CBS Orders Reality Series from 'The Bachelor' Producer

TV Week reports:

"The Bachelor" producer Mike Fleiss is back in business at CBS, landing a seven-episode order for a new competition-based reality show.

The untitled project will feature families, all of whom live close to each other, competing for a large cash prize. Casting has just begun on the project, which will be ready for broadcast sometime in 2009.

Mr. Fleiss will serve as executive producer of the hourlong series via his Warner Horizon-based Next Entertainment.

The project is Mr. Fleiss' first for CBS in four years. His last Eye series, "The Will," was canceled after airing just one episode in January 2005. - Read the rest on TVWeek.com