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As someone (I think it was one of the models in the after-show) said, lots of the designers seemed talented in the early going of this “Project Runway” season. Now? Not so much. What’s gone wrong? Has stress gotten…

After finishing at the bottom for three of the first four weeks on “Project Runway,” designer Qristyl Frazier was done in Thursday night by a little black dress declared safe, boring and cheap-looking by the judges.

Frazier, 42, a graduate of the Visual…

Viewers likely won’t notice, but the Lifetime networks will become part of A&E under a deal announced Thursday. Lifetime had been owned by ABC/Disney and Hearst; the two partners also own A&E along with NBC Universal. After the deal closes,…

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Qristyl Frazier

It wasn’t an auspicious start for the two Missouri designers in the season premiere of “Project Runway.” Both Qristyl Frazier, a St. Louis native now living and working in New York, and Ari Fish of Kansas City wound up in…

Frazier

Qristyl Frazier, 42, who now lives in New York, was announced Thursday as one of 16 designers for Season 6 of “Project Runway,” which debuts Aug. 20 on Lifetime. Her “official bio” tells us Frazier is self-employed, loves Gaultier and…

"Road Trip" gets on the road.

With the holiday behind us, TV’s summer schedule picks up, with several interesting debuts this week, plus the return (like a bad penny) of “Big Brother.” Here are details:

“Great American Road Trip,” 7 p.m. Tuesday…

'Fashion Show' designer Merlin.

Given: “The Fashion Show,” which made its debut tonight on Bravo, is a deliberate copy of “Project Runway” — a ripoff, if you will. When the Weinstein Co. decided to yank “Runway” from Bravo and hand it…

Roland and Joan

Lifetime’s “Army Wives,” which stars St. Louisan Sterling K. Brown as the lone Army husband, begins its third season on June 7, airing at 9 p.m. Sundays. The 18 new episodes find new dad Roland (Brown, MICDS Class…

I don’t know why Lifetime isn’t rushing “Project Runway” onto the air now that legalities have been cleared up. But the cable network has announced that the new season, which has already been completed, would premiere on Aug. 20. Here…

Out of nowhere comes word that the “Project Runway” dispute has been settled. The Weinstein Co. will buy out NBC Universal; “Runway” will move to Lifetime. No word on when, but the season is finished and I’d expect Lifetime to…