UPDATE: PROJECT RUNWAY Returns to the Catwalk With August 20 Premiere on Lifetime Television

UPDATE: PROJECT RUNWAY Returns to the Catwalk With August 20 Premiere on Lifetime Television

Hosted by Supermodel HEIDI KLUM with Mentor TIM GUNN and Judges MICHAEL KORS and Marie Claire's NINA GARCIA, THE WEINSTEIN COMPANY, MIRAMAX FILMS, BUNIM-MURRAY PRODUCTIONS and FULL PICTURE PRODUCTIONS Produced Series Sews Up Sixteen New Contestants as They Compete to Show at New York Fashion Week

All-New Series MODELS OF THE RUNWAY to Air Immediately Following PROJECT RUNWAY

NEW YORK, April 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Lifetime Television sews up the summer with the highly anticipated Emmy(R)-nominated and Peabody(R) Award-winning hit series Project Runway, premiering on Thursday, August 20, at 10PM ET/PT. Produced by The Weinstein Company, Miramax Films, Bunim-Murray Productions and Full Picture Productions, host Heidi Klum, mentor Tim Gunn and judges Michael Kors (leading fashion designer) and Nina Garcia (fashion director of Marie Claire magazine), will guide sixteen new contestants as they show off their design skills to see who makes the cut for Fashion Week. Filmed in Los Angeles and New York, Project Runway also features influential guest judges from the worlds of fashion, music, film and television.

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"I am a huge fan of Project Runway and could not be happier that Season Six will be premiering on Lifetime, the #1 network for women," said Andrea Wong, President and CEO, Lifetime Networks. "The talent in this all-new season is nothing short of amazing, and I can't wait for all of the fans to see the incredible work of these brilliant designers."

Models of the Runway, an exciting new companion series, will air at 11:00PM ET/PT, beginning August 20, immediately following Project Runway. Each 30-minute episode will give fans a behind-the-scenes look at the reality competition - from the models' perspective. Viewers can experience the drama, anxiety, joys, tears and frustrations as the models themselves face elimination each week and compete for a cash prize and photo spread in Marie Claire magazine.

ABOUT PROJECT RUNWAY

Hosted by supermodel and fashion maven Heidi Klum, the hit series provides budding designers with an opportunity to launch their careers in fashion, under the watchful eye of mentor and Liz Claiborne Chief Creative Officer Tim Gunn. The wildly successful competition reality series has proven to be one of television's most talked about shows and was the highest rated reality competition on all of cable for 2008.

Project Runway and Models of the Runway are executive produced by Jon Murray and Sara Rea of Bunim-Murray Productions (The Real World). Heidi Klum, Desiree Gruber and Jane Cha of New York

City-based Full Picture also executive produce both series. John Miller and Barbara Schneeweiss oversaw the production on behalf of The Weinstein Company.

ABOUT BUNIM-MURRAY PRODUCTIONS

Bunim-Murray Productions is the leading independent producer of innovative entertainment content. The company is widely credited with creating the reality television genre with its hit series The Real World. Bunim-Murray's current programming includes the hit series Keeping Up with the Kardashians. Launched in 2006 to better reach the Digital Generation, Bunim-Murray's M Theory Entertainment is a spin-off entity focusing on new media initiatives. Bunim-Murray also recently launched BMP Films, a documentary film division, which premiered its first documentary, Autism: The Musical, at the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival. Bunim-Murray Productions is based in Van Nuys, CA. It was founded in 1987 by Jonathan Murray and the late Mary-Ellis Bunim.

ABOUT FULL PICTURE PRODUCTIONS

Full Picture Productions marries talent with innovative formats to execute original ideas that capitalize on the company's extensive expertise, experience and relationships. Full Picture co-created and Executive Produces Project Runway, the four-time Emmy nominated, PGA nominated and Peabody Award-winning series and Runway companion series Models of the Runway and The CW's Stylista. Full Picture also produces Style Studio, Mind Body Balance and Pursuit of Health for MSN Entertainment.

ABOUT MIRAMAX FILMS

Miramax Films is a motion picture production, financing and worldwide distribution company committed to its mission of providing audiences with high quality, innovative and risk-taking films from the world's best filmmakers, established and emerging. Miramax Films is an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company, the world's preeminent media & entertainment company in the field of family entertainment. The Walt Disney Company, together with its subsidiaries and affiliates, is a leading diversified international family entertainment and media enterprise with four business segments: media networks, parks and resorts, studio entertainment and consumer products.

ABOUT THE WEINSTEIN COMPANY

The Weinstein Company (TWC) was created by Bob and Harvey Weinstein, the brothers who founded Miramax Films Corporation in 1979. TWC is a multi-media company that officially launched on October 1, 2005. Dimension Films, the genre label that was founded in 1993 by Bob Weinstein, is also included under the TWC banner. During the Weinsteins' tenure at Miramax Films, the company released some of the most critically acclaimed and commercially successful independent feature films which received 249 Academy Award(R) nominations and won 60 Oscars(R), and have generated billions of dollars in worldwide box office receipts and billions more in home video sales. In its history, Dimension Films has released some of the most successful franchises including Scream, Spy Kids and Scary Movie.

ABOUT LIFETIME TELEVISION

Lifetime is a diverse, multi-media company, committed to offering the highest quality entertainment and information programming, and advocating a wide range of issues affecting women and their families. Lifetime Television, Lifetime Movie Network, Lifetime Real Women and Lifetime Digital (including myLifetime.com) are part of Lifetime Entertainment Services, a 50/50 joint venture of Hearst Corporation and The Walt Disney Company.

Photography is available at www.lifetimepress.com.

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