Annie Wermiel

Annie Wermiel

Annie Wermiel

Annie Wermiel

As the saying goes, “If you don’t want it on Page Six, don’t do it.”

Now the exploits of celebrities and society folks aren’t just fair game for The Post’s gossip column, but television, too.

“Page Six TV,” premiering July 18, is adapting the brand you know and love into a daily show, with a panel of contributors — actor Mario Cantone (“Sex and the City”), TV personality Bevy Smith, Variety entertainment reporter Elizabeth Wagmeister and Page Six reporter Carlos Greer — giving their insider take on the day’s top entertainment stories. Host John Fugelsang, known for his political comedy and SiriusXM show “Tell Me Everything,” plays moderator, which he admits has been like “grad school for celebrity gossip.”

“I’ve met more Real Housewives than seen episodes of ‘Real Housewives,’ ” he tells The Post. “As ‘The Daily Show’ became a show for people who weren’t into politics, this can be a show for people who aren’t necessarily into entertainment news.”

The half-hour show, which is airing in a three-week preview on select Fox TV stations, will be taped in New York in front of a studio audience. But despite the 10-block separation between The Post newsroom and the set, the TV show and column will be closely linked, with Page Six editor Emily Smith and deputy editor Ian Mohr appearing in segments daily.

“We’re calling our sources throughout the day,” Greer says, “so by the time the show airs, you’ll have even more information than what you read [that] morning.”

New York Post CEO and publisher Jesse Angelo says that “television was the logical next step” for Page Six, and describes the show’s contributors, like its reporters, as real insiders. “These are not people who have their nose pressed up against the glass. They’re at the A-list parties . . . They’re bringing their inside sources to the show.”

Each half-hour episode will cover at least a dozen topics, decided by producers and the panelists at an 8 a.m. meeting. Segments include “Sources Say,” where Emily Smith and Mohr will weigh in with their reported insight on gossip news, such as Kanye West’s new deal with Adidas, or an overpaid Apple executive. In “Win the Page,” each panelist — as well as viewers chiming in via Page Six social media channels — will compete for who has the best scoop, perspective or funny observation on the day’s news.

Cantone, Fugelsang and Bevy Smith can all still remember their first mentions in Page Six, and each recalls it as a positive experience, which will be reflected in the tone of the TV series.

As Bevy Smith says, “It’s not a mean-spirited show.” That means that unlike other entertainment news entries such as “TMZ Live” or “Fashion Police,” there won’t be any chasing of celebrities with cameras or ripping of red-carpet looks. (“That’s being done on 25 other shows,” Cantone says. “I don’t care what people are wearing.”)

“Everybody wants to be in Page Six — we’re celebrating gossip,” Wagmeister says. “Gossip is fun, it doesn’t have to be a bad thing.”

Or as Fugelsang puts it, “We’re more ‘WTF’ than ‘FU.’ ”

“Page Six TV” debuts July 18 on Fox TV stations in New York (7 p.m.), LA (6:30 p.m.), Philadelphia (7 p.m.), Dallas (11:30 p.m.), Atlanta (7 p.m.), Detroit (11:30 p.m.) and Tampa, Fla. (1 p.m.). Full episodes and highlight videos will stream on pagesix.com.