There is more home programming on the air today than you can toss a throw pillow at. But most of it is a bland Levittown of perky hosts, cherry cabinets and themed kids' rooms. Here are a few choices that stand out from the neighborhood. Think of comic Carolla as the anti-Ty Pennington, whose Extreme Makeover: Home Edition leaves no tear unjerked in doing selfless deeds; Carolla buys his boyhood home and destroys it to rebuild and sell it for a million bucks. He and his crew-a.k.a. "unemployable idiots"-have made more of a how-not-to than a how-to show. (They start demolition before completing asbestos testing.) But their screwups are more fun than most hosts' competence.
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