Project Runway

Project Runway (Bravo, Wednesdays 10 p.m.) is the best reality show in the history of TV. Now in its fourth season, this is a competition show that requires real skill of its contestants.

Emmy-nominated competition reality series "Project Runway" features host supermodel Heidi Klum and a panel of industry luminaries, including judges Michael Kors, top women's and men's wear designer and Nina Garcia, Elle magazine fashion director, as they decide who is “in” and who is “out.”

Tim Gunn, Chief Creative Officer at Liz Claiborne, Inc. once again acts as a mentor to the contestants as they navigate weekly fashion challenges. In what will prove to be the most exciting season yet, some of the biggest names in fashion, sports and design will guest star this season on “Runway.”

The 15 “Project Runway” contestants will be whittled down to the finalists who will show their own line in front of an audience of fashion industry movers and shakers at New York Fashion Week.

Like all reality shows, the producers throw increasingly difficult challenges at the competitors. Previous seasons have had challenges such as: design an outfit out of garbage. Design an outfit out nothing but the clothes currently on your own back. Design an outfit out of nothing but the items in the show-provided apartment. It's simply amazing what the competitors manage to come up with, all under tremendous time pressure, of course.

Mentor and guide Tim Gunn is the heart and soul of the show. He periodically makes the rounds of the workroom as the designers are frantically sewing and piecing together their creations. He'll pause at someone's station, put his hand to his chin and murmur, "I'm worried." Some of the idiot designers actually argue with him at this point, and they're usually the ones to get eliminated in the next round. Tim's advice is always perfect.

The perfect companion to watching Project Runway is reading the blog Project Rungay. Their "About Us" states, and I quote, "Two fabulously glamorous fags ripping the show they L-O-V-E to watch." Tom and Lorenzo analyze Project Runway in excruciating detail, and they spare no opinions. Their blog is absolutely hilarious.