All episodes Season 13 S13E01 2014-07-24 90 min 2000s Bravo/Lifetime

Project Runway

The Judges Decide

TV Flash files “The Judges Decide” as the first listed hour of season 13 — Project Runway (2004–present) on Bravo/Lifetime, season 13, episode 1, aired 2014-07-24, 90 min.

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How this hour is filed

This leaf is S13E01: listed hour 168 of 303 in the Project Runway guide, first listed hour of season 13. It aired 2014-07-24 (90 min). The listed hour before it is “Reunion” (S12E15). Next is “Unconventional Movie Nite” (S13E02).

Project Runway — The Judges Decide (S13E01)

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In the premiere episode, the designers are in disbelief when they discover there is one final audition before being granted a spot on the show. The remaining designers must create a look that would give the judges a glimpse of what their spring collection would like if they present at New York Fashion Week. Emmy-nominated and award winning actress, Julie Bowen serves as a guest judge.

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Where does The Judges Decide sit in the Project Runway guide?

S13E01 is listed hour 168 of 303 — first listed hour of season 13, season 13 episode 1.

When did Project Runway S13E01 air?

The Judges Decide aired 2014-07-24 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.

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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.…

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