Extreme Makeover Home Edition

After seeing ads for the reboot of this show, I recorded the first episode and fast forwarded through much of it last night. Here's a few quick observations:

1. Host is Jesse Tyler Ferguson, of Modern Family fame. He appears to have little to no training or experience in home construction and/or renovating. He probably wouldn't recognize a problem if the breaker box began to spark, and the house burned around him.

2. Like the old show, I think it's odd that when the family is greeted on the first day ("Good morning, John Doe family!"), everyone runs out fully dressed, and no one is trying to finish their hair, makeup, or put on a pair of shoes. In a real family, at least one person would still be in pajamas and/or a robe, the kids would be screaming that "I don't want that for breakfast," etc. In addition, the family is sent off on a "surprise" vacation with no visible luggage.

3. Again like the old show, the new house was overbuilt for the neighborhood in which it sat.

4. Do the producers, or others at HGTV, know if the family will be able to afford the higher utilities, property taxes, and homeowner's insurance? Previous show recipients lost some of their new houses for this reason.

5. Even if the Lord Himself were the builder, I'd be suspect about the build quality of a complete house with a slab poured and cured, built, finished (paint, tile, wood, baseboards, etc), and furnished in 5 - 6 days.

Once again, "Reality" TV at its finest!