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It’s after Memorial Day weekend, and that means it’s time for summer reality programming on the broadcast networks. Last night, NBC debuted Losing It with Jillian, a truly repellent spinoff of The Biggest Loser that alternated between weight-loss coach Jillian Michaels verbally abusing an overweight family and mawkish moments of “triumph.” It was like watching The Stockholm Syndrome Diet in action.
But there was a wide variety of alternative choices as well, including Fox’s returning Hell’s Kitchen, NBC’s America’s Got Talent and ABC’s Wipeout, which I’ve come to enjoy—though I don’t watch it that often—for the uncomplicated joy with which it embraces its “Ow, My Balls!”-iness. Do you have a guilty (or not guilty) summer reality pleasure? Share it here. I and the Internet promise not to tell anyone.