Reality Roll Call

In an unexpected turn of events NBC Universal has won an injunction against the producers of the reality show, Project Runway, preventing the show’s move from Bravo to Lifetime.

Project Runway’s producer, the Weinstein Co. announced last winter that it would be moving the show to Lifetime, starting with its sixth season this winter. Bravo’s parent company NBC Universal filed a breach of contract lawsuit against the production company. Today, the results of the preliminary injunction were revealed.

“NBC Universal is pleased that the court granted our motion for a preliminary injunction against the Weinstein Co.,” NBC Uni said in a statement. “The overwhelming evidence demonstrated that the Weinstein Co. violated NBC Universal’s right of first refusal to future cycles of ‘Project Runway.’ After hearing all of the evidence, the court issued an order prohibiting the Weinstein Co. from taking the show or any spinoff to Lifetime.”

But the “charity” part clues me in that these women won’t be putting a hit out on anyone. I’m pretty perceptive, huh? But get ready for Lifetime to serve up a gritty look at hard-core charity event planning in the unforgiving town of Washington, D.C. This show is not for the faint of heart, so if you can’t handle the sight of young, wealthy, ambitious women doing what needs to be done to be sucessful in their lives, do not tune in.

From Lifetime:

In the city that is home to some of the world’s most important power players, one group of young women dominate the social scene, an exclusive group known as the ‘Blonde Charity Mafia,’ comprised of the capital’s social heavy-hitters, Katherine Kennedy and Krista Johnson. Also featured is Sophie Pyle, an acquaintance of the girls, who is always in attendance at the charity functions thrown by Katherine and Krista. Their events are always a hot ticket; their dating lives are gossiped about; and sometimes merely their simple daily activities are chatter within the D.C. social set. Throwing these glamorous soirees every week, they are the young personalities of Georgetown and the darlings of the city’s most fashionable clubs and hottest restaurants.