Project Runway
Reality competitionReal people competing under format rules.This show: 10/10Long-runnerA show whose sheer longevity shapes how it's watched.This show: 7/10Easy watchingLow-demand television where half your attention is enough.This show: 7/10
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| Avg | E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E5 | E6 | E7 | E8 | E9 | E10 | E11 | E12 | E13 | E14 | E15 | ||
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| S1 | 6.6 | 7.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 6.6 | 6.9 | 6.4 | 6.4 | 6.7 | 6.4 | 6.3 | 6.4 | |||||
| S2 | 6.8 | 6.9 | 7.1 | 7.0 | 6.9 | 6.9 | 6.7 | 6.9 | 6.8 | 7.0 | 6.6 | 6.7 | 6.5 | 6.8 | 6.9 | ||
| S3 | 6.9 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 7.2 | 7.1 | 7.3 | 6.8 | 6.7 | 7.2 | 6.9 | 6.9 | 6.9 | 6.5 | 6.9 | 6.4 | ||
| S4 | 7.1 | 7.4 | 7.1 | 6.6 | 6.7 | 7.1 | 7.5 | 6.9 | 7.4 | 7.3 | 6.9 | 7.0 | 6.5 | 7.0 | 7.6 | ||
| S5 | 6.7 | 7.0 | 6.8 | 6.7 | 6.6 | 6.4 | 7.4 | 7.0 | 6.8 | 6.3 | 6.2 | 6.3 | 6.7 | 6.8 | 7.0 | ||
| S6 | 7.0 | 7.1 | 6.8 | 6.8 | 6.6 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.2 | 7.1 | 7.0 | 6.9 | 6.9 | 6.4 | 7.0 | 7.0 | ||
| S7 | 7.0 | 6.9 | 7.0 | 6.9 | 6.8 | 7.0 | 6.8 | 7.2 | 6.8 | 7.3 | 6.8 | 6.8 | 6.9 | 7.1 | 7.4 | 5.8 | |
| S8 | 7.1 | 7.5 | 7.2 | 7.2 | 7.3 | 7.0 | 7.2 | 7.1 | 7.0 | 7.4 | 8.0 | 6.9 | 7.1 | 6.8 | 5.7 | ||
| S9 | 6.9 | 7.3 | 7.5 | 6.8 | 6.9 | 7.0 | 7.2 | 6.9 | 7.2 | 6.6 | 6.5 | 7.2 | 6.6 | 7.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | |
| S10 | 7.2 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.4 | 7.2 | 7.1 | 7.3 | 7.1 | 7.5 | 7.3 | 7.2 | 6.8 | 6.9 | 7.3 | 7.2 | ||
| S11 | 6.9 | 7.1 | 7.4 | 6.8 | 7.2 | 7.1 | 7.0 | 6.5 | 6.4 | 7.0 | 7.4 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.3 | 6.9 | 5.7 | |
| S12 | 7.2 | 7.5 | 7.0 | 7.1 | 7.2 | 7.2 | 7.5 | 6.9 | 7.0 | 7.1 | 7.6 | 6.9 | 7.3 | 7.2 | 7.3 | 6.7 | |
| S13 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 7.2 | 7.8 | 7.4 | 7.5 | 7.3 | 8.5 | 7.8 | 6.7 | 7.1 | 7.2 | 7.4 | 7.3 | 6.8 | |
| S14 | 7.0 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 7.2 | 7.2 | 6.9 | 6.7 | 7.4 | 7.3 | 7.0 | 6.1 | 7.4 | 6.9 | 6.6 | 6.2 | 6.2 | |
| S15 | 7.4 | 7.6 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.4 | 7.7 | 7.0 | 7.1 | 7.4 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.8 | 7.2 | 7.2 | 7.0 | 7.2 | |
| S16 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 7.5 | 7.3 | 7.2 | 7.3 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.4 | 7.9 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.8 | 6.9 | |
| S17 | 6.7 | 5.4 | 6.3 | 7.4 | 6.8 | 6.9 | 6.9 | 6.5 | 6.6 | 6.8 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 8.0 | ||
| S18 | 7.0 | 6.8 | 7.1 | 6.7 | 7.3 | 7.1 | 6.8 | 7.0 | 7.2 | 6.8 | 6.9 | 7.2 | 7.1 | 7.7 | 7.0 | ||
| S19 | 6.6 | 6.8 | 3.9 | 7.5 | 6.9 | 7.1 | 7.5 | 7.3 | 7.5 | 8.1 | 6.4 | 6.5 | 7.9 | 6.8 | 6.6 | ||
| S20 | 7.3 | 6.9 | 7.7 | 8.0 | 7.3 | 6.7 | 7.3 | 7.8 | 8.2 | 7.6 | 7.8 | 7.1 | 6.6 | 6.4 | 7.2 | ||
| S21 | 4.8 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 4.9 | 4.1 | 5.2 | 4.9 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 5.2 | 4.3 | ||||||
| S22 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 5.7 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 6.0 |
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"Creativity sprinting against an unforgiving clock"
