Irwin Entertainment, Inc. is a television production company founded in 2004 by John Irwin. The Los Angeles, California based company specializes in reality, scripted, and live entertainment programming. Irwin Entertainment‘s credits include past VH1 reality series about addiction, Seasons 1-7 of Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew starring Drew Pinsky, ''Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew Reunion Special'' (2008) and 2 seasons of Sober House (2009). Irwin Entertainment also produces Couples Therapy, which 6th season aired during the Fall of 2015 on VH1.
John Irwin and Irwin Entertainment also produced one Hollywood's biggest reunion specials, NBC's Must See TV: A Tribute to James Burrows, which successfully premiered to over 5.5 million viewers on February 21, 2016. This iconic special reunited cast members from beloved programs such as Friends, Cheers, Frasier, Will & Grace, Taxi, The Big Bang Theory, Mike & Molly, and Two and a Half Men.
Irwin Entertainment produced the VH1 docu-series, Make or Break: The Linda Perry Project, with accomplished singer, songwriter, and producer Linda Perry as she opened the doors to her Hollywood studio for the first time ever to re-launch her record label and mentor a group of talented, young artists. Make or Break: The Linda Perry Project successfully aired during the summer of 2014 on VH1. The series earned a 2014 GLAAD Award Nomination for Outstanding Reality Program.
For Spike (TV network), Irwin Entertainment produced Coaching Bad with retired 2-time Super Bowl Champion and Super Bowl MVP Ray Lewis, who served as a mentor to bombastic youth coaches from around the United States. The 8 episode series premiered in January 2015 and featured Ray Lewis with anger management specialist Dr. Christian Conte as they put 9 coaches through an intense program to change their combative ways. The coaches, who come from a variety of different sports from all around the country, move into a Coaching Center in Los Angeles for intense retraining and reconditioning.