VH1 and Dr. Drew Return for Patient Checkups on "Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew Revisited"

VH1 and Dr. Drew Return for Patient Checkups on "Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew Revisited"

One-Hour Specials Revisit Patients from the First Four Seasons of "Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew"

"Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew Revisited" Premieres Wednesday, November 30th at 10pm*

LOS ANGELES , Nov. 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- For almost five years, the genre-defining reality series "Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew" has enlightened viewers about the painful and trying path to recovery for people with alcohol and drug addictions. Anyone familiar with the treatment process for addiction knows that recovery is a lifelong process and some succeed where others fail. Life outside the protective environment of rehab is rough as patients can fall into old routines and potential relapse. "Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew Revisited" is a series of four, "where are they now" specials with Dr. Drew and his head councilor Bob Forrest visiting patients from the first four seasons of "Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew." Featuring new interviews and home visits with Andy Dick, Rodney King, Seth Binzer, Tom Sizemore, Rachel Uchitel, Leif Garrett, Janice Dickinson and many more of the most infamous 'celebrity rehabbers' to date, these specials will offer a frank look at life months and, in some cases years, after rehab. While many participants on the series have been successful with recovery, viewers will see that in some instances, not even Dr. Drew's patients are immune to the perils of relapse. "Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew Revisited" premieres Wednesday, November 30th at 10pm*.

Specials are each week at 10pm* with airdates and featured patients as follows:

-- "Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew Season 1 Revisited" - November 30
(Features Seth Binzer, Marey Carey, Jessica Sierra and Jaimee Foxworth)

-- "Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew Season 2 Revisited" - December 7
(Features Rodney King, Amber Smith, Andy Dick and Nikki Mckibbin)

-- "Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew Season 3 Revisited" - December 14
(Features Heidi Fleiss, Joey Kovar, Kari Ann Peniche and Tom Sizemore)

-- "Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew Season 4 Revisited" - December 21
(Features Rachel Uchitel, Leif Garrett, Frankie Lons and Janice Dickinson)

Dr. Drew is the host of the nationally syndicated late night radio show Loveline as well as a respected practicing MD, board certified in internal and addiction medicine, who is staff at Huntington Hospital and assistant clinical professor of KECK USC School of Medicine. Additionally, he is hosting a new primetime show on HLN called "Dr. Drew" and is hosting a daytime talk show "Dr. Drew's Lifechangers" on the CW. He is the author of the New York Times best seller The Mirror Effect: How Celebrity Narcissism is Seducing America (Harper Collins) and Cracked: Putting Broken Lives Together Again (Harper-Collins.) Dr. Drew co-authored the first academic study on celebrities and narcissism that was published in the Journal of Research in Personality (Elsevier) in September 2006, and is the first systematic, empirical scholarly study of celebrity personality. Dr. Drew hosted VH1's "Sober House" and "Sex Rehab with Dr. Drew" and can be seen on MTV's "Teen Mom" and "16 & Pregnant."

"Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew Revisited" is produced by Irwin Entertainment. Executive producing for Irwin Entertainment are John Irwin, Damian Sullivan, Joel Rodgers and Rob Buchta. Dr. Drew Pinsky and Howard Lapides also serve as executive producers. Jill Holmes, Noah Pollack and Jeff Olde are executive producers for VH1.

VH1 connects viewers to the music, artists and pop culture that matter to them most with TV series, specials, live events, exclusive online content and public affairs initiatives. VH1 is available in 99 million households in the U.S. VH1 also has an array of digital channels and services including VH1Classic, VH1 Soul, VH1 Mobile, and extensive video on VH1.com. Connect with VH1 at VH1.com.

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