Critic Reviews
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Entertainment Weekly Jessica Shaw
The contestants are highly entertaining. [2 Feb 2007, p.116] |
| 90 |
TV Guide Matt Roush
Nobody said the creative process was pretty, but rarely has it made such electrifying TV. |
| 75 |
People Weekly Jennifer Wulff
Top Design will make you not want to leave your TV room--no matter what it looks like. [5 Feb 2007, p.37] |
| 70 |
San Jose Mercury News/Contra Costa Times Charlie McCollum
[It] is a bit too slavish in its imitation of the "Runway'' formula, but in its opening episode, it shows signs of real promise. |
| 70 |
Washington Post Belle Elving
Bravo is gambling that there's at least as much interest in the rooms we live in as the food we eat and the clothes we buy. And judging by this show's high points, that's one safe bet. |
| 70 |
Wall Street Journal Nancy DeWolf Smith
No contestant wants to hear that his or her artistic creation looks "like a litter box" or something at "an assisted-living facility." But we do. And we lap the insults up. |
| 60 |
Time James Poniewozik
There are problems to work out; none of the cast really pops in the first episode, and I wish they hadn't given the competitors the help of a carpenter, which loses the hands-on, who-stole-my-glue-gun drama of Runway. But the show has good bones. There's nothing wrong with it a little furniture rearrangement wouldn't fix. |
| 60 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer Melanie McFarland
"Top Design"... comes closer to capturing "Runway's" singular appeal than "Top Chef" ever did... Yet with each scan of the "Project Runway" blueprint, a little more of the original's crispness and clarity gets lost. |
| 60 |
Hollywood Reporter Ray Richmond
I didn't hate "Top Design" as much as I wanted to. |
| 50 |
New York Post Linda Stasi
Wake me when it's over - please. |
| 40 |
Boston Globe Joanna Weiss
"Top Design" is so derivative of "Project Runway," from the setup to the structure of the judging, that it's impossible not to make a point-by-point comparison, with the new show falling short on every level. |
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