Project Runway Spinoff Coming to Lifetime Too
Posted by Jacci Lewis Categories: Prime Time, Reality, Bravo, Cable, Cable/Satellite, Editorial, News,
Ever wish you could know more about the designer’s models on Project Runway? Lifetime thinks you do. USA Today reports that Lifetime is planning to pair its newly acquired Project Runway with a half-hour spin-off called Models of the Runway which will focus on them as people, not just living clothes hangers. (The model paired up with the winning designer on Project Runway also wins a modeling contract and a spread in Elle magazine.)
Project Runway is expected to move over to the top-rated women’s cable network, Lifetime, in November. Bravo will air its fifth and probably final Project Runway season in July, though the move is being contested in court by Bravo parent company NBC. Project Runway has been Bravo’s top hit.
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Project Runway’s Nina Garcia Out of One Job
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Prime Time, Reality, Bravo, Cable, Gossip, News, Rumors,
Just last week, we reported that Project Runway was making a big move from its old home at Bravo to Lifetime. This week, we’re learning that one of the show’s judges may be out of a job. At least the one she does off-camera.
Women’s Wear Daily has reported that Nina Garcia, “fashion director at Elle”, is no longer working for the magazine her name’s been associated with. This move comes not-so-coincidentally after a new creative director was brought on board.
What this currently means for Garcia’s future with the hit reality show is unknown. Neither she or Michael Kors have yet committed to the series’ next installment.
Be looking for Project Runway‘s fifth season to hit the catwalk this
summer.
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Project Runway Producers Sued
Yesterday’s news was that Bravo’s hit series Project Runway (the most successful for the channel) will move to Lifetime in a new, five-year contract. Today, the fashion has really hit the fan.
Bravo is owned by NBC Universal, who has subsequently filed a lawsuit against the Weinstein Co. (which produces Runway) to prevent the switch. Citing breach of contract, the network filed suit with the New York Supreme Court. According to the suit, NBC Universal and Weinstein were in previous negotiations regarding future seasons of the show.
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Project Runway Leaves Bravo
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Prime Time, Reality, Bravo, Cable, News,
I guess we won’t be tuning into Bravo to ‘watch what happens’ on Project Runway anymore.
While everyone has been busy wondering whether Scrubs would jump ship to ABC, another big deal was being brokered over in cable-land. Come this fall, we will have to program in a new channel on our DVRs: the Lifetime channel.
In a surprise move, The Weinstein Co. has made a five-year deal with the female-oriented network to start airing the hit reality show come this November. Needless to say, NBC (Bravo’s parent company) is not pleased with this decision. The company has filed suit in a desperate attempt to keep their ratings cash cow in place.
The program about fashion designers - hosted by Heidi Klum - will be heading into its sixth season at the end of this year.
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2008 Screen Actors Guild Awards
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Action, Award Shows, Comedy, Drama, Prime Time, Specials, ABC, Cable, CBS, FOX, HBO, NBC, Showtime, TNT-HD, 24, Desperate Housewives, Entourage, Extras, Grey’s Anatomy, Heroes, House, Lost, The Office, The Sopranos,
Thanks to the cancelation of the Golden Globes ceremony, the hottest ticket in town was tonight’s Screen Actors Guild Awards. Without a picket line to cross, celebrities from TV and Film were allowed to celebrate - and commiserate - together for the first time in a long while.
For star-deprived fans, the SAG red carpet was also a treat for sore eyes. What were our favorite actresses wearing? What were the latest trends? Which dresses were going to be copied by Allen Schwartz tomorrow?
Unfortunately, the evening was not all about partying. The recent deaths of Suzanne Pleshette and Heath Ledger cast a somber tone on what would normally be a festive occasion. Thankfully, tonight was not about dissecting their lives, but merely about honoring them.
Meanwhile, the neglected winners of this month’s Globes were also hoping to get a share of the honors. If they were able to pull off another victory tonight, maybe they would have a chance to give the speech they already had written.
Well, without further ado, here’s the play-by-play of tonight’s events coming to you from the fashionably late West Coast!
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Christmas Day TV
Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Animation, Comedy, Daytime, Kids, Prime Time, Reality, Specials, ABC, Cable, CBS, MTV, NBC, TNT-HD, Family Guy, The Hills,
Looking for a distraction from the holiday season? Want to check out that new HD TV Santa left under the tree? Or, do you just want to put something on the tube to undercut happy holiday melodrama? Use Christmas Day TV to give you an escape when holiday pressure has you looking for the nearest exit.
