Oh, sheesh.  It looks like Megan Hauserman will be getting her day in the sun after all.

Following news that leading Megan Wants a Millionaire contestant Ryan Jenkins was accused of murdering his wife and then subsequently committing suicide, the Hauserman VH1 reality dating series was canceled.

Now, seems like the network and aspiring trophy wife are working out another deal.

RadarOnline.com has the scoop:

“VH1 is giving Megan her own reality show,” a source confirms. When the show was abruptly canceled “they promised Megan her own show…that’s how they bought her silence.”

As for the show’s format, the source says it will probably move away from a dating-themed show and will unscripted despite Hauserman asking for a scripted show.

Hmm… Sounds kinda shady, doesn’t it?  I suppose a VH1’s gotta do what it’s gotta do.

Totally not surprised that all it took for Megan Hauserman to keep quiet was the promise of another reality show.  That babe’s been on more reality shows than any publicity whore out there - Rock of Love 2, I Love Money, Rock of Love Charm School, Beauty and the Geek…

An un-scripted non-dating show, eh? What do you think the new one will be about?

[Source: Radar]

OMFG!!!!  This is RIDIC.  This whole saga keeps getting crazier and crazier…

We reported last week that Megan Wants a Millionaire contestant Ryan Jenkins was wanted for questioning on the murder of his wife, model Jasmine FIore.  Flore’s body was found stuffed in a suitcase with fingertips and teeth missing.  Authorities believed he had fled for his native Canada.

Today, news broke that Jenkins was found dead in a hotel room in British Columbia after apparently taking his own life.  Such a surprising end to a twisted, twisted tale.

As mentioned, VH1 has pulled all episodes of Megan Wants a Millionaire off the air - in addition to canceling I Love Money 3, which had been taped and unaired, and reportedly featured Jenkins as the ultimate grand prize winner.

Wow.  This is such a PR nightmare for VH1.  You’d think they’d do detailed background checks on their contestants.  Imagine if Jenkins had won Megan Wants a Millionaire and Megan Hauserman had wound up in a suitcase a few months later!

[Source: Gawker]

OMG!  Just when I was telling everyone NOT to watch VH1’s Megan Wants a Millionaire, some majorly crazy news hits the fan!

If you’ve had the misfortune of watching the first three episodes of the show, you’d likely recognize Canadian investment banker Ryan Jenkins as one of the top contenders.  Today, news broke that Jenkins is wanted for questioning in the murder of his wife, 28-year-old model/stripper/Playboy representative Jasmine Fiore.

Fiore was found strangled and stuffed in a suitcase in a trash receptacle in Buena Park, California.  The local police department has issued an alert to the public to keep an eye out for Jenkins, lest he escape to this native Canada.

Ryan Jenkins (net worth: $2.5 mill - chump change!) is rumored to be a finalist on Megan Wants a Millionaire, though not a winner.  He supposedly went to Las Vegas following his elimination from the show, and met and married Jasmine Fiore a few days later.

To add craziness atop the craziness, TMZ reports that Jenkins also just finished participating in I Love Money’s third season - and won the $250,000 grand prize (net worth update: $2.75 mill), meaning he’d be appearing in every episodes.

VH1 has kept pretty silent about the whole shebang, even going so far as pulling all Megan Wants a Millionaire content off the Internets.  They did, however, just issue a statement.  Feast your eyes:

“Ryan Jenkins was a contestant on ‘Megan Wants a Millionaire‘, an outside production, produced and owned by 51 Minds, that is licensed to VH1. The show completed production at the end of March. Given the unfortunate circumstances, VH1 has postponed any future airings. This is a tragic situation and our thoughts go out to the victim’s family.”

Whoa!  I guess my prayers have been answered: I officially never have to watch another episode of Megan Wants a Millionaire again.  It’s a shame it had to happen this way - best wishes to the Fiore family.

Boy, I bet Megan Hauserman is PISSED her airtime’s getting cut!  Hopefully whichever millionaire she ended up picking is willing to buy her a new show.

[Source: Jezebel, TMZ]

Megan Wants a Millionaire.  Do not watch this show.  This show is terrible.  I’m three episodes deep and I’ve never felt worse about myself, the way I spend my leisure time, and what I’ve done with my college diploma.

The millionaires aren’t that rich (Net worth $2 million?!?!  PUH-LEASE!  That barely pays for a set of braces), everyone is extremely awkward and trashy, the challenges are snoozy, and Megan Hauserman pretending to find these disgusting men sexy is laughable and unconvincing.  To top it all off, she has the face of a fat woman.

The best thing about the show?  This dog:

And I think we’d all agree that Lily is ugly cute, at best.

I’ll have to resort to reruns of Rock of Love and Daisy of Love.  VH1, I never thought you’d disappoint me.

For months we’ve been watching for updates on Rock of Love 2 and Beauty & the Geek alumn / professional gold-digger Megan Hauserman’s new show, all the while expecting it to be called Trophy Wife.

Now, it’s been announced that the VH1 series in question is to be titled Megan Wants a Millionaire, and is set to premiere Sunday, August 2nd.

But most importantly, the contestants have been announced!  I’ve pasted their pics below, with my personal predictions…

DAVID - Loves his iPhone:

DONALD - Turns out to actually be Megan’s absentee father, in a well-meaning but totally pervy attempt at reconnecting with her:

ALEX - Everyone knows his social networking start-up’s gonna fail:

SHAUN - He’s a professional poker player and he’s SOOOO ANNOYING:

GARTH - Just hoping Donald Trump will notice him:

FRANCISCO - Claims to have invented that crappy shirt he’s wearing.  Patent pending:

PUNISHER - Shut UP:

JAMES - Turns out to be Megan’s pick, which is totally bummer on account of he’s the non-millionaire producers planted on the show in order to teach Megan the true meaning of love:

RYAN - Most successful concierge of all time:

MIKE - Too easy.  Professional bowler:

JOE - Wrote for The Daily Show, but back when Craig Kilborn was host, though:

SEX-TOY DAVE: Ben Stiller’s cousin.  Dunno why he goes by “Sex-Toy.”

MATT - Markets a successful line of premium tequila.  That’s his real hair:

COREY - VH1 exec who decides to fill in last minute when another contestant comes to his senses and backs out.  His wife is totally pissed:

AUDI - Everybody thought he was kidding when he said he was the heir to the Audi fortune:

AL - His chain of restaurants is tacky, at best:

TJ - Ummm, he works for Salesforce maybe?:

What do you think?  Do you agree with my expert assessments?