A&E Cancels Intervention: Show to End June 13 with 5 Final Episodes
A&E is canceling "Intervention," it's drama filled docu-series that follows people battling addiction as they are given help.
June 13, season 13 will be airing five final episodes the cable network announced yesterday. However, they never addressed any reason as to why the show is being canceled.
"As 'Intervention' comes to an end, we're proud to have paved the way for such an original and groundbreaking series," said David McKillop, A&E and BIO Channel's executive vice president of programming in a statement. "We're honored to have been a part of the 243 interventions since its premiere in March of 2005, leading to the 156 individuals that are currently sober to this day."
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Jeff VanVonderen, Candy Finnigan, Donna Chavous and Ken Seeley are the show's specialists that work with the addicts, and according to MSN, this season will be the show's most intense yet.
"'Intervention' has brought attention to the social, economic and environmental cost of drug addiction, alcohol abuse and compulsive behavior," NewsMax has reported.
The show follows an individual who has a heavy addiction to drugs and drinking through their everyday life as they are completely consumed by their lifestyle. The specialists then set up an intervention in efforts to help the individual change and receive the help they need.
Not everyone agrees with the ethics of the show because they feel it exploits people.
"Increasingly, reality TV shows are wearing saintly robes," Boston Globe TV critic Matthew Gilbert said. "While they put damaged lives on display to attract our pitying eyes, they also pretend to repair those lives – with a new home, or a new face, or a contract to be pop culture's newest singer, model, or actress."
The show won an Emmy in 2009 for Outstanding Reality Series, and five PRISM Awards.
