Christian Siriano is all over the place after winning Project Runway 4. People has another interview with him, and he explained his fierceness scale to TV Guide. The PR 4 finale was watched by 5.18 million viewers.

Fellow designer Jack Mackenroth, who left mid-season due to illness, told People he’s thinking about returning for Project Runway 5, even though Tim Gunn and Christian think it might not be a good idea.

The fourth season of The Deadliest Catch returns to Discovery on April 15. The crews of the Northwestern, Time Bandit, Cornelia Marie, and Wizard will be back for the upcoming season, along with the crews of two new boats: the North American and the Early Dawn.

VH-1 announced plans for four more new reality shows in 2008. Celebrity Rehab wraps up its first season on VH-1 tonight, with an episode Reality Blurred describes as so honest that it’s as compelling as it is hard to watch.

Lost producer Carlton Cuse was likewise a little more honest than I wanted him to be when he explained to TV Guide how the show’s make-up crew created a fake beard for Desmond (Henry Ian Cusick) out of Cusick’s own beard hair. Yuck.

Last night’s episode of Survivor: Micronesia was brutal. Immediately after choosing new tribes (Zap2It’s recap includes the lineups of New Malakal and New Airai), teams competed in the most dangerous challenge in the show’s history, and all for the reward of a steak BBQ.

Pairs of players from each tribe were tied together by a rope, and each pair took turns chasing another pair from the opposing tribe through a wooden obstacle course. As competitors ran through the muddy maze, navigating over, under, and around the wooden beams, it was almost impossible to avoid injury.

Jason’s rope got tangled and he slammed into a tree. Parvati slipped and got a fat lip. Ami twisted her knee. A stick punctured Jonathan Penner’s leg. And Joel refused to give his partner, Chet, time to stand up after slipping, and instead dragged Chet behind him, slamming Chet’s head into wooden beams along the way.

Penner returned to camp with only a gauze bandage over his clearly painful leg wound. Later that night, a doctor was dispatched to camp to disinfect the wound and close it with three stitches. Penner participated in the Immunity Challenge, but previews for next week’s episode show medics diagnosing him with an infection that they say could become fatal without treatment.

While the rule has been that, if you have to leave camp for medical treatment you’re out of the game, don’t the producers bear some responsibility for causing the injury? Were the challenge testers so good (or timid) that none of them got hurt when running a trial of the course?

The circumstances of Penner’s injury are clearly not the same as when Michael Skupin fell into the fire during Survivor: Australia. An injury that occurs as a result of bad planning on the part of production is not the same as an accident that just happens at camp.

I admit that I’m partially upset because my favorite player is the one who’s injured. But I’d feel the same had Chet sustained a concussion during the challenge and needed to be kept under medical observation. The producers got exactly what they wanted when dumb lummox Joel began dragging Chet around like a sack of potatoes (and I admit that I laughed the whole time), and they bear some responsibility for the outcome.

Now that I’ve gotten my rant out of the way, props to Cirie for being the most calculating and persuasive player to ever play the game. After losing immunity, her tribe seemed set on getting rid of the useless Chet. Cirie immediately realized that targeting the weak players would soon put her in danger, so she Jedi-ed Ozzy and Amanda into thinking that Joel needed to go, instead. Now, Cirie not only has Chet as a buffer, but she also got rid of the player who thought her most expendable.

Cirie’s not looking too far ahead, and she never runs with a plan unless she has an airtight explanation for why her teammates should believe it’s the only way to go — even though she’s really only acting in her own best interest. She’s amazing, and I hope that it’s a long time before Ozzy realizes she’s been manipulating him all along.

Project Runway 4 crowned a winner last night, and USA Today and People have interviews with the lucky designer. All three finalists’ collections are up for bid as well.

Bravo’s website posted its own interview with the winner of Project Runway, including some funny photos. The site also features a blog post by Tim Gunn, Michael Kors’ advice for the winner, and a short Q&A with one of the losing designers, who said Victoria Beckham judged "by shopping."

Starting in August, TLC’s fashion makeover show What Not to Wear will be paired with a show from Real Simple magazine, which aims to teach women how to simplify their lives.

VH-1 is working on a show called I Know My Kid’s a Star, in which parents and their kids compete to see if they’ve got what it takes to make it in Hollywood. The show will be hosted by Danny Bonaduce, the poster child for why pushing your kid into showbiz at a young age is a bad idea.

The chances are good that Friday Night Lights will be back.

