Extreme Makeover: Home Edition

HGTV has grown so much and missed a major opportunity here. Be it the wrong and lacking star power. Making the advertising seem more than the family. Then they missed a mark by not enlisting their own design power. Idk, maybe I got to excited when I heard HGTV took over the show and my expectations were wrong. I wasn't impressed.

This show is no good without Ty Pennington! I'm out!

I was very excited this show was coming back. But I've since been very disappointed. I like Jesse Tyler Ferguson, but he's not right for this show. The designers are nothing special. The families' stories are not like they used to be. The show used to bring me to tears. Now I'm more annoyed. HGTV missed the mark here.

I almost puked when one of the hosts burst into that room holding a can of paint and said something along the lines of " I've brought some kelly-morgan paint for you" the show has always been one long commercial for Sears or whoever but it is even more egregious in it's lack of effort in trying to hide it now. Not to mention Ferguson is completely void of charisma and sucked what little life remained out of the show.

The segments seem forced and the flow of story feels stagnant. The formula for the original Extreme Makeover Home Edition was heartfelt and exciting, albeit predictable, yet this has none of charm of its predecessor.

This installment, so far, feels like the volunteers are around simply to function as a screaming, cheering studio audience while the contractor du jour erects the prefabricated building in the background. No a speck of sawdust on any of them.

As a fan of the original, I wish I enjoyed this more, but it is a missed opportunity.