How Is This Project Runway Different From All Other Project Runways?

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After months of lawsuits and countersuits, Project Runway is finally back! The powers that be assured us it would still be the same Project Runway that we all know and love. But with a move to LA, a switch to the Lifetime network, and new producers who are best known for creating the melodramatic Real World, we wondered if that was even possible.

And it turns out it was...more or less. The show is basically still what it always was—fun and entertaining, with all the essential elements needed to make it "our" Project Runway. But last night's premiere did show a few notable differences this season. Let's compare, shall we?—Bonnie Datt

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