Nellie Andreeva of The Hollywood Reporter posted an interesting (but brief) story of a television series in the planning stages. The new show would leverage Twitter, making the service the crux of the show. When I first heard the idea, I thought we might see a choose-your-own-adventure style episodic program. That’s not what the show’s creator has in mind, though.

Instead, novelist Amy Ephron wants to create a new reality TV series in which normal people compete by using Twitter to hunt down specific celebrities. While details are scarce, I imagine that the celebrities on the show will agree beforehand to be stalked by the contestants. Otherwise I foresee many lawsuits in Ephron’s future.

Is this a good idea? I’m not sure. I like seeing services such as Twitter used in creative ways but I’m not a huge fan of turning celebrities into prey. To me, it sounds like this show would turn into the celebrity version of “The Running Man” (the novella by Richard “Stephen King” Bachman, not the totally awesome Schwarzenegger film loosely based on the story). I can just imagine a panicked Ashton Kutcher running down the steps of a New York City subway station with dozens of contestants in hot pursuit, each clutching an iPhone running the Tweetie app.