Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
| Extreme Makeover: Home Edition | |
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| Genre | Reality television series |
| Starring |
Ty Pennington Paul DiMeo Alle Ghadban Paige Hemmis Tracy Hutson Daniel Kucan Tanya McQueen Michael Moloney Constance Ramos Ed Sanders Preston Sharp Eduardo Xol John Littlefield Rib Hillis Didiayer Snyder Dawson Connor Leigh Anne Tuohy Jillian Harris Xzibit |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of seasons | 9 |
| No. of episodes | 200(list of episodes) |
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| Producer(s) | Endemol USA |
| Running time | 43 minutes (86 minutes for 2 part episodes) |
| Production company(s) | Base Camp Films Hoosick Falls Productions Endemol USA |
| Distributor | Greengrass Productions for ABC |
| Release | |
| Original network | ABC |
| Picture format | 480i (SDTV) |
| Original release | December 3, 2003 – December 17, 2012 |
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| Website | |
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (EM:HE; sometimes informally referred to as Extreme Home Makeover) is an American reality television series providing home improvements for less fortunate families and community schools. The show is hosted by former model, carpenter and veteran television personality Ty Pennington.
Each episode features a family that has faced some sort of recent or ongoing hardship such as a natural disaster or a family member with a life-threatening illness, in need of new hope. The show's producers coordinate with a local construction contractor, which then coordinates with various companies in the building trades for a makeover of the family's home. This includes interior, exterior and landscaping, performed in seven days while the family is on vacation (paid for by the show's producers) and documented in the episode. If the house is beyond repair, they replace it entirely. The show's producers and crew film set and perform the makeover but do not pay for it. The materials and labor are donated. Many skilled and unskilled volunteers assist in the rapid construction of the house.
EM:HE is considered a spin-off of Extreme Makeover, an earlier series providing personal makeovers (often including plastic surgery) to selected individuals. Unusual for a spin-off, Home Edition outlasted its mother show by several seasons. This show displays extreme changes to help recreate someone's space. However, the format differs considerably; in the original Extreme Makeover, for instance, participants were not necessarily chosen based on any recent hardship, whereas the family's backstory is an important component of Home Edition. EM:HE also has similarities to other home renovation series such as Trading Spaces, on which Pennington was previously a key personality.
The series is produced by Endemol USA (the people behind Big Brother, Fear Factor, Deal or No Deal, Wipeout, and other reality shows) in association with Disney-ABC Television Group's Greengrass Television. The current Executive Producers are Brady Connell and George Verschoor.
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