Woo...in breaking news, the WhinesteinWeinstein Company, owners of Project Runway, has sold their show to Lifetime. NBC is, of course, quite pissed and is suing them. Read all about it in this NY Times article.
Apparently Bravo gets to air season five, starting in July, and Lifetime takes over in November. That means we'll get THREE seasons this year. And if they're anything like season four (not particularly fierce)... gack.
I've never watched Lifetime before, but from what I can tell, they air a lot of reruns of The Golden Girls. I have a sneaking suspicion that they'll ruin Project Runway by making it all touchy-feely, you know, "for women." Can you imagine the changes in store??
New hostess.
New challenges.
New judges.
Be afraid. Be very afraid.
5 comments:
I AM afraid, very afraid. I linked to this on my blog today. Hysterical!
I am ALSO afraid that Lifetime will try to "tone down" the fierce gayness of the show. Let's face it, Bravo is NBC/Universal's "Gay Network".
How will little old ladies in Kansas respond to people like Mango and Big Chris?!?
I am adding a link on my blog to this post. Well done! I, too, am afraid.
I don't think Lifetime will change a thing. They were willing to pony up the cash for PR because it has been successful & they're willing to let the Weinsteins do what they want. If Lifetime is trying to change anything it's the public's image of their network. Carson Kressley has a show on Lifetime now, afterall. And Tim and Heidi will be staying with PR. So why worry? Everything will be fine, kids. Deeeeeep breaths, deeeeeep breaths ...
anon makes a good point but I'm not sure how to find Lifetime on my cable provider. Maybe they'll have a Golden Girls challenge.
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