With Ellen DeGeneres’s return to HGTV for a second season of her show Ellen’s Design Challenge, New York Magazine design editor Wendy Goodman was thrilled to learn she’d been selected as a special guest judge on the show. “It was so much fun!” says Goodman of shooting her episode, which airs Monday, February 1 at 9 p.m. “I was totally impressed with all the designers and how creative and tough the challenges were. There is an art to thinking on your feet on television, and it is not easy, but it is fun!”
Contestants are tasked with the challenge of sketching, designing, and building innovative furniture to avoid elimination throughout the season.