• The Almanac for April 13, the 103rd day of 2019

  
  The moon is waxing. Morning stars are Jupiter, Mercury, Neptune, Saturn and Venus. Evening stars are Mars and Uranus.

• 'The Biggest Loser 4' has "big surprise twists" that lead to "fireworks"

  
  There are some big surprises in store for viewers when The Biggest Loser's fourth season premieres, including new host Allison Sweeney; the return of former trainer Jillian Michaels; and a new "secret" Black Team of contestants that had failed to be chosen for the traditional Red and Blue Teams.

• NBC to premiere 'The Biggest Loser's fourth season in late summer

  
  NBC has announced The Biggest Loser's fourth season will premiere sometime late this summer.

• Alison Sweeney replacing Caroline Rhea as 'The Biggest Loser' host

  
  First Jillian Michaels, now Caroline Rhea.  NBC has announced that The Biggest Loser will have a new host for its fourth season, with Days of Our Lives actress Alison Sweeney replacing Rhea as the host of the reality weight loss competition show.
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  Erik Chopin wins NBC's 'The Biggest Loser 3' by losing 214 pounds

  
  With a final weight loss figure that represented more than half his original body weight, Erik Chopin, a 36-year-old from West Islip, New York, was crowned The Biggest Loser's third season winner during last night's live finale broadcast of the NBC reality show.

• NBC tweaks 'The Biggest Loser Special Edition' schedule, announces show details

  
  NBC has announced that it has tweaked its schedule for its upcoming The Biggest Loser Special Edition series, deciding to launch the show's six-week run with a two-hour premiere on Wednesday, January 4 at 8PM ET/PT and instead preempt the show's January 25 broadcast.

• NBC orders 'The Biggest Loser 3,' spin-off series may air in early 2006

  
  NBC announced today that it has renewed The Biggest Loser, its hit weight-loss reality series, for a third season.
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  NBC reveals the identities of its 'The Biggest Loser 2' contestants

  
  NBC has revealed the identities of the fourteen men and women who will be competing on the upcoming second season of its The Biggest Loser reality weight loss competition series. The Biggest Loser 2 will debut on Tuesday, September 13 with a special 8:00-9:30PM ET/PT premiere.

• NBC bumps 'The Biggest Loser 2' onto its fall schedule, delays premiere until September 13

  
  NBC has announced a tweaking of its upcoming summer programming lineup, modifying the premiere schedule of five of its upcoming reality shows and bumping The Biggest Loser 2 fully into its Fall 2005 programming schedule.

• NBC's 'The Biggest Loser 2' to debut August 9, feature men vs. women

  
  NBC has announced The Biggest Loser 2, its previously announced sequel to last fall's new surprise hit reality series, will debut on Tuesday, August 9 at 8PM ET/PT with a 90-minute episode. Tommy Lee Goes To College, a new half-hour reality series that will follow notorious Motley Crue rocker Tommy Lee as he returns to school to get the college experience he never had, will follow at 9:30PM ET/PT

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