“Project Runway” -- The Top 25 Programs of 2017, No. 21

I have always been a fan of Lifetime's Project Runway (and any show, in fact, that celebrates, nurtures and promotes creativity), but its 16th season this year was arguably more entertaining than it ever has been.  Terrible twins Claire and Shawn Buitendorp brought the melodrama (and shook everyone up); Michael Brambila brought the justice when he stormed off the runway in protest of Claire's win (technically she had cheated); Margarita Alvarez brought the emotion (Hurricane Maria tore through Puerto Rico and put her family in peril while the season was filming) and presumed winner Brandon Kee brought the surprises, wiffing at the last and allowing fan favorite Kentaro Kameyama to emerge victorious after a few serious stumbles of his own.