Fox planning 'Green Acres' reality show

LOS ANGELES -- The Fox network is looking for a rich family willing to move from the big city to the boondocks for a reality-TV version of the 1960s sitcom "Green Acres."

Last week, CBS announced plans to turn "The Beverly Hillbillies" sitcom in to a reality show about poor people moving into a mansion.

Fox claims to have had its "Green Acres" idea first, according to the trade newspaper Variety.

Producers said they are still arranging the details of the show, and may consider hiring a celebrity to participate in the experiment.

"I see a limo with a U-Haul attached," said Jon Murray, executive producer of the new show. "There's going to be wonderful humor in this show, as there is with anyone who's a fish out of water."

The reality show would be a take-off on the 1965-1971 sitcom in which wealthy socialites Eddie Albert and Eva Gabor had comic misadventures in the hayseed town of Hooterville. However, Fox does not yet own the rights to the name "Green Acres," and may ultimately decide to use another title, Variety said.