Put together one very run-down house, a deserving family, several opinionated designers, seven days and what do you get? The answer is - Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. Each episode of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition is self-contained and features a race against time on a project that would ordinarily take at least four months to achieve, involving a team of designers, contractors and several hundred workers who have just seven days to totally rebuild an entire house - every single room, plus the exterior and landscaping.
The lives of the lucky families are forever changed when they learn that they have been selected to have their home walls moved, their floors replaced and even their façades radically changed. The result should be a decorator's delight - if it can be done in time.
Each episode begins with team leader Ty Pennington's now-famous "Good
morning!" wake-up call, when he, along with the other designers,
surprise the unsuspecting family with news that their home has been
chosen to receive a makeover. Then viewers witness not only the
unbelievable transformation of the house, but during the final and
emotional reveal, they see how the home
makeover has impacted the lives of the deserving families.
The design team includes team leader Ty Pennington, Paul DiMeo, Paige Hemmis, Michael Moloney, Ed Sanders, Preston Sharp, Tracy Hutson, Tanya McQueen, Eduardo Xol and John Littlefield.
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, which has won back-to-back Emmy Awards as Best Reality Program (non-competitive), is in its 5th season on ABC. The program is produced by Endemol USA, a division of Endemol Holding. Denise Cramsey is the executive producer; and David Goldberg is the president of Endemol USA.