Makeover shows reached a new level of controversy in 2004, when The Swan debuted on Fox. The show was an answer to ABC’s Extreme Makeover and took the concept of a beauty overhaul to the true maximum, ...
The early 2000s reality television scene boasted such long-running favorites as Survivor and The Real World, but also brought a new subgenre of makeover shows including Extreme Makeover and The Swan.