Project Runway

The show’s about finding really amazing chefs and showing what they can do, and we got to do that in this season. I don’t think there was anything pathetic about people in this season. They were all really good. The standard now is so much higher than it was at the beginning. — Robert Philpot

While the parties haggle, production is nearly complete on the sixth season, set in Los Angeles instead of New York, with guest judges such as Lindsay Lohan, Eva Longoria and Rebecca Romijn assessing the work of a new batch of designers.

Project Runway: The fifth and last season on Bravo begins tonight before the show shifts to the Lifetime cable network next year. Heidi Klum again hosts, with help from judges Nina Garcia and Michael Kors. Scheduled guest arbiters this season include Brooke Shields, Apolo Ohno, LL Cool J,...

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Project Runway: The season finale comes down to snippy but gifted Christian, steadily good but somewhat repetitive Rami, and murmuring underdog Jillian, all of whom show off what they believe is their best work during New York's Fashion Week. The odds seem to be in Christian's favor, but...

America's Next Top Model: Even though Project Runway cops more critical buzz, I suspect it wouldn't exist if ANTM hadn't struck a chord first. And tonight, ANTM borrows from the Runway world as the remaining models walk the walk in dresses made by student designers. Dallas' Ambreal, who ha...