BRAVO KICKS OFF NATIONWIDE CASTING FOR "PROJECT RUNWAY" SEASON FOUR IN LOS ANGELES, CHICAGO, MIAMI AND NEW YORK

BRAVO KICKS OFF NATIONWIDE CASTING FOR "PROJECT RUNWAY" SEASON FOUR IN LOS ANGELES, CHICAGO, MIAMI AND NEW YORK

NEW YORK, NY � March 12, 2007 � Bravo's Emmy-nominated reality competition series "Project Runway," kicks off its nationwide casting call for season four of stylish drama this month. Open calls for fashion designers interested in competing in the newest season of "Project Runway" begin in Los Angeles on March 30th, followed by Chicago, Miami and New York City. For more information, including location updates and official rules interested candidates can log-on to www.BravoTV.com.

Following are cities and locations:

LOS ANGELES: Friday, March 30 � Sunday, April 1

CHICAGO: Tuesday, April 3

MIAMI: Thursday, April 5

NEW YORK CITY: Saturday, April 7 - Monday, April 9

The casting process will yield a group of talented fashion designers who will go on to compete for a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to show their line during the world-renowned New York Fashion Week. "Project Runway" will provide the opportunity for these budding designers to break into the notoriously exclusive fashion business.

"Project Runway" is executive produced by Dan Cutforth and Jane Lipsitz of Magical Elves ("Project Greenlight," "Last Comic Standing," "Top Chef"). Rich Bye is also an executive producer of "Project Runway" for Magical Elves. Heidi Klum, and Full Picture's Jane Cha and Desiree Gruber also executive produce the series. Barbara Schneeweiss will oversee the production on behalf of The Weinstein Company.

Bravo is the cable network that plugs people into arts, entertainment and pop culture with original programming, acclaimed drama series, movies, comedy and music specials, and by showing a whole different side of celebrities. Currently available in 84 million homes, Bravo is known for breaking exciting new personalities, shaking up the way we look at style, media, fame and Hollywood, pulling back the curtain on the creative process, and making influential and inventive original programming. Its critically acclaimed original programming includes the Emmy-nominated "Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List," 12-time Emmy-nominated "Inside the Actors Studio," "The Real Housewives of Orange County," "Top Chef," "Celebrity Poker Showdown," as well as the 2004 Emmy winner for Outstanding Reality Program, "Queer Eye," and the four-time Emmy-nominated hit competition series, "Project Runway."

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