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Top Designer: India Hicks
Original at Express from The Washington Post
• Thu, Sep 4
DC - She's the new host of "Top Design," which just began season two on Bravo (Wed., 10 pm) » EXPRESS: "Top Design" works like "Top Chef," except with designers. ...
Top Design Season 2 Premiere
Original at Apartment Therapy
• Thu, Sep 4
• 3 related articles
By heather We only saw the first 15 minutes or so, in which teams of designers were given a $2000 budget to design apartments for their "clients": Jonathan Adler, Kelly Wearstler, Margaret Russell, and new host India Hicks. ...
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"Top Design 2" recaplet (Ep. 2.01): Hello India, hello arrogance ...
Original at AfterElton.com
• Thu, Sep 4
- Top Design 2 has a chance at a rebirth and I'm expecting the show to look exactly like Bravo's sister show, Top Chef. Sadly, nothing too shocking and new ...
On Reality TV Today: September 4, 2008
Original at Reality TV Magazine
• Thu, Sep 4
By Christine_Navratil Million Dollar Listing - Bravo TV. 2PM ET/PT From G’s To Gents - MTV. 3PM ET/PT Making The Band - MTV. 4PM ET/PT Reality Binge - FOX Reality The Hills- MTV. 5PM ET/PT Top Design - Bravo TV Jon & Kate plus 8 - TLC. 6PM ET/PT ...
Todd Oldham rocks his own house
Original at ap.google.com
• Wed, Sep 3
The 46-year-old is the feel-good mentor to 13 contestants on the Bravo reality series "Top Design," which tosses aspiring interior designers into a series ... New Season of Bravo's Top Design Debuts Tonight, with New Host ... mediabistro.com
Todd Oldham Talks New-and-Improved Top Design
Original at KREN CW 27 TV
• Wed, Sep 3
• 68 related articles
NV - The Magical Elves (the team behind Project Runway, Top Chef) are sprinkling their fairy dust on the new season of Bravo's Top Design (Wednesdays at 10 ...
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Top Design is Back on Bravo Tonight!
Original at Reality TV Magazine
• Wed, Sep 3
Top Design is on again tonight first with a marathon from last year and then a brand new episode to kick off the new season. Not only is it a new season with a new set of fantastic designers that will be in charge of recreating anything ...
Bravo Presents: Top Design Premiers Tonight
Original at Apartment Therapy
• Wed, Sep 3
By maxwell Just when you thought it was safe to redo your own bedroom, Top Design is coming back bigger and badder than ever tonight. While last season had the biggest audience for a new series on Bravo ever, this season the crew has been revamped ...
Revamped Top Design returns tonight
Original at reality blurred
• Wed, Sep 3
By Andy Dehnart For some bizarre reason, however, they've retained the trio of lame judges, Jonathan Adler, Margaret Russell, and Kelly Wearstler. If Jonathan Adler says the ever-insulting "you can stay" or the horrific "see you later, decorator," I'd be ready to throw a brick through my TV, except I lo...
'Top Design' Sophomore Season Premieres Tonight
Original at BuddyTV
• Wed, Sep 3
Matt Lorenz earned the top prize during the debut season of Top Design more than a year ago. Now it was made public that the show featuring aspiring interior designers en route to some cash and a spot in New...
'Top Design' Sophomore Season Premieres Tonight
Original at BuddyTV
• Wed, Sep 3
WA - Despite the reported loss, however, Bravo decided to give it another shot with a few minor changes. The second season of Top Design premieres tonight at ...
Tonight on the Tube: Dinner: Impossible, Bones & Sons of Anarchy
Original at TVaholic.com
• Wed, Sep 3
By Jason the TVaholic Sci Fi has nine episodes of Destination Truth. Free TVaholic Reader Downloads: Printable Fall 2008 TV Schedule v1.04 (PDF) - Last Updated: 9.01.2008 - Get a look at the Fall schedules for ABC, CBS, The CW, FOX and NBC all on one page.Printable Fall 2008 Cable TV Schedule v1.00 (PDF) - New as of: 9.01....
On Reality TV Today: September 3, 2008
Original at Reality TV Magazine
• Wed, Sep 3
By Christine_Navratil Top Design - Bravo TV. 10PM - 1030PM ET/PT Run’s House - MTV. 11PM ET/PT Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency - Oxygen Jon & Kate plus 8 - TLC America’s Best Dance Crew - MTV. For more Reality TV news visit Sir Links A Lot: Reality ...
