MUMBAI: ABC’s reality show Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, which chronicles the lives of deserving families as their homes undergo a seven-day transformation, will be honored with Natpe’s third annual Innovator Award at the LATV Fest on 13 July.

The series is produced by Endemol. Endemol USA senior VP of Development Caroline Baumgard, ABC Entertainment Group’s senior VP programming Rob Smith and senior VP of alternative series, Specials and Late-Night Vicki Dummer will accept the award at a cocktail reception that evening.
 
Natpe created the Innovator Award to recognise outstanding achievement in unscripted programming. Recipients of the award demonstrate extraordinary passion and leadership, leveraging their platform in new, innovative and productive ways.

Natpe president and CEO Rick Feldman says, “The efforts made by Extreme Makeover: Home Edition exemplify the ability to empower viewers through television as they showcase the positive changes made in the lives of hundreds of families across the country. Natpe is proud to honor the show for its contributions and influence with this year’s Innovator Award.”

Each episode of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition is self-contained and features a project that would ordinarily take at least four months to achieve, involving a team of designers, contractors and several hundred volunteer workers who have seven days to totally rebuild and decorate an entire house, including every room, the exterior and landscaping.