Comic Behrendt To Star In SoapNet Reality Show

The series will air at 11 p.m. Thursdays beginning Jan. 8.

Cable network SoapNet on Monday announced three new series, including a relationship-themed reality show featuring Greg Behrendt.

"Greg Behrendt's Wake-Up Call" will feature Behrendt -- who has consulted for "Sex and the City," co-wrote the book "He's Just Not That Into You" and hosted his own daytime talk show -- addressing one couple's major issues each week and using practical and funny relationship expertise to give them the tools to fix their problems.

The series will air at 11 p.m. Thursdays beginning Jan. 8, kicking off SoapNet's six-week programming event "Sugar-Free Valentines."

Another new series, "Being Erica," follows the life of 32-year-old Erica Strange (newcomer Erin Karpluk), a highly educated but underachieving single woman who can't understand why her life is heading nowhere. She gets help from a mysterious man named Dr. Tom (Michael Riley), who enables Erica to go back in time and relive an event.

The series will premiere in the spring.

The third series, a docusoap tentatively titled "Southern Belles," follows the professional and romantic lives of five single Southern women in their 20s and 30s. Production is underway in Louisville, Ky., for a 2009 premiere.