NEW YORK (CNN/Money) -
Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc. said Friday it plans to launch a weekly program, called "Everyday Food," a television spinoff of the company's successful magazine of the same name.
The company said that the show will offer easy and practical recipes for those who want to prepare a meal in 30 minutes or less.
The new program, which will air on PBS stations beginning this weekend, will be half-hour long and feature Martha Stewart Living's own cooking talents: John Barricelli, Sarah Carey, Allie Lewis, Margot Olshan and Lucinda Scala Quinn.
Martha Stewart Living also announced recently a deal to bring its jailed founder back to TV in fall 2005 in a daytime talk show produced by "Survivor" creator Mark Burnett.
Stewart, who has educated America with her cooking talent and organizational skills, went to prison in October after her March conviction on charges of lying to investigators about her ImClone Systems Inc. (Research) stock sale.
She is still appealing the court decision.
Stewart is expected to be released in early March, but then the domestic diva will have to serve another five months in home confinement after her release.
Her show with Burnett is scheduled to air after the five months of house arrest end.
Shares of Martha Stewart Living (Research) have risen sharply since the domestic diva said in September that she wanted to begin serving her prison term as soon as possible rather than wait for an appeal of her conviction to be heard, although they have fallen back somewhat in recent weeks.
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