Cable network releases advance video clips of Maine ‘Hoarders’ episode

Cable network A&E has released its preview of Sunday night’s episode of “Hoarders,” which was filmed last year in Lisbon.

That teaser can be seen above, featuring dramatic voice-overs of people explaining to the show subject that “You’ve got black mold in there” and “Everything’s covered in pee and poop.”

Originally scheduled to air in February, the broadcast time has been changed again, according to Kevin Gove of Auburn-based Rinck Advertising, although this time the change is minimal, airing at 8 p.m. instead of 9 p.m. as promoted earlier this month.

Hoarders,” which is now in its eighth season, is a documentary-style program that profiles people suffering from compulsive hoarding disorder, as well as the extreme cleanouts of their homes. When the show premiered in 2009, it reportedly smashed A&E’s record for premieres with 2.5 million viewers.

Gove previously told reporters Maine crews removed about 10 tons of material from the Lisbon home in question over only about three days of work. He noted that while, nationally, about 5 percent of the population has compulsive hoarding disorder, that figure is estimated to be higher in Maine, at something like 8 percent.

Involved in the Lisbon cleanup were ServiceMaster franchises from Falmouth and Auburn owned by Steve Cox, as well as Dawna Hall of the home improvement company OrganizeME.

While some viewers from the area may recognize the people in the clip above, greater details about the cleanup and people involved are not being officially released ahead of the broadcast, Gove said previously.

In a previous interview about an increase of hoarding cases in Portland, the city’s inspections director Tammy Munson described how difficult the disorder can be to deal with.

“This is something that’s a really debilitating condition for people, and it takes a lot of compassion to deal with,” she said. “It’s very painful for these people to remove these items. It may look like clutter or junk to a lot of people, but each of these items has value to these people. They could pick up a piece of rusted metal in the backyard and tell you exactly what they believe it’s useful for.”