Lifetime Rigs 'election' For Six Episodes

Lifetime Television has given a vote of confidence to "Election," a reality series pitting husband-and-wife political consultants James Carville and Mary Matalin against each other as part of a high school election.

The cable network has ordered six half-hour episodes of the show, set to premiere in the fourth quarter.

In the series, Republican Matalin and Democrat Carville will put their White House experience to use when they become rival campaign managers in what's described as a "hotly contested" election for student-body president at a high school in Washington.

RJ Cutler, Andrea Buchanan and Todd DeLorenzo are executive producing "Election," which is from Brillstein-Grey.

Carville helped guide Bill Clinton to the presidency in 1992, while Matalin is a former assistant to President Bush and counselor to Vice President Dick Cheney. They have appeared on numerous TV programs, including serving as former co-hosts of CNN's "Crossfire" and portraying versions of themselves in HBO's "K Street."