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Extreme Makeover

  • 2003-2007
  • 4 seasons
  • ABC
  • Reality
  • TVPG
  • Watchlist

Everyday folks get dramatic makeovers in this reality show, based on a popular special, in which cosmetic surgeons, stylists and fitness instructors work their magic. The series was spun-off to a 'Home Edition' that specializes in remodeling the abodes of needy families.

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Sam Saboura

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Investigation Links Reality Shows, Suicide

Is there a link between reality shows and suicide?An investigation by TheWrap, an entertainment website, found that 11 people have killed themselves "in tragedies that appear to be linked to their experience on television shows."

Tue, Jun 2, 2009
Investigation Links Reality Shows, Suicide

Ratings: Hell's Kitchen Still Cooking with Gas

Monday's few ratings highlights:• A Hell's Kitchen leftover (3.95 million total viewers) bested an Age of Love repeat (3.6 mil) to oh-so-proudly lay claim to third place in the reruns-filled 8 o'clock hour.• At 9, a fresh Hell's Kitchen drew 7.88 mil, enjoying a week-to-week surge of 660,000. A new Age (4.75 mil), meanwhile, broke up with 700K more viewers. Holy crap, the "kittens" are boring.• Extreme Makeover returned to a hair (plug) over six million viewers, a 2.5 mil improvement over time-slot predecessor Ex-Wives Club.

Tue, Jul 3, 2007

Extreme Makeover's Garth Fisher Marries

Extreme Makover’s first plastic surgeon Garth Fisher and former Playboy model Jessica Canseco wed on June 23 in their Bel-Air home. The flower girls were Fisher’s two daughters from his previous marriage — Neriah, 7, and Sierra, 5 — and Canseco’s daughter Josie, 10. Fisher popped the question at a 2006 holiday party thrown by Dr. 90210 plastic surgeon Paul Nassif, who introduced the couple. During the summer run of Makeover, Fisher will be featured on the July 9 episode. — Reporting by Dani Dornfeld

Mon, Jun 25, 2007

ABC Nips Makeover, Plans Lost's Return

A flurry of scheduling announcements from the Alphabet network:• After one ridiculously low-rated week back on the air, Extreme Makeover "people edition" has been pulled, to be replaced on Fridays at 8 by Grey's Anatomy repeats. (Speaking of extreme makeovers, check out my Nip/Tuck contribution to the Ausiello Report appearing in the Nov. 5 TV Guide.)• February 7 has been confirmed as the return date for Lost, which goes on hiatus after the Nov. 8 episode to free up the time slot for Taye Diggs' Day Break (which I started watching last night and it is, like, wowee-zowee good).• Boston Legal returns to its original Sunday-at-10 time slot on Nov. 26 for a special airing of the first of a two-part episode, to conclude on Nov. 28.

Wed, Oct 25, 2006

How Idol's Elliott Won... Our Hearts

There was a time when no one wanted to hear Elliott Yamin sing. "I was always loud, interrupting my mom on the phone or my brother doing his homework," the 27-year-old Virginian recalls with a laugh. "I would annoy everybody." Today, it's a different story. Yamin may have come in third on American Idol, but he endeared himself to millions during its record-breaking fifth run. (As of May 30, an AOL poll placed him fifth on its "Best Idol of All Time" list. Winner Taylor Hicks tied for third; runner-up

Wed, Jun 21, 2006
How Idol's Elliott Won... Our Hearts

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