CNN looks to achieve wicked perfection with reality show

CNN looks to achieve wicked perfection with reality show

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MUMBAI: In the past US broadcaster CBS has enjoyed success with reality shows like The Amazing Race. Now the Viacom owned broadcaster has announced a fresh slate of reality programming for next year.

One new show that will premiere in January 2005 is Wickedly Perfect. Hosted by journalist Joan Lunden, the show pits 12 people with a creative knack for the finer things in life in a no-holds-barred competition to crown the country's new authority on at-home living.

These perfection-obsessed contestants, whose motto is "anything you can do, I can do better," will compete in different areas of beautifying the home and entertaining, including party planning, gardening, cooking, baking, sewing, crafts, floral arranging and decorating.

In addition to chronicling the sometimes funny, sometimes factious relationships that develop among the tightly wound, extremely competitive participants, each week a contestant will be eliminated from their luxurious estate located in New England.

Another reality show that will premiere in January is The Will. A wealthy patriarch will put a large portion of his estate up for grabs as 10 potential heirs, both family and friends, compete against each other in both physical and mental challenges in an effort to win rewards and stave off elimination.

As each potential heir fights to stay in the game, they'll also need to stay in the patriarch's good graces in order to survive.