Big Brother 9 split up its competing couples last night, meaning that the show will continue for at least eight more weeks.

TV Guide interviewed the most recent Survivor voted out of Micronesia, Mikey B, who still harbors a grudge against Tracy for letting the Fans waste three days constructing unusable shelters before revealing that she builds houses for a living.

Tuesday’s presidential primaries may have been a boon for cable news networks, but they marked the start of my official vacation from election coverage. For the rest of the month, I’m avoiding CNN and MSNBC (don’t worry, I’ll keep up with other news on the Internet.). There’s only so much gossip-mongering, conventional wisdom, and idiotic horserace coverage I can take from guys like Tim Russert and Chris Matthews.

Project Runway 4 concludes tonight on Bravo, and People interviewed Chris March, the last contestant cut before the finale. In order to keep the finalists’ identities a secret at Fashion Week, Chris and fellow auf’d designer Sweet P presented collections that won’t be shown in the finale, but are being auctioned online for charity.

Top Chef: Chicago, which assumes Project Runway’s timeslot next Wednesday, announced which corporate sponsors will have products integrated into the show this season. I’d hate to be the guest judge for Clorox week.

Former Dancing with the Stars pro Maksim Chmerkovskiy thinks the four couples to watch this season are Christian & Cheryl, Jason & Edyta, Kristi & Mark, and Monica & Jonathan.

Mario Lopez is taking the skills he learned on DwtS to Broadway, where he will star in a revival of A Chorus Line.

Another former DwtS contestant, Paulina Porizkova, spoke with TV Guide about her new gig as a judge on America’s Next Top Model. Paulina’s insights into the world of modeling make the interview a great read.

The CW announced its spring schedule, and NBC released its plans for an "All-American Summer."

Variety’s Brian Lowry suggests that network "specials" become less special when there are so many of them.

The Futon Critic has a TV development update, including news about a young adult book series called How to Teach Filthy Rich Girls, which is being turned into a TV series for the CW, a la Gossip Girl.

E! has a new show in the works called Living Lohan that will follow Dina Lohan’s attempts to turn 14-year-old daughter Ali into a superstar, just like her big sis Lindsay. I’m assuming they’ll save the inevitable late night boozing/stint in rehab story arc for Season 2.

Miami Dolphins exec Bill Parcells says the team is not planning to trade defensive end and Dancing with the Stars 6 contestant Jason Taylor.

Following up on a story in yesterday’s Ox Notes, the Food Network has fired chef Robert Irvine, host of Dinner: Impossible.

Speaking of TV personalities in trouble, Jackass’ Steve-O was arrested after he got into a fight with his neighbor about a fence.

Turner networks TNT and TBS announced plans for more original programming, although I think Mark-Paul Gosselaar’s lion’s mane hairdo would make it impossible for me to take new TNT drama Raising the Bar seriously.

On the same day that CW renewed six shows for another season, the network cut 25 staff members and permanently downsized its comedy department. Three of my favorite shows — Gossip Girl, Smallville, and Supernatural — were among those renewed, although I’m wondering how much longer they can drag out Smallville. An eighth season of Lana & Clark fighting about keeping secrets from one another and then making up seems like enough.

Reality Blurred has a post about the ratings success of some of this season’s new shows about dancing.

This year’s Idol Gives Back charity special will include appearances by Bono and Snoop Dogg.

Idol judge Simon Cowell is making a movie for Paramount about Paul Potts, the cell phone salesman who won 2007’s Britain’s Got Talent. If you haven’t seen Potts’ winning rendition of "Nessun Dorma," you’re in for a treat.

Dancing with the Stars 6 contestant Mario has some real challenges ahead of him. His pro partner, Karina Smirnoff, had back surgery a few days ago, although she expects to be able to compete this season.

Access Hollywood checked in on the DwtS pros as they rehearsed their opening night dance number. Louis van Amstel revealed that he was familiar with his celebrity partner, Priscilla Presley, from her work on Dallas: "In Holland, I watched that show religiously."

If you’ve missed Nick Kosovich since he stopped dancing on DwtS, you can find him in Chicago on March 7, judging the third annual Dancing with Chicago Celebrities charity event with his wife, Lena.

ABC is working on a High School Musical reality show, with plans to air it this summer.

Reality producers Nigel Lythgoe and Mark Burnett have some ideas on how to make the Oscars telecast more appealing to viewers. Their foremost suggestion: limit the telecast to two hours.

Robert Irvine, host of the Food Network’s Dinner: Impossible, was busted for having lied about his resume. Turns out, he wasn’t knighted by Queen Elizabeth.

