Ty Pennington
publication date: Saturday, November 14, 2020 (part of Fall 2020)
category: 
Television
clue: His childhood interests in woodworking, landscaping, and graphic design helped him do extreme makeovers of traded spaces in reality television.
explanation: Pennington was the lead designer of home makeovers in Trading Spaces and Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, among other reality shows. more…
difficulty: medium
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, Samir Mehta, LaVonne Lemler, Chris Lemler, Richard Slominsky, Denise Sawicki, Erik Bates, and David Mitzman
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