BEST BETS ON TV Tune in for first show of season for Fox's 'Bones'
Original at Vineland Daily Journal
• Wed, Sep 3
• 3 related articles
NJ - Top Design" season-opener, 10-11:15 pm, Bravo. The 13 contestants are split into teams and given two days to transform lofts on a budget. ...
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What to TiVo: Wednesday
Original at BuzzSugar
• Tue, Sep 2
By BuzzSugar TBS has Tyler Perry's House of Payne; Bravo is new with Project Runway and the season premiere of Top Design; Comedy Central is new with The Daily Show With Jon Stewart and The Colbert Report; Late-night highlights include Dr. ...
Todd Oldham Talks New-and-Improved Top Design
Original at TV Guide
• Tue, Sep 2
• 68 related articles
- by Gina DiNunno The Magical Elves (the team behind Project Runway, Top Chef) are sprinkling their fairy dust on the new season of Bravo's Top Design ...
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TV Squad: The Week Ahead
Original at TV Squad
• Mon, Sep 1
By Bob Sassone 1. Season Premieres. Prison Break (tonight at 8pm on FOX), Gossip Girl (tonight at 8pm on The CW), One Tree Hill (tonight at 9pm on The CW), The Shield (Tuesday at 10pm on FX), Bones (Wednesday at 8pm on FOX), America's Next Top Model (Wednesday at 8pm on The CW), Top Design (Wednesday at 10pm on...
TV Squad: The Week Ahead
Original at TV Squad
• Mon, Sep 1
By Bob Sassone Tuesday at 10pm on FX), Bones (Wednesday at 8pm on FOX), America's Next Top Model (Wednesday at 8pm on The CW), Top Design (Wednesday at 10pm on Bravo), Moment of Truth (Thursday at 8 on FOX), Are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader? ...
What and When Sept 1- Sept 7
Original at Snackie Teevee
• Fri, Aug 29
• 1 related articles
By Elfenkate Top Design (Bravo). Sept 4: Kitchen Nightmares (Fox. Sept 5: Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader? (Fox) Samurai Girl (ABC Family). Sept 6: America’s Most Wanted (Fox) Cops (Fox) John Edward Cross Country (WE) Locater (WE) ...
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Handy Dandy Guide to Returning Fall Television 2008
Original at tvbacon (WordPress)
• Tue, Aug 26
By Susannah Wednesday, Sept. 3 Bones (Fox) 8 p.m America's Next Top Model (CW) 8 p.m. Top Design (Bravo) 10 p.m. Friday, Sept. 5 Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader? (Fox) 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 12 Don’t Forget The Lyrics (Fox) 9 p.m. Friday, Oct. 10 The Starter Wife (USA) 9 p.m.
Reality Show Addicts Beware
Original at Backseat Cuddler
• Tue, Aug 26
By Eva Elise Janice Dickinson’s Modeling Agency [Oxygen, August 26, Tuesdays at 10] America’s Next Top Model 11 [The CW, Sept. 3, Wednesdays at 8 Top Design 2 [Bravo, Sept. 3, Wednesdays at 10] Kitchen Nightmares [Fox, Sept. 4 at 8, Thursdays [...]
Project Runway: Good Queen Fun
Original at TV Squad
• Thu, Aug 21
CA - Aug 21, 2008 Actually, I think Bravo should dump all of those ridiculously uninteresting faux-PR shows like Shear Genius and Top Design and make a spin-off all about ...
Work by Ryan Humphrey at the DPA re:FORM art auction
Original at Modern Art Obsession
• Wed, Aug 20
By MAO - Modern Art Obsession Or you couch potatoes may know Ryan from his TV appearance on the Bravo show Top Design (Season 1) last year. Ryan didn't win.. but he certainly added to the reality TV Drama.
Weekend News
Original at Blogging Project Runway
• Sat, Aug 9
By Laura K(noreply@blogger.com) Click here for a fabulous interview with Kelli Martin in FashionClub.com. Reality Worlds Collide as several Project Runway designers will be featured in a challenge during season two of Top Design. Variety looks at Bravo. Pink Navy recaps episode four.
