Bristol Palin Lands Reality TV Show

Like the rest of Season 6, finale was a bore

(NEWSER) - It was hard to care who won last night’s Project Runway season finale, but it was easy to say who lost: fans. The move to Lifetime—and, probably more important, the switch in production companies—proved disastrous for the once-brilliant reality show, Heather Havrilesky writes for Salon . “The story of Season 6 was that there was no story.” Either the contestants had no personalities or the producers did a terrible job finding them. More»

(NEWSER) - Project Runway is back after an interminable absence on a new network in a new city, but critics agree the fashion design reality show has kept all its charm intact.

• PR has "hopped channels from Bravo to Lifetime with none of its appeal damaged in transit," Troy Patterson writes on Slate. And the move from NYC to LA has the show "cultivating an US Weekly populism and making its take on the grammar of chic more approachable."

Legal jousting over, show back in summer to face Bravo knockoff

(NEWSER) - After a nearly season-long hiatus, Project Runway will finally be back on air this summer, the Washington Post reports. In an out-of-court deal, the Weinstein Co. has agreed to pay NBC for allowing the show to move to Lifetime. And—as is common in the fashion world—NBC plans to copy Runway style and offer a near clone of the longtime Bravo fixture. More»

'The Houston Family Chronicles ' will appear on Lifetime

(NEWSER) - A new reality show premiering on Lifetime will center on the late Whitney Houston's family and friends, reports the Los Angeles Times . The Houston Family Chronicles will star “those closest to the pop music icon as they try to pick up the pieces after her untimely death,” according to a statement from Lifetime. Houston died three months ago at age 48. More»

Or, as she and Gino Paoletti call it, getting 'trial married'

(NEWSER) - If you've been holding out hope that star-crossed lovers Bristol Palin and Levi Johnston would find their happily-ever-after, we have bad news for you: Not only is Levi having a kid with another woman, it turns out Bristol is also moving on in quite a significant way. According to that most trustworthy of news sources, the National Enquirer, as cited by the equally trustworthy Daily Mail , Palin is planning to enter into a "trial marriage" with boyfriend Gino Paoletti. Or, as we commoners refer to it, the couple will be shacking up. More»