USA Is Reviving NBC’s The Biggest Loser Next Year

The weight-loss competition series aired for 17 seasons

USA is hoping The Biggest Loser will be a big winner for the network and is reviving the weight-loss competition series.

The cable network has ordered a 10-episode season from Endemol Shine North America, in association with Universal Television Alternative Studio, it announced at today’s NBCUniversal upfront. The revival is expected to air in 2020.

This is the second time USA has resuscitated a broadcast reality series. Earlier this year, it aired Temptation Island, which had a three-season run on Fox from 2001 through 2003.

The new version of The Biggest Loser, which ran for 17 seasons on NBC (most recently in 2016), will feature men and women competing not only to lose weight, but to improve their overall wellbeing.

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