Now that Michael Cooke has flown the coup at the Daily News – literally, he's not even in the office anymore – we must turn our attention to the most important issue at hand: What's to come of Bravo's Tabloid Wars, the Daily News vs. New York Post reality show?

Personally, we're not sure what the problem is. The film crew stopped tailing Hud Morgan & Co. months ago and the footage is being parsed in an editing bay somewhere, readying itself for broadcast. And while Bravo has yet to set an air date, that's just fine too: It wasn't expected to be seen till spring '06, anyhow.

But Post-it Keith Kelly is worried Bravo doesn't want to miss out on the obvious closed-door tension between editorial director Martin Dunn (who will now fill Cooke's role) and Cooke, the "mistake" hiree. Capturing it on film is surely an honest pursuit, but this is, after all, Tabloid Wars.

Shouldn't Morgan's pouncing on junior publicists be enough?

Cooke Beats Fast Retreat [Keith Kelly, NYP]
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