Fat TV alert tonight...A&E "Intervention"

Intervention is a documentary-style show on A&E about addiction. It features mostly drug & alcohol addicts but has also had anorexics, bulimics, shopping and gambling addicts, etc. To my knowledge they have never had a "food addict" episode, something I always thought was really lacking. Tonight's episode (9 p.m.) where I am features a food addict for half of it and I predict it will be a little tough to watch, but I will definitely be tuning in. You can preview it here if you're interested.

I love intervention and I've always thought it was missing one of these episodes.  Those people sabataging their weight loss plan on Brookhaven Hospital need an intervention like this.  

Dare I say I am...addicted...to Intervention?

i am TOTALLY addicted to intervention as well. i think it is generally well done, not too sensationalistic. doesn't romanticize the horridness of addiction. and doesn't exploit people in the way that shows like brookhaven does.  this poor kid josh! what a horrible father. i want it to be at the end to see where they send him. hopefully not brookhaven or rice diet.

I am going to try to tune in! I like watching the shows featuring brookhaven, but on one hand those people drive me crazy!!! if your in a hospital with every opportunity to get better why on earth would you sabatoge it? ggrr...am i crazy? LOL

There is actually another one on tonight too...on MTV. True Life. I think the subtitle is something like "True Life: I'm Big and Beautiful."

Did you catch the end, Andy? They sent him here. Oh god, not Brookhaven. Intervention knows better than that I hope and anyway my head would have exploded all over the room if that was the outcome. Horrible Dad went to treatment too, at a different center.

Aww man, I missed it. I saw the previews of this and it looked good. I hope he got the help he needed.

I normally don'****ch intervention, but when I saw the commercial for the episode with Josh I just had to tune in.  Oh goodness, seeing how his dad acted reminded me so much of my childhood.  I felt such empathy for Josh and was so glad he did agree to go into treatment.  I was glad they gave a mini update at the end showing he was progressing. As for his dad, it was good to hear him acknowledge to his son that he hasn't been a good dad.  I do hope with treatment, his abusive behavior toward his family will change.

Hi guys, My name is Josh, and I'm the guy who was on Intervention for food addiction.  I've lost 121 lbs since the show was filmed in September of last year.  I'm doing very well, and I'm still in Florida.  Feel free to visit me at www.myspace.com/joshthompsonlive Josh