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AdLarge, a leader in the podcast advertising space, is thrilled to announce the addition of Familicide to the fwd. network. Familicide pays tribute to the victims of the most harrowing and tragic crimes—those committed within families. Each episode approaches these deeply shocking stories with utmost care and empathy, ensuring the focus remains on honoring the lives lost and raising awareness about these devastating events.

Hosted by Amy B. Chesler, a survivor and co-victim of family murder, and produced and co-hosted by Sam Mettler, the creator of A&e’s Intervention, the podcast recounts stories of fatal family violence, terror, and tragedy through interviews with survivors and the family members left behind.

Each episode includes compelling conversations with police chiefs, detectives, district attorneys, legal teams, and psychological experts, painting a three-dimensional picture of today’s most heinous crimes. Familicide delves into the terrifying and vile nature of these crimes—murder within...

A+E Networks is teaming with Los Angeles-based Ppi Releasing for the U.S. syndication launch of its Emmy-winning reality series Intervention.

One-hundred-seventy-five episodes of the series will be launched into syndication at Natpe 2019 in Miami for the U.S. 2019-2020 broadcast season. The deal was announced Monday by A+E Networks International Executive Managing Directors Patrick Vien and Edward Sabin, and Ppi co-founder, Ritch Colbert.

“Ppi is the perfect partner to deliver this important series to the syndication marketplace,” said Vien and Sabin. “We acknowledge Ppi’s long-running expertise in domestic distribution and are delighted with their commitment to this acclaimed series, a series that highlights one of the most vital and important issues of the day.”

Five-time Prism Award-winning Intervention was nominated twice for an Emmy for outstanding reality series, winning in 2009. The series brings attention to the enormous social, economic and environmental cost of drug addiction, alcohol abuse and compulsive behavior,...

A&E’s reality show Intervention hinges on a classic bait-and-switch: Participants are told they’re being filmed for a documentary about addiction, only to later discover they’re the subject of a well-orchestrated intervention. By the time it was canceled in 2013 after 13 seasons, Intervention’s premise was widely familiar. Its three main interventionists — Ken Seeley, Jeff VanVonderen, and Candy Finnigan, all former addicts themselves — were recognizable to viewers; its opening sequence elicited Pavlovian excitement from its dedicated fans, who made YouTube homages to its most famous subjects and ran online forums where commenters could dissect recent episodes. Last year, in what show creator and former producer Sam Mettler calls a “very rare” occurrence, Lifetime, an affiliate of A&E, purchased new episodes of the show, only for A&E to take it back. A&E premiered the first episode of its 14th season Sunday night. With a now-iconic premise,...

Some very familiar faces are heading to CBS’ Stalker, including a Dawson’s Creek alum and an Originals queen-to-be.

Kerr Smith, who currently recurs on The Fosters, will guest-star as a high-profile news anchor who finds himself re-targeted by a stalker from his past, E! Online reports. This casting reunites Smith with showrunner Kevin Williamson; the two previously worked together on Dawson’s Creek.

E! also reports that Phoebe Tonkin (The Originals) will guest-star on an upcoming episode, playing a targeted lifeguard named Nicole.

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* Adult Swim has ordered second seasons of Mike Tyson Mysteries,...

A&E's "Intervention" was a groundbreaking reality television series that brought many memorable hours of real people struggling with various forms of addiction. And while it leaves a legacy of compelling television and brutally honest stories, it has another legacy that's even more important. For the series finale -- after 13 seasons -- viewers got one more intervention, and a look back at many of the lives touched by the show.

Phillip (Season 4): “Me being alive today is definitely a miracle," said Phillip, who had his story told in Season 4. It was a sentiment echoed in different words by Zeinah (Season 11), Darick (Season 9), Suzon (Season 11) and more. And then there are all those people who weren't spotlighted, but still owe so much to the show.

In 243 interventions, 238 addicts went to treatment. 156 of them are sober today. It's both a startling reality about the difficulties of addiction, as well as a...

After 13 seasons, A&E‘s Intervention is coming to an end. The final five episodes of the Emmy-winning series will air beginning Thursday, June 13 at 9 Pm, the network announced today. Intervention brings attention to the social, economic and environmental cost of drug addiction, alcohol abuse and compulsive behavior. Each episode follows addicts through their daily life and the devastation their dependency has brought to their family and friends. Upon reaching the brink, their loved ones stage a surprise intervention conducted by one of four specialists. In the end, they are pushed to get the help they need with the hope of turning their lives around before it’s too late. Intervention is produced by Grb Entertainment for A&E Network. Gary Benz, Michael Branton and Dan Partland are executive producers. Sam Mettler is executive consultant. A&E executive producers are David McKillop, Elaine Frontain Bryant and Brad Holcman.

We’ve made a list and checked it twice, and here it is – your rundown of Christmas week TV!

We’ve got the classics (The Sound of Music, How The Grinch Stole Christmas), new episodes of your favorite shows (Family Guy, Doctor Who), a few season — and series! — finales (Rizzoli & Isles, Leverage) and some offbeat choices (cowboy movies, Oddities) to make your week merry and bright. Enjoy!

Sunday, Dec. 23

7 pm The Sound of Music (ABC) | How do you solve a problem like Maria? We hear curtains-turned-into-lederhosen and some edelweiss helps….

9 pm Chained to My Ex (MSNBC) | Series premiere: Emmy-winning Intervention...

hollywoodnews.com: Today the Producers Guild of America (PGA) announced this year’s winning motion picture and television productions at the 22nd Annual Producers Guild Awards ceremony held at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles.

In addition to the competitive awards, the PGA honored several individuals with tribute awards including James Cameron with the 2011 Milestone Award; Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman with the 2011 Norman Lear Achievement Award in Television; Scott Rudin with the 2011 David O. Selznick Achievement Award in Motion Pictures; Laura Ziskin with the Visionary Award; Sean Penn with the 2011 Stanley Kramer Award; and RealD with the 2011 Vanguard Award.

The following is a list of 2011 Producer Guild Awards nominees and winners (in bold and noted with*), listed in alphabetical order by category, along with producers. The producers? names listed for each nominated production are listed in alphabetical order and are not necessarily the proper order of credits.

The theatrical...

Ryan Seacrest just doesn't stop. After "American Idol", "Momma's Boys", "Kourtney and Khloe Take Miami" and several others, the TV personality is brewing a new reality show that takes on more serious issues like disorder, compulsion, weird phobia and unusual problem that is ruining one's life.

Teaming up with therapist Paul Mckenna, Seacrest would like to help people "overcome their life-ruining problems" through a show called "The Incurables". According to the press release, "the show offers a fascinating look inside the lives of ordinary people whose irrational behavior is so out of control that they are on the verge of a personal crisis."

Seacrest will stick to being the executive producer along with McKenna and Sam Mettler. McKenna would save lives by going into the homes of two 'incurable' people with different psychological and/or physical conditions in each 60-minute episode.

"The Incurables" is now casting for particular people to...

Bravo has given a pilot order to a reality project in which divorced couples play matchmaker for their ex-spouses.

Each hourlong episode of the project, titled Take My Ex, will center on a recently divorced couple, telling the story of their marriage and the current status of their relationship and then giving the duo the chance to find a better mate for each other.

The project is from Sam Mettler, creator and executive producer of A&E Network's unscripted series Intervention. His credits include National Geographic Channel's Expeditions to the Edge.

Bravo is set to make several programming announcements at its upfront presentation to advertisers Wednesday in New York.