Bath Crashers: TV Series on DIY Network

Bath Crashers is a TV series on Do-It-Yourself Network. DIY Network is on a mission to crash and trash bathrooms, transforming them into stunning, functional and modern living spaces in the new series Bath Crashers. Produced similarly to the popular House Crashers and Yard Crashers series, crasher Matt Muenster ambushes homeowners while they're home improvement shopping. When he identifies the ultimate bathroom challenge, he follows the lucky homeowner home and totally overhauls a bathroom in need of repair.
Bath Crashers Season 3 Episode 1 (Teak Tub Retreat) airs: Monday, July 4, 2011 at 10:00pm EDT on Do-It-Yourself Network. Synopsis of the episode: A master bath makeover that includes teak flooring, a unique skylight and pebble accents.

Intervention: American TV Show on A & E Network

Intervention is an American television program about the realities facing addicts of many kinds. Each program follows one or two participants, each of whom has an addiction or other mentally and/or physically damaging problem and believes that they are being filmed for a documentary on their problem. Their situations are actually being documented in anticipation of an intervention by family and/or friends. Each participant has a choice: go into rehabilitation immediately, or risk losing contact, income, or other privileges from the loved ones who instigated the intervention. Often, other tactics are used to persuade the addicted person into treatment, which vary depending on the situation; some of these include threats to invoke outstanding arrest warrants, applying for custody of the addict's children, foreclosing on the addict's property, and break-up of marriages or other relationships. The producers usually follow up months later to monitor the addicted person's progress and film it for "follow-up" episodes of the series or for shorter "web updates" available on the show's website.
Intervention Season 11 Episode 3 (Eddie) airs: Monday, July 4, 2011 at 10:00pm EDT on A & E Network. Synopsis of the episode: A man with a promising baseball career turns to drinking and gambling to counter the pressure.

Barefoot Contessa: Cooking Show on Food Network

Barefoot Contessa is a cooking show that premiered November 30, 2002 on Food Network. This popular show is hosted by celebrity chef Ina Garten. Each episode features Garten assembling dishes of varying complexity. Though her speciality is French cuisine, she occasionally prepares American, Asian, British and Italian foods. Her show also gives tips on decorating and entertaining.
The "Barefoot Contessa" name comes from Garten's best-selling cookbook, The Barefoot Contessa Cookbook, which in turn was named after her specialty food store which she bought in 1978. The store, which is no longer in operation, opened in 1975 and was named after the 1954 film of the same name. The show is recorded in Garten's home in East Hampton, New York.
Barefoot Contessa Season 16 Episode 1 (Summertime Easy) airs: Monday, July 4, 2011 at 5:00pm EDT on Food Network. Synopsis of the episode: Roasted shrimp with feta; caramel ice cream; garden pasta.

Hoarders: Documentary TV Series on A&E

Hoarders is an American documentary series that airs on A&E. The series depicts the real-life struggles and treatment of people who suffer from compulsive hoarding. The first episode aired August 17, 2009, and has since aired three full seasons. The fourth season debuted June 20, 2011.
Each 60-minute episode profiles one or two interventions. During most of the first season, the hoarder worked with either a psychiatrist/psychologist, a professional organizer, or an "extreme cleaning specialist", each of whom specialized in some aspect involving the treatment of obsessive/compulsive disorders, anxiety disorders, and/or hoarding. The actual cleanups were done by a crew of professional cleaners (usually a local franchise of the series' major corporate sponsor). Two episodes in the first season featured a cleanup with both a psychologist and an organizer: Jill (episode "Jennifer and Ron/Jill") and Patty (episode "Patty/Bill"). The final episode of the first season, "Paul; Missy and Alex", featured a professional organizer working with Missy, while a child psychologist worked with Missy's nine-year-old son Alex. Beginning in the second season, each hoarder had a psychologist-plus-organizer/cleaning specialist team assisting them in their clean-out. The psychologist-plus-organizer/cleaning specialist combination leads a group of cleaning professionals, family, friends, and relatives of the hoarder in conducting a two- to three-day decluttering session to attempt to get as much of the hoarder's mess under control as possible. In most instances, the intervention is prompted by a crisis, such as the threat of eviction or the removal of minor children from the home. Most of the segments are filmed in the United States, although in the third season, a couple of Canadian segments were filmed in Edmonton and Toronto.
At the end of each episode, on-screen text indicates the short-term outcome of the cleanup effort, including the subjects' decisions on whether to seek further assistance from organizers or therapists. Funds to help pay for these services are offered by the show.
Hoarders Season 4 Episode 3 (Season 2 Follow Up: Augustine, Judi, Dennis & Nadine) airs: Monday, July 4, 2011 at 9:00pm EDT on A & E Network. Synopsis of the episode: Catching up on the progress of people featured in previous episodes.