If you're into shows like Breaking Bonaduce (like I was) or Shooting Sizemore (me not so much), then you should know that they are veritable ripoffs (Shooting Sizemore, specifically) of a documentary called TV Junkie. I caught this on HBO last night and it captured, more or less, the downfall of a television personality as his addiction to crack cocaine cost him his job, his house, and his family.
Rick Kirkham, a news anchor and news magazine host (he was once on Inside Edition) faithfully maintained a video diary. Through the most awkward times (while he's high and the cops are arresting him in front of his family, or while he's makeshifting a crack pipe) he kept the camera rolling. Three-thousand hours of footage was edited down and produced into this documentary. It's the real deal and a rare look into the duality of a successful person with an addiction.
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