Sugar Ray Leonard and Rocco DiSpirito visit The Biggest Loser

“The Biggest Loser: Couples” get a special workout with boxing champ Sugar Ray Leonard and a valuable cooking lesson from celebrity chef Rocco DiSpirito tonight.

First the contestants meet up with DiSpirito and learn how many calories are really in some of their favorite fast food dishes. Then the black and blue teams have a lively cook-off, preparing healthier, low-calorie versions of pizza, burgers and a Mexican entre. The team who prepares the tastiest and lowest calorie dish gets a meal specially prepared by DiSpirito, plus a chance to pick a fortune cookie with an especially valuable fortune inside – an extra vote at elimination.

Then trainer Bob Harper takes the contestants to a 24-Hour Fitness where a surprise guest awaits them – Sugar Ray Leonard! This is especially thrilling for contestant Aubrey, who was previously an amateur boxer. Leonard shows them how much fun burning calories can be when he puts them through a unique shadow boxing workout.

Later, all the contestants head to the Los Angeles Food Bank, where host Alison Sweeney explains this week’s challenge: they’ll race to pack food kits for the hungry and load them on trucks. Each member of the winning team gets an amazing prize – free groceries for a year, plus letters from home.

Then it’s time for last chance workouts, when trainer Jillian Michaels has a dramatic confrontation with the player she feels is the weakest link on her team. And away from the gym, one contestant gives another a very generous gift. Later, all of the contestants are surprised to learn about a new twist at this week’s weigh-in.

Get Ready for a Star-Studded Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader

It  will be a star-studded season for the Fox hit, Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader, complete with Star Jones, among others. The kids will be there too. Wouldn’t it be cool if Fox came up with a game show called Are You Smarter Than a Celebrity, and had kids see if they were smarter than Paris Hilton, Brooke Hogan and Britney?

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Kathy Ireland, Star Jones, Jennie Garth and Gene Simmons Play for Charity This Season

As summer vacation comes to a close, school bells are ringing across the country, and it’s time for a new batch of students, contestants and celebrities to take the $1 million challenge this fall on ARE YOU SMARTER THAN A 5th GRADER? airing Fridays (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX.

Host Jeff Foxworthy returns to the head of the class to lead a new batch of 5th graders that will test their smarts alongside celebrity contestants competing throughout the season for their favorite charities. Season Three kicks off with supermodel Kathy Ireland and Georgia State Superintendent of Schools Kathy Cox going for the gold star in the special two-hour season premiere Friday, Sept. 5 (8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT).

Other notables attending class this season include TV personality Star Jones (”The View”), actress Jennie Garth (”Beverly Hills, 90210″), KISS front man Gene Simmons, boxing legend Sugar Ray Leonard, zookeeper Jack Hanna and actor Dean Cain (”Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman”). Also going for extra credit and hoping to reach the top prize of $1 million are astronaut Robert “Hoot” Gibson, “Jeopardy!” record-holder Ken Jennings and Nobel Prize Laureate George Fitzgerald Smoot III.

This season’s new class of 5th graders includes:

Bryce, 10, from Rockwall, TX, loves math and wants to be a lawyer or accountant when he grows-up.

Francesca, 10, from San Diego, CA, says science is her favorite subject and aspires to be a veterinarian or a missionary.

Jenna, 10, from Baltimore, MD, likes English and science and dreams of becoming a marine biologist.

Jonathan, 9, from Los Angeles, CA, considers lunch to be his favorite subject and wants to be a scientist or an inventor one day.

Olivia, 10, from Los Angeles, CA, loves history, art and wants to design video games when she gets older.

ESPN TKO’s The Contender

The boxing competition reality show The Contender, has been canceled by sports network ESPN after two seasons.

The show, which has springboarded the boxing careers of Peter Manfredo, Sergio Mora, Alfonso Gomez and others, was picked up by ESPN after cancellation on NBC. That first season, the hosts of the Mark Burnett co-produced show were Sylvester Stallone and legendary champion Sugar Ray Leonard. Stallone left after the first season.

Although ESPN will not be carrying The Contender, Jeff Wald, who is one of the show’s producers, and the promoter of Tournament of the Contenders is currently in the process of working out a deal with another network to pick up the show. More information to follow as it becomes available.