Top Design-related stories
Posted Nov 5th 2008 4:04PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Late Night, Programming, Celebrities, Talk Show, What To Watch Tonight, Reality-Free
At 8, ABC has a new Dancing with the Stars, followed by new episodes of Private Practice and Dirty Sexy Money.
- CBS has a new Old Christine at 8, then new episodes of Gary Unmarried, Criminal Minds, and CSI: NY.
- NBC has new episodes of Knight Rider, Life, and Law and Order.
- FOX has a new Bones at 8.
- There's a new America's Next Top Model on The CW at 8, followed by a new Stylista.
- At 9, Discovery has a new Mythbusters, then a new Prototype This!
- Sci-Fi has a new Ghost Hunters at 9.
- Also at 9: Showtime has a new Inside the NFL.
- At 10, Comedy Central has a new South Park, followed by a new Chocolate News.
- Food Network has a new Dinner: Impossible at 10.
- Bravo has the season finale of Top Design at 10.
- A&E has two new episodes of Parking Wars starting at 10.
Check your
local TV listings for more.
After the jump, the late night talk show listings.
Continue reading What's On Tonight: Dancing, Knight Rider, South Park, Top Design
Posted Oct 29th 2008 4:02PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Programming, What To Watch Tonight, Reality-Free
At 8, CBS, FOX, NBC, MSNBC, BET, TV One, and Univision have The Barack Obama Show.
- ABC has a new Pushing Daisies at 8, then new episodes of Private Practice and Dirty Sexy Money.
- Discovery has two new episodes of Time Warp at 8, followed by new episodes of Mythbusters and Prototype This!
- At 8:30, FOX has Game 5 of The World Series.
- CBS has a new Old Christine at 8:30, followed by new episodes of Criminal Minds and CSI: NY.
- NBC has a new Deal Or No Deal at 8:30, then a new Lipstick Jungle.
- At 9, PBS has a new Great Performances.
- John McCain is the guest on a new Larry King Live, on CNN at 9.
- Sci-Fi has a new Ghost Hunters at 9.
- Showtime has a new Inside The NFL at 9.
- At 9:30, A&E has a new Dog The Bounty Hunter, followed by a new Parking Wars.
- At 10, Comedy Central has a new South Park, then a new Chocolate News.
- There's a new Sons of Anarchy at 10 on FX.
- Food Network has a new Dinner: Impossible at 10.
- Also at 10: Bravo has a new Top Design.
Check your
local TV listings for more.
After the jump, the late night talk show listings.
Continue reading What's On Tonight: Barack Obama, World Series, Ghost Hunters, Ben Stein
Posted Oct 22nd 2008 4:01PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Programming, What To Watch Tonight, Reality-Free
- At 8, FOX has the first game of The World Series.
- ABC has a new Pushing Daisies at 8, then new episodes of Private Practice and Dirty Sexy Money.
- CBS has new episodes of Old Christine, Gary Unmarried, Criminal Minds (with Wil Wheaton!), and CSI: NY.
- NBC has a new Knight Rider at 8, followed by new episodes of Deal Or No Deal and Lipstick Jungle.
- The CW has a new America's Next Top Model at 8, then the series premiere of Stylista.
- Discovery has two new episodes of Time Wrap at 8, followed by new episodes of Mythbusters and Prototype This!
- At 9, PBS has a new Independent Lens.
- There's a new Ghost Hunters on Sci-Fi at 9.
- Fine Living has a new Whatever, Martha at 9.
- History Channel has a new MonsterQuest at 9.
- At 9:30, A&E has a new Dog The Bounty Hunter, then new episodes of Criss Angel and Parking Wars.
- At 10, Comedy Central has a new South Park, followed by a new Chocolate News.
- FX has a new Sons of Anarchy at 10.
- Food Network has a new Dinner: Impossible at 10.
- TCM has Citizen Kane at 10.
- Also at 10: Bravo has a new Top Design.
Check your
local TV listings for more.
After the jump, the late night talk show listings.
Continue reading What's On Tonight: World Series, Private Practice, Stylista, Tom Brokaw
Posted Oct 1st 2008 4:06PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Late Night, Programming, Talk Show, What To Watch Tonight, Reality-Free
AMC has a Breaking Bad marathon all night.
- At 6:30, TBS has the Cubs vs. the Dodgers, followed by the Red Sox vs. the Angels.
- At 8, ABC has a new Pushing Daisies, followed by the season premieres of Private Practice and Dirty Sexy Money.
- CBS has a new Old Christine at 8, then new episodes of Gary Unmarried, Criminal Minds, and CSI: NY.
- NBC has a new Knight Rider, followed by new episodes of America's Got Talent and Lipstick Jungle.
- FOX has new episodes of Bones and 'Til Death (two episodes).
- The CW has a new America's Next Top Model at 8.
- At 9, Bravo has a new Project Runway, followed by a new Top Design.
- Sci-Fi has a new Ghost Hunters at 9, then a new Destination Truth.
- At 9:30, A&E has a new Dog The Bounty Hunter, then a new Criss Angel Mindfreak.
