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'The Biggest Loser' Gets the Pendleton Marine Treatment Tonight on NBC

By Jamie Reno / Military Blogger

Published November 2, 2010 at 11:37 AM PDT

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Blogger Jen Wielgus has been a loyal viewer of NBC's 'The Biggest Loser" since the show debuted in 2004. Even my 10-year-old daughter thinks the show's title is mean-spirited, but the program does have its inspirational moments of people overcoming serious weight problems.

Tonight at 8:00 p.m., a special episode based at Camp Pendleton, where they evidently get the full-on Marine treatment for a week. Here's Jen's take on it:

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Jamie Reno blogged about the military for KPBS' Home Post blog. Jamie has been the San Diego correspondent for Newsweek magazine for nearly two decades, for which he has written or co-written cover stories on such subjects as the Enron collapse, Napster, the war on terrorism, media conglomeration, the Heaven's Gate religious cult, teen culture, and new cancer treatments. He has also written for such publications as the New York Times, Rolling Stone, People, USA Today and the Los Angeles Times. Jamie has won more than 20 Society of Professional Journalist and Press Club awards, including the Press Club's Best of Show award in 1997, 1998 and 2002.

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