'Mike & Molly,' The Sitcom About People Who Happen To Be Fat

Here's the skinny. While the new sitcom "Mike & Molly" spins around two single people who hook up at an Overeaters Anonymous meeting, the stars and creative team insist the show isn't about being fat. Instead, they say, it's about people who happen to be fat.

And yet, with two overweight principals heading up a series produced in thin-obsessed Hollywood, can they avoid the discussion of weight?

Fat chance. Throughout summer, a blast of major media outlets did stories about what one Los Angeles Times columnist dubbed the current crop of "pound-power" shows,...