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Upcoming series: X-Weighted Season 3, Slice, May 7

From a media release:

Episode 1 – “Trophy Wife Trials”

DEBBI’s story (Calgary)

Airdate:

  • Wednesday, May 7th, 8 pm ET

Repeats:

  • Wednesday, May 7th, 11 pm ET
  • Saturday, May 10th, 11 am ET
  • Sunday, May 11th, 7 pm ET
  • Wednesday, May 14th, 9 am ET

Debbi is a young mother of three who used to be hot stuff. Even now she pictures herself as a pretty young thing – until she catches her reflection and is shocked by her own bulging body. Debbi knows her husband Chris is no longer attracted to her and she yearns to be the “trophy wife” on his arm. It is only once the pounds begin to melt away that Debbi realizes she is losing weight for the wrong person.

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TV, eh? podcast: X-Weighted, Rent-a-Goalie, CaptioningSUCKS.com

The latest TV, eh? podcast is now available.

  • At the top of the show: X-Weighted contestant Gaia joined us to talk about her experience on the Slice network’s weight-loss reality show.
  • 15 minutes past the hour: Christopher Bolton, creator and star of Showcase’s Rent-a-Goalie, talked about the show and the season one DVD release in conversation with Denis McGrath.
  • 50 minutes past the hour: Accessibility advocate Joe Clark chatted about his recently launched website, CaptioningSUCKS.com, which takes aim at crappy closed captioning.

Listen in the player below, visit the show site, or  subscribe via iTunes or with any other program via the TV, Eh? feed.

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This Sunday on TV, eh? Blogtalkradio

Listen to TV, eh? on internet talk radioThe new version of the TV, eh? podcast – the live Internet radio version – airs Sunday at 11 am Pacific/2 pm Eastern. If you can’t listen live, tune in later for the archive. (Note: The player embedded in the right sidebar on this blog will still play last week’s show on Robson Arms/TV on the web/Bill C-10 until this week’s show is complete and archived.)

This Sunday, April 27, the guest lineup will be:

  1. At the top of the show: X-Weighted contestant Gaia joins us to talk about her experience on the Slice network’s weight-loss reality show.
  2. Around 15 minutes past the hour: Christopher Bolton, creator and star of Showcase’s Rent-a-Goalie, will talk about the upcoming season and the season one DVD release in conversation with Denis McGrath.
  3. Around 45 minutes past the hour: Accessibility advocate Joe Clark joins us to chat about his recently launched website, CaptioningSUCKS.com, which takes aim at crappy closed captioning.

Call in to join the conversation at 646-200-4063, or leave a question for our guests in the comments and I may ask it on the show.

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X-Weighted nominated for Banff Rockie Award

From a media release:

xweightedX-Weighted joined an elite group of 100 international television programs nominated for a Banff World Television Rockie Award last Thursday. The series, which runs on Slice, features 13 one-hour documentaries chronicling the lives of ordinary people waging a war on fat. Over a period of six months participant push their minds and bodies to new limits in the pursuit of physical and emotional health.

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X-Weighted returns for season three

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From a media release:

X-WEIGHTED BREAKS THE WEIGHT-LOSS SCALES

  • Season III premieres Wednesday, May 7 on SLICE

XweightedA record-setting 809 lbs. came off the scales in Season III of X-Weighted, Sliceâ„¢’s hit weight-loss documentary series which starts airing 13 brand new episodes starting Wednesday May 7 at 8 p.m. ET/PT. This year’s record is also being celebrated as a personal success for one participant who, by losing 113 lbs in six months, set the all-time weight-loss record for X-Weighted and its predecessor Taking it Off.

X-Weighted is a series of 13 one-hour documentaries chronicling the lives of ordinary people waging a war on fat. Over a period of six months they push their minds and bodies to new limits in the pursuit of physical and emotional health. X-Weighted exposes the naked truth about losing weight – the plans and pitfalls, gripes and grit that go hand-in-hand with achieving this often exasperating goal. Each episode delves deep to expose the underlying causes of weight gain and its affect on self-image, relationships and everyday life. X-Weighted provides a window into journeys of self-discovery as individuals struggle to drop their extra weight and excess baggage.

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