In spite of the not-so-simple feud between party girls Paris Hilton and Nicole Ritchie, their reality show,
The Simple Life will go on, this time on E! Entertainment Television, owned by Comcast Corp and the Walt Disney Company.
The show, which has the two wild celebs playing tamer roles of traditional women in the boondocks, was recently cancelled by Fox, citing lack of time slots as the reason. However, this does not mean that peace would be brokered between the two ex-best friends. “This is, after all, a reality show. The show will absolutely acknowledge the state of their relationship, whatever that may be, at the time that we film it,” said Chris Alexander, a spokesman for Fox Studio.
To prevent catfights on the sets, the studio 'will shoot (the two) on separate days'. “We will edit the show together in such a way that the girls are represented equally,” Alexander added.
To make the most of the feud between the two, the producers plan “to bring comedy into the show by putting the girls with unusual and quirky families that will bring out the best in the comedy conflict between the girls,” said Ted Harbert, chief executive of E! Networks.
He added that slick editing would do away with the need to have the two together on the sets. “The key thing to remember here is the magic of editing. It's not like we're going to do 15 minutes of Paris with one family and 15 minutes of Nicole with the family.”
According to an E! Entertainment spokesperson, the shooting for the fourth season of the show, which will have the two playing the role of housewives in traditional homes, will commence in January irrespective of the status of their differences. The show would be called
The Simple Life: Till Death Do Us Part.
Even though Ritchie, the adopted daughter of singer Lionel Ritchie, is engaged to be married and Hilton has expressed her desire to be married, the two are not likely to have lives similar to the women whose shoes they would step into. The fourth season will have ten episodes and will also air the reruns of the previous 36 episodes.
Ever since
The Simple Life debuted on Fox in 2003, it has been attracting viewers who want to see the two rich, bratty socialites stepping into the shoes of ordinary womenfolk. The first season attracted 11 million viewers, while the third season found 13 million takers for the show.
