ilk). Extreme Makeover Home Edition instead highlights the best in human behavior - compassion, a sincere desire to help someone in need, and the "pay it forward" idea that helping another human being will lead to that person helping another, and on and on. I don't enjoy being shown that people can be selfish, hateful morons that will eat a pig rectum or back-stab a friend for money or exposure, but I DO enjoy being reminded that there are people in the world willing to help others down their luck and do it in ways that change the recipient's lives.

Extreme Makeover Home Edition is a wonderful, entertaining, inspiring show, cast to perfection with funny, entertaining people who do their jobs with exquisite taste and imagination. May it run forever!

Details

Official Sites:

ABC [United States]

Country:

USA Netherlands

Language:

English

Release Date:

3 December 2003 (USA)

Also Known As:

A nagy házalakítás

Filming Locations:

Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$1,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

American Broadcasting Company (ABC), Endemol Entertainment, Greengrass Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1