nypost.com - 4/7/2008
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April 7, 2008 -- A courtroom catwalk cat-fight broke out today when Bravo abruptly lost control of its biggest hit - "Project Runway" - which will now begin airing on rival cable network Lifetime next November. The shocking network switch appears to be the result of a deal gone sour between the show's producers, the Weinstein Company, and Bravo, a subsidiary of NBC. The abrupt move ...
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Bravo Is Sew Screwed! Project Runway Moves To Lifetime
Pink Is The New Blog —
Shocking Project Runway news ... The New York Post is reporting that megahit TV show Project Runway will be moving to the Lifetime TV network (yes, Lifetime ) next season due to a huge spat between the Weinstein Company (who produces the show) and Bravo TV (the network that used to air the show). I'm sure we can expect this matter to make its way to court before the show actually makes its move but at this point, according to The NYP , Lifetime has acquired the rights to air this hugely successful show: [image] A courtroom ...
Bravo to Weinsteins: Sew You In Court
Jossip —
... today after, in a shock to them, losing the network’s biggest show, Project Runway, in a backroom dispute with producers. If things go accordingly, Lifetime will snap up the show, with a new season airing in November. “Weinstein officials said that NBC had filed the suit after ‘declining to compete for the right to have Project Runway‘ and the legal action was simply, NBC trying to ‘disrupt the series moving to Lifetime.’” [NYP, ...
‘PROJECT RUNWAY’ Catfight!
Celebrity Mound —
... including the right to decide whether it is in the best interest of the company to continue to air the show under the proposed financial terms.”
Weinsten still owes Bravo one more season of “Runway,” which is among the highest rated shows on cable.
The Lifetime press release announcing the shift indicated that Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn would remain on the show but failed to say whether Nina Garcia or Michael Kors would also come over with it.
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