Irwin Entertainment
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Irwin Entertainment, Inc. is a television production company founded in 2004 by John Irwin
. The Los Angeles, California
based company specializes in comedy, reality and live entertainment programming. Irwin Entertainment‘s credits include VH1
documentary
series about addiction, including Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew
1 & 2, starring Drew Pinsky
(2008), Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew Reunion Special (2008) and Sober House (2009). The third season of Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew is currently in production as well as Sober House 2 and the first season of Sex Rehab with Dr. Drew, which premieres on VH1 November 1. Irwin Entertainment also produces All Jacked Up, a series on CMT
hosted by actor C. Thomas Howell
. All Jacked Up features stunts, sports, events and people from around the country in 30 minute episodes.
, and five years as Vice President of Development and Production for Lorne Michaels
’ Broadway Video.
Irwin Entertainment also steered production for CMT's Barely Famous with The Warren Brothers, and other HBO productions, including Down and Dirty with Jim Norton, Brave New Voices, several comedy specials including Jim Norton - Monster Rain, D.L Hughley – Unapologetic, Dave Attell – Captain Miserable and Bob Saget - That Ain’t Right.
John Irwin
John Thomas Irwin is the Decker Professor in the Humanities and Professor in The Writing Seminars and the English department at Johns Hopkins University.-Background:...
. The Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
based company specializes in comedy, reality and live entertainment programming. Irwin Entertainment‘s credits include VH1
VH1
VH1 or Vh1 is an American cable television network based in New York City. Launched on January 1, 1985 in the old space of Turner Broadcasting's short-lived Cable Music Channel, the original purpose of the channel was to build on the success of MTV by playing music videos, but targeting a slightly...
documentary
Documentary
A documentary is a creative work of non-fiction, including:* Documentary film, including television* Radio documentary* Documentary photographyRelated terms include:...
series about addiction, including Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew
Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew
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...
1 & 2, starring Drew Pinsky
Drew Pinsky
David Drew Pinsky , best known as Dr. Drew, is an American board-certified internist, addiction medicine specialist, and radio and television personality. He has hosted the nationally syndicated radio talk show Loveline since the show's inception in 1984. On television, he hosts the talk show Dr...
(2008), Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew Reunion Special (2008) and Sober House (2009). The third season of Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew is currently in production as well as Sober House 2 and the first season of Sex Rehab with Dr. Drew, which premieres on VH1 November 1. Irwin Entertainment also produces All Jacked Up, a series on CMT
CMT
- Medicine :* California mastitis test* Certified Massage Therapist* Cervical motion tenderness, a sign of pelvic inflammatory disease* Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease* Chemically modified tetracyclines* Circus Movement Tachycardia...
hosted by actor C. Thomas Howell
C. Thomas Howell
Christopher Thomas "Tommy" Howell , known by his stage name C. Thomas Howell, is an American actor and film director. He starred in the films The Outsiders as Ponyboy Curtis and in The Hitcher as Jim Halsey. He has appeared in The Da Vinci Treasure,Soul Man, Red Dawn, Secret Admirer, Gettysburg, H. G...
. All Jacked Up features stunts, sports, events and people from around the country in 30 minute episodes.
John Irwin
Irwin Entertainment, Inc. President John Irwin founded the company following his experiences as a producer of several other television programs and specials. Irwin spent four years producing Late Night with Conan O’Brien, two years as a producer for MADtvMADtv
MADtv is an American sketch comedy television series. It licensed the name and logo of Mad, but otherwise had no connection with the humor magazine outside the animated Spy vs. Spy and Don Martin cartoon shorts and images of Alfred E. Neuman that the show featured during the late 1990s. Its first...
, and five years as Vice President of Development and Production for Lorne Michaels
Lorne Michaels
Lorne Michaels, CM is a Canadian-American television producer, writer, and comedian best known for creating and producing Saturday Night Live and producing the various film and TV projects that spun off from it.-Early life:...
’ Broadway Video.
Irwin Entertainment also steered production for CMT's Barely Famous with The Warren Brothers, and other HBO productions, including Down and Dirty with Jim Norton, Brave New Voices, several comedy specials including Jim Norton - Monster Rain, D.L Hughley – Unapologetic, Dave Attell – Captain Miserable and Bob Saget - That Ain’t Right.
Credits
- CMT's All Jacked Up (2009)
- Russell SimmonsRussell Simmons-External links:** * * * * * * from the US Holocaust Memorial Museum* *...
Presents Brave New Voices (2009) - Sex Rehab with Dr. Drew (2009)
- Sober House (2009)
- Down and Dirty with Jim NortonJim Norton (comedian)James Joseph "Jim" Norton, Jr. is an American stand-up comedian, radio personality, author, and actor. He is an on-air personality, often dubbed the 'third mic' on The Opie and Anthony Show, which airs on Sirius XM Radio...
(2008) - Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew Reunion Special (2008) (TV)
- Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew (2008)
- David's Situation (2008) (TV)
- Dave AttellDave AttellDave Attell is an American stand-up comedian and the host of Comedy Central's Insomniac with Dave Attell and The Gong Show with Dave Attell.-Stand-up beginning:...
: Captain Miserable (2007) (TV) - Jim NortonJim Norton (comedian)James Joseph "Jim" Norton, Jr. is an American stand-up comedian, radio personality, author, and actor. He is an on-air personality, often dubbed the 'third mic' on The Opie and Anthony Show, which airs on Sirius XM Radio...
: Monster Rain (2007) (TV) - D.L. Hughley: Unapologetic (2007) (TV)
- Bob SagetBob SagetRobert Lane "Bob" Saget is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and television host. Although he is best known for his roles as Danny Tanner in Full House, host of America's Funniest Home Videos and Future Ted Mosby on How I Met Your Mother, Saget is also known outside of television for his blue...
: That Ain't Right (2007) (TV) - Katie Brown Workshop (2006)
- Barely Famous (2004)