AMC orders show set in Smith's comic shop

NEW YORK, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- AMC says it has ordered an unscripted television series set in filmmaker Kevin Smith's New Jersey comic-book store.

Smith, whose film credits include "Clerks," "Dogma" and "Chasing Amy," will executive produce the new reality show, "Secret Stash," AMC said.

"Set in Kevin Smith's iconic comic shop Jay and Silent Bob's Secret Stash, the unscripted show captures the world of the neighborhood comic book store and fanboy culture," the cable network said in a synopsis.

Season 1 will contain six, hourlong episodes, scheduled for an early 2012 premiere.

"Draper. Meth. Zombies. This show couldn't be on a better network. AMC is to television what Miramax was to cinema back when I first got in the game: they're the premier destination for any story-teller looking to spin an offbeat yarn that no other outlet has the stones to touch," Smith said in a statement Thursday. "And as if I didn't love them enough, now they're putting my friends on TV! I'm ecstatic, proud, and extremely lucky to be in bed with a network I watch religiously anyway. And if they'd pushed just a little harder in the negotiations, I'd have done this show for no payment beyond early access to every episode of 'Mad Men,' 'Breaking Bad' and 'Walking Dead.'"