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Celebrity Fit Club

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Two teams of celebrities compete to lose the most weight.

Former Idol Cohost: Quitting Was a "Big Mistake" | Great American Idol Blog | 4/18/2008
There's never a crystal ball around when you need one. After leaving American Idol after Season 1, Brian Dunkleman faded into obscurity while his cohost, Ryan Seacrest, became the next Dick Clark. Now, the Dunk is back on TV, mixing it up with Happy Days' Erin Moran and Eight Is Enough's Willie Aames as a contestant on Celebrity Fit Club: Boot Camp (Sundays at 8 pm/ET, VH1). We talked to Dunkleman about getting in shape military-style, dealing with reality-TV "drama," and what he really thinks of Idol. — Megan Walsh-BoyleTVGuide.com: What made you decide to enlist? Brian Dunkleman: Well, they called and I was available. It's been a while since someone has asked me to do something, so I thought it would probably be a good idea to do it. Maybe they assumed I had completely let myself go. [But] it worked out great because I was actually in the process of trying to get in shape [because] I was getting married. TVGuide.com: How is it working out with drill sergeant Harvey? He seems ... read more
In the Works: Amazing Race Goes On, and More | Today's News: Our Take | 12/10/2007
CBS has greenlit production on a 13th cycle of The Amazing Race, which currently is in the midst of Season 12.... VH1 has ordered new seasons of Celebrity Fit Club and Ego Trip's The (White) Rapper Show — each of which will have a twist. Per the Reporter, Fit Club will feature former cast members versus new D-listers, while Ego Trip's Miss Rap Supreme (as the follow-up is titled) will search for the next great female MC.... VH1 has also OK'd Viva Hollywood!, in which 12 Latino and Latina contestants aspire to be telenovela stars. read more
Ratings: Viewers Flee HBO's Cincinnati | Today's News: Our Take | 6/20/2007
• On Sunday HBO's John from Cincinnati delivered 1.2 million total viewers in its second week, representing a drop of 65 percent from the premiere. The Season 4 launch of lead-out Entourage drew 2.2 mil, shedding 1.2 mil from its recent season-ender, while Flight of the Conchords bowed to 1.2 mil. • The Sunday finale of VH1's Celebrity Fit Club was sized up by 2.7 mil, a series high. Showtime's Meadowlands was visited by 184,000.• On Monday TNT's Heartland debuted to 4.3 mil, making it ad-supported cable's No. 2 series telecast for the year to date. Big Love (1.5 mil) got a bit less love, dropping 700K week to week. read more
"Marcia Brady" Gets Her Life — and Self — in Shape | Today's News: Our Take | 4/3/2007
The 1970s' grooviest teen dream queen will be returning to America's living rooms when Celebrity Fit Club 5: Men vs. Women premieres April 22 on VH1. Not that Maureen McCormick or her many incarnations of Marcia, Marcia, Marcia ever left our Brady Bunch-lovin' hearts. After all, the kitschy kidcom loops endlessly in reruns, and its complete-series DVD set — touting a "shag carpet" cover and assorted spin-offs — hits stores today. But the 2007 Mo is about so much more than Davy Jones crushes. Still ebullient and girlishly pretty at 50, she peels back layers of "Brady perfection" to reveal the years of human heartache and loss that led to a 30-pound weight gain and her first-ever reality-TV gig. Here, she gives TVG read more
THIS 'N' THAT | Today's News: Our Take | 3/28/2006
Barry Manilow has agreed to keep performing at the Las Vegas Hilton through 2008, the hotel has announced. In related news, Paris Hilton will continue performing wherever and whenever she is allowed to.... Michael Madsen and Daryl Hannah will walk the beat in the indie thriller Vice, about a squad of cops who start looking mighty suspicious when a passel of drugs go missing, the Hollywood Reporter says.... Rumor has it that among the D-listers trying to lose enough weight to get back on the C-list on the next cycle of Celebrity Fit Club will be none other than Family Ties moppet Tina Yothers.... A Harley-Davidson Night Rod has been cast as the titular vampire slayer's preferred mode of transportation in Spike TV's upcoming series adaptation of Blade, premiering June 28. read more