HOARDERS™ not only captures the drama as experts work to put each hoarder on the road to recovery but also highlights the individual's inner challenges and triumphs. Although cleaning marks the first step of tackling this disorder, success is not definite. For some individuals, throwing away the tiniest object is so traumatizing that they will not be able to allow the cleaning process to go on, no matter how it may impact their future. For others, professional help and an organizer's instruction give them the strength to let go. At the end of each episode we'll find out who has been able to keep their hoarding behavior under control and who has fallen into the deep end of this painful disease.

Hoarders was nominated for a 2011 Emmy® Award for Outstanding Reality Program.

Hoarders returns for a fifth season with new episodes featuring some of the most dramatic moments and emotional transformations to date, including:

• A man whose hoard is so out of control that officials have called in the Fire Marshall because of the threat the home poses to the neighborhood
• A woman grieving the loss of her husband who has filled her home with a bizarre collection of dead animals including possums, birds, and field mice
• An ex-marine who faces losing his home unless he comes to terms with his extreme hoarding

For more information on how you can appear on Hoarders, check out our casting page.