The long-in-development unscripted show “The Will” finally has a premiere date on CBS, as does a competition to find a new lifestyle guru now that Martha Stewart is in prison.
The domestic-diva show “Wickedly Perfect” gets the plum “Survivor” spot at 7 p.m. Thursday starting Jan. 6, while “The Will”–from “Bachelor” producer Mike Fleiss–will air at 7 p.m. Saturdays beginning Jan. 8.
“Wickedly Perfect” will follow 12 contestants who think they have the goods to become “the country’s new authority on at-home living.”Contestants will face a series of tests related to cooking, decorating and entertaining.
Chef/Food Network star Bobby Flay, stylist David Evangelista (“The Rosie O’Donnell Show”) and “Sex and the City” author Candace Bushnell will serve as judges. The winner will get a book deal with Atria Books, several appearances on CBS’ “Early Show” and a development deal for a lifestyle TV show.
The show will push the 10th edition of “Survivor” back to March.
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In “The Will,” a “wealthy patriarch” will have potential heirs–family and friends included–compete in mental and physical challenges for a portion of his estate.