Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Hudson guest stars on the sixth season premiere of "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition," which is traveling to Maryland to help a single mother keep her promise to her dying sister to take care of her 10 nieces and nephews and keep them out of foster care.

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"Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" finishes up its 50-state tour with two rebuilds in the hard-hit New Orleans area for the season finale: a home for the Usea family and the Noah's Ark Missionary Baptist Church.

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The sixth season of "Dancing with the Stars" hasn't even started and ABC today announced the show has been picked up for another year [2008-2009]. Hosts TOM BERGERON and SAMANTHA HARRIS will be back, as will judges LEN GOODMAN, CARRIE ANN INABA and BRUNO TONIOLI.

Also receiving the green light for another year are "America's Funniest Home Videos," "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition," "Supernanny" and "Wife Swap."

Eight families from previous builds worked as special volunteers, along with TY PENNINGTON and the "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" team to build a home for the newly formed SWENSON-LEE family of 10 in Minnetonka, MN. They are the 100th family to receive a new home when the special two-hour episode airs Sunday, Nov. 25, from 7 to 9 p.m., on ABC.

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In addition to being a hunky handyman, Atlanta-born TY PENNINGTON likes to ride the waves. So when it came time to find a home of his own in Southern California, the only area he was interested in was Venice with its two perfect attributes: It has a creative vibe and it's close to the ocean.

Handy Ty caught the public's eye as a carpenter on TLC's "Trading Spaces," where he says he basically built a couple of pieces of furniture a day and clowned around. This past season, Ty took his tool belt on over to ABC's "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition," where he not only designs a room each week, but is the team leader, and as such, is responsible for making sure the project stays on track.

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