I Wrecked My House
I Wrecked My House is a Canadian home renovation reality series, which airs on HGTV.[1] Hosted by Steve Patterson,[2] the show visits homeowners with poor home renovation skills — people whose abilities are, according to the producers, more MacGyver or Red Green than Mike Holmes[3] — who then receive a professional home renovation from contractor Dave Rannala in collaboration with a local design company.[1]
I Wrecked My House | |
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Genre | home renovation reality |
Starring | Steve Patterson Dave Rannala |
Country of origin | Canada |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 15 |
Production | |
Production company | Mountain Road Productions |
Release | |
Original network | HGTV Canada |
Original release | 2014 – present |
The series premiered in April 2014 with a one-hour special which profiled five sets of homeowners,[4] while the regular series launched in April 2015 with 14 half-hour episodes profiling a single home per episode.[4] The show was produced and co-written by Toronto-based producer, Derek Miller.
Patterson garnered a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Host in a Variety, Lifestyle, Reality/Competition, or Talk Program or Series at the 3rd Canadian Screen Awards.
References
- "Rescuing wrecked houses; Victoria contractor plays starring role on new HGTV reality series". Victoria Times-Colonist, June 23, 2015.
- "Too much funny for Twitter: Steve Patterson, host of CBC's The Debaters and HGTV's I Wrecked My House, performs at Showplace". Peterborough Examiner, April 15, 2015.
- "HGTV show seeks Kingston 'MacGyers' of home repair". Kingston Whig-Standard, September 4, 2014.
- "I Wrecked My House: Good intentions gone bad". Windsor Star, September 20, 2014.