Melissa Rycroft, Tye Strickland’ ‘New Reality’

CMT is joining forces with Ryan Seacrest Productions on a new reality series starring TV personality Melissa Rycroft and her husband Tye Strickland. The eight-episode series, which has the working title “Melissa and Tye: A New Reality,” will premiere in April. Rycroft has appeared on “Dancing With the Stars” and “The Bachelor,” as well as CMT’s “Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders: Making the Team.” Now married with an 11-month-old daughter, Rycroft is moving from Texas to Los Angeles to pursue her Hollywood dreams. “Melissa and Tye: A New Reality” will follow the couple as they “navigate the trials and tribulations of being new parents, making a long-distance relationship work, and making their dreams become a reality,” CMT said.