If you have "On Demand" they are showing the first episode already.

It looks like it may be pretty good shit!

Mary Carey is trying to fuck basically everything in there, especially the singer from that band "Crazy Town" who I guess she's fucked before.

Jeff Conaway sounds/looks like he's permanently either strung-out or has managed to have a stroke or two that noone has noticed while he was high; what is really shitty is that Dr.Drew just lets this poor slob go through full-on withdrawal without the great meds that are now available to help these people, so watch and see the shenanigans...I guess it wouldn't be good for tv if you didn't let the junkies suffer!!

Chyna and Brigitte Nielson are reunited from their days on "The Surreal Life", only this time it's in REHAB!! Yay! Good times ahead...only Mary Carey claimed Chyna as a somewhat unwilling roomate, much to the dismay and sort of offense of Big Brigitte..UH OH!! Do I smell conflict??

Then Jessica Sierra shows up full of bad childhood "woe is me" stories and problems galore! Of course, this is BEFORE her latest legal problems, so she is pretty tame, comparatively speaking;

Then there's that Crazytown dude. Ummmm...besides giving Mary Carey something to hump on, who gives a crap?? Like, couldn't they have gotten Sizemore or Bonaduce??

And of course, what rehab would be complete without a Baldwin. This Baldwin has already been clean even, but hey....he needs MORE celebrity rehab to get GOOD and clean and for it to take, it MUST be on TV!! "Hi, I'm a Baldwin Brother, and I'm addicted to being a celebrity in rehab."

Then there's the girl who was in "Family Matters" who went on to make porn. Now she's a hardcore weed addict or something. I dunno. Something like that. I think this was the best gig her agent could get her, but we'll see I guess.

Hmmm...who else? Well, that's about the gist. You'll see. Doctor Drew is the straight man to these has-beens who think they are still A-List addicts. Mary Carey seems to be loving it the most. Especially making Dr. Drew all hot and bothered.

It looks like a promising series is what I'm sayin here!

Gotta love VH1.
I am addicted (ha!) to this show already after only watching the preview on vh1.com

I will be interested to hear your take on this show tracyr.....is it real rehab? As you say, Jessica has relapsed already so it obviously didn't stick with her. It is very sad to see the state of Jeff Conaway....I loved Kenickie!! He seems to have suffered some permanent damage to his brain. Such a waste of a human being.

Agree that Sizemore shoulda participated....I am rooting for him to get his shit together!

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Two million years of human evolution and that's the best idea you can come up with?

Tonight @ 10 oh Vh1. Can't wait.

LOVED the cracked out pics of courtney in the beginning

I'm having a really hard time watching the way they're allowing Jeff Conaway to have seizure after seizure and the way all of them are getting unnecessarily sick from withdrawals on this show.

Especially with Conaway, that is so dangerous and irresponsible. I was in with tons of hardcore druggies and nobody got that sick, not even me. We were put on Buprenorphene and/or any other necessary meds the moment our bodies indicated that we were entering withdrawal, and very few people even sat around and vomited. Many of us slept a bit but no suffering occurred to the extent that you see these people doing.

Something is NOT right when you see Conaway having multiple seizures, hallucinations, and god knows what else. Either treat this man adequately, or put him in a hospital where his brain and vital organs can be monitored. But from my experience, this is NOT how the modern rehab facilities that are worth their $$$ are operating.

And WTF is up with Dr. Drew allowing that Baldwin to run all the groups and meetings and crap? Shut him up already! Baldwin would've been shut down in real life. No good facility would let one of their loonies take over the asylum. Another made-for-TV moment I guess.

Yeah, I thought it was a bit unrealistic as well. Watching that poor guy from Taxi is super difficult for me, he is so fucking unwell it's hard to watch. Brigitte Nielsen seems to be getting her shit together, though.

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I know, it is nice to see Brigitte actually working it. Good for her. I wonder how she's gonna take it when she views the last ten years of her life or so that she's done on tv. (like the Flav years and stuff)

But I'm pretty sure that allowing Conaway to flail around and spazz and puke like that without medicating him beyond that one shitty shot that doesn't work for anyone is NOT exactly cutting-edge treatment. I know that we had it way better than that.

