After 13 seasons the Emmy Awarding winning A&E series "Intervention" is set to be canceled. The announcement was made on Thursday when a press release from the network revealed the show "returns for its final five episodes."
The press release also revealed that the final episode will prove to be "one of the most difficult and dramatic episodes in the series' history."
David McKillop, executive vice president of programming at A&E Network and Bio Channel made statement about the show's cancellation, "As 'Intervention' comes to an end, we're proud to have paved the way for such an original and groundbreaking series."
"We're honored to have been a part of the 243 interventions since its premiere in March of 2005, leading to the 156 individuals that are currently sober to this day."
According to News Max, the series won an Emmy Award for best reality series back in 2009 and during its run won five PRISM Awards.
The show follows addicts through their daily life as they struggle with their addictions and explores the lengths they go to in order to get their high, whatever it may be. The reason for the cameras is because family members of the addicts have reached their breaking point and want their loved ones to receive help for their addiction.
News Max reports that the family members of the addict stage a surprise intervention conducted by four specialists. In the end the addicts are pushed to get help for their substance abuse in hopes that they will turn their lives around before it is too late.
Of course a show this raw receives criticism, particularly from Matthew Gilbert of the Boston Globe TV. He has criticized the show and said, "Increasingly, reality TV shows are wearing saintly robes."
"While they put damaged lives on display to attract our pitying eyes, they also pretend to repair those lives - with a new home, or a new face, or a contract to be pop culture's newest singer, model, or actress."
However, a cameraman for "Intervention," Chris Baron has said in the past that there has been times where production discovered that the family members and addict were working together to receive free treatment, and although those episodes are cancelled, production still works with them to get treatment.
The last five episodes of the series will begin to air on A&E on June 13th. Will you be watching?