‘Weight To Date’ Series Set At Netflix; Marks IPC’s First Sale Since Founders Left Sony Pictures TV
Netflix has greenlit "Weight To Date," a dating reality series from The Intellectual Property Corporation (IPC) that follows singles navigating relationships after extreme weight loss. The show marks IPC's first sale since founders Eli Holzman and Aaron Saidman left their roles at Sony Pictures Television just weeks earlier to run the company independently, making it a notable early win for the newly independent producers.
The series will follow around ten to twelve people who have lost significant amounts of weight and are re-examining their identity as they return to dating, positioning it as a soft-format docuseries in the vein of IPC's own "Indian Matchmaking" and Netflix's Emmy-winning "Love on the Spectrum." Holzman and Saidman will executive produce alongside Jeanne Begley, tapping into a subject that has gained traction on social media amid the rise of GLP-1 weight-loss drugs. The order adds to a wave of recent Netflix non-scripted commissions, including "The Leftovers" from SallyAnn Salsano and "Arizona Hot" from Banijay's Brightspot Content.
- Netflix orders dating series "Weight To Date" from IPC
- First sale since founders left Sony Pictures Television
- Show follows daters after major weight loss, echoes GLP-1 trend
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The Intellectual Property Corporation, or IPC, is a television production company known for unscripted programmes, including Indian Matchmaking. Its founders, Eli Holzman and Aaron Saidman, recently left Sony Pictures Television to run IPC independently.
Dating reality programmes follow people as they meet and form relationships, while docuseries track real people over time. Extreme weight loss can bring changes in how people see themselves and approach dating; weight-loss drugs have also brought renewed public attention to the subject.