FIT FOR TV: REALITY OF BIGGEST LOSER
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Former contestants, longtime host Alison Sweeney, trainer Bob Harper, and EPs Dave Broome and JD Roth are among the people interviewed for the series.
She also credits the show's medical advisor, Dr Robert Huizenga, as the only one who understood how ill she was. Dr Huizenga also tells the documentary that the show did not inform him of the challenge Tracey and the other contestants were undertaking.
“When it comes to The Biggest Loser, always remember we were trying to make an entertaining show that was on prime time network television,” Harper said. “What’s more important for weight loss? We all know it’s diet. But that becomes boring television.”
Netflix viewers have reacted in disbelief over 'outrageous' documentary Fit for TV: The Reality of The Biggest Loser, which lifts the veil on the TV series.
“The frustrating aspect of New Lives In The Wild, which returns for its 20th series, is that Ben rarely probes too deeply.” Christopher Stevens, Daily Mail “VJ Day 80 was not just a fascinating and moving documentary, but a profoundly important document of a time rapidly slipping from active memory”
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