Hoarders is an American documentary reality television program which aired on A&E, from 2009 to 2013, on Lifetime in 2015, and again on A&E beginning in 2016.
Each episode follows one or two participants, each of whom is a compulsive hoarder. Throughout the episode, an organizational expert (who may also be psychiatrist, psychologist or a professional organizer specializing in some aspect involving the treatment of obsessive/compulsive disorders, anxiety disorders, and/or hoarding) works with the subject to address the situation and provide guidance in order to change hoarding behaviors.
After the sixth season concluded on February 4, 2013, the program went on a hiatus before it was announced, on September 25, 2013, that the show had been cancelled. In June 2015, Lifetime organized a revival of the show, after a number of successful "update" episodes which began in June 2014. These episodes are not part of a specific season since producers trimmed existing episodes to allow for an update of the participants at the end of the episode which lasted about four minutes. Lifetime aired the seventh season, under the title Hoarders: Family Secrets which focused less on the gross-out factor of the hoard and more on the human story of the hoarders along with their therapeutic healing process. The show returned to A&E on January 3, 2016, for season eight which also returned to showcasing the gruesome details of each hoard, such as animal skeletons being unearthed. The "Update" episodes continue to run between seasons and are branded under the titles Hoarders: Where Are They Now?, Hoarders: Then & Now or Hoarders: Overload.
Almost all episodes are available to watch on A&E's website and Amazon Prime.
Series overview
Episodes
Season 1 (2009)
Season 2 (2009–10)
Season 3 (2010–11)
Season 4 (2011)
Season 5 (2012)
Season 6 (2012–14)
Season 7: Family Secrets (2015)
Season 8 (2016)
Season 9 (2016–17)
Season 10 (2019)
Season 11 (2020)
Season 12 (2021)
Season 13 (2021)
Season 14 (2023)
Season 15 (2024)
Season 16 (2024)
"Update" Episodes Number From Season Title Airdate 1 2 Deborah/Jim June 9, 2014 2 4 Phyllis/Janet June 16, 2014 3 4 Stacey/Roi June 23, 2014 4 2 Janet/Christina June 30, 2014 5 4 Randy/Vicki July 7, 2014 6 2 Julie/Shannon August 21, 2016 7 2 Augustine August 28, 2016 8 6 Doug/Ruth September 4, 2016 9 1 Jennifer & Ron/Jill September 4, 2016 10 5 Verna/Joanne September 11, 2016 11 5 Anna/Claire & Vance September 11, 2016 12 7 Laura December 25, 2016 13 7 Michelle/Yama January 1, 2017 14 7 Ruthann January 8, 2017 15 7 Joyce/Kimberly January 15, 2017 16 7 Doris/T'resa January 29, 2017 17 7 Brian/Coral January 29, 2017 18 7 David/Nora February 12, 2017 19 7 Michelle/Mary February 19, 2017 20 7 Cynthia/Ricky February 26, 2017 21 8 Maggie/Ann March 5, 2017 22 9 Leza/Linda May 16, 2017 23 9 Stanks/Anne May 23, 2017 24 8 Judy May 30, 2017 25 8 Ruby/Mary June 6, 2017 26 8 Roxann/Barbara June 13, 2017 27 8 Celia/Nathan June 20, 2017 28 8 Dorothy & David/Doris June 27, 2017 29 8 Jackie/Ed & Connie July 11, 2017 30 8 Kevin/Elmira July 18, 2017 31 8 Ellen/Sybil July 25, 2017 32 9 Sandra April 6, 2019
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