If you were hoping for the fall season start on Project Runway, the hit reality designer show that switched over from Bravo to Lifetime, you are out of luck. The new season won’t be back until January, apparently due to Lifetime not being able to get production up and running in time.

In a surprise development, Lifetime has confirmed that it won’t debut the sixth season of Project Runway until January so it has more time to promote the show that it swiped from Bravo last spring. It had been expected the show would debut on its new network sometime this autumn. “With this move, the series will resume its traditional cycle of two seasons per year,” according to a Lifetime spokeperson. “We look forward to ringing in the New Year by giving Project Runway loyal fans a superlative season six with Heidi, Tim, Nina, and Michael. The new date and time will be announced soon.”

The delay supposedly is not attributed to the nasty legal catfight going on between Bravo, NBC/Universal, and Runway’s new home on Lifetime.

The news comes as a lawsuit over the rights to Project Runway continues to wind its way through the New York courts. Bravo’s parent company, NBC/Universal, is alleging that the Weinstein Co. shopped Runway to Lifetime before giving its home network first refusal. NBC/Universal also is attempting to block Lifetime from marketing and promoting future cycles of the show.

We’ll keep you posted!

I admit, Posh has some pretty good fashion sense… or someone in her camp does! But she has also had some equally hideous fashion disasters too! But rumor has it that Victoria Beckham is set to be a judge on this season’s finale of Project Runway. It should be interesting to hear her speak candidly about fashion… unless someone in her camp is also going to be feeding her fashion lines through an earpiece!

If you have been living on another planet, you might not have known the Posh is busy touring with her fellow Spice Girls on a worldwide tour. But we also recently saw her as a Bridesmaidzilla on Ugly Betty.

There has been so much speculation about the fact Tim Gunn might not be back for a fourth season of the popular Project Runway franchise. But it appears it might have been a coverup until he announced his departure from Parsons The New School for Design, where his teaching schedule conflicted with the fourth season. He announced he is leaving the school to join Liz Claiborne Inc as chief creative officer.

I suspect we will be hearing any time now that Tim will be back on Project Runway, especially since it was stressed his new job would not conflict with the show. Wonder if Liz Claiborne has just become a major sponsor or somehow gets tied into the show now.

Tim starts work at Liz Claiborne in March.

People.com is reporting that popular Tim Gunn from Project Runway won’t be back for the fourth season. Rumor has it that Tim will have scheduling conflicts since they will no longer be filing at the end of Tim’s academic session… fans will remember that Tim is also an instructor at Parsons.

It seems a shame that the show’s producers won’t work around his schedule, given his popularity on the show. No word as of yet who will be replacing him, but no doubt he has tough shoes to fill, especially with his well known “Make it work” catch phrase.

Of course, the news is being spinned as that he has not yet signed on for the new season. Perhaps a little campaign to ensure there is enough fan outrage to ensure he is brought back? Many fans feel strongly that his presence is essential for the success of the show.

Others involved with Project Runway, including Nina Garcia, design guru Michael Kors and executive producer Heidi Klum are all already signed on for the fourth season.