The Biggest Loser 14 – reality blurred

The Biggest Loser is the biggest thing on loser NBC

NBC’s ratings failure during February sweeps are detailed in a New York Times article that is best summed up in this one sentence: “no episode of any show on NBC in February came within one million viewers of a show on PBS: Downton Abbey.” NBC is doing so terribly that it was well behind Univision, …

Jillian Michaels returns to Biggest Loser (again), which will feature teenagers (oh no)

Trainer Jillian Michaels will return to The Biggest Loser, her second return to the show because she has quit twice. She last quit to have a child, and previously quit because of the editing. Bob Harper and Dolvett Quince will also return for its 14th season. The show will also “tackle the childhood obesity epidemic …

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