The Futon Critic has a handy spring programming grid, and Reality Blurred offers a list of reality show premiere dates for the spring.

One of my favorite shows, The Deadliest Catch, is missing from both of the spring guides. Perhaps Discovery Channel is holding the show until the videogame Deadliest Catch: Alaskan Storm is ready for release. Just what the world needs, another fishing videogame.

Oddsmakers are predicting ice skater Kristi Yamaguchi to win Dancing with the Stars 6. Marissa Jaret Winokur and Steve Guttenberg are considered the longest shots to win.

ABC announced yesterday that DwtS will be back for a seventh season this fall.

ABC is also reportedly interested in picking up Scrubs after it ends its run on NBC.

The Futon Critic has a list of development updates, included news on a new project by writer Shaun Cassidy called Inseparable.

Fox is working on a Family Guy spinoff starring Peter Griffin’s pal, Cleveland Brown. Don’t get me wrong, I love Cleveland and have been known to spend long periods of time imitating his voice. But sometimes peripheral characters are best left in the periphery.

NBC’s recently axed Quarterlife is making a stop on Bravo before heading back to the Internet.

If you’ve filed your taxes and received your refund already, head over to Clothes Off Our Back to bid on one of their many celebrity auction items donated for charity. I’m considering bidding on a gift bag donated by Kate Walsh just to so I can find out what mint chocolate chip ice cream-scented shampoo smells like.

Last night’s episode of Lost was my favorite since the first season, probably because it touched on a theme used in many episodes of Star Trek.

And I think I finally have a favorite member of the Fans tribe on Survivor: Micronesia. Tracy preyed on Joel’s paranoia and managed to manipulate him into doing exactly what she wanted, and he didn’t even have a clue.

Now her alliance with Kathy and Chet, neither of whom are physically or mentally well suited for the game, is in a position to call the shots for the Fans tribe — or would be, except that it looks like there’s a tribal shakeup coming next week.

Survivor’s Yau-Man Chan told TV Guide that he’s rooting for Jonathan, Ami, or Ozzy to win, now that he’s been eliminated from the game. What, no love for Eliza?

Dancing with the Stars 6 contestant Kristi Yamaguchi told the Modesto Bee that the hardest part about participating in the show is going to be leaving her two young daughters at home in Raleigh, North Carolina.

I’m totally bummed that Red Sox pitcher Jonathan Papelbon turned down an invitation to compete on DwtS. I mean, look at these moves:

It’s back to the Internet for Quarterlife after a terrible debut performance on NBC on Tuesday.

CBS has plans to air four mixed martial arts specials on Saturday nights throughout the year.

Speaking of Saturday nights, there are plans for a Saturday Night Live stage show in Las Vegas, starring former cast members like Jon Lovitz and Martin Short.

Tyra Banks and Ashton Kutcher have teamed up to produce a new reality show.

Project Runway will start casting designers for Season 5 in March. PR star Tim Gunn is one of the celebrities who’ve taped public service announcements for NBC’s "The More You Know" campaign. The new PSAs roll out on March 1, and the Futon Critic has the complete list of celebrity participants.

The final four couples each performed two dances, a short routine and a long routine. Tomas Mielnicki & J.T. Thomas’ Argentine Tango was my favorite of the short routines, followed by Arunas Bizokas & Katusha Demidova’s Standard Tango. The performances by Jose Decamps & Joanna Zacharewicz and Andrei Gavriline & Elena Kryuchkova were good, but not thrilling.

Arunas & Katusha’s long routine was my favorite of the second round. All of the other second round performances were entertaining and polished, but Standard routines seem to really stand out in the finale, because the style is so different from the other three disciplines.

Andrei & Elena’s long routine was my favorite performance of theirs in three seasons of America’s Ballroom Challenge, if only because it’s the only one I can recall where they didn’t use clothing as props — her skirt converts from short to long, she’s wrapped up in his coat, she’s wrapped up in his suspenders, etc. I find them much more enjoyable when they drop the Cirque du Soliel stuff and stick with ballroom.

The judges ultimately rewarded first place to Andrei & Elena, in part, as co-host Ron Montez stated, because they’ve been together much longer than the other couples. Arunas & Katusha finished in second place, followed by Thomas & J.T. and Jose & Joanna.

The finale included a number of exhibition performances as well. Valentin Chmerkovskiy & Valeriya Kozharinova performed a Jive, although Val’s penchant for flashy solo moves makes me wonder if he’d be happier if he didn’t have to share the spotlight with a partner.

