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Lifetime Files Countersuit Against NBC Over "Project Runway"

Bloomberg/New York Post | Posted 11.20.2008 | Media


General Electric's NBC Universal was sued by Lifetime Networks over claims it is wrongfully blocking the cable channel from airing future episodes of ...

"Project Runway" Frozen On Catwalk Amid Legal Tangle

New York Times | Posted 11.19.2008 | Entertainment


LOS ANGELES -- At a time when audiences are shrinking for almost every type of television program, it stands to reason that producers and network exec...

"Top Chef" Ratings: 2.7 Million Watch For New All-Time High

Hollywood Reporter | James Hibberd | Posted 11.13.2008 | Media


Bravo's "Top Chef" continued it streak of record-breaking premieres Wednesday night; the fifth season debut setting a new all-time high. The New Yo...

Weinsteins Sue Bravo For Refusing To Promote "Project Runway"

Hollywood Reporter | Leslie Simmons | Posted 10.28.2008 | Media


Bravo isn't the only one claiming it's been damaged by the decision to move "Project Runway" to Lifetime. In papers filed Friday in federal court in ...

NBC Preps "Project Runway" Clone

New York Post | Page Six | Posted 10.24.2008 | Media


NBC is using its legal clout to delay "Project Runway" from moving over to Lifetime while it launches a copycat show on its Bravo network, TV insiders...

Lifetime Mulls Its Post-"Runway" Plan

MediaWeek | Anthony Crupi | Posted 10.13.2008 | Media


The legal mêlée over the rights to Project Runway could keep the show off the air until next summer--and while a delay would put a crimp in Lifetime...

NBC Wins "Project Runway" Lawsuit, Prevents Show's Move To Lifetime

AP | Posted 09.27.2008 | Entertainment


LOS ANGELES — The reality fashion show "Project Runway" will not be able to strut its stuff on the Lifetime TV channel, a judge ruled Friday. A...

Bravo Renews Kathy Griffin's "Life On The D-List"

Hollywood Reporter | Kimberly Nordyke | Posted 09.22.2008 | Media


Bravo has picked up its Emmy-winning reality series "Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List" for a fifth season. The news comes amid reports that Griff...

Bravo Eyes Younger Demographic With 18-25 Orange County Show

Hollywood Reporter | Kimberly Nordyke and Nellie Andreeva | Posted 09.11.2008 | Media


Bravo, which found a successful franchise in "The Real Housewives of Orange County" and its spinoffs, is looking to the younger set for its next South...

Top Chef Chicago Love Fest

Flora Lazar | Posted 09.03.2008 | Chicago


Flora Lazar

Just when it began to look as if cable television's top rated food show had vanished from the streets of Chicago, Top Chef is wheeling a 48-foot semi-trailer with a full kitchen to the city that hosted its fourth and most recent season.

Sarah Jessica Parker's Reality Show "American Artist" Picked Up By Bravo

Hollywood Reporter | James Hibberd | Posted 07.21.2008 | Entertainment


Sarah Jessica Parker's art competition reality show has found a home at Bravo. The network has picked up "American Artist," from Parker's Pretty Matc...

Harvey Weinstein, Jeff Zucker Spar In Court Over "Project Runway"

AdWeek | Steve McClellan | Posted 07.18.2008 | Media


NEW YORK Jeff Zucker, president and CEO of NBC Universal, and Harvey Weinstein, co-chairman of The Weinstein Co. (TWC), offered colorful and conflicti...

"Date My Ex: Jo & Slade" Celebrates Premiere With Charity Date Auction

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 07.10.2008 | Entertainment


Slade Smiley, SVP & General Manager at Bravo Francis Berwick, SVP programming and production at Bravo Andy Cohen and Jo De La Rosa

"Top Chef" Season Finale Rocks Cable Ratings

Hollywood Reporter | Posted 06.13.2008 | Media


The Season 4 finale of Bravo's "Top Chef" on Wednesday drew 3.5 million total viewers and 2.5 million adults 18-49 to become the most-watched cable te...

"Top Chef" Picks First Female Winner

AP | ADAM GOLDMAN | Posted 06.12.2008 | Entertainment


NEW YORK — It took four seasons, but a woman finally took the top spot on Bravo's "Top Chef." Stephanie Izard, a 31-year-old, mild-mannered che...

Bravo Expands Brand Beyond TV, Launching "Top Chef Cruise"

Broadcasting & Cable | Anne Becker | Posted 05.05.2008 | Media


Bravo Media is striking new partnerships to sell everything from cruises to cookbooks tied to its shows, in an effort to take its brand name beyond te...

Step It Up And Finally Dance

Tonya Plank | Posted 04.21.2008 | Entertainment


Tonya Plank

Last Thursday's episode of Step It Up And Dance, Bravo's new reality dance show, which premiered three weeks ago, was, for the first time, actually about dance.

"Project Runway" Ditches Bravo For Lifetime, NBC Sues To Keep Hit Show

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 04.07.2008 | Media


Reality hit "Project Runway," the foundation of Bravo's transformation into a reality-based power network, is jumping ship in favor of women's network...

Lauren Zalaznick: Meet The Exec Behind Bravo's Transformation Into A Power Network

New York Times | Bill Carter | Posted 03.31.2008 | Media


Lauren Zalaznick, the woman behind the surging success of cable television's Bravo network is, in many ways, a model of the channel's viewers: She is...

Desperate for the (Real) Housewives

Meredith Blake | Posted 03.23.2008 | Entertainment


Meredith Blake

LuAnn is married to some dude whose family bought a royal title back in the day, and because of this she insists, without a hint of irony or self-deprecation, on referring to her husband simply as "the Count."

"Project Runway" Winner Siriano Wants "Project Britney"

After Elton | Posted 03.07.2008 | Entertainment


Season 4's "Project Runway" winner Christian Siriano says he wishes his new project was Britney Spears. In an interview with After Elton's Christie Ke...

Millionaire Matchmaker, or Love in the Time of Chlamydia

Brad Taylor Negron | Posted 03.01.2008 | Entertainment


Brad Taylor Negron

Patti the matchmaker looks into the camera and says, "I am so great at this." I have news for her: I know guy called Desmond Le Baron down in Long Beach who can pimp rings around her.

NBC Moves Web-Hit "quarterlife" To Bravo

Silicon Alley Insider | Michael Learmonth | Posted 02.28.2008 | Media


That was quick. After a one-night tryout, NBC is pulling "Quarterilfe" off the air. But it will get a second chance on national TV: NBC U is about to...

Project Runway Season 4 Has Got Game, Gunn, and Gays Galore!

Shari Albert | Posted 11.07.2007 | Entertainment


Shari Albert

Who are our new characters? Who's going to be our bad boy? Who'll be our next diva, our new sweet heart? Who will we love to hate?

Bravo Announces Premiere Date, New Cast For "Project Runway"

E! Online | Sarah Hall | Posted 09.28.2007 | Home


The time has come to work it out on another season of Project Runway. The fourth season of the fashion-forward series premieres on Bravo Nov. 14, the...