Extreme Makeover: Home Edition

What makes this show different from other remodeling shows is that it adds a dimension of doing good for others | Gene Edward Veith

Do not confuse Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (ABC) with the other Extreme Makeover show. The "home edition" does not feature plastic surgery performed at home on the kitchen table, though that idea may already have been pitched to the networks. Extreme Makeover: Home Edition makes over a home. It is up for an Emmy, and the Parents Television Council rated it one of the top 10 shows for families.

The reality TV fad has produced a number of programs—most of them on cable networks like Discovery—that are actually about the real world. That is, the world of work, the realm of craftsmanship, labor, and manual skill. Fixing cars, customizing motorcycles, and remodeling houses turns out to be surprisingly good TV.

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September 04, 2004, Vol. 19, No. 34

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