Intervention

Intervention is a reality show which airs on A&E, in which loved ones can confront their friends or family struggling with drug addiction and/or alcoholism during a staged intervention.http://www.aetv.com/intervention/about/ Recurring interventionists who help the addicts include Jeff VanVonderen, Ken Seeley, Candy Finnigan, and Tara Fields.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0450920/fullcredits#cast Intervention returns for its tenth season in 2010, with new episodes beginning on Monday, December 13, at 9:00 p.m. Eastern time.http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2010/12/02/aes-emmy-award-winning-series-intervention-returns-with-all-new-episodes/74039

Intervention has won two Emmy Awards in different categories: Outstanding Picture Editing for Reality Programming in 2010, and Outstanding Reality Program in 2009.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0450920/awards As of July 2010, Intervention had a success rate of 71%, with 130 out of the 161 addicts who appeared on the reality show remaining sober after their intervention and subsequent rehabilitation.http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-07-21/the-new-ae-reality-show-intervention-with-jeff-vanvonderen-and-candy-finnigan/

Season ten premieres on Monday, December 13, 2010. The tenth season will feature Rachel, a teenage girl who fled home at an early age and has a boyfriend in prison. Rachel is addicted to cocaine, meth, and heroin.http://www.aetv.com/intervention/episode-guide/ Also featured is Darick, a former athlete with a drug addiction, who became an addict after divorcing and losing custody of his child.http://www.aetv.com/intervention/episode-guide/

• It is riveting. There is no need to qualify this assessment with a pejorative “for a reality-TV show.” The only thing Intervention has in common with shows like Real Housewives of New York City or Survivor is that it’s unscripted. Intervention offers real drama—drama in the Greek sense of the word: It’s all fear and pity and pathos. Instead of just documenting the annals of addiction and the humiliation people put themselves through in order to maintain it, the show instead focuses on the complicated ecosystems that sustain addiction: families. This focus is perhaps the key reason for the show’s success as both documentary series and an outreach program.—Natasha Vargas-Cooper of The Daily Beasthttp://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-07-21/the-new-ae-reality-show-intervention-with-jeff-vanvonderen-and-candy-finnigan/

• Although the show "Intervention" helps to increase awareness about addictions and intervention strategies, it ultimately fuels viewers' interest by featuring those addicts who have quickly experienced many losses (ie, job, daily functioning, relationships, housing)-those stories that will voyeuristically capture the attention of the audience."—Sarah Allen Benton of Psychology Todayhttp://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-high-functioning-alcoholic/200907/the-most-tragic-ae-intervention-show-ironically-features-