All you have to do to get your own TV show is to be rich and disgraceful…

NEW YORK – Michael Vick will be giving the public an inside look at his life during an eight-part television series scheduled to debut on BET next year.

Tentatively titled “The Michael Vick Project,” the cable show will follow the Philadelphia Eagles quarterback as he tries to redeem himself after going to prison for 18 months for his role in operating a dogfighting ring. DuBose Entertainment, which is co-producing the series, and BET officially announced the show Friday.

He says he had a difficult childhood, which he probably spent pulling the wings off flies and drowning kittens. Michael Vick might be worth watching on the football field, but why anybody would give a dog’s lunch for his personal story I can’t figure out.

On the other hand, if you want to know how the pit bulls are doing, check out Animal Planet.