''Remodeled'' is an American reality television series which premiered on
The CW
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as a midseason replacement on January 17, 2012. The program was greenlighted to series status on May 17, 2011, to air in the 2011–12 television season. The hour-long series is hosted by
model
A model is an informative representation of an object, person, or system. The term originally denoted the plans of a building in late 16th-century English, and derived via French and Italian ultimately from Latin , .
Models can be divided in ...
ing expert Paul Fisher and is produced by
Fly on the Wall Entertainment and
Sony Pictures Television
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. Executive producers are
Allison Grodner, Rich Meehan, Amy Palmer Robertson, Rachel Tung, Greg Seuss, and Erik Stone.
Premise
Each episode Paul Fischer visits small-town agencies all over the United States in order to add them into 'The Network', a conglomeration of all the agencies he has visited, in the hopes of finding tomorrow's supermodels. Each agency, usually a run down scam-like agency, is completely made over to become a legitimate respectable agency. Simultaneously he and his team, Anna Alschbach, Joseph Villanueva, J.T, and Olga Tavarez, scout model hopefuls and send them to castings for
fashion week
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and other clients. Models featured and discovered on the show include Annelise Adams, Bobby Rake, ''
Mexico's Next Top Model'' winner
Mariana Bayón,
Guess
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model Meghan Wiggins,
Levi Strauss & Co. model Halle Arbaugh and Shaughnessy Brown.
Agencies featured on the show include:
* Arquette & Associates in
Minneapolis, Minnesota
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(episode 1)
* Fierce Modeling School and Agency in
Rapid City, South Dakota
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(episode 2)
* Emerge Talent Management in
Orlando, Florida
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(episode 3)
* Courtier Model and Talent Management in
Phoenix, Arizona
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(episode 4)
* Centro Models in
St. Louis, Missouri
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(episode 5)
* Blaze Modelz in
Hermosa Beach, California
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(episode 6)
* Active Image Models in
Columbus, Ohio
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(episode 7)
* Las Vegas Models, Lenz Agency in
Las Vegas, Nevada
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(episode 8)
Episodes
Ratings
The show premiered with one of
The CW
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's lowest rated premieres ever.
Awards
The series earned the award for best reality program at the 2012
Banff World Media Festival
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.
BANFF 2012 Rockies Program Competition Winners
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References
External links
Official website
*
The Network Talent website
Bobby Rake at Models.com
Shaughnessy Brown at Models.com
{{The CW programming
2010s American reality television series
2012 American television series debuts
2012 American television series endings
The CW original programming
American English-language television shows
Fashion-themed reality television series
Makeover reality television series
Modeling-themed reality television series
Television series by Sony Pictures Television