Eddie bravo
Original at blog.ttnet.net
• Thu, Jul 31
By lowbudgettruth Top Design: Bios - Season 2 - Official Bravo TV Site Top Design: SeaTop Design, Bravo TV, BravoTV.com. … At only 30 years old, Eddie has already established himself in the television, catering and publishing … ...
Bravo, Bravo
Original at blogs.nypost.com
• Wed, Jul 30
NY - But more than anything else I was dying to know, will season two of "Top Design" still feature Jonathon Adler's oft-mocked sign off line, "See you later, ...
Weekend News
Original at Blogging Project Runway
• Sat, Jul 26
By noreply@blogger.com (Tbone) Last but not least: We're either crazy, nuts or both but we're planning to cover Season 2 of Top Design and resurrecting our long forgotten step-blog Blogging Top Design. The best news is that we've recruited the fabulous interior designer/blogger/BPR party animal Linda Merrill from ::...
Here Comes the Groom!
Original at Fashion Indie
• Thu, Jul 24
By Hilary Price The self proclaimed fashionista will wed interior designer and Top Design judge Jonathan Adler. The ceremony will take place in California. Although the ceremony is a joyous occasion, Doonan says that Adler is already his spouse ...
Today in Gay Weddings: Simon Doonan and Jonathan Adler [Nuptials]
Original at Gawker
• Wed, Jul 23
By Richard Homewear designer and Top Design judge Jonathan Adler ("see you later decorator!") will be marrying Barney's creative director Simon Doonan. "I always thought we were married, so I don’t feel like celebrating the fact that the ...
Quickies: The "in development" edition
Original at Popnography
• Wed, Jul 23
By Noah Michelson gt;Handy with a Kiln? Killer with a glue stick? Sarah Jessica Parker is looking for you. The actress has teamed up with Magical Elves -- the producers behind Project Runway, Top Chef, and Top Design -- to create "American Artist," a new reality TV series which pits fine artists against one a...
Bravo developing Sarah Jessica Parker's 'Runway'-like artists show
Original at Reality TV World
• Mon, Jul 21
• 1 related articles
MA - Jul 21, 2008 decisions were made independent of each other. Magical Elves will continue to produce Top Chef and Top Design for Bravo after Project Runway's departure.
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Sarah Jessica Parker’s new Reality TV show will be on Bravo
Original at Hot Momma Gossip
• Mon, Jul 21
• 6 related articles
By Hot Momma Parker’s Pretty Matches production company is helping develop the project, which will give Bravo another skill-driven reality show to its lineup, along with “Top Chef” and “Top Design.” The show will see budding painters and sculptors ...
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Sarah Jessica Parker lands show at Bravo
Original at Hollywood Reporter
• Sun, Jul 20
• 6 related articles
United States - the art project show would give Bravo another skill-driven reality show to its lineup, along with the Elves' "Top Chef" and "Top Design. ...
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Bravo Announces Finalists for Top Design
Original at Reality TV Magazine
• Thu, Jul 17
• 68 related articles
AZ - Jul 17, 2008 the thirteen men and women who are going to compete to be crowned the top designer for the second season of Top Design which premieres on September 3. ...
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Meet the 'Top Design 2' Contestants
Original at Zap2it.com
• Wed, Jul 16
By editorial@zap2it.com New host India Hicks replaces Todd Oldham "Top Design" has gotten a makeover with 13 new contestants and a new host.
Chicago Named Top Design City in RMJM Hillier Study
Original at Contract Magazine
• Thu, Jun 26
New York - Chicago is the best city for architecture and design according to an independent study conducted by RMJM Hillier, the North American division of the ...
'Shear Genius' review
Original at Metromix
• Tue, Jun 24
IL - The same old formula used in “Project Runway,” “Top Design” and “Top Chef,” is back for a fourth time and we couldn’t be more (yawn)—wait, ...
Bravo's A-List Award Show Mortifying Even for Reality TV Stars
Original at mediabistro.com
• Fri, Jun 13
we had no doubt why the likes of Project Runway judge Michael Kors and Top Design arbiters Margaret Russell of Elle Decor and designer Kelly Wearstler were nowhere in sight, although Russell did say a few words in a taped segment. ...
‘Design Star’ & ‘Food … Star’
Original at St. Louis Post-Dispatch
• Mon, Jun 9
‘Design Star’ & ‘Food … Star’ United States - Showing the competitive process of interior design on TV is a real challenge, but even in its first season, “Design Star” was better than “Top Design” ...
