A & E's Intervention Response
Stephanie Logan
Response Paper #1
RDG 185
9-16-2014
Since I first began watching “grown up TV shows”, A&E’s Intervention has been my favorite. Intervention is an Emmy Award winning TV series airing on A&E, that documents the lives and the struggles of several different people facing different types of addictions. These addicts lives are followed and documented and they are under the impression they are filming a documentary. Instead, they are being documented and will be facing an intervention put together by their family and their friends, and faced with the option to go to treatment, or to continue their lifestyle of addiction. Their treatment option is a 90 day program, all expenses paid, at a number of different rehabilitation …show more content…
facilities. Some of the episodes didn’t have such happy endings, and there were several of the addicts being filmed that refused treatment, and some of the addicts later died after filming due to health complications and mental issues related to their addictions. Intervention began airing March 6th, 2005, and continued to air until it’s series finale on July 18th, 2013.
Intervention didn’t pin-point appeal to a certain age group of viewers, though it is particularly directed towards people who have been affected by addiction firsthand, or witnessed addiction affects the lives of someone they love.
It can be a very emotional experience for some viewers, and can also be a reminder to all viewers to remain sober and pursue a healthy lifestyle.
Intervention uses several different appeals of advertising, starting with the Need For Guidance. The show follows several different addicts that are in need of being protected, shielded, and guided. Addicts that have lost their ability to make rational decisions, have headed down a very unhealthy path, and are in need of guidance and help without realizing it. That is when the family and loved ones step in to offer help and a treatment option.
Another appeal of advertisement used in Intervention is the Need To Aggress. For addicts, real world pressures of the addictions, judgment, and everyday life they are facing can be a struggle, and anger and violence can be an outcome. Addicts have a emotional uncertainty and their anger can be triggered in an instant, drugs and alcohol can have an extreme effect on the emotional well being of a …show more content…
person.
In addition, the final appeal to advertising I will discuss is the Need To Escape.
The addicts that are documented in this series, all have a powerful story that has driven them to their addictions. Dealing with some of their past experiences through drugs and alcohol is the way they escape the problems they face every day.
Intervention intrigued and hooked me because I have witnessed people I was close to suffer through a battle with addiction. I feel an emotional connection with some of the people’s stories that were documented. I looked forward to seeing the new stories aired every week and anticipating the outcome of each, because as I discussed earlier, not all of the stories ended happily.
In conclusion, Intervention is a series that incorporates a lot of bravery, not just from the addicts publicizing their stories, but also for the producer’s and everyone involved in filming by putting their lives in danger for following the addicts to document their journey. It is well worth watching, and is a show that can easily hook the right person and become a favorite!
Works
Cited:
Hibberd, James (May 24, 2013). "'Intervention' cancelled". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved May 24, 2013. http://www.tv.com/shows/intervention/"Post-Intervention Deaths | A&E Intervention Directory". Interventiondirectory.wordpress.com. Retrieved 2013-05-23.
Bibel, Sara (August 5, 2014). "Lifetime Move Network Greenlights New Season of 'Intervention'". TV by the Numbers (Press release). Retrieved August 5, 2014.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intervention_%28TV_series%29#In_popular_culture
Response Paper #1
RDG 185
9-16-2014
Since I first began watching “grown up TV shows”, A&E’s Intervention has been my favorite. Intervention is an Emmy Award winning TV series airing on A&E, that documents the lives and the struggles of several different people facing different types of addictions. These addicts lives are followed and documented and they are under the impression they are filming a documentary. Instead, they are being documented and will be facing an intervention put together by their family and their friends, and faced with the option to go to treatment, or to continue their lifestyle of addiction. Their treatment option is a 90 day program, all expenses paid, at a number of different rehabilitation …show more content…
facilities. Some of the episodes didn’t have such happy endings, and there were several of the addicts being filmed that refused treatment, and some of the addicts later died after filming due to health complications and mental issues related to their addictions. Intervention began airing March 6th, 2005, and continued to air until it’s series finale on July 18th, 2013.
Intervention didn’t pin-point appeal to a certain age group of viewers, though it is particularly directed towards people who have been affected by addiction firsthand, or witnessed addiction affects the lives of someone they love.
It can be a very emotional experience for some viewers, and can also be a reminder to all viewers to remain sober and pursue a healthy lifestyle.
Intervention uses several different appeals of advertising, starting with the Need For Guidance. The show follows several different addicts that are in need of being protected, shielded, and guided. Addicts that have lost their ability to make rational decisions, have headed down a very unhealthy path, and are in need of guidance and help without realizing it. That is when the family and loved ones step in to offer help and a treatment option.
Another appeal of advertisement used in Intervention is the Need To Aggress. For addicts, real world pressures of the addictions, judgment, and everyday life they are facing can be a struggle, and anger and violence can be an outcome. Addicts have a emotional uncertainty and their anger can be triggered in an instant, drugs and alcohol can have an extreme effect on the emotional well being of a …show more content…
person.
In addition, the final appeal to advertising I will discuss is the Need To Escape.
The addicts that are documented in this series, all have a powerful story that has driven them to their addictions. Dealing with some of their past experiences through drugs and alcohol is the way they escape the problems they face every day.
Intervention intrigued and hooked me because I have witnessed people I was close to suffer through a battle with addiction. I feel an emotional connection with some of the people’s stories that were documented. I looked forward to seeing the new stories aired every week and anticipating the outcome of each, because as I discussed earlier, not all of the stories ended happily.
In conclusion, Intervention is a series that incorporates a lot of bravery, not just from the addicts publicizing their stories, but also for the producer’s and everyone involved in filming by putting their lives in danger for following the addicts to document their journey. It is well worth watching, and is a show that can easily hook the right person and become a favorite!
Works
Cited:
Hibberd, James (May 24, 2013). "'Intervention' cancelled". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved May 24, 2013. http://www.tv.com/shows/intervention/"Post-Intervention Deaths | A&E Intervention Directory". Interventiondirectory.wordpress.com. Retrieved 2013-05-23.
Bibel, Sara (August 5, 2014). "Lifetime Move Network Greenlights New Season of 'Intervention'". TV by the Numbers (Press release). Retrieved August 5, 2014.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intervention_%28TV_series%29#In_popular_culture