I agree with Chellez in couples and families are just not as interesting to me. But of course I will continue to watch. I've abandoned AI this year to watch TBL. Well, AI hasn't been too great the past few seasons anyway. I think they will run the show like they did for that short special like Cat mentioned--at home.

I agree that families and couples don't appeal to me as much, either. I was 100% addicted to the regular individuals seasons, but I only watched the first episode of this couples season and have had no desire to tune in since.

When I heard families, I didn't even think about kids. I immediately thought of my own family: parents in their 50s, my sister at 31, and me about to turn 26. We've all got a few pounds to shed, and I would think that's more the type of family they're going for--all over 16, maybe even all over 18.

I think a 3FC season (or special episode) on TBL is a FABULOUS idea. I went to an open casting call a couple seasons ago--what a waste of time. I mean, I studied marketing and music industry, so I know it's all about what "sells," but it was such a joke.

So do they ever tell what the competitors are eating? I've always wondered exactly how many calories these folks are taking in and how many hours exercise per day they get...

Also, I think it is really interesting that the guys have to weigh in with no shirt when they are very heavy, but once they lose weight they weigh in with shirts ON, so we don't see what all that weight loss has don't to their skin?

If they (CBS I think but they the networks really no difference between FOX and the others now) did that kidville thing reality show with like really young children....why would they put an age limit on this? Reality shows are becoming awful, I do not see NBC 'rising' to any ethical heights here.

If you have a TV landscape with moment of truth (never watched a second but promos) and wifeswap (just a minute watched) networks will do anything, will humilate anyone to get people to watch. Afterall wifeswap totally involves kids and sometimes infants. Only way to make it stop is not to watch.

On second thought maybe only the law would make them stop. I think people have to sign consent forms because of health reasons. But then again you have the kid reality shows so who knows? I still think BL is a bad egg. Fit TV has much better, more realistic, more sane, and yes people losing slower weight loss programs. BL is just a bad way to present weight loss. Totally unrealistic, lots of intentional misleading of viewers (sometimes a week isn't a week, water weight loss, etc.).

Good for Ali (I read the boards I did not watch the show, did not even realize it was the final). But who knows what such rapid weight loss did to her body? Her starting weight? Unhealthy? You bet. Such rapid weight loss unhealthy? Probably. And also of course no one can live on a 'weight ranch' or whatever. At least FitTV and Discovery health has some actual reality to it.

Bottomline if the lawyers say they can do it they will put kids on.

I remember when Amazing Race did the family season....instead of travelling the world, the stayed in the U.S, some families were all siblings or cousins, and a couple of the families had pre-teen kids.
That season got terrible ratings. I know shows want to mix it up a bit, but why do they need to mess with something that works so well??

they had a military wives BL?? that would have been neat....its rare to have shows about us wives except for USA's Army Wives show...yes i love the show for the drama...but real military wives/lives aren't really like that..at least not what i have seen in my 6 years as an army wife (which does include raising two small kids and having hubby deployed out of country for 3 years).....

From what I'm gathering... Families is going to run through the fall of 08

Then Couples is going to start in the winter. There's no announcement for the summer.

Smart strategy on NBC's behalf... load the public up with BL when people are most prone to overeat then give them a break in the summer.

Just read on the BL forums on NBC Families is slated for October