Bravo didn't waste much time getting their Project Runway clone on the air. The first episode of the Fashion Show aired this week. My early thoughts: sorely missing Tim Gunn or someone like him to fill the mentor role. I mean, I love Isaac Mizrahi but he's in the tricky position of trying to be Tim Gunn, Michael Kors AND Heidi Klum; I do not love his send-off line (buh-bye, darlin'); do like that they added what amounts to a Top Chef style quickfire challenge; after thinking about it, I agree with Sarah's take that a group challenge in the first week wasn't the best idea -- it feels like they're trying to do as many things that Project Runway never did to highlight the differences, but I think there are good reasons why PR didn't do certain things; too early to get much feel for most of the cast but I've already had about enough of wee jockey Merlin -- a bit too much bitchy aging queen (or: Waldo Lydecker on bad acid). Overall, it's got enough potential to get me to come back for the next episode. But so far it's no Project Runway.