It shows kids and adults of all ages that just helping out one person can change lives and it makes you feel great when you do it because there are a lot of people out there that give to others before they give to themselves and even they need a help out of the hole that they got themselves in
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
(Rated TV-PG, Reality TV, Starring Ty Pennington, Paul DiMeo, Tracy Hutson, Where to watch: ABC, Syndicated, DVD, Online)
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Common Sense says
Interesting and dramatic ... for a reality show.
Why We Rated This 
for Ages 10 and Up
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What Parents Need to Know
This review of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition was written by Joly Herman
Parents need to know that this is an emotionally intense reality show featuring families with special needs whose lives are completely changed when the crew's bus rolls into town. The series' messages about community and helping others are strong enough that its occasional detours into the land of materialism can be forgiven.
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- Families can talk about the makeover process and compare life before and after the crew leaves.
- Was the community coming together for the family in need before the cameras began rolling? What kinds of changes will these people's lives undergo when all is said and done?
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What’s the Story?
After his successful stint on Trading Spaces, Ty Pennington, the enigmatic team leader of EXTREME MAKEOVER: HOME EDITION, has become a virtual rock star of home redesign. His good looks, can-do attitude, and rather easygoing demeanor make him the perfect person to get the impossible job done -- and impossible it seems. Every week, thousands of families send tapes to the show's producers, pleading their case as to why their family needs a home remodel. The crew reviews the tapes, finding one that really touches them, and then they take action. When the crew's bus rolls into town, the entire neighborhood rallies around the project and a remodeling task is undertaken and completed in one week's time. The family is taken to a hotel for the time being, with no idea how their house will look when they return.
Is It Any Good?
To demolish, disinfect, uproot, restructure, and decorate a home is a task that usually takes months. The fact that this crew can do it in less than a week is unbelievable. What drives them to succeed, apparently, is the belief that they are doing something good for the people who need the remodel. And consequently the viewer often hears the reference to the good deed, which can be a little bit of a bore.
At best, this show raises awareness about people who truly struggle from day to day. (Many times these families have special needs -- like a child who is deathly allergic to molds living in a mold-infested house, for example.) But at worst, this series emphasizes the materialistic nature of our society -- that the glamour and gloss that big money can buy makes everything all right. Still, for a reality show, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition makes for interesting, dramatic viewing.
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I rate this title on for age 2 and give it
- My highlights are:
- Good role models
perfict for the whole family
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I rate this title on for age 2 and give it
- My highlights are:
- Good role models
perfict for the whole family
It shows kids and adults of all ages that just helping out one person can change lives and it makes you feel great when you do it because there are a lot of people out there that give to others before they give to themselves and even they need a help out of the hole that they got themselves in
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I rate this title on for age 2 and give it
Love It!
Love it! It sometimes makes me cry!
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I rate this title on for age 7 and give it
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- Excessive consumerism
- My highlights are:
- Good role models
An uplifting family-friendly reality show
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition is awesome and a rarity in primetime! Some episodes are so sweet they make you want to cry. I love this show! I haven't seen an episode that contains inappropriate content and there probably won't be an episode like that. All of the families on this show are good role models who give back to their respective communities.
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I rate this title on for age 10 and give it
Ignore my below review, I made a crutial error.
It wasn't until after I read Dana Reinhardt's "How to Build a House: A Novel" that I started watching this show. I used to hate Extreme Makeover. Once I started watching it though, you get sucked in, and you get after an episode that you need to do SOMETHING. Might be boring/awkward for younger viewers, because of all the crying. Plus this show has Ty Pennington! Fantastic.
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Ratings at a Glance
| 100% | of parents say there are good role models |
| 33% | of parents say it gives kids positive messages |
| 33% | of parents say they notice product placement |
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