Mon, 07 April 2008 at 4:16 pm

Project Runway Moves to Lifetime

Project Runway will be network hopping from Bravo to Lifetime starting this fall, according to Variety.

Runway producer The Weinstein Co. signed a five-year deal to move the show to Lifetime, a female-geared network owned by The Walt Disney Company and Hearst Corporation.

As such, Bravo owner NBC has filed a lawsuit against the Weinstein Co. But in a statement, the Weinsteins thanked NBC and Bravo for helping the show get to where it is today.

The Weinsteins said, “[But] having Lifetime’s unique cable reach will ensure that the show will continue to grow and expand in the years to come. Lifetime is one of the strongest cable networks in the industry, with great leadership and a true commitment to original programming. We are very excited for the many new opportunities that will now be provided to ‘Runway’ and its fans and look forward to premiering the sixth season in November 2008.”

The fifth season of Project Runway will premiere on Lifetime in November.

NBC and Bravo really dropped the needle on this one!

Photos: Barbara Nitke/Bravo
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# 26

sa @ 04/07/2008 at 9:35 pm

all these lifetime bashers. well lifetime has a more expansive audience than bravo. bravo isn’t offered on cable in my city. lifetime is one of the top cable networks and the top network among women (believe it or not, do your research).

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Lill @ 04/07/2008 at 10:24 pm

#26. I don’t need to do research. I could care less who watches Lifetime. I don’t watch it and I don’t like it so more than likely if Project Runway moves there I won’t be watching.

I don’t call that bashing I call that stating an opinon.

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# 28

lily @ 04/08/2008 at 1:07 am

they are seriously milking this christian cow to the max.

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Jessica Nyquist @ 04/08/2008 at 4:12 am

The show will probably lose some fans after moving to Lifetime, but it will probably also gain some. More people have the Lifetime channel. Not everyone gets Bravo. I will watch it either way. It doesn’t really matter to me. I could care less.

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# 30

RC @ 04/08/2008 at 4:23 am

Christian is a gorgeous woman! LOL

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# 31

fiercechipmunk @ 04/08/2008 at 2:33 pm

That pic is hilarious, in a perfect world we will all ride a supermodel to work. BTW, Lifetime is so awful it hurts my soul. Sue em till they bleed NBC.

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# 32

ADRIENNE @ 04/08/2008 at 2:33 pm

BAD IDEA! I hold weekly showings of the Bravo series PR and I speak for all of my friends when I say moving PR to Lifetime will be an expensive MISTAKE for the corporations involved.

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# 33

Alyssa @ 04/09/2008 at 5:27 pm

Bravo best hold onto it, I don’t want to see none of these changes that Lifetime wants to make:
http://www.236.com/news/2008/04/09/project_runway_moves_to_lifeti_1_5733.php