Intervention: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Intervention is an American television reality show dealing with the struggles faced by many different kinds of addicts. Each episode follows one or two participants, each of whom has a substance dependence or other mentally and/or physically damaging problem. The subjects believe they are being filmed for a documentary on their problem, but their situations are actually being documented in anticipation of an intervention by family and/or friends. During the intervention, each participant is given an ultimatum: go into rehabilitation immediately, or risk losing contact, income, or other privileges from the loved ones who instigated the intervention. Often, other tactics are used to persuade the addicted person into treatment, which vary depending on the situation; some of these include threats to invoke outstanding arrest warrants, applying for custody of the addict's children, foreclosing on the addict's property, and break-up of marriages or other relationships. The producers usually follow up months later to monitor the addicted person's progress and film it for "follow-up" episodes of the series or for shorter "web updates" available on the show's website.

Series details

• Title: Intervention
• Format: Documentary
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama, Medical
• Premiere date: 2005-03-06
• Status in TVmaze: To Be Determined
• Network listed by TVmaze: A&E
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 50 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 6.8/10
• TVMaze ID: 6477
• IMDb ID: tt0450920
• TVDB ID: 75896

Cast and credited roles

• Jeff VanVonderen — Jeff VanVonderen
• Ken Seeley — Ken Seeley
• Candy Finnigan — Candy Finnigan
• Tara Fields — Tara Fields

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2005-03-06; final listed air date 2005-10-30.
• Season 2: premiered 2006-01-01; final listed air date 2006-12-17.
• Season 3: premiered 2007-03-16; final listed air date 2007-09-07.
• Season 4: premiered 2007-12-03; final listed air date 2008-09-29.
• Season 5: premiered 2008-08-04; final listed air date 2009-03-22.
• Season 6: premiered 2006-06-08; final listed air date 2010-02-01.
• Season 7: premiered 2009-10-19; final listed air date 2010-05-10.
• Season 8: premiered 2010-06-28; final listed air date 2010-08-23.
• Season 9: premiered 2010-12-14; final listed air date 2011-04-18.
• Season 10: premiered 2011-06-20; final listed air date 2011-09-12.
• Season 11: premiered 2012-01-03; final listed air date 2012-04-02.
• Season 12: premiered 2012-08-13; final listed air date 2013-02-04.
• Season 13: premiered 2013-06-13; final listed air date 2015-03-03.
• Season 14: premiered 2015-03-22; final listed air date 2015-08-30; episode order: 14.
• Season 15: premiered 2016-03-06; final listed air date 2016-12-27; episode order: 32.
• Season 16: premiered 2017-01-03; final listed air date 2017-01-31; episode order: 4.
• Season 17: premiered 2017-07-31; final listed air date 2017-09-18.
• Season 18: premiered 2018-01-02; final listed air date 2018-02-27; episode order: 9.
• Season 19: premiered 2018-06-05; final listed air date 2019-05-21.
• Season 20: premiered 2019-08-06; final listed air date 2019-09-10.
• Season 21: premiered 2020-07-20; final listed air date 2020-09-14.
• Season 22: premiered 2021-03-15; final listed air date 2021-09-27.
• Season 23: premiered 2021-10-18; final listed air date 2021-12-06.
• Season 24: premiered 2022-06-13; final listed air date 2022-07-25.
• Season 25: premiered 2024-04-22; final listed air date 2024-08-26.

Source and licence

Adapted from Intervention on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.