CBC’s The Week the Women Went is coming back.

Paperny Films is developing a third cycle of the reality TV series after two earlier seasons that gave women a break and CBC impressive ratings.

Paperny is scouting countrywide for a tight-knit town that will agree to see wives and girlfriends go off on holiday as the men take care of the housework and the kids in front of assembled TV cameras.

Paperny producers, led by Alisen Hunt, held an Oct. 3 town hall meeting in the village of Queen Charlotte on the British Columbia coast to gauge local interest in taking part in the show.

There’s no word on the other short-listed towns.

The Vancouver-based producer earlier took women out of Hardisty, AB and Tatamagouche, NS during the first two seasons of the CBC series.

The first season bowed with 770,000 viewers in January 2008, and averaged a solid 775,000 during its eight-episode run, according to BBM Canada. (All numbers 2+.)

The second season from the East Coast debuted with 819,000 viewers earlier this year and signed off with an average 796,000.

Despite the impressive showing, CBC left the Paperny series off its current season schedule as it trimmed programming expenditures in a challenging economy. As the producers prep another cycle, CBC says it has made no firm decision on purchasing the third season of the series.

The Ceeb, like rival broadcasters, typically wait until early in the new year to see how much they have in their programming budgets and Canadian Television Fund envelopes before pulling the trigger on full-season orders for rookie and returning series.

Meanwhile, Paperny is also developing the tween sci-fi series Out of Touch for YTV and the half-hour comedy Full Nelson for Showcase.