Besides having the best name in the reality TV production world, Magical Elves are responsible for a lot of other compelling series, from Bands on the Run (remember that?) to Top Chef. But they created a genre of reality television with Project Runway, and last fall, their show left their control as it moved to …
After a spectacular debut that was up 44 percent over Bravo, Lifetime’s version of Project Runway concluded with an episode that just barely surpassed its record-breaking opening episode, and was down from the season five season finale on Bravo–though not by as much as some would have you believe. And really, that just continues the …
Seven months after the three finalists presented collections at Fashion Week, Project Runway 6 ended, with the win going to Irina Shabayeva. Although Heidi told her the judges were “disappointed in [her] lack of color,” Michael Kors said Irina had “the best sense of showmanship.” After she won, Heidi told her that her collection was …
Project Runway 6 has just one episode left, and then we can pretend this season (and, while we’re at it, last) never existed, and see if the show can resurrect itself next season, or putter out. Thursday night’s episode was the typical penultimate episode where Tim Gunn visits the designers at home, which at least …
“I’m a bit shocked to see this from you today,” Heidi Klum said to one of the designers while critiquing her dress. That’s exactly what I thought about this episode of Project Runway 6. I tuned in to half-watch as usual, and suddenly there were just five designers left, participating in their final runway challenge. …
That Project Runway 6 has turned out to be a mediocre season is reflected in the show’s ratings: While the move to Lifetime brought the highest-rated debut ever for the show, it’s since lost 20 percent of its viewers, and is “now averaging 9 percent fewer women 18-49 viewers than its last season on Bravo,” …
When Project Runway 6 first debuted on Lifetime, I was impressed. I’d been worried about the change of networks, never mind the change of locations from New York to L.A. But I mostly wasn’t convinced that the production company responsible for Real World could reproduce what Magical Elves created while inventing an entire subgenre and …