The Biggest Loser became a cultural phenomenon when it premiered in 2004 — but the show has been plagued with scandals and controversy as well. When NBC introduced the show, it followed a group of people deemed overweight who would compete in a 30-week competition.

Over three episodes, past contestants, cocreator David Broome, former host Alison Sweeney and trainer Bob Harper reflect on the series that awarded a large cash prize to the contestant who’d lost the most weight.

Every single thing is like, oh, no, no, no, this is all because ‘white people bad’ and that's just not the truth,” Jillian Michaels told anchor Abby Phillip.