Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew is a reality television show airing on the cable network VH1 that chronicles a group of celebrities as they are treated for alcohol and drug addiction by Dr. Drew Pinsky and his staff at the Pasadena Recovery Center in Pasadena, California. The first season premiered on January 10, 2008. Pinsky is listed in the show's onscreen credits as the executive producer. The following are staff of the Pasadena Recovery Center , where the series is filmed. Casts for individual seasons are seen in sections for those seasons. According to a December 2009 New York Times... article, Drew Pinsky, who was alarmed by tabloid portrayals of addiction as an indulgence of the rich and famous, and a group of independent producers, approached VH1 with a proposal for a reality television series that would authentically depict addiction, as a sort of media intervention. According to executive producer John Irwin, casting for the first season was the most difficult, as the representatives of the celebrities who had been arrested or had publicized bouts with addiction refused to speak with him and the other producers. The process became easier after the first season aired.
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| On the air: | January 10, 2008 |
| Number of seasons: | 5 |
| Network: | VH1 |
| Producer: | John Irwin, Drew Pinsky |