NBC spins off new Biggest Loser series.NBC’s surprise fall reality hit The Biggest Loser will return this summer for a second season. But now, the network has announced a spin-off of the original, episodic series. The new weekly series will consist of “themed stand-alone episodes pitting town vs. town, family vs. family, bride vs. bride, …
Ryan Benson is The Biggest Loser; Shawn Nelson wins The Rebel Billionaire. At the conclusion of NBC’s The Biggest Loser, Ryan Benson walked away with $250,000 after losing 120 pounds. His weight loss alone didn’t give him the win; instead, it was because of a number that included the percentage of weight lost. “Benson lost …
Rebel Billionaire, Biggest Loser conclude. Two reality series end tonight, although one has become a lot more popular than the other. Richard Branson’s globetrotting series The Rebel Billionaire had some critical acclaim but not many viewers. Still, FOX stuck it out, which is more than the network does for most poorly performing shows. Tonight at …
Slate critic: “On reality television, fat people are the new gay people.” Slate’s Dana Stevens/Liz Penn (two names are better than one) argues that “[o]n reality television, fat people are the new gay people.” After abandoning mocking the gays, she says “the evil forces that plot new reality shows have now turned their attention to …
Biggest Loser, Nanny 911 get renewed. FOX and ABC are each renewing their hit fall reality TV shows. NBC’s The Biggest Loser, which airs its fifth episode tomorrow, is getting both a renewal and an additional episode order. Two 90-minute “episodes have logged more than 10 million viewers and decent ratings in the network’s target …
NBC’s The Biggest Loser debuts tonight. Twelve people will compete with themselves and their appetites tonight as NBC debuts The Biggest Loser at 8 p.m. ET. Caroline Rhea will host the nine-episode series, which will award a quarter million dollars to the person who loses the most weight. Apparently, though, how much the contestants weigh …
Dr. Fad looking for The Next Trump; NBC looking for big losers, others. The guy who calls himself Dr. Fad is looking for 10 kids who want to be The Next Trump. The creator of the Wacky WallWalker is conducting “a nationwide search for 10 of the country’s most intelligent and innovative children who will …