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Aired fall 2021 · Filmed in Manhattan

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The recovery cycle. Project Runway's nineteenth season runs the modern-era format back at full production scale in the Manhattan workroom after a disrupted prior run.

Filmed
New York City
Premiered
Oct 14, 2021
Bravo · Thursday 8/7c
Format
Standard format · modern creative team
full-scale modern-era cycle
Host
Karlie Kloss
Karlie Kloss's third season as host
01The take

New York.

The recovery cycle. Project Runway's nineteenth season runs the modern-era format back at full production scale in the Manhattan workroom after a disrupted prior run.

The footing back. The modern era at normal scale again — a steadying cycle after an interrupted one.
02The shape of the season

A rhythm worth tracking.

The recovery cycle. Project Runway's nineteenth season runs the modern-era format back at full production scale, steadying the show after a disrupted prior run. The Manhattan workroom and the rebooted creative team are intact, the casting energy is even, and the season's argument is structural — the format works when the conditions let it. The canon places it low in the modern group: a competent run that recovers footing without producing a standout workroom.

03Where it sits in the canon

The #18 slot.

Slot #18 of 20 in the Project Runway Editor's Canon. The neighbors below frame what we ranked above and below it.

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04What to watch for

3 moments, no spoilers.

  • Ep 1 · Full-scale return

    The season opens with production back at normal scale. Watch the modern creative team run the format without the constraints of the prior cycle.

  • Ep 7 · Mid-run

    By this stretch the season's rhythm has settled. Notice the modern-era workroom-to-runway pacing operating cleanly again.

  • Ep 12 · Late field

    The pre-finale run narrows here. Watch the rebuilt judges' table work at speed as the strongest benches separate.

06Also appears in

Cross-references.

Also appears in
Project Runway S19 — New York — tiered.tv