BY PAIGE WISER
TV Critic/pwiser@suntimes.com
Last Modified: Apr 14, 2011 08:30PM
As soap opera viewers flee, ABC is hoping to lure them back with food, first feeding them and then helping them lose the extra weight.
Two lifestyle shows will replace the canceled serials. Chef Mario Batali will host “The Chew,” which will focus on food from “every angle,” according to the press release: “as a source of joy, health, family ritual, friendship, breaking news, dating, fitness, weight loss, travel adventures and life’s moments.” It will premiere in September.
“The Revolution” will be about health and lifestyle transformations “from relationships to family, food, style, home design, finance and more.” Each week, one woman’s five-month weight loss will be distilled to five days, with the big reveal on Friday. “Project Runway’s” Tim Gunn will be joined by celebrity trainer Harley Pasternak and “American Idol’s” Kim Locke. “The Revoluion” premieres in January.
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