Donald Trump is to lead a finance-themed talk show, according to a report.

The series will see him mediate and offer counsel to real people in financial disputes. It is being described as a hybrid of Dr Phil and Judge Judy.

Sources told The Hollywood Reporter Twentieth Television was agreeing a deal to distribute the show for Reveille Productions and Trump Productions.

A series of half-hour shows is expected to be produced at Trump's New York offices for autumn 2008 and aimed at early evening and access slots.

Trump's first major television role was in the US Apprentice in 2004. This year he made reality series Pageant Palace with MTV.