Cutting the Chord: Models of the Runway (Lifetime)

Yesterday I came to the conclusion that there is no reason for me to watch Models of the Runway, the spinoff/companion show to Lifetime’s popular Project Runway show.  When the show premiered, I always wondered why Bravo (the home network at the time) did not create a show about the models.  It seems I was not the only one, but it took a good 5 seasons before the idea materialized into a show.  Now that it’s here, I don’t really care anymore.  There is already another show that does it dramatically well (with catfights and crazy divas) – America’s Next Top Model.  At least on that show, the models actually have a say and control over their fates.  In Models of the Runway, we only follow the lives of the models as long as their corresponding designer is still on the show.  This year on Project Runway, so far the designers have been assigned their models and nowhere have we seen the dreaded and boring “pick your models” segment.  I’m sure if I watched Models, I would understand what is going on or if this is a new segment, but for now, I don’t really care.  That’s not what Project Runway is about.  For now, what I care about is that I have freed up two extra hours I can now use to save Project Runway on my DVR.