Bobby Flay Signs On to NBC Restaurateur Show


Updated 03/16/10 11:13 PM · Posted by YumSugar · 2 comments

Bobby Flay Joins Cast of America's Next Great Restaurant

Today there's more intel on NBC's restaurateur reality TV show, formerly titled United Plates of America. Variety reports that the competition, which will air next season, has a new name, America's Next Great Restaurant, that's perhaps more fitting of the show's premise than its old title. In addition, Bobby Flay has signed on to be one of the five restaurant and business leaders who will be a Read more

Top Chef Producers to Create NBC Restaurateur Show


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United Plates of America Coming to NBC

From Magical Elves, the producers of Bravo's Top Chef, Top Chef Masters, and the soon-to-air Top Chef: Just Desserts, comes yet another reality TV show, tentatively titled United Plates of America. Unlike its sister productions, United Plates will air on NBC. The premise: aspiring restaurateurs compete in a number of challenges involving the restaurant's concept, cuisine, management, and Read more

Judge Says Project Runway Can't Move to Lifetime


Updated 09/29/08 11:39 AM · Posted by BuzzSugar · 15 comments

Judge Blocks Project Runway's Move to Lifetime

Don't expect to see Project Runway on Lifetime anytime soon. Today, a judge ruled in NBC's favor and blocked the show's move from Bravo to Lifetime. According to an NBC statement: The overwhelming evidence demonstrated that The Weinstein Company violated NBC Universal's right of first refusal to future cycles of Project Runway. After hearing all of the evidence, the court issued an order Read more

Project Runway's Producers Stick With NBC, Not Lifetime


Updated 05/06/08 9:30 AM · Posted by BuzzSugar · 10 comments

Project Runway's Producers Stick With NBC, Not Lifetime

Lifetime stole Project Runway from NBC — so now, NBC has stolen back the show's producers. Magical Elves, the team behind Runway, Top Chef, and Step It Up and Dance, has just signed a deal with NBC that gives the network and its cable channels the first shot at any projects the company develops. The producers can also work on existing NBC projects. So, if Project Runway does indeed make the Read more

SJP Pitches Reality Show for Artists


Updated 07/30/08 2:07 PM · Posted by BuzzSugar · 13 comments

Sarah Jessica Parker, Project Runway Producers Pitch Reality Show for Artists

Apparently, guest-starring on Project Runway wasn't enough reality TV for Sarah Jessica Parker. Fresh off her judging stint on that show, she's teamed up with Runway's producers to pitch a reality competition show about artists. The show, which doesn't have a title yet, would find 12 artists facing off in challenges to create art in various forms — "from painting and photography to sculpting Read more