Project Runway Rules Seattle
The big drama on Project Runway this week was Jude Law getting thrown off the show for having contraband in his room at the PR compound and we have to say that it was more than a little disappointing how quietly he went into that good night. Can you imagine past villians getting thrown off the show for having fashion books in their room? Santino would have popped a neck vein and whipped Gunn with it until he repeated, "whatever happend to Andre" ad infinitum, but Jude just sat and took it. And left.
The most interesting thing about the whole incident is that we're aware of it. We anticipated it, we read the SLOG analysis in the run-up and we watched it. Seattlest is in no way a fashionista and, sorry Seattle, neither are most of you. In the Emerald City fleece has been the new black for so long it's not even funny to point out anymore, but the situation remains. We're apparently digging Project Runway, though. According to a snippet of a press release we have in our posession, PR broke some Bravo ratings records this week and was #1 in its timeslot in Seattle and San Francisco.
PROJECT RUNWAY #1 SHOW ON CABLE LAST NIGHT AND MOST WATCHED TELECAST IN BRAVO HISTORY#1 SHOW ON BOTH CABLE AND BROADCAST IN ITS TIMESLOT IN SEATTLE, BALTIMORE, SAN FRANCISCO,PROVIDENCE AND SAN DIEGO
NEW YORK - August 3, 2006 - Bravo said Auf Wiedersehen to the competition last night! The Emmy-nominated breakthrough series "Project Runway" broke ratings records for the network. Last night's buzz-worthy episode was the #1 cable show of the day, and was the most watched telecast in Bravo history among total viewers, outperforming the previous record held by the "Project Runway" season 2 finale. More than 3.4 million total viewers tuned-in to the much-blogged-about and highly-anticipated episode, making it the #1 program of the day on cable. It also was #1 in in Adults 18-34 (1.4 million), 18-49 (2.2 million) and 25-54 (2.0 million).
"Project Runway" was the #1 show in its time slot for both cable and broadcast networks in major markets, based on metered market cable HH ratings, in Seattle (9.2), Baltimore (7.4), San Francisco (7.0), Providence (7.0), San Diego (5.6).
