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TV Tonight: Shear Genius
I surprised myself last year by really coming to love Shear Genius, Bravo's Project Runway knockoff about hair stylists. I'd been expecting to find the competition just more of the same, but all it took was one haircut with hedge clippers and one contestant named Dr. Boogie to get me hooked.
Bravo's Schedule: Runway in July, Shows on Mondays, More
Yesterday, we got a sense for what Lifetime has planned for Project Runway when it gets the rights to air the show in November (pending a lawsuit, of course). Today, we got a taste of what Bravo has in mind for the fifth season of Runway — plus the rest of the network's programming plans, including more Shear Genius and Top Design.
Runway's fifth season is now set to premiere on Bravo in July, presumably with the final designers showing off their collections at New York Fashion Week in September.
Bravo Signs Up Shear Genius, Top Design, Hey B*tches!
From Top Chef to The Real Housewives of Orange County to Project Runway, reality programming has been Bravo's strong suit of late. The network just announced a winter lineup chock full of what it does best, and it's also bringing back two of its attempts to clone Runway — Top Design and Shear Genius — for another round. Some of the highlights:
- Top Design, the seriously lackluster interior design show that I watched faithfully every week despite its mediocrity, is getting another chance — but not without a makeover of its own.
News Flash: Bravo's Reality Contestants Aren't Guaranteed Success
Got 15 minutes? Then grab a cup of coffee and curl up with this interesting New York Magazine cover story about the plight of contestants from "Project Runway," "Top Chef," and Bravo's other competition reality shows.
Here's the gist: Appearing on one of these shows — and even winning — is far from a ticket to fame and fortune.
"Shear Genius": Well, That Was Anticlimactic
Well folks, last night was the finale of "Shear Genius," what did you think? I'll start off by saying I'm having a hard time even really remembering what happened since it was so completely anticlimactic. But that's just me, and I was hoping for hair fireworks (hairworks?).
TV Tonight: The "Shear Genius" Finale
Why, it seems like only days ago that our "Shear Genius" was performing its first hedge clipper haircut. Alas, the wackiest reality show on TV wraps up its season tonight, with a final three of Daisy, Anthony and Ben competing for $100,000 in front of a panel of judges that will include Vidal Sassoon himself. Despite my initial skepticism, this show has won me over completely; I hope Bravo brings it back for a second season, though I can't imagine how the producers could find a new cast as wonderfully bizarre as this one.
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- Dr. Boogie — who got cut from "Shear Genius" this week — talks his way, cuts hair his way, and apparently cries his way too.
"Shear Genius": One Wet Cat To Rule Them All
After last week's unceremonious booting of two of the strongest stylists in the competition, "Shear Genius" was back this week with the second to last episode. Wow, time flies when you're learning the cutthroat world of hair art. Onwards and upwards, let's recap our penultimate hair cuts (both figuratively and literally):
At the beginning of the show, the four remaining contestants were thrown right into their first challenge — styling an African American woman's hair.
"Shear Genius": I'm a Ninja — Just Putting That Out There
Let's all think together: Has there ever been another reality show where a contestant has shown up at a mall dressed like a ninja? I think that's yet another first for "Shear Genius."
At the start of the episode, the stylists discovered three ledger books waiting for them in the apartment.
"Shear Genius": Weasel Boy, Fig Jam and More
Everyone on "Shear Genius" is pretty Grade-A crazy, huh? This week really brought out the nuttiest in the seven remaining stylists, including Tyson conjuring visions of Queen Elizabeth's hairdresser. Wow.
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