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Extreme Makeover: Home Edition: Season 4

25 episodes Premiered Sep 17, 2006 Updated Nov 6, 2026

Extreme Makeover is an American reality television series that provides home improvements for less fortunate families and community schools. Operating as a television series that features a family facing some sort of hardship, the show provides a completely remodeled home to better suit their exact needs. Each episode features a family that has faced some sort of recent or ongoing hardship. The program is hosted by c

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Season 4 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

  • ⚡ The series is a spin-off of the original Extreme Makeover program.
  • ⚡ The show is hosted by carpenter and veteran television personality Ty Pennington.
  • ⚡ The core premise features families who have faced some sort of hardship or ongoing struggles.
  • ⚡ The primary goal of each episode is to completely remodel a family home to better suit their exact needs.
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Season overview

Extreme Makeover is an American reality television series that provides home improvements for less fortunate families and community schools. Operating as a television series that features a family facing some sort of hardship, the show provides a completely remodeled home to better suit their exact needs. Each episode features a family that has faced some sort of recent or ongoing hardship. The program is hosted by carpenter and veteran television personality Ty Pennington. The series itself functions as a spin-off of Extreme Makeover and was produced by Endemol USA in association with the Disney-ABC Television Group's Greengrass Television. The broader television run initially began with a pilot airing in December 2003, establishing a long-running format dedicated to assisting deserving individuals through major architectural and residential transformations.

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Season 4 Episodes

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S4·E2 Core

The Rogers Family

Sep 24, 2006 · 60 min

The Extreme Makeover: Home Edition design team travels to Bergenfield, New Jersey to build a brand new renovated home in seven days for a deserving family of six who have overcome

S4·E3 Core

The Gilliam Family

Oct 1, 2006 · 60 min

The large Rogers family are well-known in their community for their selfless attitudes and strong morals. All the children excel in everything they do, whether it's sports or acade

S4·E4 Core

The Hawkins Family

Oct 8, 2006 · 60 min

David Gilliam simultaneously worked several jobs to support his family in order to fulfill his dream of becoming a firefighter and EMT. He was one state test away from getting his

S4·E5 Core

The Bliven Family

Oct 15, 2006 · 60 min

In early April 2006, a massive F-3 tornado tore through firefighter Jerrod Hawkins' hometown of Henderson, TN. While Jerrod was on duty and could only watch the storm from his fire

S4·E6 Core

The Kibe Family

Oct 29, 2006 · 60 min

The Bliven family of Minot, North Dakota were told "Life's not fair" by their doctor upon learning their second child, Aaron, had cerebral palsy. The Blivens, who also have another

S4·E7 Core

The Thibodeau Family

Nov 5, 2006 · 60 min

Tama County, IA. The Kibe family are given an extreme makeover.

S4·E8 Core

The Farina Family

Nov 12, 2006 · 60 min

Brookings County, SD. The Thibodeau family are given an extreme makeover.

S4·E9 Core

The Koepke Family

Nov 19, 2006 · 60 min

St. Meinrad, IN. The Farina family are given an extreme makeover. Despite her success in amassing funds for breast cancer, the Farina family's dreams of fixing up the old farmhous

S4·E10 Core

The Pauni Family

Nov 26, 2006 · 60 min

Campbellsport, WI. The Koepke family are given an extreme makeover. Matt had dreams of renovating his home and finishing the renovations on the town Mill, but those plans were put

S4·E11 Core

The Ripatti-Pearce Family

Dec 10, 2006 · 60 min

Logan, UT. The Pauni family are given an extreme makeover. When Janet and Danny left the island of Tonga in 1991, it was to give their family a better life and a better education.

S4·E12 Core

The Fullerton-Machacek Family

Jan 7, 2007 · 60 min

Redondo Beach, CA. The Ripatti family are given an extreme makeover. Husband and wife Tim and Kristina worked together as police officers in the gang division of the LAPD. They me

S4·E13 Core

The Noyola Family

Jan 14, 2007 · 60 min

Lincoln, NE. The Fullerton-Machacek family are given an extreme makeover. This loving family of seven love spending time together, but it's difficult since they still live separat

S4·E14 Core

The Riggins Family

Jan 21, 2007 · 60 min

Chicago, IL. The Noyola family are given an extreme makeover. While Ty and the designers, local builder Norcon Inc., and hundreds of volunteers and workers are rebuilding their ho

S4·E15 Core

The Thomas Family

Feb 11, 2007 · 60 min

Raleigh, NC. The Riggins family are given an extreme makeover. Linda Riggins grew up poor and in the projects, where she was told she would never make anything of herself. She did

S4·E16 Core

The O'Donnell Family

Feb 18, 2007 · 60 min

Columbus, OH � The Thomas family are given an extreme makeover.

S4·E17 Core

The Tate Family

Mar 4, 2007 · 60 min

Austin, TX. The O'Donnell family are given an extreme makeover. The story of Patrick and Jeanette O'Donnell, the parents of six children, is a rare and heartbreaking one. Five out

S4·E18 Core

The Tipton-Smith Family

Mar 11, 2007 · 60 min

Tampa, FL. The Tate family are given an extreme makeover. Tom and Cynthia Tate are well known in their tight knit community of Davis Island. Tom is the co-owner of Tate Brothers'

S4·E19 Core

The Wilson Family

Mar 25, 2007 · 60 min

Waleska, GA. The Tipton-Smith family are given an extreme makeover. Faith Tipton-Smith is a single mother raising two girls, 16-year-old Missy and 8-year-old Emily. After working

S4·E20 Core

The Jones Family

Apr 8, 2007 · 60 min

Longs, SC. A family who lost their house and their son within the span of three months will get a new dream home that they can fill with memories and love.

S4·E21 Core

The Westbrook Family

Apr 22, 2007 · 60 min

Brandon, MS. The Jones family are given an extreme makeover. Sabrena Jones is a single mother raising three children -- 18-year-old Marjon, 17-year-old Mardaireus and 9-year-old M

S4·E22 Core

The Collins Family

Apr 29, 2007 · 60 min

Lawton, OK. The Westbrook family are given an extreme makeover. Gene Westbrook, the father of three children -- Elizabeth, Katie and James -- volunteered to fight in Operation Ira

S4·E23 Core

The Kilgallon Family

May 6, 2007 · 60 min

Murfreesboro, AR. The Colins family are given an extreme makeover. Kim and Dennis Collins believe that there's nothing more important than family. When tragedy stuck in the form o

S4·E24 Mytharc

The Jacobo Family

May 13, 2007 · 60 min

Levittown, PA. The Kilgallon family are given an extreme makeover. After her divorce, Marynoel Kilgallon decided to create a better environment for her four children by purchasing

S4·E25 Mytharc

The Oatman-Gaitan Family

May 20, 2007 · 60 min

Schenectady, NY. The Oatman-Gaitan family, and Camp Heartland, an organization that helps HIV positive children, are given extreme makeovers. A single mother who adopted three chi

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