Shows like Heavy

Confronting the obesity epidemic head-on, this series documents the struggles of people whose lives are threatened by their weight.

NBC's inspirational reality series transforms losers into winners as overweight people compete to shed pounds and improve their health. Guided by enthusiastic personal trainers Bob and Jillian, the contestants learn about exercise and good nutrition.

Morgan Spurlock hosts this reality series that attempts to up participants' empathy quotients by immersing them in someone else's reality for a month.

Dependence specialist Dr. Drew uses intensive therapy and compassion to help celebrities Dennis Rodman, Heidi Fleiss and others overcome addiction.

The addicts profiled in this series believe they're being filmed for a documentary, until their loved ones stage these dramatic interventions.

Kids say -- and do -- the darndest things in this instructive reality series that sends British nannies into unruly American homes to lay down the law. But, more often than not, the parents need just as much discipline as the children.

A focuses on real-life people whose lives are made far from regular by anxiety disorders illuminates the disease and therapy that can provide relief.

In this ABC Family drama series, a pair of unsuspecting teens discover they were accidentally switched at birth, setting off a chain reaction of life-altering changes to the families they've always known.

Follow the clues with investigators who work quickly to solve murders, because after the first 48 hours, evidence erodes and witnesses get shaky.

This reality series enters the worlds of compulsive hoarders, whose addiction to acquisition overwhelms not just their homes but also their lives.

An inside look at extreme rituals, beliefs and traditions, from controversial practices such as witchcraft and voodoo to blood sports and body art.

Within some of the most dangerous prisons, guards and inmates discuss life on the inside, from gang violence to college education programs.

This reality series shadows addicts locked in a dance with alcohol, crystal meth and other substances as they hit rock bottom and fight for sobriety.