Finally a VH1 Show With Heart: Dr. Drew's 'Sex Rehab'

To everyone who wrote me saying what a great, selfless humanitarian Dr. Drew Pinsky is when I gave a negative review to the exploitation level in "Celebrity Rehab With Dr. Drew" -- and his fans were both passionate and many -- let me simply respond with the following announcement from VH1:

VH1 has also greenlit a spin-off of “Celebrity Rehab” that will venture into the rarely talked about world of sexual addiction in “Sex Rehab with Dr. Drew.”

Now to be fair, I would never second-guess Pinsky's commitment to treating addiction. Still, showing Jeff Conaway vomiting on himself was by any measure exploiting the former "Taxi" co-star's plight in order to make train-wreck TV, just as the subject matter of his spin-off was obviously chosen for maximum promotional value -- assuming, of course, that there are other, more pressing and widespread addictions out there worthy of attention that happen to be less conceptually titillating.

Ultimately, I believe this gives new meaning to the expression "media whore." In the spirit of open-mindedness, "Sex Rehab" might be the first VH1 show to which I actually apply to participate -- not because I suffer from the affliction in question, but because it would be so, er, interesting to meet some of those that do. And hey, can't wait to see how they document things when somebody falls off the wagon.