AMC Continues Reality TV Programming Plans with Kevin Smith's New Jersey Show

Now that AMC has more or less dominated the cable drama market (see the list of "Critics' Choice Television Awards" nominees for proof), it's time for the next step. No, not comedy. Reality TV!

AMC already had plans for two new reality shows: "Inside DHS," which takes viewers behind the scenes at the Department of Homeland Security, and "The Pitch," which follows the pitch process at an ad agency, sort of like a modern reality TV version of "Mad Men."

Now the network has a new show lined up, and Kevin Smith is involved. Yes, that Kevin Smith. The guy who wrote and directed films like "Clerks," "Mallrats" and "Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back" is executive producing a reality show. You would think that Smith would be a reality TV hater, but considering the subject matter on this show, it seems he's all for it. The fact that it's on one of cable's best networks probably helped too.

As we reported live from the NAB conference, Smith has said he's retiring from the film business for good once he's finished promoting "Red State" and completed his last movie, so we guess this is what "retirement" means to the brash and incredibly verbose writer/director.

Smith's new show, which is currently untitled, will take place in Smith's New Jersey comic book store (called The Secret Stash), and follow the work lives of the two comic book fans who run the place and their interactions with the customers who frequent it. That means the show will likely celebrate the comic book world in the way that "Jersey Shore" celebrates drunkenness: by having it at the forefront of most of the show's action. And considering it's on the network that currently airs a TV adaptation of a comic book ("The Walking Dead"), it seems fitting.

A casting call has gone out on Facebook, so if you're a comic book fan between the ages of 21-35, you live near New Jersey, and you want to be on the show, check 'em out.