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The Bravo era's confident exit.
The high mark before the move. The Bravo era closes on a season that plays its strengths without flinching.
Back up to sixteen designers.
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.
The #03 slot.
Slot #03 of 21 in the Project Runway Editor's Canon. Season five is Project Runway's Bravo era closing on a confident note. By summer 2008 the production crew had run the format for four years, the judges' table read from muscle memory, and the runway critique had the speed of repetition without losing the weight. The casting energy is strong end to end, the workroom operates at its full sixteen-designer scale, and the off-camera context — the pending move to a new network — never gets inside the season. The canon places it third because the season is the clearest evidence of what Project Runway looks like at full strength, executed by a team running its own show.