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Dr. Younan Nowzaradan has a new TV home. For more than a decade, the Houston-based weight-loss surgeon has starred in TLC’s My 600-lb Life, which profiles morbidly obese patients on their weight-loss journey. Now, he has a new reality show, The 6000-lb Diaries, which airs on Lifetime.  

Dr. Now stars in ‘The 6000-lb Diaries’ on Lifetime 

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The 6000-lb Diaries premiered Jan. 6 on Lifetime. The show has a similar concept to My 600-lb Life. Each of the 10 episodes will follow a severely obese person as they fight for a chance to live the life they really want. The stories will be “exciting and very interesting,” Dr. Now promised in an Instagram video announcing the new series. 

“Reaching a combined weight of more than 6,000 pounds, and at an extreme breaking point, these individuals are turning to weight loss authority Dr. Now, and his team of specialists, to get life-changing bariatric surgery and acquire the tools they need to deal with emotional eating,” according to Lifetime’s description of the show. “Through intimate diary cams and confessionals, each episode highlights one person’s comprehensive experience as they share intimate inner thoughts, emotional and physical struggles, and their ultimate journey to take back their lives.”

Episode 1 focused on a 25-year-old woman named Chelsey, who has struggled with her weight since she was a child. (She actually was a patient of Dr. Now’s when she was teen.) Now, Chelsey is finally at a point where she’s ready to make a change. But is she really ready to commit to taking the steps that could transform her life? 

New episodes of The 6000-lb Diaries air on Mondays at 9 p.m. ET/PT on Lifetime. 

New episodes of ‘My 600-lb Life’ are airing on TLC

Viewers who can’t get enough of Dr. Now’s no-BS approach to health and weight loss are in luck. In addition to The 6000-lb Diaries, a new season of My 600-lb Life premiered on TLC on Jan. 1, with episodes airing weekly at 8 p.m. ET/PT on Wednesdays. Episodes also stream on discovery+ and Max. 

So, how do the competing weight-loss shows compare? So far, only one episode of The 6000-lb Diaries has aired, but many viewers commenting on Reddit had a favorable response, with several people calling it more positive than the original show. Other fans were just happy that Dr. Now — who is 80 years old — hadn’t stepped away from TV. 

“I love how there were rumors of retirement & you hit us with not only a new season of 600lb life, but a whole new show too! Way to go doc!!” one person commented on Instagram. 

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