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To say that Tracey Yukich became the breakout personality of this season's 'The Biggest Loser' is an understatement. She polarized everyone on the Ranch with her aggressive game play, after spending the beginning of the season in the hospital. She also gained control of the game twice, wreaking havoc both times among the contestants.

Her journey, which was both bizarre and fascinating to watch, finally came to a close this week when she was eliminated over her roommate (and ex-rival) Liz.

Yesterday, Tracey spoke to the press, where she was grilled about her tactics in the game, her thoughts on being portrayed as the "villain" and her frightening trip to the hospital before she arrived at the Biggest Loser Ranch.

In 2010, Rachael Ray and Paula Deen will compete against Curtis Stone for the most ubiquitous face in TV food.

Over the next year, the Australia-born, London-trained chef, cookbook author and media personality is set to invade your boob tube on a boatload of shows, including 'Losing It With Jillian,' which NBC has spun off from 'The Biggest Loser' to showcase uber-trainer Jillian Michaels. Stone will provide better-eating advice for families while Michaels whips them into shape.

This week on TV: Cakes from Jersey, Derek Jeter's on the 'Loser' team and 'Friday Night Lights' is finally back.

MONDAY, OCT. 26
'Cake Boss' (10PM, TLC) season 2 premiere
Jersey City baker Buddy Valastro was such a hit with viewers last summer that TLC brought him back right away for more wedding cake-bakin' fun -- tonight, in back-to-back new episodes. First up, when Buddy finds out that one of his customers wants to propose to his girlfriend in the bakery, Buddy bakes a cake shaped like a ring box. And in the second ep, the pastry maestro whips up a frosted gem for Dylan's Candy Bar in New York.

'So You Think You Can Dance' – The top 20 dancers are revealed (8PM, Fox)
'Gossip Girl' – Chuck asks for Serena's PR, um, expertise for his club opening (9PM, The CW)
'Real Chance of Love' – The guys pick their ladies from among the final five (9PM, VH1) season 2 finale
'Unwrapped' – In honor of trick-or-treating, this 'Unwrapped' is all about candies (9PM, Food Network)
'Castle' – A creepy murder leads Castle and Beckett to vampire fetishists (10PM, ABC)

The title is a bit harsh, but ABC's upcoming weight-loss reality series 'Obese' has the potential to be ABC's version of NBC's health-improving hit 'The Biggest Loser.'

In fact, 'Biggest Loser' producer J.D. Roth is also behind 'Obese,' which, unlike 'Loser,' doesn't take its stars out of their lives and put them into a boot camp. 'Obese' isn't a competition series at all; instead, each episode will follow a person who has a large amount of weight to lose (some as much as 200 pounds, reportedly) as he or she changes diet, exercise and general lifestyle habits on a quest to reach a healthy, potentially life-saving weight.

Get ready, families: 'The Biggest Loser' trainer Jillian Michaels is moving in this winter, as she brings her tough-as-nails attitude to a new series called 'Losing It With Jillian.'

The show will feature Michaels moving in for a week at a time with families who are in need of a lifestyle change; she'll shadow the participants in all facets of their lives in order to get a feel for what needs improving. Michaels will give the family a set of "marching orders" and follow up with them at a later date to see what changes have been made. Along for the ride will be Australian celebrity chef Curtis Stone. Michaels will co-executive produce alongside 'Oprah Winfrey Show' alum Ellen Rakieten.

NBC's fall premiere schedule is all about 'The Jay Leno Show.'

The new 10PM series will begin its first full week on the network beginning Mon., Sept. 14. Also included that week are premieres of 'The Biggest Loser' (Tue., Sept. 14) and 'The Office' (Thu., Sept. 17).

Meanwhile, 'Heroes' returns with a two-hour premiere on Mon., Sept. 21.

See the full schedule after the jump.

After losing 140 pounds, a total of 54.47% weight loss, 48-year-old Helen Phillips won the 'Biggest Loser' season 7 crown and the $250,000 grand prize.

She beat out fellow finalists Mike Morelli and Tara Costa. After winning, the triumphant mother of two from Michigan said, "I haven't worn a dress in at least 10 years," she said on tonight's show. "It was just wonderful. I actually feel beautiful today. I haven't felt that in a really long time."

A total of 2,763 pounds was lost this season. See before and after photos of the three finalists after the jump ...

'NCIS'
(8PM, CBS)
Murder, terrorists and a spin-off ... oh my. Tonight's episode, the first of a two-parter, has it all, as Gibbs and McGee head to Los Angeles to investigate the murder of a Marine.

Once there, they meet up with fellow Office of Special Projects agents G. Callen (Chris O'Donnell) and Sam Hanna (LL Cool J), who take the lead as the murder investigation turns into an urgent race to track down a terrorist cell.

Meanwhile, back at home base, Tony questions Ziva's loyalty when Mossad agent Michael Rivkin pops up. As for guest stars O'Donnell and LL Cool J, fans could get used to seeing their faces – they've been tapped to star in an 'NCIS' spin-off that may air on CBS next fall.

"Standing up there in your spandex and letting people know exactly how much you weigh at your heaviest ... there is a freedom that comes with that."

And the winner of 'The Biggest Loser: Families' is ... Michelle Aguilar, the 26-year-old Fort Worth, Texas, contestant who lost 110 pounds, shedding 45.45 percent of her body weight, and won the $250,000 grand prize on Tuesday night's live season finale.

Aguilar had paired up on season six with her mom Renee, from whom she'd been estranged since her parents' divorce. Not only did the mother and daughter patch up their personal rift, but Renee made it to the 11th week of the competition and lost 106 pounds by the season finale.

Aguilar talked to AOL TV the morning after her win -- which made her only the second female 'Biggest Loser' champ -- about the moment she learned she had won, the key to her amazing physical transformation, the trick to surviving eight-hour workouts and more.