I also know that where I went, there was one soap opera star guy who was getting this really expensive 48-hour detox that was like a transfusion, where you pumped this bag of goo into your body and "PRESTO!" you were "clean" in 2 days!!

Well, this dude had a seizure. And the EMT's were there on the spot and the guy was taken to the hospital IMMEDIATELY! Nobody would be allowed to stay and spazz out and scream and flop around like that Taxi guy. No way.

Yeah, I was kind of shocked at that as well...I was under the impression that they would have made him undergo detox/some kind of medical intervention prior to letting him mix with the rest of the group? It didn't really make sense. I like Dr. Drew, but I have the feeling that shit is edited to make it look "shocking" and to scare people...

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Yeah...it's gonna scare people right out of going to rehab!!

Exactly, it was kind of a negative image of rehab. To freak people out.

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We're seeing painful withdrawal because it's "watchable". Excusing it as a public service doesn't wash, because it's exploitation. That's why we're seeing things that would never happen in a real-life clinical situation. And though I'm surprised they would actually try and make a show out of this, I shouldn't be. Because who does CNN and every other infotainment outlet call when some celebrity has had a meltdown? Dr. Drew. He's the addiction pimp.

Seeing Conway was sad...he was kenickie from Grease for god's sake..now look at him. Yep good ol' Dr. Drew remember him and Adam Carolla from the loveline..is that even still on?

How great would this show be if they got Bonaduce!? He's a crazy fucking trainwreck that I can't get enough of. I even watched the divorce episode with he and his wife on Dr. Phil!

I've always liked Dr. Drew since Loveline days. (I acutally like him more now on the radio show as opposed to with Adam Corrolla because Adam Corolla is a douche.) He just gives these people who think they are untouchable that incredulous look. It's great.

I remember Loveline when it was Dr. Drew and the Poor Man and even Dr. Drew looked like a kid!!

What bothers me is that Dr. Drew holds himself out as this professional who is above the fray...even right now, he sits in judgment of Dr. Phil over the Britney thing, yet I believe that someone in Drew's position MUST have access to state of the art withdrawal meds, not this medieval shit.

If he didn't hold himself and present himself as being so seriously professional, that would be one thing, but he's letting these people roll around in their own filth for good ratings. It's really painful to watch Jeff Conaway. The rest of them IS good entertainment to tell you the truth.

I've been saying forever that the best reality tv would be in a rehab...It's nothing BUT 24/7 drama! Not even the withdrawal part...just in the way grownass men and women regress into a bunch of little cliquish bitches when they're locked up together with all of their raw feelings hangin out like that.

im sorry i dont want to offend anyone who has been in rehab but how does curing someone (who is addicted to pain medication or medication) involve giving them more drugs to cure them? also i wanted to add, when conway was hospitalized the nurse mentioned finding drugs on him. they even talked about conway sneaking drugs into rehab in future episodes.

Exploitation at its finest. I can't watch it.

Btw I really like Tom Seizmore, does anybody know how he's doing??

yeah, it's pretty low to make a show. it does seem like exploitation. what's next? is nothing private or sacred anymore?

im addicted already. jeff freaks me out though, although i find his situation pitiful and sad. i dont even think he really wants to be sober.

i swear without the reality tv on vh1 and E!, i would be so bored .

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I swear I think that Conaway thought this was a gig his manager got him. I wonder what these poor bastards are being paid for this? $5,000 per seizure??

It's probably the closest thing to seeing someone being tortured I've seen!

Oh, I think ironhills asked the question about rehab and taking drugs....you go into rehab and nowadays are given drugs to KEEP you from going through serious withdrawal problems, especially seizures, which are proven to be very dangerous. Nobody should be suffering like they used to back in the days when druggies were put into mental hospitals anymore.

The meds you take in rehab, with the exception of anti-depression or anti-psychotics, are usually temporary and are gradually substituted with group and one-on-one therapy. Most rehabs also use the 12-step program as a way of life to keep addicts sober. It is supposed to be a life-long program, so having people live there for 30-90 days and concentrating on nothing but getting well and learning how to live as a sober person is the norm.

the end. Now let the show roll on!