This is not a late April Fool’s Day gimmick. Yesterday, Lifetime announced plans to air the sixth season of “Project Runway.”
Bravo, the network that made the show wants to keep the show that made the network. “Project Runway” had over 3.5 million viewers per episode. Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn have agreed to flip networks.
HOWEVER, NBC Universal (which owns BRAVO) filed suit against the Weinstein Co. (which wons “Project Runway” saying they had right of first refusal. That’s a lot of off-the runway drama.
The best news to come out of this? The agreement with Lifetime is for five years. That’s right–at least five more years of “Project Runway.” Here’s the Reuters story for more details.

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