Lindsay Lohan's bad boy father, Michael, is set to walk out of prison at 9 a.m. on Tuesday-- and into the reality TV show he'd left behind more than two years ago.

The controversial Lohan, who's scheduled to be released from the Collins Correctional Center near Buffalo, N.Y., will be feted at a "welcome home" party at his mother's home in Long Island. Once known as the "Hollywood Dad from Hell," he's now an ordained minister, ready to spread the word and "make amends for his past mistakes." And get that reality show rolling.

"Michael Lohan is a changed man," says producer Brett Hudson, who along with Lohan's mother has been the only one to keep in regular contact with Lohan in stir. "The last time around, Michael would never admit he'd done anything wrong. Now, he not only admits his past mistakes, but he wants to right the wrongs he's done. And most of all, he wants to get his family back on track."

Hudson's company was beginning to shoot the reality series with Lohan when the incarceration set things back two years. Shooting will pick up after Lohan goes free.

"He's still Michael in more than one way," Hudson says. "He has a few reality shows he wants to pitch-- including one in which he and Lindsay are put on a desert island with Paris Hilton, Jessica Simpson and their dads. We'll be going along when he does that. We'll be with him when he tries to 'save' some of his old Hollywood pals.

"And he's got other ideas, like going out on Sunset Boulevard and giving a prostitute a hundred dollar bill...