This Just In: Jillian Michaels Is Losing It

Scoop on the Biggest Loser trainer's new series and more in our TV news roundup

By Kristin Dos Santos Oct 20, 2009 5:00 PMTags
Jillian Michaels, The Biggest LoserMitchell Haaseth/NBC

We have known that Jillian Michaels is "losing it" ever since we saw her doing full-on squats and lunges in the Starbucks line at the Beverly Center mall in L.A. (Good morning! Would you like some sweat with that latte?) And now, NBC has picked up the fittingly titled series Losing It With Jillian, in which The Biggest Loser trainer gets to put her fitness obsession to good use: helping the not-so-little people. Think of it as Supernanny with (hopefully) fewer tantrums: Jillian will move in with families and change their diet and exercise habits. Eight episodes are on the way.

Glee Yippee! The next episode—in which (spoiler alert!) Rachel and Puck seem to totally be getting it on, at least, according to these preview clips—doesn't air until tomorrow night. But Fox has already released three songs from it on iTunes: Young MC's "Bust a Move," Neil Diamond's "Sweet Caroline" and Sisqó's "Thong Song." (Warning: Puck's version of "Sweet Caroline" may make you develop a serious Mohawk fetish.)

Lie to Me Is Not Dead: Fox has ordered six more seasons of the sophomore drama! And if you could see the way my face is twitching right now, you'd know that's a lie. They actually only picked up three more episodes. But hey, it's something.

Eastwick Is Not Dead (Yet): Despite disappointing ratings thus far, our insiders reveal that ABC isn't giving up the fight just yet and is planning a promotional push to try to save Eastwick. Maybe mind-control babe Lindsay Price can pull a Matt Parkman and get the show to live in another show's body?

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