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‘Ugly Betty’ Meets ‘Glee’ on ‘Huge’

Huge is a new ABC Family network television series starring Nikki Blonsky from the musical movie, Hairspray.

Based on a young-adult novel of the same name by Sasha Paley, the hour-long drama series revolves around a group of teens sent to a summer weight-loss camp called Camp Victory. Savannah Dooley and Winnie Holzman (creator of My So-Called Life and scriptwriter for Wicked) wrote the pilot.

Cast of Characters:

Nikki Blonsky as Willamina (“Will”) – sardonic and opinionated, she resents being sent to fat camp by her parents

Hayley Hasselhoff as Amber – the thinnest and prettiest girl at fat camp, she’s still determined to lose weight

Raven Goodwin as Becca – a painfully shy bookworm who befriends Will

Ari Stidham as Ian – an awkward musician who connects with Will over music

Ashley Holliday as Chloe – the Queen Bee of the popular crowd, back for her second year at Camp Victory

Harvey Guillen as Alistair – adorable and odd, he lives in his own world

Stefan Van Ray as Trent – a hunky jock

Jacob Wysocki as Piznarski – Trent’s mischievous buddy

Molly Tarlov as Caitlin – Chloe’s best friend who bonds with Amber

Gina Torres as Dr. Dorothy Rand – the well-intentioned but stern camp director

Zander Eckhouse as George – a studly camp counselor that the girls swoon over

Zoe Jarman as Poppy – the girls’ ever-cheerful, fairy-like counselor

Paul Dooley as Salty – the Camp Victory chef

Huge premieres in the US tonight on ABC Family.

Watch the trailer here:

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