Addiction and recovery have been topics of Hollywood films and movies of the week and are increasingly integrated into mainstream television shows through the inclusion of addicted characters. Now the producers of reality shows have entered the field with the new American television show Intervention, on the A&E channel. Intervention follows addicts (broadly defined to include substance abuse, as well as shopping and other addictive behaviors) through the progression of their addiction, and then confronts them with a choice between treatment or expulsion from the lives of their loved ones
