Episode
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition: The Grys Family
Overview
Ty and the gang travel to Pekin, Illinois to provide a better home for a family whose youngest son is afflicted with brittle bones disease.
Details
- Series
- Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
- Season
- Season 6
- Episode
- Episode 12
- Air date
- 2009-01-11
- Runtime
- 60 min
Episode context
The Grys Family is Episode 12 in Season 6 of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. It aired on 2009-01-11. The runtime is 60 min.
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