- At 10, FX has a new Sons Of Anarchy.
- At 10:30, Comedy Central has a new Lewis Black's Root Of All Evil.
Check your
local TV listings for more.
After the jump, the late night talk show listings.
Continue reading What's On Tonight: Baseball Playoffs, Pushing Daisies, Sons Of Anarchy
Posted Sep 3rd 2008 4:02PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Programming, What To Watch Tonight, Reality-Free
More all-night coverage of the Republican National Convention on the news channels, some PBS channels, and CSPAN. Networks at 10.
- TCM has political movies all night.
- At 7, USA has The U.S. Open.
- At 8, FOX has the two-hour season premiere of Bones.
- CBS has a new Greatest American Dog at 8.
- The CW has the season premiere of America's Next Top Model at 8.
- Discovery has a new NextWorld at 8.
- At 9, FX has the series premiere of Sons of Anarchy.
- Bravo has a new Project Runway at 9.
- At 9:30, A&E has a new Dog The Bounty Hunter, followed by a new Criss Angel Mindfreak.
- At 10, Bravo has the season premiere of Top Design.
- There's a new Man vs. Wild on Discovery at 10.
- Food Network has a new Dinner: Impossible at 10.
- At 10:30, Comedy Central has a new Lewis Black's Root of All Evil.
Check your
local TV listings for more.
Posted Dec 7th 2007 12:29PM by Jason Hughes
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, Pickups and Renewals
Bravo has been praising the successes of its freshmen reality competitions Top Design and Shear Genius for awhile now. So it comes as no surprise that the pair have been renewed for second seasons. This Yahoo! article also confirmed Jaclyn Smith will return to host the second run of Shear Genius, in which hairstylists compete for $100,000. Not clear yet is if Todd Oldham or any of the judges would be returning on Top Design, in which interior designers, architects and artists vie for $100,000. Of course, it doesn't mean they won't re-up, just that no one is saying yet.
Continue reading Top Design and Shear Genius coming back for more
Posted Apr 11th 2007 5:02PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Programming, What To Watch Tonight
At 8, ABC has two new episodes of George Lopez.
- CBS has a new Jericho at 8, then new episodes of Criminal Minds and CSI: NY.
- NBC has new episodes of Friday Night Lights, Crossing Jordan, and Medium.
- There's a new 'Til Death on FOX at 8, then a new American Idol.
- The CW has a new America's Next Top Model at 8.
- Food Network has a new Emeril Live at 8.
- At 9, Discovery has a new Mythbusters.
- Travel Channel has a new World Poker Tour at 9.
- At 9:30, ABC has a new In Case of Emergency, followed by a new Lost.
- At 10, HGTV has a new Top Design.
- Also at 10: Comedy Central has a new South Park, followed by a new Halfway Home.
- At 10:30, Food Network has a new Dinner: Impossible.
Check your local TV listings for more.
Posted Mar 28th 2007 5:02PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Programming, What To Watch Tonight
At 8, ABC has a new episode of The Great American Dream Vote, then new episodes of According To Jim, In Case of Emergency, and Lost.
- CBS has a new Jericho at 8.
- FOX has a new Bones and then a new American Idol.
- There's a new Friday Night Lights on NBC at 8, then new episodes of Crossing Jordan and Medium.
- The CW has a new America's Next Top Model at 8.
- PBS has a new Journey To Planet Earth at 8.
- Also at 8: TCM has a Boston Blackie movie marathon.
- At 9, HGTV has a new Design on a Dime.
- At 10, History Channel has a new Modern Marvels.
- Bravo has a new Top Design at 10.
- Also at 10: Comedy Central has a new South Park, followed by a new Halfway Home.
Check your local TV listings for more.
Posted Mar 14th 2007 5:05PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Programming, What To Watch Tonight
At 8, ABC has a new George Lopez.
- CBS has a new Jericho at 8.
- There's a new Bones on FOX at 8, then new episodes of American Idol and 'Til Death.
- The CW has a new America's Next Top Model at 8.
- TNT has an ER marathon starting at 8.
- Daniel Boulud joins Emeril in the kitchen on a new Emeril Live, at 8 on Food Network.
- At 9, ABC has a new According To Jim, followed by new episodes of In Case of Emergency and Lost.
- NBC has a new Crossing Jordan at 9.
- Discovery has a new Mythbusters at 9.
- At 10, Food Network has a new Good Eats, then a new Dinner: Impossible.
- Bravo has a new Top Design at 10 (actually starts a little bit before 10).
- Also at 10: Comedy Central has a new South Park, then a new Halfway Home.
Check your local TV listings for more.
Posted Feb 20th 2007 4:22PM by Julia Ward
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, NBC, Celebrities

