Project Runway
Let's Start from the Beginning
TV Flash files “Let's Start from the Beginning” as the first listed hour of season 5 — Project Runway (2004–present) on Bravo/Lifetime, season 5, episode 1, aired 2008-07-16, 90 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S05E01: listed hour 54 of 303 in the Project Runway guide, first listed hour of season 5. It aired 2008-07-16 (90 min). The listed hour before it is “Finale, Part 2” (S04E14). Next is “Grass is Always Greener” (S05E02).

Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
The 16 new designers are introduced and their first challenge: making clothing out of unusual sources.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Let's Start from the Beginning sit in the Project Runway guide?
S05E01 is listed hour 54 of 303 — first listed hour of season 5, season 5 episode 1.
When did Project Runway S05E01 air?
Let's Start from the Beginning aired 2008-07-16 and is listed at 90 minutes.
Bravo or Lifetime — does the move matter?
It premiered on Bravo in 2004 and moved networks while remaining a franchise pillar. Timed challenges, Gunn, Heidi's verdict are the grammar.
In the series
Why this series still plays
One day you're in, the next you're out, and Tim Gunn is murmuring make it work like a secular blessing. Project Runway turned designer panic into elimination sport — timed challenges, fluorescent craft, Heidi's verdict, mentorship as the actual weekly drama.
One day you're in, the next you're out, and that is not a catchphrase so much as a crime-scene label on a workroom. Eli Holzman and Jonathan Murray's Project Runway premiered on Bravo in 2004, later Lifetime, remaining a franchise pillar: Heidi Klum as host/judge, Tim Gunn murmuring make it work like a secular blessing, Nina Garcia, Michael Kors. Aspiring designers, timed challenges, fluorescent craft, elimination sport. Gunn as mainstream mentor icon. Twenty-two seasons and counting in this pack, 303 episodes.…
Filed against
- Heidi Klum as Host/Judge
Heidi Klum hosted and judged Project Runway as the verdict in a fluorescent panic — one day you're in, the next you're out, Tim Gunn murmuring make it work like a secular blessing. Designer elimination sport, timed challenges, mentorship…
- Tim Gunn as Mentor
Tim Gunn mentored Project Runway as Mentor — one day you're in, the next you're out, make it work murmured like a secular blessing. Designer panic as elimination sport, timed challenges, fluorescent craft, a verdict in the workroom. TV…
- Nina Garcia as Judge
Nina Garcia sat Project Runway’s table like taste could end a week — 2000s designer panic as elimination sport, timed challenges, fluorescent craft, Heidi’s verdict, Tim Gunn murmuring make it work like a secular blessing. TV Flash files…
- Michael Kors as Judge
Michael Kors sat Project Runway’s judging table like a verdict in cashmere — 2000s designer panic as elimination sport, timed challenges, fluorescent craft, Heidi’s gavel, Tim Gunn murmuring make it work like a secular blessing. TV Flash…