Trump Dabbles in Daytime
Oprah, Tyra Banks, Rachael Ray… Donald Trump?
The real estate tycoon has thrown his hat into the syndicated daytime talk show ring, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
Sources told the trade that Trump is developing a "unique" Judge Judy-Dr. Phil hybrid in which he would serve as a mediator and counselor for people engaged in money-related disputes, be it a messy divorce or the need to teach Junior the value of a dollar.
Meaning, one side will be deemed to have a great future ahead of him/'her, while the other party will be deemed "a disaster."
The half-hour series will be produced in New York by Reveille (Ugly Betty, The Office) and Trump Productions, and a deal with Twentieth Television is expected to be announced soon with an eye on a fall 2008 debut.
But Trump, whose erstwhile hit competition series The Apprentice has seen better days, isn't done with prime-time just yet.
He and cocreator Mark Burnett have also masterminded a celebrity-populated version of the NBC show for next year.
The B-, C- and beyond-listers attached include Stephen Baldwin, retired heavyweight champ Lenox Lewis (George Foreman is already the honorary winner, thanks to those grills), KISS frontman Gene Simmons, Vinny "Big Pussy" Pastore (this show apparently promises to be less strenuous than Dancing with the Stars), former supermodel Carol Alt, actress Marilu Henner, Ultimate Fighter Tito Ortiz, wrestler John Cena and season-one Apprentice terror Omarosa Manigault-Stallworth.
Punches could be thrown.
Trump also produces the new MTV reality series Pageant Place, which follows Miss Universe Riyo Mori, Miss USA Rachel Smith, her predecessor Tara Conner and Miss Teen USA 2006 Katie Blair as they cohabitate in New York and navigate life as reigning and former beauty queens.
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