Interview: NBCU's Zalaznick: Adding iVillage To Bravo, Oxygen ...
Original at paidContent.org
• Mon, May 12
By Staci D. Kramer Bravo has created thriving show micro-sites that pull viewers in before, after and sometimes during Project Runway, Top Chef, Top Design and the like. "It's a great way of activating these people for whom the one hour a week is ...
'Project Runway' producers won't follow show from Bravo to Lifetime - Reality TV World
Original at Reality TV World
• Tue, May 6
• 5 related articles
Project Runway' producers won't follow show from Bravo to Lifetime MA - May 6, 2008 Elves also currently produces Bravo's Top Chef, Step It Up & Dance and Top Design reality series as well as NBC's Last Comic Standing for NBC Universal. ...
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Top Design 2 bumps Todd Oldham to mentor, adds a new host, but keeps its terrible judges
Original at reality blurred
• Tue, Apr 15
By Andy Dehnart But the absolute worst part of the entire series has not changed. The show's three judges, Jonathan Adler, Margaret Russell, and Kelly Wearstler will remain. Let's just hope new producers Magical Elves, who produce Project Runway, will force Jonathan Adler to never utter his moronic sen...
Lifetime signs deal to grab 'Project Runway' from Bravo, NBCU sues - Reality TV World
Original at Reality TV World
• Mon, Apr 7
Lifetime signs deal to grab 'Project Runway' from Bravo, NBCU sues MA - Apr 7, 2008 shows similar to Project Runway -- non-Weinstein shows like Top Chef, Top Design, and Shear Genius -- that are "diluting the uniqueness of the show. ...
Bravo casting for Top Design 2, Shear Genuis 2
Original at reality blurred
• Wed, Jan 16
By Andy Dehnart Top Design 2 wants "[u]p-and-coming as well as established Interior Design professionals and aspirants," especially if you're fond of putting unnecessary capitalization in your designs. Open auditions will be held in San Francisco (Jan. ...
The year in reality TV, 2007
Original at reality blurred
• Thu, Dec 27
By Andy Dehnart Top Design was a certifiable mess, with a drama-less conclusion each week that culminated in reality TV's worst catchprhase ever ("See you later, decorator." Stab me in the face now, Jonathan Adler.) And over-eager, self-promoting ...
Reality TV Stars: Exhausted and Exploited
Original at PR Inside (Pressemitteilung)
• Mon, May 14
PR-inside.com) NEW YORK, May 14 /PRNewswire/ -- 'I would not let my worst enemy go on a reality TV show,' says Michael Adams of Bravo TV's 'Top Design.' Adams' comment is part of a podcast interview with AllThePrettyPeople.com ( http://alltheprettypeople.com/ ), a celebrity encounters we...
Top Design Recap: The Finale
Original at BlogHer
• Sat, Apr 14
The guest judge was Trudie Styler, and this challenge was to be judged on design and execution. (In a nice addition, the winning carpenter would win $10K for himself.) 1. Carissa designed a bold, graphic loft (big surprise, eh?) 2. Matt designed a subtle chic loft (big surprise, eh?)
Bravo Plagiarizes Itself
Original at Blogcritics
• Thu, Apr 12
By Don Baiocchi With Top Chef, Top Design and last night's debut of Shear Genius, it seems that Bravo is committed to landscaping their entire schedule with the creative-arts-reality-contest "brand" they created with Project Runway. Take twelve campy, dramatic, creative people, stuff them in a pres...
Top Design Winner Is Matt Lorenz
Original at Reality TV Magazine
• Wed, Apr 11
By Joe Reality In the final challenge, Matt Lorenz and Carisa Perez-Fuentes designed lofts. The judges called Carisa’s loft “confident, beautiful, functional, and a place they would all want to hang out.” The judges called Matt’s loft “sophisticated” and added that his daughter’s room was “magica...
Top Design Recap: The Top 6 Party!
Original at BlogHer
• Sat, Mar 17
Or, at least, they design a party... Team # Andrea (party rentals) Erik (fabrics) Goil (catering) and Team #2 Michael (party rentals) Carissa (fabrics) Matt (catering) And Andrea, Erik and Matt, none of whom have established any distinct personality traits, have they?