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Aired summer 2008 · Filmed in Manhattan

New York

The last Bravo run. Sixteen designers, a creative team at full strength, and a season that arrives knowing the network handoff is coming but doesn't let the inflection point inside the workroom.

Filmed
New York City
Premiered
Jul 16, 2008
Bravo · Wednesday 9/8c
Episodes
14
Format
Standard format · 16 designers
final Bravo-era season
Cast size
16 players
16 designers, Parsons workroom
Host
Heidi Klum
Heidi Klum's fifth season at the helm
01The take

New York.

The last Bravo run. Sixteen designers, a creative team at full strength, and a season that arrives knowing the network handoff is coming but doesn't let the inflection point inside the workroom.

The high mark before the move. The Bravo era closes on a season that plays its strengths without flinching.
02The shape of the season

A rhythm worth tracking.

The Bravo era closes on a high. Sixteen designers, a workroom that has been running the format for four years, and a creative team that knows exactly what the show is. The judges' table reads relaxed in a way that only comes from repetition, and the runway critique is quick without feeling rushed. The off-camera context — a network move pending, the format on the move with it — never gets inside the season. A confident final Bravo run.

03Where it sits in the canon

The #03 slot.

Slot #03 of 10 in the Project Runway Editor's Canon. The neighbors below frame what we ranked above and below it.

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06Also appears in

Cross-references.

Also appears in
Project Runway S5 — New York — tiered.tv