Shooting has started on the reality Mr. Friday on locations around southern Ontario, following a green light by Slice. The 13 x 30 from Toronto’s Temple Street Productions follows an ‘ex fashion model and trust fund baby’ who, in order to stay on the family payroll, must swap jobs once per week with one of us reg’lar folks. The crew will follow him to un-glam jobs at spots like Reptilia, a zoo for lizards and such that is just north of Toronto, a tree farm in Drysdale and the local home of 1-800-GOT-JUNK. The person he replaces, meanwhile, gets treated to a day of la dolce vita.

‘The show combines the reality of the work world with the fantasy of the fabulously rich. Real people get to live in real luxury for a day,’ says Connie Contardi, co-creator and producer with Jocelyn Mercer.

The series is exec produced by Temple bosses David Fortier and Ivan Schneeberg and is penciled in for the summer schedule on Slice. Shooting will wrap this month.