Project Runway

This new season 21 format is horrible. It seems to have left all its respect for both the viewers and the artists with the past seasons. It's favoring drama and personalities over the fashion and honest critique.

Gone are the days of seeing the artists dream up their designs, laboring over choosing fabrics at mood, honest fittings and struggles over construction.

And most importantly, gone are the days of honest critiques that send home the worst designs. The judges are clearly choosing the largest personalities to stay and sending home the more subdued contestants who just want to design and let their work shine.

So disappointing.

I used to really love this show and I still do but a lot of things have changed in the new season and it just isn't working. The new judge Law Roach is obnoxious and rude and the show is generally without class and originality, just provoking reactions from the designers to have something going on for the viewers. It lacks quality.

Glad the show is still being produced, but I'm not impressed by the new hostess or with Christian as mentor (liked him as a designer though). It's just not the same. I miss Tim; he's great.

Although reality TV starts to get to me after awhile, BRAVO has done an excellent job with "Project Runway." By cleverly combining creativity with the standard rapid elimination proceedings so familiar to reality TV, a slew of 12 amateur fashion designers compete for their chance to win big with a fashion contract and a place at New York's infamous Olympus Fashion Week. What makes this show so interesting is how creative some of the designers can be and how their personalities are conveyed through their designs. You'll pick a favorite and root for them each week. Although this show has been criticized in the media for being a rip-off of UPN's successful "America's Next Top Model," it combines artistic bravado with competition, as opposed to looks and luck. It's an interesting concept and it works well here. Unfortunately, the future doesn't bode well for "Project Runway." According to several industry publications recounting ratings numbers, the show has been doing very bad in the ratings and there isn't plans for a second season unless things take a turn for the better.

Christian Siriano is a terrible mentor. He's not inspirational or motivational. He is snarky, and when a contestant is stumped or down in the dumps - Christian kicks them while they are down. The show went downhill when Heidi Klum & Tim Gunn left- contestants & judges.