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The contestants are highly entertaining. [2 Feb 2007, p.116]
90
Nobody said the creative process was pretty, but rarely has it made such electrifying TV.
75
Top Design will make you not want to leave your TV room--no matter what it looks like. [5 Feb 2007, p.37]
70
[It] is a bit too slavish in its imitation of the "Runway'' formula, but in its opening episode, it shows signs of real promise.
70
Bravo is gambling that there's at least as much interest in the rooms we live in as the food we eat and the clothes we buy. And judging by this show's high points, that's one safe bet.
70
No contestant wants to hear that his or her artistic creation looks "like a litter box" or something at "an assisted-living facility." But we do. And we lap the insults up.
60
"Top Design"... comes closer to capturing "Runway's" singular appeal than "Top Chef" ever did... Yet with each scan of the "Project Runway" blueprint, a little more of the original's crispness and clarity gets lost.
60
I didn't hate "Top Design" as much as I wanted to.
60
There are problems to work out; none of the cast really pops in the first episode, and I wish they hadn't given the competitors the help of a carpenter, which loses the hands-on, who-stole-my-glue-gun drama of Runway. But the show has good bones. There's nothing wrong with it a little furniture rearrangement wouldn't fix.
50
Wake me when it's over - please.
