'Huge' is last one picked on the ABC Family team

I watched 'Huge' on ABC Family. I thought it was interesting to see a show that followed the actual existence of overweight teenagers.

Most shows with overweight folks like 'Biggest Loser' and 'Thintervention' revolve around them losing weight through some sort of program that leaves them physically exhausted as the cameras roll. Add in a physically fit trainer berating them as they are tempted by well placed fattening treats and it's a recipe for condescension mixed with voyeurism. "Will the fat person lose the weight or will they eat the cake?"

'Huge' dealt with teens going off to "Fat camp" and did include the overbearing trainer for a while, but it wasn't the whole show. They dealt with all the classic things that thinner teenagers deal with in TV shows. Possessions being stolen, relationships, hating each other, starting a band, running away and drinking... Apparently the ratings were high enough to make it worth keeping.

I will say thanks for trying, though. Thanks for giving overweight teens a show where they weren't just the fat kids whose clothes didn't seem to fit and were always shy, alone, sitting in a corner and eating something.

For a little while overweight teens were just teens.

*image EW.com

Huge cancelled by ABC Family