LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Ty Pennington is used to a challenge. But the energetic host of "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" got more than he bargained for when he tried to mobilize a whole community of polite, unhurried Britons. The American makeover king, whose TV show takes regular homes and transforms them into personal castles, spent a week in the sleepy English ...

"Extreme Makeover: Home Edition", hosted by TV personality Ty Pennington, is one of the most popular shows on American television right now. However, don’t count me among its fans. I just disagree with its whole concept. Each week on the show, some family that the show’s producers deem to be deserving gets their home pretty much rebuilt for ...