DEA (2008 TV series)

DEA
GenreReality
Narrated byLance Henriksen
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes15
Production
ProducersAl Roker Entertainment, Inc. in association with Size 12 Productions.
Running time42 minutes
Original release
NetworkSpike
ReleaseApril 2, 2008 (2008-04-02) –
March 31, 2009 (2009-03-31)
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DEA is an American reality television series that ran for fifteen hour-long episodes in two seasons from April 2, 2008, to March 31, 2009, on the Spike television network. DEA follows the jobs of a squad of Drug Enforcement Administration special agents as they track down leads and make narcotics busts on houses suspected of selling, producing, or trafficking drugs. The first season was filmed in Detroit, Michigan, and consisted of six episodes aired from April 2, 2008, to May 7, 2008.[1] The second season in the New York/New Jersey area consisted of nine episodes aired from February 10, 2009, to March 31, 2009, and follows a group of DEA agents and Task Force officers operating out of the DEA's northern New Jersey headquarters located in Newark.[2] The show was produced for Spike TV by Al Roker Entertainment, Inc. in association with Size 12 Productions.

The first season follows DEA Group 14, while the second season follows a team of agents known as "Group 5-6", based at the DEA Newark Field Division office at 80 Mulberry Street, Newark, New Jersey.[3]

The series was narrated by Lance Henriksen.

  1. ^ "Spike TV's "DEA: Detroit" hits shelves Feb. 10". Monsters and Critics. 2009-02-10. Archived from the original on 2012-10-03.
  2. ^ "PDFNJ celebrates premiere of Spike TV's DEA Series". Partnership for a Drug-Free New Jersey.
  3. ^ "Reality of the DEA". Glocally Newark. Archived from the original on 2010-01-30.