Tonight, ABC airs the newest installment of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. The show was cancelled late last year but ABC brought it back for four special two-hour episodes. Should they bring it back as a regular TV series, make more occasional specials, or let it stay cancelled?
As you may remember, ABC ended Extreme Makeover: Home Edition after 200 episodes of “Move that bus!” and helping families in need. The show had declined a great deal in the ratings and the final season ended up averaging a 1.5 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 5.77 million viewers. That’s a far cry from the show’s first season, when it was averaging a 4.3 in the demo and 10.81 million viewers each week.
ABC may have been hoping that, by taking the show off the air for a year, audiences would be ready to watch new episodes this holiday season. That hasn’t been the case.
With a lead-in from the final performance episode of Dancing with the Stars on November 26th, Home Edition attracted just a 1.2 rating in the demo with 5.92 million viewers.
Then, without the benefit of a lead-in, last weeks’ two-hour episode drew a 0.9 in the demo and 4.42 million viewers.
These are the worst numbers that Home Edition has ever generated — even worse than when the show was airing on Friday nights at the end of its run.
Clearly, there’s no reason for ABC to make any more episodes of the show from a ratings standpoint. They could try bringing it back in a few years but clearly the audience isn’t seeing these new installments as “special.”
But, what do you think? Would you like to see the show return as a regular weekly series, annual specials, or should it stay completely cancelled?
bring back the show to Ottawa ontario, canada
and a completely new crew for the show to be aired
here in ottawa,ontario, canada
help people help the poor people here
to get better homes and better community centers
let it go and donate the money to the poor families here
in ottawa, ontario
help us poor ottawa, ontarions
bring the show here to ottawa, ontario instead
and get our people help instead
and turn some of our houses into MILLION DOLLAR MANSIONS <:)
The show “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” was a FANTASTIC effort on the part of ABC, The Dream Team and everyone involved! They did the Lord’s work, in helping others, and also did it … in seven days)! There’s NOT much good to really watch on TV, anymore, these days. This shows was the EXCEPTION! It is one of very few shows where … for GOODNESS sake … you just had to watch each episode. Every episode gave my wife & I a GREAT feeling inside. Not just a nice feeling, in passing, because you’re watching a fun show … but… Read more »
My husband and I love this show! Have really missed it. Still watch the re-runs on CMT. Please bring it back!
BRING IT BACK. IT HELPS SO MANY PEOPLE.
I missed this show terribly!!! I was so happy when it came back on for the holidays!!! I do wish that it would come back on permanently. If building homes isn’t working, then as a previous viewer said, there are countless community agencies, churches, neighborhood health clinics, etc. that help families, children, etc. that could use the help.
I would like to see some specials. How about doing more creative types of properties that pose challenges conversions. Adaptive reuse etc. There are so many communities trying to unload public building into private hands like schools, firehouses & churches they pose real challenges. I would find these rehabs more interesting.
I really enjoyed this show & rushed home to watch it. It was great to see the families
Joy & astonishment at their new homes. It was inspirational,
& hope giving. I always wanted to be one of the chosen secretly. Always
Wondered what it would be like to live in a house that didn’t
leak, had all the windows, & doors weatherized. But hey I stayed
warm watching the giving from Ty & his crew. I miss this show.
Let it go. Use the money they would’ve spent on filming etc for one family and donate it to a charity that can help multiple families.
You do not know how much I have missed this show! It is the greatest show that has ever been on the air! They haved helped so many people and so many causes. To me it is comparable with watching Walt Disney movie with the family every Sunday night when I was a child. It is a good family show that should stay on the air. It might just need to be put on a different night, that’s all. I can tell you first hand that helping out on two of the NH shows has changed my life and I… Read more »
This show has changed so many lives, not just the ones receiving the new home. It has restored faith in humanity when so many feel down and hopeless. The spirit of America is seen here in this show for all to see. I would hope that consideration would be give to this when deciding to renew this show. I know that ratings (money) is the driving factor but service to the community is also one of the reasons for having a TV station license. Please reconsider your decision to cancel this extremely valuable show of the American spirit.
This is the only show we can all watch as a family with children ages 2-10 (without worrying about inappropriate language or innuendo etc…) Our whole family loves the show–bring it back, please! But, please do a better job of advertising that it’s back and when it airs. We only found it when looking for Christmas shows to record on our DVR. We still miss watching it on Sunday nights…
Of course they should bring it back; here’s a reality TV show that helps families, instead of being all about who is sleeping with and/or backstabbing who in order to get mad amounts of cash.
This is one of the best shows on television IMO. I would love to see it on all the time, but occasional specials are still good and fill me with joy.
Yes, bring it back permanently