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Project Runway: Season 4
  • Network: Lifetime
  • Series Premiere Date: Dec 1, 2004
  • Season #: 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 9
Metascore
79 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 14 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 14
  3. Negative: 0 out of 14
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  1. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Ari Karpel
    91
    The show immediately bursts at the seems with personality. [16 Nov 2007, p.68]
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  2. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Matt Roush
    90
    Finally, cable's hit design show is back, still the best and most flamboyantly entertaining of TV's skill-based competitions.
  3. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: David Hinckley
    88
    Whichever the case, or whatever combination of the two, watching these 15 aspiring fashion designers compete for their big break is more fun than a new Victoria's Secret catalogue.
  4. New York Magazine (Vulture)
    Reviewed by: John Leonard
    80
    Project Runway appears to have saved itself (and its audience from boredom) by showcasing a crop of designers that is--as Gunn has not unjustly declared--"the strongest group ever."
  5. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Maureen Ryan
    80
    If you're wondering if the Bravo reality linchpin is any good in its fourth season, well, of course it is.
  6. Seattle Post-Intelligencer
    Reviewed by: Melanie McFarland
    80
    The premiere showed a few early signs of greatness from a handful of the designers; you'll have to watch to find out to whom I'm referring.
  7. Philadelphia Daily News
    Reviewed by: Ellen Gray
    80
    In a sign that Runway's producers now know where the show's strength lies, the designers' first-episode challenge doesn't, for once, center on materials scooped up at the supermarket or home center but on actual fabric.
  8. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Doug Elfman
    75
    Hosts Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn are back. And once again, there's more meat to the competition than there is on the bones of the models.
  9. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Adam Buckman
    75
    Project Runway is a lot like "The Flintstones"--with both shows, you're guaranteed a gay old time.
  10. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Tim Goodman
    75
    Project Runway is entertaining and likable on so many levels that it's hard to resist.
  11. San Jose Mercury News/Contra Costa Times
    Reviewed by: Charlie McCollum
    75
    From an advance look at the season opener, this season's cast is a particularly lively mix with a multimedia artist, a "Beach Blanket Babylon" costume designer, a model-turned-designer and an ex-biker among those competing.
  12. Orlando Sentinel
    Reviewed by: Hal Boedeker
    70
    The results in the season opener aren't surprising, but they unfold in a satisfying way.
  13. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Robin Givhan
    70
    With so many characters to introduce in a one-hour show, at least a few broad strokes are unavoidable.
  14. Salon
    Reviewed by: Heather Havrilesky
    70
    All I see is a bunch of reasonable, ambitious types and one kooky hippie. Do you honestly think we're going to hang around just to hear Tim Gunn say "Make it work!" for the fifty-millionth time in a row?
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User Score
8.3 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 8 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 4
  3. Negative: 0 out of 4
  1. JaneK.
    8
    Probably one of the best reality shows on television. Passionate, creative, and interesting fashion designers, great competitions, and of course Tim Gunn. Though I am becoming increasingly annoyed at the lack of time given to these talented contestants... there are less finished pieces this season, and though a tight squeeze for time is part of the contest, sometimes it feels like the audience is being just as robbed as the designers. The end results are what the show is all about.… Full Review »
  2. KennyM.
    10
    Are there TWO straight guys this season!?!?!?! Project Runway is like an infectious disease and I've caught it.
  3. JamesK.
    4
    I used to like this show.... but this year the contestants are so ridiculously annoying I can only stomach 10 minutes before I start to get the heaves.… Full Review »
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