Chrisleys’ Huge Demands for New TV Show Ignite Hollywood’s Savage Response

Just two days after Todd and Julie Chrisley were released from prison, the reality family is reportedly on the hunt for their next TV deal, the Daily Mail has learned.

Multiple sources allege that several TV production companies are considering building a new show around the Chrisley Knows Best couple, who served more than two years of their sentences for tax evasion and bank fraud before being pardoned by President Donald Trump on Wednesday.

Julie, 52, and Todd, 56 are reportedly seeking a seven-figure payout for a TV deal – but will showrunners bite?

‘We would love to work with them, but their price tag is way too high,’ one reality television producer tells the Daily Mail. ‘And it’s not entirely clear if they’ll be worth the money. Will people want to watch them?’

A second producer claimed the couple’s asking price was an eye-watering $5 million – at minimum.

‘That’s where the conversation starts. But they’re hoping for a bidding war to take the price much higher,’ they said.

‘What everyone has to decide is what a Chrisley show will look like,’ the second producer explained. ‘What will the angle be? That’s important in deciding what the cost should be.’

The Daily Mail has contacted representatives for Todd and Julie Chrisley for comment. 

Todd and Julie Chrisley were convicted of bank fraud and tax evasion after authorities said they used fraudulent documentation to secure $30 million in loans 

Todd Chrisley (pictured right with daughter Savannah, left) gave a defiant press conference where he said he did nothing wrong 

The family already has a different series in the works with Lifetime, detailing how the Chrisley children had been coping with their parents behind bars. The network had greenlit a docuseries which was reportedly not expected to include Todd and Julie.

But as soon as the couple was pardoned, they jumped right into filming – but one show is reportedly not enough.

‘They’re hungry for a good deal,’ a network executive told the Daily Mail. ‘And if we can come up with one, I’ll put them back on TV. Because people will watch.’ 

But one thing that a new Chrisley show will not include is any talk of remorse.

The couple was found guilty of conspiring to defraud Atlanta-area banks out of over $36 million in loans using false documents and tax evasion. Todd was sentenced to 12 years in federal prison; Julie was slapped with a 7-year sentence. 

They were also ordered to pay $17.8 million in restitution.

But in a Friday press conference, a defiant Todd maintained his innocence, and blamed his incarceration on a corrupt and dishonest prosecution. 

‘I would have remorse if it was something that I did,’ he said. ‘The corruption that went on in our case is going to continue to unfold.’

Julie was not in attendance at the press briefing, but she was spotted on Thursday exiting a Nashville butcher shop sporting a head of gray hair with a wash of brown at the ends — a very different look from her normal blonde coif.

‘Julie — who is a wonderful, decent, God fearing woman that I am blessed to have been married to and been with for over 30 years now, an excellent mother — she’s at home with Chloe right now,’ Todd told reporters, referencing his 12-year-old granddaughter.

‘Chloe will not let her go. We’re blessed to have our family back.’

Chrisley Knows Best ran for 10 seasons on the USA Network

President Trump pardoned the Chrisleys, although he said he had never met them

Savannah Chrisley said she was ‘relentless’ in getting a pardon for her parents

The couple’s 27-year-old daughter, Savannah, also addressed the intense scrutiny she has faced for helping secure the pardons for her parents, telling the press on Friday that the ‘misconceptions’ about their release are false.

‘The biggest misconception right now is I either paid for a pardon or slept for a pardon,’ said Savannah, who would also be part of a new Chrisley reality show, according to producers.

‘I have fought hard and I was exhausted and I begged for meetings,’ she continued. ‘I was never too good to ask and that’s the thing.’

She added: ‘People think, you’re a celebrity, you’re white, you have money, that we got an upper hand, but we didn’t. I had to fight, and I was relentless, and that’s how it happened.’