When Netflix aired "Fit for TV," a three-episode docuseries about the untold truth of "The Biggest Loser," audiences were forced to reckon with the fact that this reality TV show was more cringe than they likely remembered. Of course, there were warning signs from the very beginning, with critics immediately calling out "The Biggest Loser" for being emotionally manipulative and downright cruel. At the time of its 2004 debut, Dana Stevens of Slate wrote, "[The series] capitalizes on Americans' fear and hatred of their bodies, making the differently sized the stars of a freak show," while Andrew Ryan of The Globe and Mail declared, "This could be the lowest-rung TV format ever devised." Nonetheless, viewers lapped it up.

In a review for "Fit for TV," The Guardian plainly asks, "How did tele

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