Pussycat Dolls reality show planned

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 2 (UPI) -- The new CW network will launch "The Search for the Next Pussycat Doll" with McG, Jimmy lovine and "America's Next Top Model" producer Ken Mok.

The show will take place over eight one-hour long episodes. It will be a cross between "America's Top Model" and "American Idol" and the winner will receive a spot in the pop group Pussycat Dolls, Daily Variety reported Wednesday.

The show does not have a title as of yet, but the first reality project to be produced by the newly formed Warner Horizon Television, is to air sometime during the 2006-07 season.

The project is the third TV show for McG's Wonderland Sound & Vision, whose development is overseen by Peter Johnson.

The CW Television Network is a joint venture between CBS Corp., owner of UPN, and Warner Bros. Entertainment, a subsidiary of Time Warner, majority owner of The WB. It will feature programming that used to air on the two channels.