Short Takes : Nell Carter on ‘Sensible Diet’

Nell Carter, the rotund star of the new CBS series “You Take the Kids,” says she “ate myself into oblivion” when an earlier show didn’t make it.

Carter, who has lost 33 pounds in the last few months, said in the Dec. 22 issue of TV Guide, “The TV screen is going to get larger each week as I shrink.”

“I intend to keep working at it. I won’t say how much I have to lose,” Carter said. “I’m not going to set myself up for failure like Oprah Winfrey did. Poor Oprah. I wish the tabloids would leave her alone, but I will say I’m following a sensible diet plan.”