Gut Job is a Canadian home renovation reality television series, which premiered in 2022 on HGTV Canada. [1] Created by Thunderbird Entertainment and hosted by Sebastian Clovis, [2] the series features Clovis working on major home renovations where for structural reasons the home has to be virtually gutted and rebuilt; typically the "gut job" project is depicted over several episodes, with each episode also balancing the major renovation with smaller "B-story" projects for other homeowners. [1]
Unlike Clovis's prior series Save My Reno , in Gut Job he does not work with a regular design co-host, instead bringing in a variety of different guest designers on different projects. Design guests on the show have included his former Save My Reno co-host Samantha Pynn, and his wife Ayanna Augustine. [3]
The series premiered April 27, 2022 on HGTV.
It received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Lifestyle Program or Series at the 11th Canadian Screen Awards in 2023.
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