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- Network: A&E
- First aired: March 6, 2005
- Current Season: Six
- Runtime: 60 minutes
- Each episode a licensed therapist recommends a specific treatment center based on the addiction the individual is dealing withA&E: Treatment
- Participation form available onlineA&E: Participate
- Sixth season premiere had 2.2 million viewersTHR: 'Dexter' Finale a Boost for Showtime (December 16, 2008)
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Intervention is a reality show where people face their addictions with the help of professionals, as well as their friends and families.
The show won an Emmy Award in 2009 for Outstanding Reality Program.
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Interventionists
- Jeff VanVonderen
- Ken Seeley
- Candy Finnigan
- Tara Fields
Season Six Episodes
- December 15, 2008: Janet deals with drug abuse, alcohol abuse and sexual addictionA&E: Intervention Episode Guide
- December 22, 2008: Nicole faces her eating disorder, prescription drug abuse and child neglectA&E: Intervention Episode Guide
- December 29, 2008: Brittany deals with her drug abuse and prostitutionA&E: Intervention Episode Guide
- January 19, 2009: Casie faces bothh drug abuse and bulimiaA&E: Intervention Episode Guide
Reviews
"It isn't every day that drug addicts allow camera crews to film their private lives, and Intervention gives us an extraordinary, frightening look at what substance abuse and alcoholism can do to a person."'Blogcritics Magazine: TV Review: Intervention on A&E"Why I'm so compelled to watch people this troubled hit bottom—and I don't mean celebrities hooked on substances and hair extensions and teasing the paparazzi, I mean regular people who make regular incomes (or at least it seems they had regular incomes until booze or smack or barfing or coke took over)—is a mystery to me. I only know that Intervention is very, very addictive."Entertainment Weekly: Get hooked on A&E's Intervention
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Intervention Questions
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Are there any historical incidents that could lend themselves to theories of time-traveller intervention? 4 AnswersI enjoy time-travel stories, so I'm going to answer this purely hypothetically. ie. Assuming time-travel was actually possible, how might time-travellers interv... read more -
How do I get Vista to install network printers on startup w/out admin intervention? 1 AnswerFirst I have to know a couple of things. Are you working in a domain? Are the printers network or are they USB on computers? What OS is you domain controler? (S... read more -
Will Robots have less intervention? 1 AnswerI think there will always be reason to supervise robots. As of yet, robots don't have the level of judgment human beings do to know when it would be wise to ei... read more -
Is a recession necessary to shed debt? 1 AnswerShort Answer: No. Long Answer: Inflation tends to be bad for creditors and good for debtors. This is because the value of money borrowed decreases, so payed loa... read more
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