Plus-Size Shows Eat Up TV
Forget about all those scary-skinny stars and fashion models — fat is making a comeback in Hollywood. In a nod to “The Honeymooners,” “Roseanne” and more recently “The King of Queens,” the new TV season brings us “Mike & Molly,” a Chuck Lorre sitcom on CBS that features plus-size stars Melissa McCarthy and Billy Gardell (pictured) as regular (read overweight) people who meet at an Overeaters Anonymous meeting. It’s interesting that a mainstream TV show requires hefty folks to work on their weight problem, but too-skinny characters (read most women on the tube) in scripted shows never have to attend a support group for eating disorders.
