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Summary The biggest winner is "The Biggest Loser" in this compelling new weight-loss reality drama in which two celebrity fitness trainers join with top health experts to help overweight contestants transform their bodies, health and ultimately, their lives. Alison Sweeney ("Days of Our Lives") hosts the unscripted, two-hour series in which two ...

  • 2004
  • TV-PG
  • NBC
  • 2004
  • TV-PG
  • NBC

The Biggest Loser

19 Seasons
Season 1 Premiere: Oct 19, 2004
Metascore Generally Unfavorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews
35
User Score Mixed or Average Based on 25 User Ratings
5.0
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Summary The biggest winner is "The Biggest Loser" in this compelling new weight-loss reality drama in which two celebrity fitness trainers join with top health experts to help overweight contestants transform their bodies, health and ultimately, their lives. Alison Sweeney ("Days of Our Lives") hosts the unscripted, two-hour series in which two ...

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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews
35
14% Positive
1 Review
14% Mixed
1 Review
71% Negative
5 Reviews

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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews
35
14% Positive
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14% Mixed
1 Review
71% Negative
5 Reviews

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63
Jun 20, 2013
Combine[s] the tension of the boardroom in "The Apprentice," the machinations of "Survivor," the tears of a Dr. Phil cry-athon, and the tonnage of a Weight Watchers meeting. [20 Oct 2004]
By Linda Stasi FULL REVIEW
50
Dec 10, 2010
The experience encourages plenty of predictably sappy statements like "Even though we're black and blue, we're all in the same fight together," but why use drill sergeants when you've already got Bob & Jillian? [5 Nov 2010, p.65]
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30
Jun 20, 2013
Somebody thought this would be exciting to watch? [2 Nov 2004]
By Virginia Heffernan FULL REVIEW
30
Jun 20, 2013
There isn't very much to The Biggest Loser. This could be the lowest-rung TV format ever devised: A reality show about people on a diet. [19 Oct 2004]
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30
Jun 20, 2013
Jillian... was so obnoxious and smugly hostile in the opener that I found myself practically rooting for one of the big-bellied contestants to squash her like a common household bug. [26 Oct 2004]
By Chuck Barney FULL REVIEW
25
Jun 18, 2013
There's a loathsome, mock-the-fatty undertow to Biggest Loser.
By Gillian Flynn FULL REVIEW
20
Jun 20, 2013
NBC has presented one installment of "The Biggest Loser" so far - and one was enough to dismiss it entirely. [25 Oct 2004]
By David Bianculli FULL REVIEW

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5.0
20% Positive
5 Ratings
56% Mixed
14 Ratings
24% Negative
6 Ratings

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Production Company:
  • 25/7 Productions
  • Endemol Shine North America
  • Universal Television Alternative Studios
Initial Release Date: Oct 19, 2004
Number of seasons: 19 Seasons
Rating: TV-PG
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Awards

ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards
• 7 Wins & 7 Nominations
Directors Guild of America, USA
• 1 Win & 3 Nominations
Primetime Emmy Awards
• 1 Nomination

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