1. Nina, can you hear me?

2. Lifetime, you’re kidding about those “most talked about season” commercials, yes?

3. As far as bridal challenges go, could you have picked a worse week editorially? Nope!

4. The rest of you also thought Tamara was going to be a bigger bitch, right?

5. Would Anja have totally killed in Gordana’s dress? Of course. Sorry for the rhetorical.

6. MK, did you just bring up Cher? Yep, you did. Thank you for balancing out the bad and the Nina-less with a little bit of diva - even if it wasn’t your pithiest moment.

1. Who misses Tim saying, “Don’t bore Nina”, since you know, Nina’s never there anymore? So yes, Lifetime, that means we’re still kind of in a fight.

2. Michael, thank god you’re back. Will you please bring a few more bons mots along the lines of “teal charmeuse disco pumpkin” next week? It makes Thursdays at 10 pm way less dull than they’ve been lately. Thanks.

3. Also, how much did you love that he couldn’t contain his disgust as Louise’s dresses came down the runway? Because seriously, wow and ew, those things were Bad News Bears all the way around.

4. If Tim hates leggings so much, how could he ever support Lindsay Lohan’s design efforts for anything, let alone Ungaro?

5. Should we introduce Louise to Peter Copping so she can learn something about pretty, romantic ruffles?

I’m not sure how many fashion brain cells I’m still working with, so forgive me if I’m a little punchy!

1. Lifetime, you realize Michael Kors is one of the stars of this show, right? WTF? I don’t want to have to ask this question again next week.

2. Also, did you know it would grate on the last nerve I have left this week to bring Eva Longoria Parker to the show? Ugh. Well, it did. So thanks for that.

3. Why not use Booth, the actual fashion critic as one of the judges? You know the woman that does this sort of thing for a living at one of the country’s major newspapers.

4. Why was anyone surprised that the recovering meth addict was also a liar? I mean, I’m glad the guy got sober, but I’m sure he’s well-practiced in the art.

5. And how awesome was it when Tim got all “incredulous” about the whole thing? I love pissed off TG.

We didn’t get a chance to watch the first episode until last weekend. Our apologies for not recapping. But we’re back to analyzing Heidi, Tim, Nina and the gang as they take over FIDM and Lifetime.

1. Where’s Michael? You know he would have had some zingers for Malvin’s sling, Mitchell’s shorts, and Ra’mon’s darts.

2. What up with the chicken fetish, Malvin?

3. Don’t you bet Jerry O’Connell and Rebecca Romijn have really fun date nights? Bowling perhaps?

4. Speaking of Rebecca, isn’t it still hard to remember to drop the Stamos from her name?

5. Did Qristyl (don’t even get me started on the spelling of her name) actually call something outdated and then show up to the runway wearing what looked like a full-length patchwork leather skirt and a really bad jean jacket?

“What’s jarring is the marriage between the series and its new home. Project Runway is Barneys; Lifetime is Kohl’s. The cable outfit that broadcasts Army Wives and Reba reruns maintains an ethos that says, ‘Viewer, I see your cellulite; I’m down with your fibromyalgia; I know your menopausal misery.’ …the current season [of PR] is loaded with the unwrinkled: 9 of the 16 competitors are under 30, possibly a function of the fact that the casting is now conducted by Bunim/Murray, producers of The Real World. And yet there is no mistake that you’re watching Lifetime when you encounter Qristyl, a 41-year-old woman who designs plus-size clothing and makes no excuses. “I don’t call it plus-size,” she tells us, ‘I call it plus-sexy.’” —Ginia Bellafante in her NY Times review of the new season of Project Runway.

Lifetime just launched their website devoted to the new season of Project Runway. The show doesn’t start airing until August 20 at 10 pm, but there is certainly a lot to digest about the new cast until then.

We haven’t had a chance to watch all the videos yet but we will certainly be doing just that once we get home tonight. Peeking inside someone’s home or closet is usually pretty genius. And casting videos always make for an amusing time too.

Another cool section is called Designer Portfolios where you can look at inspirations for each of the contestants as well as the work they’ve done prior to the show. And we’re told that once episodes start airing the site will feature unseen sketches from each challenge.

God, do we love having a new cast of characters to dissect, analyze and critique. Is that wrong of us?

Brian Stelter from the Times just Twittered that the NBC/Weinstein lawsuit has been settled, and Project Runway will air on Lifetime. Chirp.

We don’t know if Project Runway will ever return to small screens, especially now that yet another lawsuit’s been set in motion, nor do we know whether it will ever return to it’s once glorious place if it does indeed come back to life, but here’s a fun fact:

Looks like that copycat version Bravo’s trying out, Fashion House, really is happening since they’ve posted the dates for their nationwide casting call (full details after the jump) on their site.

On a side note, does anyone else think it’s weird that the GenArt site’s linked at the end of the application rules for the show? Does this mean they’re helping with the castings, just like with seasons one and three of Project Runway? Because then, well, this Adventures in Copyrights might have a chance.

Sorry to start your weekend off like this, but this statement’s been emailed to some press from NBC Universal:

“NBC Universal is pleased that the court granted our motion for a preliminary injunction against The Weinstein Company. The overwhelming evidence demonstrated that The Weinstein Company violated NBC Universal’s right of first refusal to future cycles of Project Runway. After hearing all of the evidence, the court issued an order prohibiting The Weinstein Company from taking the show or any spin-off to Lifetime.”

Questions:

1. Will PR go back to Bravo, or does that mean it’s just (gasp) done?

2. Does this affect Nina Garcia’s job / tenure / existence at Marie Claire?

3. What about Project Runway: The Movie where they just mash all the episodes into one big marathon? Can that happen?

4. What will Heidi Klum do with all her free time?!

When news got out that the new Project Runway would be leaving Bravo for Lifetime, the general reaction was, “Lifetime? You mean the channel that plays The Golden Girls?” [Full disclosure: I’m a huge GG fan, that’s Golden, not Gossip, and I maintain Blanche Devereux was the original Samantha.]

And it looks like Lifetime made have heard us loud and clear. Former intern Brett wrote in to let us know that Lifetime’s changed its logo - and it kind of looks a bit like Interview’s.

We love it whenever there are cuter outfits involved.