# Shear Genius - why didn't this show work?

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**Created:** [May 31, 2007, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shear-genius-why-didnt-this-show-work/406173 "2007-05-31T09:10:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2007, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shear-genius-why-didnt-this-show-work/406173/21 "2007-06-02T19:21:09Z")

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Here’s how I rate the four Bravo design competitions:

1. Project Runway. Enough said.

2. Shear Genius. I liked the fact that it was low-key, without a lot of drama or really outlandish challenges. I thought it would be very difficult to come up with a series’ worth of hair styling challenges, but they did a pretty good job. I went from just catching this show in one of the many reruns, to taping it every week. If they do another season, I will definitely watch.

3. Top Design. Boring and annoying. I only watched parts of the first season, and I wouldn’t watch a second one.

4. Top Chef. Ick. Boring and annoying, plus as **shamrock227** says, the audience has no way to judge the most important element of the tasks performed. Besides, the contestants _and_ the judges were some of the most arrogant, obnoxious people I’ve ever seen. There was no rooting interest at all, because everyone was mean and petty. I watched the first season because of Project Runway (also it was in San Francisco, which meant that I got to see familiar locations – one challenge took place two blocks from where I live), but didn’t watch the second and won’t watch any future seasons.

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