‘Simple Life’ to continue at E!

Fox canceled it last month, but “The Simple Life” isn’t dead yet. E! Entertainment Television said Monday it has ordered 10 new episodes of the unscripted series to air next spring -- except that this time around, stars Nicole Richie and Paris Hilton won’t appear together.

The former friends had a falling out earlier this year, and that was one of the reasons Fox opted not to renew the show for a fourth season. But E! said it had devised a format in which the young women from wealthy backgrounds will be seen as faux housewives, tending to cleaning, cooking and child-care duties for a family at different times -- although they may appear together at some point, the network said.