The CW has ordered eight episodes of a brand new reality series from the duo behind America’s Next Top Model and a trio of producers behind Project Runway.  Described as The Devil Wears Prada meets The Assistant, the show is a competition about aspirants looking to become assistant editors at a fashion magazine.  Fashionista hopefuls will have to prove they have a sense of style and savvy, all the things needed to make it in the fashion world.  In each episode, there will be an individual challenge and a team editorial challenge—with groups submitting a page for “The Book,” a mock edition of the magazine.  The losing team’s page will end up in the trash, and one of its members will be eliminated.  Producers are in negotiation with a leading fashion magazine to host the contestants and help judge the challenges.  The overall winner will land a job in the fashion industry.  Though still untitled, the series will begin production in April for a TV launch in late spring or summer, and is viewed as a potential companion piece for The CW’s #1 show, Top Model, which returns with Cycle 10 on Feb. 20.  The Devil Wears Prada, incidentally, was the 2006 Oscar-nominated film, starring Meryl Streep as a ruthless NYC fashion magazine editor and Anne Hathaway as her put-upon assistant.

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