Junk Brothers is a reality television

Reality television

Reality television is a genre of television programming that presents purportedly unscripted dramatic or humorous situations, documents actual events, and usually features ordinary people instead of professional actors, sometimes in a contest or other situation where a prize is awarded...

 series broadcast by HGTV Canada

HGTV Canada

HGTV is a Canadian English language Category A specialty channel owned and operated by Shaw Media and Scripps Networks Interactive. It consists of programs regarding home and garden...

. Brothers and show hosts Steve and Jim Kelley collect discarded items and use these to create new furniture. These works are then returned to the people who discarded them; the former owners of the 'junk' do not expect their discards to be refurbished in this manner.

The first episode aired 6 April 2006. By July 2006, the series was also televised on the American HGTV

HGTV

HGTV , is a cable-television network operating in the United States and Canada, broadcasting a variety of home and garden improvement, maintenance, renovation, craft and remodeling shows...

network. A second season began airing in Canada and the USA on January 2007.

External links

• HGTV: Junk Brothers, official program information, accessed 8 February 2008
• HGTV FAQ (indicated first airdate), accessed 20 August 2006