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Lifetime To Further Ruin Project Runway

Hey, remember how Lifetime (Television for Women) went out and stole Project Runway from Bravo? That was fun! I mean who better to tuck a popular reality show into bed, kiss its forehead, and once and for all say good night than the only television network more stultifyingly boring than Animal Planet? Everyone knows that after the fashion design competition show leaves Bravo (after one more season, to air this summer), the show will just be weird and wrong and no one will watch. Would you like lady proof? Maire Claire might be taking over for Elle in the whole magazine tie-in racket. Ah, yes. Noted dictator of fashion Marie Claire magazine. I'm looking forward to such Lifetime/Marie Claire-centric challenges as "Stretch Pants, School Dance!", in which contestants design middle school dance chaperon outfits, and "Better Get Sweater Set!", in which contestants design sweater sets for Carol to bring on the cruise with Judy, Hal, and the kids. It might get cold at night. Way to go Lifetime! More »

11:03 AM on Mon May 5 2008
By Richard
2,088 views, 39 comments

Latest by n/a: i love animal planet. Be nice to them. more »

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Breaking My 'The Hills' Vaginity

"Reaching... for something in the distance... so close you can almost taste it... Release your inhibitions, feel the rain on your skin..." As I listened to my former coworker Doree's boyfriend sing along to "The Hills" theme song last night—serious, he's straight!—, I understood that I was in for a television experience like no other. That's right: last night was the first time I have ever watched an episode of the MTV scripted reality series 'The Hills!' How? More »

4:20 PM on Tue Sep 18 2007
By Emily Gould
10,964 views, 52 comments

Latest by Chaim Gnadelstein: @bess marvin, girl detective: Yeah, the dating contest shows are definitely offensive to women, but the characters are so over-the-top in most instances that it's much harder to contextualize them seriously as actual people, let alone desire to emulate them in more »