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Extreme Makeover: Home Edition: Season 1

14 episodes Premiered Feb 15, 2004 Updated Jul 30, 2026

Extreme Makeover: Home Edition is an American reality television series that provides home improvements for less fortunate families and community schools. The series features a family that has faced some sort of hardship, such as a natural disaster or a family member with a life-threatening condition. The show's format involves a team of designers and contractors working together to transform the family's home in a s

Season overview

Extreme Makeover: Home Edition is an American reality television series that provides home improvements for less fortunate families and community schools. The series features a family that has faced some sort of hardship, such as a natural disaster or a family member with a life-threatening condition. The show's format involves a team of designers and contractors working together to transform the family's home in a short period of time. The series aims to provide a much-needed upgrade to the family's living situation, improving their quality of life. The show's format and goals are the primary focus of the series, with the specific details of each episode varying from one family to another. The series aired from 2003 to 2012, and its format has been used to help numerous families in need.

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Episodes

S1·E1

The Powers Family

Feb 15, 2004 · 60 min

The Powers had tried to make improvements to their fixer-upper home, but when youngest daughter Olivia was diagnosed with a life-threatening form of leukemia, caring for her became

S1·E2

The Woslum Family

Feb 22, 2004 · 60 min

When Trent Woslum, a sergeant in the California National Guard, was finally able to buy his family their first fixer-upper home as a Christmas present in 2002, little did he know t

S1·E3

The Cox Family

Mar 7, 2004 · 60 min

For years John Cox traveled worldwide to help churches and organizations. Meanwhile, to support her dedicated husband's endeavors, his wife, Wendy, quit her job as a nurse to stay

S1·E4

The Mendoza Family

Mar 21, 2004 · 60 min

When Contessa Mendoza was 17 years old and still in high school, she made the tough decision to become a single mom. This exceptional young lady went on to become the valedictorian

S1·E5

The McCrory Family

Mar 28, 2004 · 60 min

The McCrory Family is very large. They were living in a very small house. With two sons already, they found out the were going to get triplets. Can EM:HE give them a bigger home fo

S1·E6

The Harris Family

Apr 11, 2004 · 60 min

""Sweet Alice"" Harris is known for her kindness and watchful eye on the neighborhood. Her house went through some floods though and desperately needed a makeover. But, with the sh

S1·E7

The Zitek Family

Apr 18, 2004 · 60 min

Robert Gil's life and his family's was changed forever when he was involved in a car accident and left paralyzed form the neck down. They had a two-story house and Robert had no wa

S1·E8

The Hardin Family

Apr 25, 2004 · 60 min

Several years ago, when Freedman Hardin II lost track of his father, he decided to go looking for him. As luck would have it, he found him on Father's Day four years ago. Freedman

S1·E9

The Tugwell Family

May 2, 2004 · 60 min

An SUV crashes into a house. No one was hurt. John Tugwell, a former Vietnam veteran who presently works for the U.S. Postal Service, and his wife, Susan -- a fourth grade school

S1·E10

The Walswick Family

May 9, 2004 · 60 min

They live in Yorba Linda, California. There are nine children and no father. Greg Walswick died of cancer a few years ago. They deserved this so much.

S1·E11

The Powell Family

May 16, 2004 · 60 min

The Extreme Makeover Home Edition team provides the right medicine for a young man whose house was making him sick. It wasn't easy for Carrie Powell to bring relief to her younger

S1·E12

The Cadigan-Scott Family

May 23, 2004 · 60 min

Two parents pass away leaving eight kids behind ages 12-23. They have to share a single bathroom. The older ones are left to take care of the younger ones. This is in Livermore, Ca

S1·E13

The Imbriani Family

Jul 18, 2004 · 60 min

Just months after a young, divorced mother of two got involved with a blood drive, she received a call that her marrow matched that of a baby girl with leukemia. At the time, Brook