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Extreme Makeover: Home Edition

Extreme Makeover: Home Edition

20036.69 Seasons200 EpisodesEnded

Overview

Extreme Makeover: Home Edition is an American reality television series providing home improvements for less fortunate families and community schools. The show is hosted by 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 and documented in the episode. If the house is beyond repair, they replace it entirely.

Created by Luis Barreto
Produced by Emily Sinclair, Jenifer Faison, Kathryn Vaughan
NetworksABC

Top Cast

Ty Pennington

Ty Pennington

Self - Host

Themes & Keywords

community serviceconstructionmakeoverhome renovationinterior designhome makeoverlandscapingexterior designgiving backsurprise reveal

About Extreme Makeover: Home Edition

Extreme Makeover: Home Edition is a reality series that first aired in 2003 exploring themes of community service, construction, makeover, home renovation, interior design, home makeover. Created by Luis Barreto, it stars Ty Pennington. Extreme Makeover: Home Edition is an American reality television series providing home improvements for less fortunate families and community schools. The show is hosted by 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 and documented in the episode. If the house is beyond repair, they replace it entirely.

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