The Biggest Loser says it’s changed. But it’s still focused on the wrong things.
A review of USA Network’s rebooted Biggest Loser, plus interviews with researchers and the show’s talent about its approach to weight loss.
Biggest Loser
A weight-loss competition series, which aired 17 seasons on NBC before moving to USA Network. Both shows reward the person who's lost the biggest percentage of their body weight.
The Biggest Loser is coming back—but should it?
The show will still be a competition, but USA says it’ll focus on “wellness” instead of weight loss—the same change Weight Watchers made last fall.
Poppi Kramer, comedian and Biggest Loser season 3 at-home winner, has died
Poppi Kramer, a comedian and actor and the winner of The Biggest Loser season three’s at-home competition, died at age 46, according to friends and colleagues.
How low can these three weight-loss shows go?
Reviews of the new Biggest Loser on NBC, ABC’s My Diet is Better Than Yours, and A&E’s Fit to Fat to Fit.
Survivor’s first winner cast on rebooted The Biggest Loser: Temptation Nation
Survivor Borneo winner Richard Hatch is one of the cast members of NBC’s The Biggest Loser: Temptation Nation, which has changed a lot for season 17.
With its new host and trainers, Biggest Loser shuffles the deck chairs
The Biggest Loser‘s longest-serving trainer, Bob Harper, will become the show’s host for season 17, and the NBC reality competition’s newest trainer will leave the show, as the aging show shifts around its parts to see what sticks. When the show returns, probably next year, Bob Harper will replace Alison Sweeney and host the show. …
The mystery of Alison Sweeney’s exit as Biggest Loser host
Alison Sweeney, who has hosted of NBC’s The Biggest Loser since season four, is leaving the show after eight years of watching that fake scale. (Sweeney replaced Caroline Rhea, who hosted seasons one to three.) NBC’s brief statement, delivered via its tabloid newsmagazine Access Hollywood, said only: “After an incredible run together, Alison Sweeney will …