Project Runway

Project Runway starts its second season on Lifetime not with a bang but with a whimper. Even though I have watched every season of Project Runway religiously, I only found out yesterday that PR was premiering. Many on Twitter felt the same way. I have to wonder why Lifetime wouldn’t help promote one of their biggest shows.

Gone this season is the annoying model show, and in this season is a new show with former Project Runway competitors, Santino and Austin Scarlett. The two will be on a road trip across the countryside to bring couture to women that may not be up to date in terms of fashion. I missed this show and will be tivoing it because those two together are gold. In fact, I advise you tivo Project Runway as well because there are a ton of commercials.

Find information on all of the designers mylifetime.com/shows/project-runway. The personalities all seem to be a mix of what we have seen before. A couple of changes this year. First there isn’t a show just dedicated to getting to know all the people on the show. When the designers get to New York, they start right away into a challenge. Next the show has been expanded to 90 minutes. Thirty more minutes for more drama! The last update is the addition of Piperlime.com instead of the Bluefly wall. We’ll have to see what that means to the season.

We’ll see how this season goes. I don’t have a favorite designer yet, but last season I didn’t have one until half-way through the season. The next-on shows that they may be kicking off more than one designer per show. What do you think of the first episode of Project Runway?

Project Runway lets you control nearly every aspect of the design and modeling experience – from designing the look to walking the walk (with the Balance Board, of course).

The game will feature the Tim Gunn we all know and love as well as host Heidi Klum and judges Nina Garcia and Michael Kors. Season 6 winner Irina Shabayeva will also appear. Check out the trailer below for some gameplay footage. I sort of wish we got more control over the clothing design, but hey, it’s a Wiimote, not a pair of scissors, right?

Project Runway was a hot mess last season and I wonder if everyone involved knew it. Not to take anything away from the winner, but the cast and the challenges were boring and few people even cared as the season went on. But because I love Tim Gunn, I’m excited to give Project Runway and Lifetime a chance when season 7 starts today on Lifetime at 10pm et/pt.

This time they are going back to their roots. Tim Gunn and team are back in New York and Lifetime is going to broadcast in HD. It looked terrible last season. So I’m really excited about that. In a radio interview earlier today, Tim Gunn stated that the judges will be the same (except guest judges) but that Nina and Michael Kors will be in every episode. Last season there were many absences by the much loved and sometimes hated judges.

On the official website you can read about each of the contestants and see their try-out videos. You’ll also be able to view their sketches and designs. My bet is they chose people with big personalities that will make us want to care about their journey on PR. Of course, I’ll always watch for Tim Gunn though.

I’ll be watching tonight. After the show, let’s talk in the forums about early favs and what you thought of the new episode!

Activision Blizzard caused quite a stir when their last tv ads featured Heidi Klum dancing around playing Guitar Hero. Interestingly enough, the ones featuring all male athletes didn’t cause alot of media talk.

How does Activision Blizzard top themselves? By going straight to creator of Playboy, Hugh Hefner. The first tv ads will be shown during Big Brother today and they will feature Hugh Hefner and some of the bunnies.

A senior brand manager told MCV that:

“We have enlisted the help of Hugh Hefner and his Playboy bunnies for the TV advertising, which should appeal to our fans – and also guarantees their attention, at least for duration of the advert,” he said.

“We saw from our work with Heidi in the previous creative that enlisting the help of true talent for our advertising can spread the Guitar Hero name virally. Our director’s cut of the Heidi TV ad still remains one of the most viewed on YouTube.”

Project Runway

Project Runway is finally coming to Lifetime and Season 6 is turning into a reality. Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn are both back with judges Michael Kors and Nina Garcia. The season starts on Thursday, August 20 at 10pm et/pt.

This year the models will get their own show called, “Models of the Runway”. The show will start at 11 and give fans a look at Project Runway from the model’s point of view.

“I am a huge fan of Project Runway and could not be happier that Season Six will be premiering on Lifetime, the #1 network for women,” said Andrea Wong, President and CEO, Lifetime Networks. “The talent in this all-new season is nothing short of amazing, and I can’t wait for all of the fans to see the incredible work of these brilliant designers.”

On July 9th the official website will be revealed showing fans some details about the top 16 talented designers and give us insight on what sort of drama we’re in store for.

The new season starts August 20 at 10pm ET/PT. Follow PR on Twitter here. We’ll have a live blog for the launch of Project Runway here on GamingAngels.com