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  NBC reveals the identities of its 'The Biggest Loser 2' contestants

  August 25, 2005
  NBC has revealed the identities of the fourteen men and women who will be competing on the upcoming second season of its The Biggest Loser reality weight loss competition series. The Biggest Loser 2 will debut on Tuesday, September 13 with a special 8:00-9:30PM ET/PT premiere.

• NBC bumps 'The Biggest Loser 2' onto its fall schedule, delays premiere until September 13

  June 2, 2005
  NBC has announced a tweaking of its upcoming summer programming lineup, modifying the premiere schedule of five of its upcoming reality shows and bumping The Biggest Loser 2 fully into its Fall 2005 programming schedule.

• NBC's 'The Biggest Loser 2' to debut August 9, feature men vs. women

  May 1, 2005
  NBC has announced The Biggest Loser 2, its previously announced sequel to last fall's new surprise hit reality series, will debut on Tuesday, August 9 at 8PM ET/PT with a 90-minute episode. Tommy Lee Goes To College, a new half-hour reality series that will follow notorious Motley Crue rocker Tommy Lee as he returns to school to get the college experience he never had, will follow at 9:30PM ET/PT

• NBC announces 'The Biggest Loser' spin-off series featuring stand-alone episodes

  January 25, 2005
  NBC is fattening up The Biggest Loser. The network has announced that in addition to the already announced The Biggest Loser 2 sequel that will air this summer, it's adding a spin-off to the series. Featuring themed stand-alone episodes, the spin-off will pit groups of varying sizes battling against each other in an effort to lose weight.
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  Ryan Benson wins NBC's 'The Biggest Loser' by losing 122 pounds

  January 12, 2005
  With a final weight loss figure that represented more than the total body weight of most of the skeletal young women competing on Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Model Search, NBC's other currently airing reality competition series, Ryan Benson was crowned The Biggest Loser's winner during last night's live finale broadcast of the series.
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  NBC's 'The Biggest Loser' returns, to culminate with January 11 live finale

  January 4, 2005
  The Biggest Loser, NBC's surprising little reality show that could, returns to the airwaves tonight, broadcasting its penultimate episode that culminates with next week's live finale crowning of the weight loss competition series' so-called "biggest loser" and $250,000 winner.

• The Biggest Loser - Episode 5 summary

  November 27, 2004
  "Don't Check Your Integrity At The Door!," our episode summary for the fifth episode of NBC's The Biggest Loser series, written by aliciabbrown, is now available.

• NBC's 'The Biggest Loser' continues making ratings gains

  November 23, 2004
  Don't look now, but NBC's The Biggest Loser is proving to be a winner where it counts -- the Nielsen ratings.

• NBC orders 'The Biggest Loser 2', announces casting call and application information

  November 22, 2004
  NBC has announced that it has ordered a second season of its surprising hit The Biggest Loser series. Mail-in applications for the new edition of the weight loss reality show are already being accepted, and open casting calls will be conducted in December, with the network hoping to have The Biggest Loser 2 ready for broadcast by early spring

• The Biggest Loser - Episode 4 summary

  November 20, 2004
  "Stairway to Heart Attack," our episode summary for the fourth episode of NBC's The Biggest Loser series, written by SilverStar, is now available.

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