Aspiring fashion designers compete in weekly challenges, sketching and sewing garments in absurdly tight timeframes before presenting them on a runway to be judged by industry veterans. Each episode builds toward that judging table, where the tension comes from watching creative vision collide with fabric shortages, exhaustion, and the clock. It's fast, colorful, and surprisingly instructive about craft and design thinking, carried by genuine expertise from its judges and the strange intimacy of watching people problem-solve under pressure. Elimination stings, but the show stays more about ingenuity than manufactured drama.
Watch it for
the genuine craft and ingenuity designers show under brutal time pressure.
Maybe skip if
you find reality-competition formulas and repetitive challenge structures tedious after a few seasons.
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Season 12004
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Season 22005
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Season 32006
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Season 42007
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Season 52008
6.77031411h 36m
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Season 62009
7.06271413h 29m
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Season 72010
7.06811511h 33m
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Season 82010
7.16301415h 20m
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Season 92011
6.96421515h 7m
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Season 102012
7.26301515h 41m
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Season 112013
6.95241617h 27m
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Season 122013
7.25561616h 23m
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Season 132014
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Season 142015
7.06891615h 57m
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Season 152016
7.46011615h 57m
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Season 162017
7.48101616h 20m
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Season 172019
6.76721415h 10m
This season, as the fashion industry evolves, so does our runway with a new design aesthetic and additions to the judging panel: supermodel and entrepreneur Karlie Kloss joins as host with former Project Runway champion and celebrated CFDA fashion designer Christian Siriano as the mentor. ELLE Editor-in-Chief Nina Garcia returns as a judge, along with famed fashion designer Brandon Maxwell, and journalist and former Teen Vogue Editor-in-Chief Elaine Welteroth.
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Season 182019
7.03891415h 24m
Season 18 sees 16 new designers ready to wow host Karlie Kloss, mentor Christian Siriano, and judges Nina Garcia, Brandon Maxwell, and Elaine Welteroth with their jaw-dropping fashions. This season brings back some elements of the competition that fans know and love, including the “Siriano Save,” which gives Christian the opportunity to bring one eliminated designer back into the competition, and the chance to present a final collection at New York Fashion Week.
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Season 192021
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Season 202023
7.34791414h 48m
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Season 212025
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Season 222026
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Full Cast & Crew
Cast
Nina Garcia Self - Judge
Heidi Klum Self - Host, Self - Judge
Tim Gunn Self - Mentor, Self - Co-Host & Mentor, Self
Michael Kors Self - Judge, Self - Guest Judge, Self
Christian Siriano Self - Mentor, Self - Designer, Self - Host
Zac Posen Self - Judge, Self - Guest Judge
Elaine Welteroth Self - Judge, Judge
Brandon Maxwell Self - Judge
Amanda Valentine Self - Designer, Self - Michelle's Assistant, Self - Audition Judge
Laurence Basse Self - Designer
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