The CW has greenlighted an untitled fashion magazine reality series from producers of CW’s No. 1 show, “America’s Next Top Model” and Bravo’s reality hit “Project Runway.”Tyra Banks’ Bankable Productions, Ken Mok’s 10X10 Entertainment, Eli Holzman, and Cha and Gruber’s Full Picture will executive produce the series, which has received an eight-episode order and will begin production in April for a launch in late spring or summer.
The new show, is described as “The Devil Wears Prada” meets “The Assistant,” is a competition show about aspiring assistants looking to become assistant editors at a fashion magazine. At the same time they’re trying to prove themselves as aspiring fashionistas, that they have a sense of style and savvyness, all the things to make it in the fashion world.
In each episode, the contestants will compete in different challenges. In the individual assistant competition, the winner will conceptualize the pairings for a team editorial challenge. In the team editorial challenge, the teams will submit a page for “The Book,” a mock edition of the magazine. The losing team’s page will end up in the trash, and one of its team members will be eliminated. The page from the other team will be included in “The Book.” The winner of the series will land a job in the fashion industry.
To make the show as harmonious to the fashion world as possible, negotiatons are going on with a leading fashion magazine to host the contestants. The magazine’s editors are expected to appear on the series and help judge the challenges.
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