The Lifetime channel is making it very clear that it's sick and tired of being a punchline B-list comediennes use when talking about what they do when they get dumped or are on their periods.
First the network sneakily snatched away Bravo's trendy reality program Project Runway. Now it's delving even deeper into the hip fashion game with a new original reality series, Blush: The Search for the Next Great Makeup Artist. Because culture just doesn't celebrate the useless but moneymaking fashion industry enough!
Yet despite its similarities to shows like Runway and Shear Genius, Blush also promises to be quite different—it's going to be much, much worse. That's because it's basically a goddamn unabashed infomercial.
Courtesy a court injunction, The Weinstein Co. can't move Project Runway to Lifetime until NBC Universal gets its say in court.
WAS IT A LEGGINGS CHALLENGE? "When Project Runway returns on Lifetime in 2009, [Lindsay Lohan] will sit in the guest judge's chair for the season premiere. According to Access Hollywood, the 22-year-old — who has been in New York City recently shooting episodes of ABC's Ugly Betty — filmed the premiere episode on Thursday."
This, ladies and gentleman, is what's passing for a winning design on this dismal season of Project Runway. Yes, we know it was an outfit for drag queens, but come on!
An interesting theory we read on the Internets suggests that Bravo might be intentionally sabotaging Proj Run before it goes away to Lifetime, which is so catty and rude that it makes perfect sense when talking about a reality show about fashion. Discuss!
FIEEEEEEEEEERCE! "On Monday, the Weinstein Co., which produces Bravo signature series 'Project Runway,' said it was moving the show to Lifetime in a five-year deal, starting with its sixth season in November. Bravo parent company, NBC Universal, was not particularly pleased with the news and countered by filing a breach-of-contract lawsuit against the Weinstein Co. aimed at preventing 'Runway's' run to Lifetime."
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