American Dream Builders

American Dream Builders
Genre	Reality competition Home improvement
Presented by	Nate Berkus
Judges	Eddie George Monica Pedersen
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	10
Production
Executive producers	Nate Berkus Tom Shelly Jason Ehrlich
Running time	42 minutes
Production companies	Universal Television Steele Mill Productions
Original release
Network	NBC
Release	March 23 (2014-03-23) – May 25, 2014 (2014-05-25)

American Dream Builders is an American home improvement reality competition that premiered on NBC on March 23, 2014. ^{[1] [2]} The 10-episode series is hosted by Nate Berkus, while Eddie George and Monica Pedersen judge the competition.

Premise

The series follows twelve contestants as they perform major renovations on two homes each week.

Contestants

The competitors are all home designers and/or home builders from across the United States. ^[1]

Competitors

• Lukas Machnik – Chicago, Illinois - Winner
• Jay Riordan – Chicago, Illinois - Eliminated Week 10 (runner-up)
• Elaine Griffin – New York City, New York - Eliminated Week 9
• Nina Magon – Houston, Texas - Eliminated Week 9
• Darren Moore – Los Angeles, California - Eliminated Week 8
• Dann Foley – Palm Springs, California - Eliminated Week 7
• Erinn Valencich – Los Angeles, California - Eliminated Week 6
• Vanessa Deleon – Edgewater, New Jersey - Eliminated Week 5
• Andrew Flesher – New York City, New York - Eliminated Week 4
• Christina Salway – Brooklyn, New York - Eliminated Week 3
• Nancy Hadley – Huntington Beach, California - Eliminated Week 2
• Tarrick Love – Nashville, Tennessee - Eliminated Week 1

Episodes

No.	Title	Original release date	U.S. viewers (millions)
1	"The Tudors"	March 23, 2014 (2014-03-23)	3.60 [3]
2	"Mid Century Modern"	March 30, 2014 (2014-03-30)	3.10 [4]
3	"Spanish Style"	April 6, 2014 (2014-04-06)	2.92 [5]
4	"Cabins in the Woods"	April 7, 2014 (2014-04-07)	5.08 [6]
5	"Modern Modulars"	April 13, 2014 (2014-04-13)	3.09 [7]
6	"California Craftsman"	April 20, 2014 (2014-04-20)	2.31 [8]
7	"Colonial Duplex"	April 27, 2014 (2014-04-27)	2.57 [9]
8	"Downtown Lofts"	May 4, 2014 (2014-05-04)	2.17 [10]
9	"Victorian"	May 18, 2014 (2014-05-18)	1.77 [11]
10	"Beach Home"	May 25, 2014 (2014-05-25)	1.70 [12]

Broadcast

In Australia, the series premiered on September 9, 2015, on LifeStyle Home. ^[13]

References

1. "Former NFL Star Eddie George and Famed Interior Designer Monica Pedersen Set as Judges on Nate Berkus-Hosted "American Dream Builders"". The Futon Critic. January 17, 2014. Retrieved March 23, 2014.
2. Schwartz, Terri (January 19, 2014). "NBC's 'American Dream Builders' meets renovation with competition". Zap2it . Archived from the original on March 23, 2014. Retrieved March 23, 2014.
3. Kondolojy, Amanda (March 25, 2014). "Sunday Final Ratings: 'America's Funniest Home Videos', 'Once Upon a Time' & 'The Mentalist' Adjusted Up; '60 Minutes', 'American Dad', 'Revenge' & 'The Good Wife' Adjusted Down". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on March 25, 2014. Retrieved March 25, 2014.
4. Bibel, Sara (April 1, 2014). "Sunday Final Ratings: 'The Good Wife', 'Resurrection', 'Crisis', '60 Minutes' & 'America's Funniest Home Videos' Adjusted Up; 'The Mentalist' Adjusted Down". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on April 4, 2014. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
5. Kondolojy, Amanda (April 8, 2014). "Sunday Final Ratings: 'Once Upon a Time', 'American Dream Builders', 'America's Funniest Home Videos' & 'Resurrection' Adjusted Up". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on April 8, 2014. Retrieved April 8, 2014.
6. Kondolojy, Amanda (April 8, 2014). "Monday Final TV Ratings: 'The Voice' & 'Dancing With the Stars' Adjusted Up; 'American Dream Builders' Adjusted Down + NCAA Basketball Finals". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on April 9, 2014. Retrieved April 8, 2014.
7. Bibel, Sara (April 15, 2014). "Sunday Final Ratings: 'Resurrection', 'Once Upon a Time', 'The Simpsons', 'The Amazing Race', 'Cosmos', 'The Mentalist' & 'America's Funniest Home". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on April 16, 2014. Retrieved April 15, 2014.
8. Kondolojy, Amanda (April 22, 2014). "Sunday Final Ratings: 'The Amazing Race' Adjusted Up; 'Dateline', 'American Dream Builders', 'The Good Wife' & 'Believe' Adjusted Down". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on April 24, 2014. Retrieved April 22, 2014.
9. Bibel, Sara (April 29, 2014). "Sunday Final Ratings: 'Once Upon A Time', 'Revenge' & 'The Simpsons' Adjusted Up; 'Believe', '60 Minutes', 'Dateline' & 'American Dream Builders' Adjusted Down". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on April 29, 2014. Retrieved April 29, 2014.
10. Kondolojy, Amanda (May 6, 2014). "Sunday Final Ratings: 'Once Upon a Time', The Simpsons', 'Dateline' & 'Resurrection' Adjusted Up; 'The Good Wife' Adjusted Down". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on May 6, 2014. Retrieved May 6, 2014.
11. Kondolojy, Amanda (May 20, 2014). "Sunday Final Ratings: 'The Amazing Race' & 'American Dream Builders' Adjusted Up". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on May 21, 2014. Retrieved May 20, 2014.
12. Bibel, Sara (May 28, 2014). "Sunday Final Ratings: Final Numbers for the NASCAR Coca-Cola 600". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on May 29, 2014. Retrieved May 31, 2014.
13. Purcell, Charles (September 3, 2015). "NEW THIS WEEK (Sep 7): Strike Back, Z Nation, About A Boy, Motive and live sport". The Green Room. Archived from the original on September 3, 2015. Retrieved September 3, 2015.

External links

• Preview site
• Official Website
• American Dream Builders at IMDb