Breakthrough with Tony Robbins: Season 1

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NBC | Season Premiere Date: July 27, 2010

Starring: Tony Robbins

Summary: Self-help guru Tony Robbins is coming to NBC. This reality series is set to be a transformational-style program in the tradition of The Biggest Loser.

Genre(s): Drama, Reality, Game Show

Season 1 Episodes

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S1:E6. John Rodriguez
Air Date: August 12, 2010
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S1:E4. Scott and Mandy Smith
Air Date: August 12, 2010
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S1:E3. Lawson
Air Date: August 10, 2010

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Verne Gay

It's an upbeat, glass-half-full hour with some tough love from Tony, who also dispenses sound couples therapy advice. But the hour also feels facile, and rushed. Read full review

Alessandra Stanley

Breakthrough fulfills the fantasy that a team of miracle workers--with limitless budgets and resources--can come through for a stranger with a dramatic rescue package. Read full review

Tom Gliatto

The inspiration can be heavy-handed, but how can you not feel for the couple?

Barry Garron

Although Robbins delivers on his promise in one feel-good scene after another, there's little here to indicate that the joy and freedom will remain after the production crew packs up. Read full review

Brian Lowry

These situations are undeniably emotional, and the Stegners' situation is certainly relatable. Yet that very authenticity is what makes Breakthrough aggravating--presenting, as it does, serious hardships before addressing them with the depth of a Hallmark card. Read full review

David Hinckley

At first these actions, which feel extreme, seem to have little relation to the problems at hand. It soon becomes clear, however, that they do. As he promises, Robbins is attacking deeper problems, not symptoms, and as with any good infomercial, the results look compelling on the screen. Read full review

Easily the worst of the bunch--in fact, there's a good argument to be made that it's one of the most atrocious TV shows of all time--is NBC's Breakthrough with Tony Robbins. Read full review

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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 2

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- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: March 26, 2012
Season 1

43
- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: July 27, 2010
- tbd
  S1:E6. John Rodriguez
  Air Date: August 12, 2010
- tbd
  S1:E4. Scott and Mandy Smith
  Air Date: August 12, 2010
- tbd
  S1:E3. Lawson
  Air Date: August 10, 2010
- tbd
  S1:E3. Juaquin and Kim Hawkins
  Air Date: August 12, 2010
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  S1:E2. Stegnar
  Air Date: August 3, 2010
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  S1:E2. Ron and Marie
  Air Date: August 3, 2010
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  S1:E2. Juaquin Hawkins
  Air Date: April 16, 2012
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  S1:E1. Frank and Kristen
  Air Date: July 27, 2010