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It's a challenge. Turning 106 hours of taping into a 1 hour show.
"There's not really a day here. It's seven days straight. 106 hours nonstop. There's no 24 hour cycle - people are here all the time," said Executive Producer Brady Connell.
It's the people working around the clock behind the scenes that will allow viewers across the nation to experience what we've been watching unfold in our back yard.
"We've been very fortunate to have the finest crew, the finest cast of people to work with, the greatest leader Ty who is amazing, and 60 people that you never get to see on camera," said designer John Littlefield.
Those 60 people are the Extreme Makeover production crew. They travel the country for nine months straight and build 22 homes.
"We get to know each other pretty well... but not too well," Connell said.
So how do they condense seven days worth of shooting into a one hour show?
"It's a story telling process more than anything but theres a lot of footage to go through," said Connell.
Bits and pieces are chosen so that even though you may not have seen the entire week unfold, you still feel the emotional impacts when you watch.
"A normal day is when we come in, see what's going on and the progress builders have made so we know what's going on so the audience can understand at home," Connell explained, "Its a fine tuned machine by now. They know exactly how to do it. It's a formula. It's a phenomenal recipe and the turnout is great."
Just as the community is committed to helping a family they have never met, this crew is committed to the overall cause of the show.
"Amazing to me the bonds between two different worlds building a home and making television," said Connell.
