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E! is adding two new series to its lineup: docu-reality show Just Jillian, starring and executive produced by Jillian Michaels, and comedy/celebrity/pop culture program The Comment Section, executive produced by Joel McHale. Just Jillian, from Studio Lambert, an All3 Media America company, follows the former Biggest Lo…

UPDATES: Spike TV is teaming with Jillian Michaels on new unscripted series Sweat Inc for premiere this fall. The network said today at its upfront in NYC that it ordered 10 one-hour episodes of the series that seeks to find the next big fitness phenomenon. Michaels will host and serve as judge on the series produced…

Diane Haithman is contributing to Deadline’s TCA coverage. NBC's The Biggest Loser takes on childhood obesity when the show returns this month. And at today's TCA panel, the show's trainers told TV journalists that no child would be subjected to an on-camera weigh-in. Nor will the younger set have to compete to stay…

EXCLUSIVE: Jillian Michaels has re-signed with ICM Partners, which just brokered her deal to return to The Biggest Loser. Michaels was repped by ICM when she was first tapped as a trainer on the NBC weight-loss competition series after first working at ICM as an agent. She left the agency for CAA in 2008. Michaels…

NBC's The Biggest Loser is bringing something old and something new for its upcoming 14th season. Jillian Michaels, who left the show after Season 11 last year, will be back as a trainer for the upcoming season, which will deal with childhood obesity by featuring kid participants (ages 13-17) for the first time in…

CBS’ annual Super Bowl’s Greatest Commercials special is undergoing a makeover. Gone is longtime host Jim Nantz, who co-hosted with Lara Spencer for the past two years. This year, CBS Sports’ NFL analyst Boomer Esiason and former The Biggest Loser star Jillian Michaels will co-host the special, slated to air February…

EXCLUSIVE: Is fitness guru Jillian Michaels the next daytime talk show star? The popular Biggest Loser trainer has signed a multi-year deal to join the daytime syndicated talk show The Doctors as a co-host next season. Additionally, she will serve as a special correspondent on Dr. Phil. Both talk shows are distributed…

The Biggest Loser trainer Jillian Michaels announced that she will leave the veteran NBC reality series after the upcoming 11th season, now in production. “Season 11 of Biggest Loser will be my last :) have to finish out my contract,” she wrote on Twitter. Michaels also addressed the issue of her replacement. “They…

The crowd on the picket line at The Biggest Loser ranch is expected to be significantly larger tomorrow after the LA County AFL-CIO affiliate today endorsed the IATSE-led strike by the reality series’ crew and vowed to send picketers from some of the 350 unions and more than 800,000 unions it represents. There won’t…