The show, 'Profiles from the Front Line', is being billed by ABC as the stories of ordinary men and women in uniform and is being produced with the "unparalleled support and cooperation of the Defense Department", the network said.
It added that defence secretary Donald Rumsfield had signed off the project without reservation.
Critics argue that the 13-part weekly series could be in danger of blurring the line between entertainment and news. There are also concerns that it could turn into an infomercial about the US military.
Details of the show have been revealed following a recent show of solidarity between Hollywood and Washington in response to the September 11 terrorist attacks on New York and Washington DC.
The programme is to be produced by Jerry Bruckheimer who is one of Hollywood's biggest players and is the producer behind such movies as Black Hawk Down, Pearl Harbour and Gone in Sixty Seconds.
Bruckheimer said that development of Profiles predates the so-called Hollywood 9/11 committee, which first met in November to discuss ways in which movie studios, producers and directors and the film industry in general could help combat terrorism.
Others have criticised the proposal for crossing into an area traditionally covered by news programmes.
There are concerns that the Pentagon may try and exercise control over a programme being made for entertainment purposes while journalists covering the war against terrorism as news are being denied access to certain material.
It is not the first time producers and the US government have worked close together. A new drama series about the CIA, The Agency, also received high levels of help as did the US prime show JAG, about lawyers in the US Air Force.
ABC executives have insisted the programme makes no attempt to pass itself off as news and that the network would have the final say over what makes in on screen, except for footage deemed a security breach by military officials.
Bruckheimer said that he would not shy away from broadcasting something that might not be particularly complimentary to the US military. "We're all human, we all make mistakes," he told Reuters.
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