Heidi and Tim, hold on before you pack your bags.Variety reports that a judge has blocked Project Runway's network move from Bravo to Lifetime, putting the sixth season's January debut in limbo. The fifth season is currently airing on Bravo.
To recap: Lifetime signed a five-year, $150 million deal to steal away the hit reality series with its production house, The Weinstein Company. NBC Universal (which owns Bravo) filed suit, claiming that it had the right to match any offer made by another network.
The show will continue filming in Los Angeles (it's splitting time between New York and L.A. for Season 6), but Lifetime cannot advertise the network switch. Obviously, the Weinstein Company will appeal the injunction. But a messy trial could put Runway's future in jeopardy. As Tim Gunn would say, the networks really need to "make it work."
Even though I have my doubts about Runway on Lifetime, I don't want to see the series go off the air for too long (out of sight, out of mind). Then again, after a lackluster fifth season, maybe the show needs a breather. What do you think?
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Designer Leanne Marshall attends Project Runway Finalists
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Designer Leanne Marshall attends Project Runway Finalists
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Designer Leanne Marshall
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Michael Kors, Heidi Klum and Nina Garcia acknowledge the audience at Project Runway Finalists
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Designer Joe Faris acknowledges the audience at Project Runway Finalists
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Designer Joe Faris acknowledges the audience at Project Runway Finalists
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Designer Joe Faris acknowledges the audience at Project Runway Finalists
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Designer Korto Momolu attends Project Runway Finalists
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Designer Korto Momolu acknowledges the audience at Korto Momolu Project Runway Finalists
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Designer Korto Momolu
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
9-29-2008 @ 5:26PM
Leota said...
I hope it doesn't go away. I need my PR fix.
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9-29-2008 @ 5:31PM
Europa said...
You can put up this article but you can't review the show?
Where the frell are the blogs for the past two weeks of PR?!?!?!
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9-29-2008 @ 5:59PM
Akbar Fazil said...
That and many other shows.
It saddens me that TVsquad appears to be dying and nary a word from any of the bloggers as to what is happening.
9-30-2008 @ 8:27AM
Rocketboy said...
If it's anything like the other AOL/Weblogs blogs, they are really not allowed to say anything.
9-29-2008 @ 8:51PM
StillBash said...
What does "auf'd" mean?
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9-30-2008 @ 12:46PM
Akbar Fazil said...
If you watched the show, you would already get this.
On the show, when a contestant is sent home, Heidi says to them "Auf Wiedersehen"
"Auf'd" is a slang shortening of the term meaning goodbye.
9-30-2008 @ 9:45AM
Nick said...
If TV Squad isn't meeting readers needs for Project Runway review blogs, then feel free to join my review blog for Project Runway, published every week, with no more then a 1-2 day lag time. Send me a message through the website, and I'll add you to the distribution list. Here is last week's review, and you can link to past reviews from the main page. Enjoy:
http://nickstakeitorleaveit.blogspot.com/2008/09/project-runway-week-eleven.html
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9-30-2008 @ 12:24PM
Europa said...
“If it's anything like the other AOL/Weblogs blogs, they are really not allowed to say anything. “
Because? ??? Is some sort of blood oath involved?
I'm not asking for corporate secretes just some common courtesy to their readers.
And I’ve seen other blog sites give brief explanations when there’s an “interruption in service” as it were.
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9-30-2008 @ 3:20PM
Rocketboy said...
Have you seen a Weblogs give a reason? Sometimes Yes (the advertising blog did), but many times No (as in DIYLife).
It's like when the Fanboy gaming sites all the sudden had "Staff" working for them. They were the regular writers, but they had to post it as "Staff", because they were not going to be paid. It was not on the Fanboy blogs that people read about the situation, but we did make sure to send love their way. It's not the Bloggers fault.
9-30-2008 @ 3:33PM
Europa said...
Yeah, right, whatever.
Good thing this isn't a paid subscribtion.
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9-30-2008 @ 6:44PM
Rocketboy said...
Yes, because it's the Bloggers fault, right?
10-08-2008 @ 3:38PM
susannah said...
cool new interview with Korto on Uinterview.com
You can check it out at www.uinterview.com/style.php
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