It's Settled! Project Runway To Return in August
Good news, Project Runway fans: The legal feud between NBC chief Jeff Zucker and Weinstein Co. co-founder Harvey Weinstein over the show's fate has been settled—and it didn't even require having the two face off in a cage fighting match, although that would have been nice, come to think of it. The Weinstein Co. agreed to pay a "multiple millions" to NBC for ripping the show away NBC-owned Bravo and taking it to Lifetime, although Weinstein agreed to hold off airing new episodes until August, which gives Bravo a headstart with their Runway lookalike, The Fashion Show.
But Harvey gets something out of the settlement, too: Now that the squabble is settled, he can finally start collecting some of the $150 million he wrangled out of Lifetime for rights to the franchise, much-needed cash flow that probably explains why Harvey seemed so chipper about the outcome: "I want to personally congratulate Jeff Zucker and NBCU on their success in the litigation and thank Jeff for resolving this in a professional manner." Thank? For the sake of Harvey's rep, we're going to assume this is not evidence that he's going soft but merely a symptom of low blood sugar.
