Project Runway - Injunction!

Wow! Project Runway's move to Lifetime has been blocked by the New York Supreme Court. The beef in a nutshell: When the Weinstein Company took the show over to Lifetime, they did not give NBC Universal a chance to demonstrate their right of first refusal. In the short term, Lifetime cannot promote or air Runway, which was going to be the lynchpin of its winter programming. Weinstein says they will appeal the decision.

It seems to me the majority of Bravo's schedule is a bunch of Runway takeoffs, whether it be Runway for food or Runway for hair or Runway for Supermodels. I was shocked when the move to Lifetime was announced. I fear a move to Lifetime means there will be a focus on the victimization of all women involved with the show. I feared the influence of the usual Lifetime fare, like my favorite title of a made-for-TV movie of all time, "Mother May I Sleep with Danger?" starring Tori Spelling.

Has anyone else found this season of Runway a bit disappointing? Perhaps I miss Santino, perhaps I am longing for something as creative as the cornhusk dress, perhaps I can't take people who add "licious" to every word or talk about themselves in the third person. The show has been on a slide. Perhaps it is because the contestants are so much more aware of how they will come off on TV and are trying to make themselves memorable. Perhaps it's just that all of them besides Leanne and Korto are very sub-par designers in comparison to other seasons. I don't know.

My pal Paola and I are proposing a Celebrity Runway. We want to see Patricia Field, Vivienne Westwood, John Galliano, Alexander McQueen, Narciso Rodriguez, Carolina Herrera and some wild card like The Olsen Twins thrown into the mix. If that's not possible, perhaps a Runway All-Stars competition. We could bring back all of the craziest personalities from Runways past and have them go head-to-head.

Tim Gunn photo from bravotv.com