The 200th and final episode of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition airs tonight on ABC, as the series has been cancelled–though a few episodes will be burned off/air as specials sometime in the future. Series host Ty Pennington is moving on to the daytime series The Revolution. Tonight’s two-hour episode follows the crew as they create… continue reading
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition cancelled
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, the ABC reality series that gives deserving people brand-new homes and Sears appliances, has been cancelled, and will air its final and 200th episode on Jan. 13, which features the team building seven homes in Joplin. However, the show “will continue on ABC with specials after this season,” according to the… continue reading
Extreme Makeover will build seven homes in tornado-damaged Joplin
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition will go to Joplin, Mo., to rebuild seven of the more than 7,000 homes destroyed by the May tornado. (If you need to be reminded of the devastation, check out these shocking images.) The builder who’s leading the project, Millstone Custom Homes, is soliciting help and donations on a new web… continue reading
ABC moves Extreme Makeover to become Shark Tank’s new lead-in
After eight seasons, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition is leaving its Sunday night at 8 p.m. timeslot, and moving to Fridays at 8, where it will be the new lead-in for the recently renewed Shark Tank. I haven’t watched Extreme Makeover in years, the show on which people’s old houses are bulldozed and replaced with new… continue reading
Reality producer Denise Cramsey has died, according to friends and colleagues
Former Trading Spaces and Extreme Makeover: Home Edition executive producer and showrunner Denise Cramsey has died, according to messages posted on Facebook and Twitter. Most recently, she produced Jeff Probst’s reality series pilot Life for the Moment; NBC’s School Pride, which concludes this Friday; and ABC’s True Beauty. Posts on Facebook and messages on Twitter… continue reading
Bachelorette’s Jillian, rapper Xzibit joining Extreme Makeover: Home Edition cast
Bachelorette 5 star Jillian Harris is joining Extreme Makeover: Home Edition as a designer this fall, after guest starring on an episode this spring. Also joining the cast: rapper Xzibit and Leigh Anne Tuohy, the basis for Sandra Bullock’s character in The Blind Side. Jillian’s Twitter profile says “Once Bachelorette. Always a Designer,” and before… continue reading
Amazing Race 15 places last in viewers 18-49, gets beaten by Extreme Makeover
Without football overrunning and pushing 60 Minutes into its timeslot, and facing off against football and another reality series, The Amazing Race 15 did not do well in the ratings last night. At 8 p.m., it was the least-watched show among young viewers ages 18 to 49, and placed third among overall viewers, just ahead… continue reading
Fresno spent $115,000 on Extreme Makeover but crew spent $750,000 to $1.25 million
Hosting Extreme Makeover: Home Edition cost the city of Fresno, Calif., $115,000, but the crew spent an estimated $750,000 to $1.25 million at local businesses. Besides “[waving] permit and plan-check fees totaling $1,287 for the home, and [donating[ $750 worth of service from its film and entertainment commissioner,” the Fresno Bee reported that the city… continue reading
Extreme Makeover producer on economy: it’s “harder for us to find builders and materials”
HGTV is responding to the economic situation and recession by airing four new series that it says “focus on ways to make the most out of the real estate market during the sluggish economy,” and they have titles such as The Unsellables and Desperate To Buy. But what happens to a home-building series that depends… continue reading
Extreme Makeover shoot involves “countless retakes”
Even as more houses constructed on Extreme Makeover: Home Edition suffer from financial problems–like one that’s in foreclosure, while one in Orlando now has a lien against it due to unpaid county fines–the production continues to produce brand-new, often mansion-like homes for deserving families. The New York Times’ Key Magazine went behind the scenes during… continue reading
Amazing Race 13 debut down 25% compared to last fall, Extreme Makeover down 20%
Two Sunday reality staples both lost large numbers of viewers compared to their debuts last fall. Ratings for Sunday’s debut episode of The Amazing Race 13 were down from last year, when the show had its best debut ever last November for season 12. Sunday, 10.29 million people watched, down significantly from the 13.8 million… continue reading
Atlanta Extreme Makeover home in foreclosure after owners used it as collateral for a loan
Over the past few days, the Extreme Makeover: Home Edition home outside of Atlanta that is now in foreclosure has gotten a lot of press, primarily because of its association with the show. But the home isn’t in foreclosure because the family wasn’t able to afford their massive new house. Instead, it’s because Milton and… continue reading
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition’s 100th episode airs tonight
The 100th Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, airs tonight on ABC as a special two-hour episode starting at 7 p.m. ET. The show is currently in its fifth season, which began in late September. In a series of reports, Variety examines series behind the scenes, starting with one that found poverty is not required to be… continue reading
Poverty is not required for a family to be cast on Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
Being poor and unable to afford a new home isn’t a requirement to be cast on Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, according to its casting director. “That’s a huge misconception. We have to be conscious of what we’re doing. We can’t give someone a big house knowing full well they can’t afford to keep it,” Quintin… continue reading
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition returns; “[desperate] and deserving” families are chosen
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition returns tonight on ABC for its fifth season. The show will reach its 100th episode with a Minnesota-set episode in November, but starts tonight with an episode shot in Hawaii, its “biggest build ever,” according to its producer. The show, like Trading Spaces on PCP, demolishes and rebuilds homes for people… continue reading