Extreme Makeover

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Extreme Makeover
Genre Reality Television
Created by Howard Schultz
Written by Louis H. Gorfain
Directed by Shanda Sawyer
Presented by Sam Saboura
Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 4
No. of episodes 54 (52 aired, 2 unaired)
Production company(s) Lighthearted Entertainment
Broadcast
Original channel ABC
Original run December 11, 2002 (2002-12-11) – July 16, 2007 (2007-07-16)
Chronology
Followed by Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss Edition
Related shows Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
Extreme Makeover: Wedding Edition

Extreme Makeover is a television program from ABC in which individuals volunteered to receive an extensive makeover in Hollywood. The show was created by television producer Howard Schultz. It first aired as a television special. It began airing in 2002 on Thursday nights at 8pm. A total of 55 episodes were produced. The show's first surgeon was Dr. Garth Fisher of Beverly Hills, California; after the pilot show the first six shows included Beverly Hills plastic surgeon Jon A. Perlman, M.D. FACS, Dr. Malcolm Lesavoy and Dr. Harvey Zarem as part of the original "Extreme Team," along with Dr. Bill Dorfman and Dr. Robert Maloney. Other doctors were selected for the next three years in addition to the above.

Borrowing heavily from the reality television genre, the show depicts ordinary men and women undergoing "extreme makeovers" involving plastic surgery, exercise regimens, hairdressing and wardrobing. Each episode ends with the participants' return to their families and friends, showing the reactions of their loved ones, who have not been allowed to see the incremental changes during the participants' absence.

Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, which debuted in 2003, is a spin-off of Extreme Makeover. The home edition ended up becoming far more successful than the plastic surgery edition. Extreme Makeover: Wedding Edition was also piloted as a one-time special, but did not achieve sufficient ratings to be made into a series.

In its first season, Extreme Makeover ranked 40th in the yearly ratings and averaged 11.2 million viewers per episode. However, viewership suffered huge drops over the next three seasons.

On May 15, 2007, Extreme Makeover was officially canceled by ABC. The show's final three episodes were broadcast on Mondays starting July 2, 2007.[1] A later spinoff, Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss Edition, premiered in ABC's 2011 summer season.

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Deleese Williams [edit]

On September 9, 2005, the producers of the show were sued by Deleese Williams, a 30-year-old woman from Conroe, Texas, whose sister Kellie McGee killed herself after Williams was dropped as a contestant. Williams was promised a "Cinderella-like makeover" by the producers of Extreme Makeover. As part of the show's filming process, Williams's family disparaged her appearance on camera. The night before her scheduled dental surgery, she was dropped.

The Extreme Team [edit]

Nielsen ratings [edit]

Seasonal ratings based on average total viewers per episode of Extreme Makeover on ABC:

Season Episodes Timeslot (EDT) Season Premiere Season Finale TV Season Rank Viewers
(in millions)
1 6 Wednesday 8:00 December 11, 2002 May 21, 2003 2002-2003 #41[3] 10.80[4]
2 22 Thursday 9:00
Wednesday 10:00
September 18, 2003 May 5, 2004 2003-2004 #56[5] 9.83[5]
3 20 Thursday 8:00
Thursday 9:00
September 23, 2004 July 15, 2005 2004-2005 #109[6] 6.19[7]
4 6 (2 unaired) Friday 8:00
Monday 9:00
October 20, 2006 July 16, 2007 2006-2007 #175[8] 4.85[9]

See also [edit]

References [edit]

  1. ^ "'Set for Life' Finally Set for Air". Zap2it. 2007-06-06. Retrieved 2012-08-13. 
  2. ^ Dr. Debra Gray King's practice is the Atlanta Center for Cosmetic Dentistry
  3. ^ http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,455439,00.html
  4. ^ http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,455439,00.html
  5. ^ a b "Season Program Rankings". ABC Medianet. 2004-05-25. Retrieved 2004-05-25. 
  6. ^ "Season Program Rankings". ABC Medianet. 2005-05-24. Retrieved 2005-05-24. 
  7. ^ "Season Program Rankings". ABC Medianet. 2005-07-26. Retrieved 2005-07-26. 
  8. ^ "Season Program Rankings". ABC Medianet. 2007-05-30. Retrieved 2007-05-30. 
  9. ^ "Season Program Rankings". ABC Medianet. 2007-07-31. Retrieved 2007-07-31. 

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