• Los Angeles Times, Wednesday, October 7, 2009 10:10 PM

Michael Vick out of prison, back in the NFL, and now he's going to star in his own television series. Vick is partnering with BET for a new eight-part documentary series scheduled to air early next year.

The program, tentatively titled "The Michael Vick Project," spotlights his controversial comeback with the Philadelphia Eagles while also examining his tumultuous past -- including his childhood and his 2007 arrest for running a dog-fighting ring. The series is a gamble for a quarterback who is eager to rehabilitate his tarnished image but also doesn't want to incur the further wrath of animal rights protesters, many of whom argued against his reinstatement to the NFL.

James DuBose, executive producer for the project, said the series will be much more illuminating than Vick's media interviews. "We've heard about the results, but we have not seen the process of how Michael got to where he was," says DuBose, who has produced several reality-based series for BET.

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