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Wickedly Perfect on CBS

2005, TV Show

Reality fare in which 12 perfectionists compete to become `America's next great stylemaker.'

Martha's Perfect Replacement | Today's News: Our Take | 1/6/2005
Although you'll never hear Martha Stewart's name spoken in tonight's debut episode of Wickedly Perfect (8 pm/ET on CBS), the reality contest is all about Martha. The sitch: Twelve wannabe style gurus strive to outdo each other in the domestic arts. The winner gets a book deal, a development deal for a "lifestyle-oriented TV show" — which'll be nothing like Martha Stewart Living, we're sure — and six appearances on CBS's Early Show. Here, Joan Lunden explains why she'd compromise a respectable journalism career to pull a Julie Chen by hosting this thing.TV Guide Online: First off, love your new, slightly poufy hair. It's reminiscent of Krystle Carrington — and I mean that in a good way.Joan Lunden: [Laughs] Thank you. That was maybe the look on the first show, but I have great fun with lots of different hairdos. Every time these domestic divas see me coming, they know I'm bringing a n read more