• by Adam Buckman , Featured Columnist, 4 hours ago

TLC is putting on the pounds on Tuesday nights with the return of a ton of content.

A ton is what you get when you add up the titles of “1,000-lb Sisters” and “1,000-lb Roomies,” which both return on consecutive Tuesdays for their ninth and second seasons, respectively.

“Roomies” starts its new season Tuesday night at 10 Eastern on TLC. “Sisters” rounds out the Tuesday lineup the following Tuesday, September 1, at 9 p.m. Eastern.

The two shows continue a tradition of obesity-related content on TLC that gained steam about 15 years ago.

“My 600-lb Life” was the most prominent of all of them starting in 2012. TLC lost the show when Lifetime acquired it in 2025.

Others that have come and gone on TLC over the years include: “1,000-lb Best Friends,” “Dangerously Obese,” “Family by the Ton” and “My Big Fat Fabulous Life.”

Most of the shows follow their characters on a weight-loss journey that includes qualifying for bariatric surgery and then trying to adopt new lifestyles in the months after the procedures. Some keep the weight off and some do not. 

In the two “1,000-lb” shows returning this week and next, the pairs of women in each show do not weigh 1,000 lbs. each, as the titles suggest. Instead, the titles represent their combined weights at the outset of the shows.

In “1,000-lb Sisters,” the weight losses have been enormous, particularly for sister Tammy Slaton, who once weighed in at 725 lbs. and subsequently lost more than 500 lbs.

Her sister, Amy Slaton, started the show weighing 406 lbs. She then lost 200 lbs. on the show.

The two women of “1,000-lb Roomies” (above photo) are Jasmine “Jaz” Wallace and roommate Nesha Harris.

At only two seasons, the two are still at the outset of their weight-loss journeys.

Wallace started the show at 630 lbs. She then lost 130 lbs. to qualify for bariatric surgery at a weight of 500 lbs. Harris started the show at 435 lbs.

Over the years, TLC has sometimes seemed to waver on its commitment to its obesity shows.

At its height, TLC relied on “My 600-lb Life” to anchor two out of three hours of prime time on two consecutive weeknights -- Wednesdays and Thursdays.

And yet, promotion of the show seemed nonexistent. Perhaps it didn’t need any. It was already an addictive show with a broad following.