Series Debut

Dance Your Ass Off

B+

A sort of So You Think You Can Dance With the Biggest Loser, this show could easily exploit its plus-size subjects for schadenfreude and giggles; instead, it lets them shine. Twelve contestants at various levels of obesity attempt to lose weight through salsa and spirit fingers — and eating less, thanks to on-set dietitians, but that's secondary. Given how many pounds they drop by the first dance-off (results are decided each week by both judges' scores and a postroutine weigh-in), the formula works. —Leah Greenblatt