While this news probably won't affect the show one bit,
Fleshbot has uncovered that
Top Design judge and LA interior designer Kelly Wearstler was once known as Kelly Gallagher,
September 1994's Playmate of the Month. Her stated ambition - to "own my own marvelous design and furnishings business." Way to achieve, Kelly.
Kelly is also turned on by "fabulous, intense minds, honesty, huge smiles and a man with a colossal heart." Her turn-offs include "bad design," but we already knew that. Kelly, I think it's time to pull some strings. I see a
Top Design "redesign Hef's grotto" challenge in the works. With the way this clunker of a show is going, It couldn't hurt.
NOTE: Be forewarned. Neither the link to Fleshbot nor Playboy are work-friendly... unless, of course, you work at Fleshbot or Playboy.Posted Feb 18th 2007 3:07PM by Julia Ward
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, NBC, Web

I said I'd
give Top Design three weeks, and I did. I watched - hoping the show would overcome its lackluster start, its disenchanted host, its odd judges and its warmed-over design challenges. It hasn't. Whether it's because the airwaves are saturated with home design shows or the constituent parts just don't make a very compelling whole,
Top Design has turned out to be a labored, self-serious bore, which makes it all the more surprising that the show's accompanying blogs are candid, funny and, well, everything
Top Design isn't.
Continue reading Top Design: The Blogs vs. Top Design: The Show
Posted Feb 7th 2007 3:00PM by Brett Love
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, NBC, Web, Friday Night Lights

I know what you are all thinking. Finally, it's Wednesday night and there is a new...
Friday Night Lights! Ok, so only a few of you are thinking that and the majority of you are anxiously awaiting more Idol, the conclusion of Dawson's
Criminal Minds adventure, or the return of
Lost. Just in case you need something to pass the time while you wait for your television program of choice, you might want to head on over to iTunes and
grab the pilot for
Friday Night Lights. Like a drug dealer who has gone straight and started slinging high school drama instead of rocks, the first one is free. If you haven't had a chance to give the Taylor's and the rest of Dillon, Texas a look, I urge you to give it a try. It really is a great show.
If you have had a look, and it's just not your cup of tea, fair enough. For you, the fine folks at Apple also have the premiere of
Top Design and the "
Guy Love" excerpt from the
Scrubs musical episode. All free for the downloading.
[thanks Justin]
Posted Feb 5th 2007 9:02AM by Julia Ward
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, NBC, Cable, OpEd, The Five, Project Runway

I should love
Top Design. I really should. In fact, I'll give you five reasons why
Top Design, the third jewel in the
Project Runway crown, should be my favorite show on television right now. The sad fact, however, is that it's not. The first episode, which debuted after
Top Chef's lackluster finale last week, was an awkward bore. The usually charismatic Todd Oldham was lifeless. Jonathan Adler as the lead adjudicator was corny. The interiors were uninspired. The drama was tedious.
Yet, I hold out hope that the show will acquire the addictive properties of its Bravo predecessors. Here are the five reasons why I'm giving
Top Design a two to three episode reprieve before I nix it from my viewing schedule:
Continue reading The Five: Reasons I should be loving Top Design
Posted Oct 24th 2006 10:33AM by Brett Love
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, Cable, Industry, Programming

Bravo seems to have found something of a niche with the reality programming.
Top Chef has been well received, and
Project Runway was nominated for an Emmy. With those successes under their belt they are ready to go it again with
Top Design. The show will task twelve competitors with creating the best interior design each week. At the end of the ten episode run the winner will receive money to start their own design firm and a spot in a New York design showcase.
Todd Oldham will host the show. He got his start as a fashion designer and you may remember him from
Todd Time on MTV's
House of Style. Since then he has moved into other design arenas including his own line of furniture, Todd Oldham by La-Z-Boy. He also designed The Hotel in South Beach. Oldham will be joined on the show by a panel of judges including interior designers Jonathan Adler and Kelly Wearstler, as well as editor in chief of Elle Decor Margaret Russell.
Continue reading Todd Oldham to host Bravo's Top Design