A&E to Air Back-to-Back Premieres of Intervention and Hoarders by Troy Rogers
As
TV viewers can tell from watching the A&E series,
Intervention, drug addiction is still a growing
big problem in the United States. As Intervention
heads into its eighth season on A&E, viewers now
know there are other addictive compulsions people
struggle with in their daily lives, as Hoarders
prepares for a second season at 10pm on A&E immediately
following the season eight premiere of Intervention
at 9pm on November 30.
Intervention kicks off season eight with Linda, a wonderous girl with Hollywood dreams who was diagnosed with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, which led to a severe addiction to the powerful pain killer Fentanyl. In the season premiere of Hoarders, A&E viewers meet Augustine, a woman who had her son taken away fourteen years ago due to her hoarding. Now things have gotten so bad for Augustine that Jason, now an adult, is returning to help his mother get her life together and escape the prison of garbage she lives in each day.
Check out the official A&E lowdowns for the season eight premiere of Intervention
and the season two premiere of Hoarders both
returning on November 30.
New York, NY, November 9, 2009 - A&E’s 2009
Emmy Award-winner for Outstanding Reality Program
"Intervention" and critically acclaimed "Hoarders"
return for all-new seasons with back-to-back
premieres on Monday, November 30th at 9:00 PM
ET/PT and 10:00PM ET/PT.
The
eighth season premiere of "Intervention," features
Linda, who after graduating from college found
success working as an extra in Hollywood, achieving
the glamorous life she always wanted. Linda’s
dreams died when she came down with Ehlers-Danlos
Syndrome, a rare disorder characterized by joint
dislocations. Linda started taking Fentanyl,
a painkiller 100 times stronger than morphine.
As her painkiller use escalated, she claimed
that different sources were causing her pain,
including electricity, energy, colors, and even
specific people. Despite Linda’s wild claims,
her mother clings to the belief that Linda’s
pain is real and she must do everything to help
her, including depleting the family’s savings
and sending her son to be Linda’s caretaker.
"Intervention" is a powerful and gripping series
in which people confront their darkest demons
and seek a route to redemption. The Emmy and
five-time PRISM Award-winning series profiles
people whose dependence on drugs and alcohol
or other compulsive behavior has brought them
to a point of personal crisis and estranged
them from their friends and loved ones. Each
episode ends with a surprise intervention that
is staged by the family and friends of the addict,
and which is conducted by one of two specialists:
Jeff Van Vonderen and Candy Finningan. Exclusive
updated interviews with past subjects from the
series first seven seasons are available on
AETV.com/intervention.
The series has conducted 143 interventions
since its premiere in March of 2005, 111 individuals
are currently sober.
The second season premiere of "Hoarders," the
number one freshman non-fiction series on cable
among adults 25-54, will introduce Augustine,
whose son Jason was removed from her home by
Child Protective Services 14 years ago, because
of her hoarding. She was never able to clean
up enough to have him return. Now, as an adult
living on the other side of the country, he
is filled with shame and resentment, but unable
to turn his back on her. Augustine’s hoarding
has become so severe that she has lived without
water, gas, heat or appliances for the last
four years -- bathing only once a week at her
sister’s house. Complaints from neighbors have
instigated a court ordered clean-up and the
city is threatening to condemn her house. Now,
"Hoarders" follows Jason as he tries one last
time to rescue his mother from the filth he
escaped from years ago.
"Hoarders" explores the world of extreme hoarding;
a mental disorder marked by an obsessive need
to collect things, even if the items are worthless,
hazardous or unsanitary. The series takes a
fascinating look at the lives of people whose
inability to part with their belongings is so
out of control that they are on the verge of
a personal crisis. Whether they’re facing eviction,
the loss of their children, jail time, or divorce,
they are all desperately in need of help. The
series captures the drama as experts work to
put each hoarder on the road to recovery.
This is a comprehensive resource of up-to-date information about compulsive hoarding, its diagnosis, research, treatment and the available support. You’ll also find FAQs, tests and the latest views on this disabling illness.
As declutterers in the UK, Beverly Wade and Chrystine Bennett of Cluttergone have worked with over 200 individual declutter clients, some of whom are hoarders. They have developed the website for sufferers of compulsive hoarding, their friends, families and anyone with an interest in the subject.
As
TV viewers can tell from watching the A&E series,
Intervention, drug addiction is still a growing
big problem in the United States. As Intervention
heads into its eighth season on A&E, viewers now
know there are other addictive compulsions people
struggle with in their daily lives, as Hoarders
prepares for a second season at 10pm on A&E immediately
following the season eight premiere of Intervention
at 9pm on November 30.
The
eighth season premiere of "Intervention," features
Linda, who after graduating from college found
success working as an extra in Hollywood, achieving
the glamorous life she always wanted. Linda’s
dreams died when she came down with Ehlers-Danlos
Syndrome, a rare disorder characterized by joint
dislocations. Linda started taking Fentanyl,
a painkiller 100 times stronger than morphine.
As her painkiller use escalated, she claimed
that different sources were causing her pain,
including electricity, energy, colors, and even
specific people. Despite Linda’s wild claims,
her mother clings to the belief that Linda’s
pain is real and she must do everything to help
her, including depleting the family’s savings
and sending her son to be Linda’s caretaker.
The second season premiere of "Hoarders," the
number one freshman non-fiction series on cable
among adults 25-54, will introduce Augustine,
whose son Jason was removed from her home by
Child Protective Services 14 years ago, because
of her hoarding. She was never able to clean
up enough to have him return. Now, as an adult
living on the other side of the country, he
is filled with shame and resentment, but unable
to turn his back on her. Augustine’s hoarding
has become so severe that she has lived without
water, gas, heat or appliances for the last
four years -- bathing only once a week at her
sister’s house. Complaints from neighbors have
instigated a court ordered clean-up and the
city is threatening to condemn her house. Now,
"Hoarders" follows Jason as he tries one last
time to rescue his mother from the filth he
escaped from years ago.