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Article: `Project Runway' Walks to Lifetime
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- April 8, 2008
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The Peabody Award-winning "Project Runway" is walking to Lifetime, and NBC Universal Co. responded Monday by suing the hit reality show's makers to keep the series on its Bravo network.
Lifetime announced that it had reached a reported $150 million deal with the Weinstein Co. to televise five seasons of "Project Runway" beginning in November. The show just completed its fourth season on Bravo last month, drawing nearly 5.2 million viewers to its finale.
NBC Universal complained that Weinstein violated an agreement to give Bravo the right of first refusal to the series after the initial five-season run concluded.
The company, in court papers, said ...