My Diet is Better Than Yours: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

My Diet is Better Than Yours, which premieres Thursday, Jan. 7 at 8/7 c follows a roster of celebrity trainers as they coach overweight Americans looking to drop some pounds. Here's the twist: Each trainer will employ their own diet and exercise plan to help their assigned contestant lose the weight. (Call it Losing Weight with the Diet Stars.) ABC has ordered eight one-hour episodes, and will air two back-to-back in a two-hour block for four weeks.

Fitness expert Shaun T, who created the popular workout regimen "Insanity," will host. Star trainers who will be paired with regular contestants include Carolyn James, Jovanka Ciares, Jay Cardiello, Dawn Jackson and Abel James. Competitors may also choose to eliminate trainers from the show if they don't feel like they're hitting their fitness goals.

Series details

• Title: My Diet is Better Than Yours
• Format: Reality
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 2016-01-07
• Final broadcast date listed: 2016-01-28
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: ABC
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 8565
• IMDb ID: tt5366240
• TVDB ID: 303474

Cast and credited roles

• Shaun T. — Host

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2016-01-07; final listed air date 2016-01-28; episode order: 8.

Source and licence

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