Extreme Home Makeover Family
Extreme Home Makeover Family is a reality tv home renovation show currently broadcast on ABC. It began as a unique edition of the series Extreme Makeover, which shows actual folks as they utterly change their appearance through cosmetic surgery, weight reduction, clothing, hair and make-up. Both shows are produced by Endemol USA, which is responsible for a number of primetime reality series like Big Brother, Fear Factor and Deal or No Deal. Sears sponsors the show, with Craftsman and Kenmore products featured prominently throughout each episode. Ty Pennington, a former model who worked as a carpenter on another reality home remodeling show, Trading Spaces, hosts the series.
The premier extreme home makeover was aired in November of 2003. The popularity and first success led to the development of the spin - off shows that started running in Feb ‘04. Just as the original Extreme Makeover featured people having their appearances overhauled, Extreme Home Makeover Family shows family homes ( that include exteriors and landscaping ) being totally updated. In addition, the two shows share in common an interest in helping those deemed “deserving” based on needs arising from unique conditions, disability or illness. Families, just as the individuals in the premier, are chosen through entry videos, which can either be entered by a friend or by the family themselves.
Most episodes consist of a single hour, but, in some more complex cases, a 2 - segment show is required. The mission in each episode is to provide a family that is faced with difficult stumbling blocks with new hope in the form of a home that suits their needs. Each show follows the same basic formula. The selected family is profiled and their submission video is shown. The design team begins with a visit to the family’s home. In what has become a trademark of the program, Ty wakes up the family and surprises them with the news that they have been selected. The team walks around the house and learns about the family’s interests and needs to use as design inspiration.
The family is sent away on a one - week vacation while their house is redone or demolished and reconstructed. A community building firm or two along with local volunteers start out the basic work. As the house is being re - built, the design team makes plans for the more creative aspects of the new house. A part of each home is designated by Ty as his “secret room. ” No one is allowed to observe this room before the final reveal.
As the week progresses the various stages in the renovation are shown along with the sometimes - desperate efforts of the workers to keep on schedule. Problems that arise during the building and conflicts within the design team are also shown along with more mundane tasks such as a trip to Sears for supplies.
At the end of the week the family returns home to the cheering construction volunteers and design team. one or two buses block the view of the family’s new home for maximal suspense. The new home is revealed and the family gets to see the conclusion result. The “secret room, ” often directly tying in to the family’s reason for being selected, is normally the final part of each episode. In some episodes, the family is also given a present from an outside vendor.
In the 04 - 2005 television season the program produced a spin - off shows of its own with Extreme Home Makeover Family: How’d They Do That? This program featured extra footage showing more detail related to the home makeover in that week’s episode.
Guest appearances have included the Los Angeles Dodgers, LeAnn Rimes, the Harlem Globetrotters, Regis Philbin, Randy Travis, Mr. T, Elton John, Jeff Foxworthy, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Trisha Yearwood, Lance Bass, Patti LaBelle and many other notable celebrities.
In 2006, a four - week long unique programs focused on reconstructing efforts in the Gulf Coast areas that had been impacted by Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita in ‘05. In these episodes the team’s efforts were focused on rebuilding important community buildings. These included a free medical clinic, a food kitchen, a Little League field, a church and a fire-house.
Extreme Home Makeover Family has proved to be even more popular than the initial Extreme Makeover and is 1 of ABC’s most most watched programs. It has won 2 Emmy Awards back - to - back in the category of non - competitive reality program.
Extreme Makeover Home Edition - Stockdale Family 5 of 5
Aired - December 2, 2007
Ty Pennington and the Extreme Makeover Home Edition design crew travel to Middleton, ID for tonight’s episode. The team will be building a new dream house for the Stockdale family.
The Stockdale family consists of high school sweethearts Ryan and Karia Stockdale and their four children. The Stockdale children all suffer from a rare disease known as Eosinophilic Enteropathy. This disease is a white blood cell disease. It attacks proteins, preventing the ingestion and digestion of food. The disease also affects and causes
diseases of the lungs, kidneys, blood, intestines and immune system.
