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Intervention
Genre	Documentary
Created by	Sam Mettler
Starring	Jeff VanVonderen Candy Finnigan Ken Seeley Tara Fields
Composer(s)	Scott Klass "Five Steps" (closing song) Performed by The Davenports Craig Marks (Theme & Incidental music, 2005 - present) Dominic Messenger (Incidental music, 2006 - 2007) "Breathe Me" (2008 season preview song) Performed by Sia Furler
Country of origin	United States
Language(s)	English
No. of seasons	5
No. of episodes	68
Production
Executive producer(s)	Colleen Conway (A&E) Robert Sharenow (A&E) Sam Mettler (GRB) Dan Partland (GRB)
Location(s)	United States of America
Camera setup	Multi-Camera Handheld HDV cameras
Running time	Approx. 43 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	A&E Network Fiver
Picture format	NTSC (480i) HDTV (1080i)
Audio format	Stereo
Original run	March 6, 2005 – present
External links
Official website
IMDb profile
TV.com summary

Intervention is an American television program about the realities facing addicts of many kinds.

Each program follows one or two participants, each of whom suffers from an addiction or other mentally and/or physically damaging problem and believes he is being filmed for a documentary on their problem. Their situations are actually being documented in anticipation of an intervention by family and/or friends. Each participant has a choice: 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/long-term relationships/etc. 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.

Although many programs of this type preach certain moral or lifestyle views, Intervention generally tries to refrain from editorializing, preferring to let the addict's story and the family's commentary set the tone for an episode. The show relies on its raw, intimate footage to tell its story, and it leaves ultimate interpretation to the viewer.

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