Soooo, remember how Weinstein Company, the producers of Project Runway, unexpectedly yanked their hit show from NBC-owned Bravo's clutches and up and sold the show to Lifetime? Scandalous!Well, NBC promised not to go down without a fight, arguing that Weinstein Co. failed to abide by their contractual obligation to give Bravo the right of refusal before shopping the show to other networks. Now, NBC has been granted a preliminary injunction that prevents Weinstein Co. from taking the show to Lifetime.
"NBC Universal is pleased that the court granted our motion for a preliminary injunction against the Weinstein Company," they said in a statement.
Weinstein and nem are, of course, appealing, and in the meantime, Project Runway fans will be getting the shaft. Until the matter is resolved, the show will not air on either network.Lifetime had already begun production on the sixth cycle of PR, to begin airing in January with Lindsay Lohan as the first guest judge. Now all anyone can do is wait patiently for a judge to sort it out.
Meanwhile, this season's finale airs October 15, perhaps for the last time on Bravo.
