Episode
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition: Jubilee/Marshall Family
Overview
First Lady Michelle Obama makes an appearance in the ninth-season opener in which the Steps-N-Stages Jubilee House for homeless female veterans in Fayetteville, N.C., founded by Navy veteran Barbara Marshall, is renovated with the help of armed-forces members.
Details
- Series
- Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
- Season
- Season 9
- Episode
- Episode 1
- Air date
- 2011-09-25
- Runtime
- 60 min
Episode context
Jubilee/Marshall Family is Episode 1 in Season 9 of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. It aired on 2011-09-25. The runtime is 60 min.
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