Photo(c)- Oxygen"Dance Your Ass Off" on the Oxygen network premiers on Monday, June 29th. I am most excited to catch this show, as I love the idea of a weight loss competition being about doing something fun and entertaining. Check out the show synopsis:
Twelve finalists, nearly 3,000 lbs, one goal -- to go from an eating machine to a dancing machine in Oxygen's new dance/weight loss competition series Dance Your Ass Off, hosted by TONY Award®-winning actress Marissa Jaret Winokur.
Bringing dance and diet together, Dance Your Ass Off features talented, full-figured contestants who will have to lose to win. Each contestant is paired with a professional dance partner who will train him or her for weekly stage performances -- ranging from Hip Hop, to Ballroom and even Pole Dancing! Then they shake and rattle their rolls in front of a live studio audience and a panel of expert judges. The judges score the routines, and then the contestants weigh in to reveal their weekly weight loss. The dance score and the weight loss are combined for an overall score, which determines who is sent home each week.
Photo(c)- Lifetime"Drop Dead Diva" is Lifetime's spirited new comedic drama series that puts a uniquely compelling twist on the age-old battle between brains and beauty. It premieres on Lifetime Sunday, July 12 at 9 pm et/pt.
The show tells the story of a beautiful-but-vapid model wannabe, Deb, who has a fatal car accident and suddenly finds herself in front of Heaven's gatekeeper, Fred, who declares her a self-centered "zero." Outraged, Deb attempts to persuade Fred to return her to her shallow existence but is accidentally relegated to the body of the recently deceased Jane Bingum (Brooke Elliott). A brilliant, thoughtful and plus-size attorney with a loyal assistant (Margaret Cho), Jane has always lived in the shadow of her more comely colleagues, whereas Deb has always relied on her external beauty. Now, by a twist of fate and a bolt of divine intervention, Deb must come to terms with inhabiting Jane’s plus-size frame in the ultimate showdown between brains and beauty.
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3 comments:
Any actress over a size 2 is considered plus-size. That's kind of gross but, that's Hollywood. But, when did we start judging how large or small female attorneys are? This sounds like a horrible concept for a show.
You make a good point. My hope is that the show brings forth something deeper than just a general play off of the beautiful thin girl and the smart fat girl dynamic.
I think we're going to be disappointed. The writers/creators are a bunch of men, not a woman in the group. Yes, many of them are Gay but, they are oftentimes worse when it comes to women's body image issues (i.e. Sex and The City).
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