TLC announced a new show airing Tuesday January 7th and it's a little, um--problematic?

The show explores couples of "mixed-weights" meaning one partner is an average weight while the other is significantly heavier. I can only assume this show is trying to ride the success of "My 600-lb Life" which often features couples who are not both morbidly obese, but the way they portray the relationships on that show is mostly pretty cringe-inducing. At what point do you love and support your partner regardless of their size and at what point are you enabling a serious health issue? Is it when you're feeding them a 10,000 calorie milkshake every morning through a funnel? Probably.

For these couples, love knows no size. See the highs and lows of their mixed-weight relationships on the series premiere of #HotandHeavy Tuesday, January 7 at 10/9c. pic.twitter.com/QAFh8AILj7
— TLC Network (@TLC) December 10, 2019

People were quick to critique the new show, particularly the title. "Hot and Heavy" implies that one partner is hot and one partner is heavy, which means if you're heavy you can't be hot. This is not the right angle. Of course, TLC could defend this and say the title is meant to encompass both partners, referring to their relationship as hot and heavy, but it seems like a leap...

Love doesn't have weight limits and it's weird to make a show where audiences can gawk at a thin person (usually the man) who could love someone who is bigger than average.

This is not okay and that title is horrible.
— Lil’Aaron (@CVNubiana) December 11, 2019

Yeah, they totally should have gone with "Thick and Thin".

But seriously, yuck. I thought it was bad when they spun off the plus-sized brides info their own version of "Say Yes to the Dress", but this is so much worse.
— David Levy (@David_J_Levy) December 12, 2019

Also, pretty sure the term "mixed-weight" is not a thing. Swing and a miss!

Mixed.... weight pic.twitter.com/x4ZI6F6pu1
— kiss my grits (@spicyg0rl) December 11, 2019

I want “mixed-weight” to die a fiery death. because overwhelmingly this is applied to fat women in relationships with less fat or thin men.

meanwhile pop culture has been giving us fat men with thin wives as a norm for like every comedy sitcom or romcom?!? https://t.co/2zBUic3Mdb
— Shantel G. Buggs, Ph.D. (@sgbuggs) December 11, 2019

Mixed weight???? https://t.co/l9KhrcCXLk
— Anne D. Tyisi (@Anne_D_Tyisi) December 11, 2019

“Mixed weight” is the most American thing I’ve ever read.
— T Omana (@thimnarapiya) December 11, 2019

mixed weight???????????
— 💋 (@MJFinesseLover) December 11, 2019

“Mixed weight” is taking me tf out pic.twitter.com/cl0R1QICU7
— Ricks Dicks N’Shit (@rickgreece) December 11, 2019

And, of course, there were lots of other problems:

How come it’s only the women that are heavy?
— januarymiddleton (@januarymiddlet6) December 11, 2019

Of course, only the women are heavier.
Let's retitle, "How Can Men Possibly Love Fat Women?"
🙄🙄🙄
— Emily McCarty (@emjmccarty) December 11, 2019

pls delete this tweet and then delete the show.
— Professor Healing (@sivgreyson) December 11, 2019

UMMM
— Sierra (@SleepyShivers) December 11, 2019

Yo TLC is off the fucking chain the show is called HOT AND HEAVY jfc https://t.co/6CYP0xvrdd
— Kuma (@GrizzlyNoaB) December 11, 2019

"Hot & Heavy" a show about hot fat folks living their best lives and not being treated like sub-humans. FIXED IT FOR U TLC https://t.co/wz89jQFOpp
— Jingle Elle Maruska (they/them) (@ellle_em) December 11, 2019

Better luck next time, TLC.

TLC announces show called 'Hot and Heavy' featuring 'mixed-weight' couples.