The Unreal World

Let's start off the week with some potentially depressing news and some baseless speculation, shall we? Take it away, Variety:

"Bunim-Murray hopes to walk 'Runway'

'Real World' producer taking over reality show

Bunim-Murray is close to signing on as the new producer behind “Project Runway.”

The “Real World” producer has been in talks with the Weinstein Co. for weeks about taking over the gig in time for the hit reality show’s sixth season and first on Lifetime.

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Bunim-Murray is no stranger to Lifetime, having recently produced “America’s Psychic Challenge” for the cabler. Company’s other recent credits include E!’s “Keeping Up With the Kardashians” and “Living Lohan.” It also produces “Bad Girls Club” for Oxygen.

In choosing Bunim-Murray to take over the franchise, TWC and Lifetime went with a company that knows the reality space well, having produced 21 seasons of “The Real World.” In the competition space, its credits include the music shows “Making the Band” and “Born to Diva.”

Well! With a pedigree that includes "Keeping Up With The Kardashians" and "Living Lohan," why, that fairly screams "quality, taste and style," doesn't it kittens?

And before any of you level-headed types say "It's not confirmed yet!" Zip it:

"The Real World producer Bunim-Murray Productions has signed up to make the sixth season of fashion reality series Project Runway – the show's first on US cablenet Lifetime."

Oy. Darlings, we don't know what to think. Will there be an alarming rise in drunken hookups and screaming matches? Will the cops show up at 4 am to break up a fight over who broke the serger? Will there be puking on the dress forms? A hot tub on the runway? Baseless speculations and wild conspiracy theories...GO!