Celebrity Rehab
| Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew | |
|---|---|
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| Starring | Dr. Drew Pinsky |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 6 |
| No. of episodes | 50 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Drew Pinsky John Irwin Howard Lapides Damian Sullivan Brad Kuhlman |
| Producer(s) | Jack Siefert (season 1) Duncan White (season 2) Lisa Digiovine Danita Jones |
| Cinematography | Jeff Rhoads (season 1) David Ortkiese (season 1) Stefanos Kafatos (season 2) |
| Running time | 60 minutes 90 minutes (first episode) (with commercials) |
| Production company(s) |
Irwin Entertainment, Inc. VH1 |
| Distributor | RDF Rights |
| Release | |
| Original network | VH1 |
| Original release | January 10, 2008 – November 18, 2012 |
| Chronology | |
| Followed by |
Celebrity Rehab Presents Sober House Sex Rehab with Dr. Drew |
| External links | |
| VH1.com Website | |
Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew, later called simply Rehab with Dr. Drew, is a reality television show that aired on the cable network VH1 in which many of the episodes chronicle a group of well-known people as they are treated for alcohol and drug addiction by Dr. Drew Pinsky and his staff at the Pasadena Recovery Center in Pasadena, California. The first five seasons of the series, on which Pinsky also serves as executive producer, cast celebrities struggling with addiction, with the first season premiering on January 10, 2008, and the fifth airing in 2011.
The sixth season, which filmed in early 2012, featured non-celebrities as treatment subjects, and the series name shortened to Rehab with Dr. Drew. Season 6 premiered on September 16, 2012. In May 2013, Pinsky announced that season six was the final season, explaining that he was tired of the criticism leveled at him after celebrities he treated had relapsed into addiction and died.
The following are staff of the Pasadena Recovery Center (PRC), where the series is filmed. Casts for individual seasons are seen in sections for those seasons.
According to a December 2009 New York Times article, Drew Pinsky, who was alarmed by tabloid portrayals of addiction as an indulgence of the rich and famous, and a group of independent producers, approached VH1 with a proposal for a reality television series which would authentically depict addiction, as a sort of media intervention. According to executive producer John Irwin, casting for the first season was the most difficult, as the representatives of the celebrities who had been arrested or had publicized bouts with addiction refused to speak with him and the other producers. The process became easier after the first season aired. Actor Tom Sizemore, for example, who was cast for Season 3, had been sought after since Season 1. Producers have reportedly offered actress Lindsay Lohan six figures to appear on the show. Pinsky, who focuses on the treatment side of the production, is not usually involved with casting, though he reportedly visited Rachel Uchitel personally in order to convince her to join the fourth-season cast.
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