• Models Aren’t Made for Teamwork. Duh.

    Working in teams to design both an avant-garde look and a surfwear look? Oh my!

  • Working the Other ‘Runway’

    Okay, listen (or read) quickly because you may never hear this again.   Here goes.    I was about 80 percent wrong regarding “Models of the Runway.” It is a must-see for those of you who are true “Project Runway” fans, though surely a snore for the rest of you. This supplement to the main…

  • ‘Runway’ Still Makes It Work … But Lindsay Lohan?!

    Watch out, Fox! If last night’s three and a half hour block of “Runway”-centric television is any indication, it seems that Lifetime is making a play for the “Most Minutes of Superfluous Programming That We Know You’ll Watch Anyway” Award. (I think it’s one of those “Creative Arts” Emmys.) Yes, I watched it all, from…

  • Lifetime’s Andrea Wong: Grilled

    On the new “Project Runway” and salvaging a flailing network.

    Lifetime’s Andrea Wong: Grilled
  • Reality Shows Under Scrutiny — Who’s Accountable?

    It seems reality shows are finally coming under scrutiny. After TheWrap’s recent investigative series on suicides and emotional trauma and child endangerment related to reality shows, now comes a convincing piece of reporting in Sunday’s New York Times that suggests that reality shows are Hollywood’s new “sweatshop.” “Long workdays and communication blackouts are largely the…

  • Lifetime Nabs (Finally!) ‘Project Runway’

    Lawsuit with NBC ends, giving the cable net five years of the hit series, plus two spinoffs.