Tony Dovolani & Elena Grinenko gave a farewell performance in which they eschewed their signature Rumba for the Robot, of all things. I’ll be disappointed if Tony doesn’t work some pop-n-lock into his routines with Marissa Jaret Winokur on Dancing with the Stars.

But the highlights of the night were the two farewell performances by Max Kozhevnikov & YuliaZagoruychenko. The performed an exciting Matrix-inspired showdance, and they reprised their "Hip Hip Chin Chin" routine. Max & Yulia, you will be missed.

Dancing with the Stars pros Cheryl Burke and Julianne Hough told People that the biggest challenge rehearsing for this season is compensating for the tall stature of their new partners, Cristian de la Fuente and Adam Carolla, respectively. If they’re having trouble, I can only imagine what Kym Johnson must be going through, working with the 6’6" Penn Jillette.

Perhaps Louis van Amstel’s new instructional DVD set, Learn to Dance Like the Stars, might have some tips for Cheryl and Julianne. The 8-disc set will retail for $119.99 when it’s released on April 8.

ABC will air a Bachelor "Where Are They Now?" special on March 10, one week before the season premieres of DwtS and The Bachelor. The network hopes to give a boost to new comedy Miss/Guided by airing a sneak preview of the show on March 18, right after the second night of DwtS competition.

The Emmys are considering adding an award for Best Reality Show Host. DwtS host Tom Bergeron is my pick, but I wouldn’t blame them for giving the inaugural award to Jeff Probst in honor of his 16 seasons of service on Survivor.

The final episode of America’s Ballroom Challenge 3 airs tonight on PBS. The top four couples will each perform a short and long routine to determine the winners, and retiring couples Tony Dovolani & Elena Grinenko and Max Kozhevnikov & Yulia Zagoruychenko will give farewell performances.

Yesterday, on the same day that the writers officially approved their new contract with the studios, CBS chief Les Moonves said that the strike may have ultimately saved the networks money by forcing them to change the way they develop new shows.

Reality Blurred has a recap of how last night’s episode of Big Brother dealt with the recent hospitalization of two contestants. Meanwhile, justice prevailed outside the Big Brother house: slur-spewing contestant Adam has been fired from his job with the United Autism Foundation.

Finally, more news about the making of Jimmy Kimmel’s "I’m F—ing Ben Affleck" video. Kimmel told People that the car sporting the "Honk If You’re F—ing Ben Affleck" bumper sticker driven by Harrison Ford in the video is Ford’s actual car.

Fall Out Boy’s Pete Wentz, who was as amused as I was by Huey Lewis’ cameo in the video, explained to MTV that participating in the shoot was a no-brainer: "Who would [turn] down the chance to do some homoerotic song that has Brad Pitt in it?"

Sunday night’s Oscars were the lowest rated in the awards show’s history, drawing fewer viewers than this season’s American Idol premiere.

A spokesperson for the Academy told Us Magazine that actor Brad Renfro’s omission from the list of industry folks who died in the last year was an "editing decision." Posters in the article’s comments thread mentioned several other big names left out of the montage, including the great Robert Goulet.

TV Guide has the scoop on how Jimmy Kimmel managed to get so many stars to appear in the video for the song "I’m F–king Ben Affleck," which debuted on his post-Oscar special. Rebecca Romijn, who appears in the video, told Us, "It was so exciting to help celebrate their love for one another. They make a beautiful couple."

One of Penn Jillette’s preparations for competing on Dancing with the Stars 6 includes getting Botox treatment, at his wife’s request. Marlee Matlin will be wearing a special hearing aid during the competition.

DwtS host Tom Bergeron says of the upcoming season, "I don’t have a clue how this is going to play out."

Former DwtS contestant and occasional professional boxer Floyd Mayweather is getting paid $20 million by the WWE to wrestle a man 16 inches taller, and who outweighs Floyd by nearly 300 pounds.

The judges for Lifetime’s dance competition, Your Mama Don’t Dance, are Ben Vereen, Cris Judd, and Vitamin C.

The Futon Critic has a list of yesterday’s TV development news, including updates on the status of Lipstick Jungle and Women’s Murder Club. Also in the works is a new Paris Hilton reality show, in which she auditions potential new best friends.

Online series Quarterlife makes the jump to network TV tonight, debuting on NBC at 10 ET. The premiere episode goes on sale today at iTunes, as well.