{"id":4994,"date":"2019-01-16T17:13:47","date_gmt":"2019-01-16T22:13:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=4994"},"modified":"2019-01-16T17:13:47","modified_gmt":"2019-01-16T22:13:47","slug":"extreme-makeover-home-edition-coming-to-hgtv-with-10-new-episodes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2019\/01\/16\/extreme-makeover-home-edition-coming-to-hgtv-with-10-new-episodes\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Extreme Makeover: Home Edition&#8221; Coming to HGTV with 10 New Episodes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4995\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/extreme-home-makeover.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/extreme-home-makeover.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/extreme-home-makeover-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/extreme-home-makeover-560x315.jpg 560w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/extreme-home-makeover-260x146.jpg 260w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/extreme-home-makeover-160x90.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>Television&#8217;s highest-rated home renovation series of all time &#8211; <em><strong>Extreme Makeover: Home Edition<\/strong><\/em> &#8211; is coming to HGTV, with the network planning to produce 10 fresh episodes. While it has not yet revealed the cast for the new episodes, HGTV will showcase its own superstar experts in the weekly race to complete a custom, whole home renovation for one deserving family.<\/p>\n<p>The new episodes are expected to premiere in early 2020. HGTV also secured the rights to air 100 existing episodes of the original series that ran on The ABC Television Network for nine successful seasons from 2003-2012. 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