The children’s names are Kayden, Jetty, Baylee, and McKinnon. Kayden was born with Gastroschisis, where the intestines are outside the body. Kayden had to undergo two surgeries to correct. Jetty and Baylee have to bed with feeding tubes because of their condition. McKinnon is the youngest Stockdale child, and she was born two months premature.
In addition to the children, the parents have also suffered some health problems. Ryan had been diagnosed with Migraine Glaucoma. The same disease recently lead to his brother’s blindness. Karia suffered some complications while pregnant with McKinnon, and she had to undergo five major surgeries.
Even with all the medical problems, the parents are very active in their community. They created a book drive and ran instrument drive for their school. Karia is a tutor and head of a humanitarian group.
The family’s home has several problems such as a coal-burning furnace and a weak plumbing system. Because the family has to get their water from an indoor well, they can only run one water-using appliance at a time.
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Duration : 0:8:30
Continue Reading ArticleExtreme Makeover Home Edition - Swenson-Lee Family 3 of 10
Aired - Nov. 25, 2007
ABC’s Extreme Makeover Home Edition celebrates its 100th episode in Minnetonka, Minnesota with a two-hour special featuring the return of some of the show’s most memorable families. Eight families from previous builds worked as special volunteers, along with TY PENNINGTON and the “Extreme Makeover Home Edition” team to build a home for the newly formed SWENSON-LEE family of 10. The family featured in the 100th episode is the Swenson-Lee family. In a nutshell, Erik and Vicki Swenson, coaches and parents of three (plus one on the way), took under their roof the four children of Vicki’s sister. It was tragedy that brought the family together. TERI LEE, a mother of four, was murdered by her ex-boyfriend, leaving her children orphans, as their father had been killed in a car accident in 2001. VICKI and ERIK SWENSON-LEE, both teachers and parents of three children of their own and another on the way, invited their nieces and nephews to live with them. Vicki was Teri’s sister. “They moved in with us just traumatized,” a tearful Vicki relates. “The horror and the grief that you see these kids go through; it’s so unfair. They left their school, their friends and literally within a 24-hour period had to start over with a brand-new life.”
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Duration : 0:8:21
Continue Reading ArticleExtreme Makeover Home Edition - Swenson-Lee Family 2 of 10
Aired - Nov. 25, 2007
ABC’s Extreme Makeover Home Edition celebrates its 100th episode in Minnetonka, Minnesota with a two-hour special featuring the return of some of the show’s most memorable families. Eight families from previous builds worked as special volunteers, along with TY PENNINGTON and the “Extreme Makeover Home Edition” team to build a home for the newly formed SWENSON-LEE family of 10. The family featured in the 100th episode is the Swenson-Lee family. In a nutshell, Erik and Vicki Swenson, coaches and parents of three (plus one on the way), took under their roof the four children of Vicki’s sister. It was tragedy that brought the family together. TERI LEE, a mother of four, was murdered by her ex-boyfriend, leaving her children orphans, as their father had been killed in a car accident in 2001. VICKI and ERIK SWENSON-LEE, both teachers and parents of three children of their own and another on the way, invited their nieces and nephews to live with them. Vicki was Teri’s sister. “They moved in with us just traumatized,” a tearful Vicki relates. “The horror and the grief that you see these kids go through; it’s so unfair. They left their school, their friends and literally within a 24-hour period had to start over with a brand-new life.”
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Duration : 0:8:21
Continue Reading ArticleExtreme Makeover Home Edition - The Turner Family 3 of 4
Aired - March 09, 2008
The Turner family of West Virginia, who live in the smallest home that the Extreme team has ever experienced, were about to be the recipient of the Extreme Home Makeover team’s valiant seven day effort to build a new home for a deserving family.
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Duration : 0:10:40
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