Kirstie Alley's Big Life is an American reality television series on A&E that debuted March 21, 2010. The series chronicles the life of Kirstie Alley as she works to lose weight, launch a weight loss program and be a single mother. The series was distributed and aired on A&E prior to the series being shifted to Lifetime. At the time of filming Alley weighed 228 pounds (103 kg) Alley was the star of the show but not the heaviest person on the show. Jim (her handyman) weighed about 100 pounds more than Alley, he was 324 pounds (147 kg). The two of them were the only overweight people on the show, together they weighed 552 pounds (250 kg). Alley ended up losing a lot of weight on the diet she created.