ABC will offer fanciful diversion for the kids with the Walt Disney World parade starting at 10 am. Later in the afternoon, the network will offer NBA action while CBS gets sporty with golf. NBC will show the Holiday Celebration on Ice in the afternoon. On cable, ABC Family will showcase holiday movies including A Very Brady Christmas and Santa Baby. At 6 in the evening, Disney’s The Incredibles will offer CGI delight.
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2008 Screen Actors Guild Award Nominations (TV)
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Action, Award Shows, Comedy, Drama, Prime Time, ABC, Cable, CBS, FOX, HBO, NBC, Showtime, TNT-HD, 24, Desperate Housewives, Entourage, Extras, Grey’s Anatomy, Heroes, House, Lost, The Office, The Sopranos,
Take note. If you want to see your favorite actors and actresses lined up in their finest, this may be the gala to watch. Thanks to the relationship between the WGA and the Screen Actors Guild, the 14th Annual SAG Awards presentation will be allowed to go on as planned. (The same cannot currently be said of the Golden Globes or the Academy Awards.) So set your Tivo to TNT on January 27. This may be last time you get to see a group of actors celebrating together for quite some time.
This year’s television nominees are:
OUTSTANDING MALE PERFORMANCE - DRAMA SERIES
- James Gandolfini, The Sopranos (HBO)
- Michael C. Hall, Dexter (Showtime)
- Jon Hamm, Mad Men (AMC)
- Hugh Laurie, House (FOX)
- James Spader, Boston Legal (ABC)
OUTSTANDING FEMALE PERFORMANCE - DRAMA SERIES
- Glenn Close, Damages (FX)
- Edie Falco, The Sopranos (HBO)
- Sally Field, Brothers & Sisters (ABC)
- Holly Hunter, Saving Grace (TNT)
- Kyra Sedgwick, The Closer (TNT)
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Molly Shannon in Upcoming ‘Pushing Daisies’
Posted by Wendy Michaels Categories: Comedy, Drama, Prime Time, ABC, Saturday Night Live,
How great is Pushing Daisies... really? While I’ve read plenty of conflicting reviews of the new series, it’s grabbed my attention and I can’t get enough. First off, it’s visually stunning, second the storyline is fun… and last, the cast. Wow. Lee Pace and Anna Friel (Ned and Chuck) are absolutely adorable. And Kristin Chenoweth is just as cute as a button—beyond belief cute. So, where was I? Oh yes, the equally adorable and cute Molly Shannon will be joining the show in a guest role beginning later this month or in early December. I think Shannon will be a great addition, given her comedy chops. She’ll appear for three episodes, playing Dilly Balsam, a rival of Ned’s who coincidentally opens her sweets shop across the street from the Pie Hole (incidentally, the best pie shop name ever). Mike White, who wrote and directed Year of the Dog (which Shannon starred in), will also join Daisies, playing Dilly’s brother Billy. Really, how cute is that? You can also catch Molly Shannon in an upcoming Lifetime movie, More of Me. The addition of Ms. Sally O’Malley… er,... Molly Shannon, is just one more great reason to catch Pushing Daisies.
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A Challenge to Watch Psychics
Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, Cable, Gossip,
America’s Psychic Challenge is suddenly starting to make John Edwards seem extremely gifted…and the show has barely started. Sixteen psychics (by their own personal claims) compete in the Lifetime show to win $100,000, working their way through different events. One challenge put a celebrity hidden behind a screen, calling psychics to guess about the personality dwelling therein. The psychic who won the event said the celeb was “a little demanding” and “working on a book.” Another winning psychic, taken to an LA neighborhood and told to guess at the crime scene, said they sensed a gun. Somehow, I feel as though I could compete in America’s Psychic Challenge, and I personally think it’s hooey.
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‘Psychic Challenge’ Reality Show
Posted by Wendy Michaels Categories: Games, Reality, Cable,
One of the fun things about writing this blog is the opportunity to report on all of the crazy new reality shows. Just when I think the well’s run dry on ideas, along comes another bizarre one. Case in point, Lifetime has announced America’s Psychic Challenge, brought to you by The Real World producer Bunim-Murray Productions. It’s a challenge to see who is the best psychic among a group of contestants. No, really. With events that test their psychic abilities. Each week, psychics are eliminated until the best of the bunch is left standing (and do you think that person could have predicted their win at the onset of the competition?). The winner takes home $100,000 and a contract with the Psychic Friends Hotline. Naw, I just made that last part up (the $100 grand is right though!). E! News Daily reporter John Burke is set to host. Do we have a ratings winner here? Hang on, let me look into my crystal ball… my magic 8 ball, that is. “Outlook not so good.”
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