Harvey Weinstein, Jeff Zucker Spar In Court Over "Project Runway"

NEW YORK Jeff Zucker, president and CEO of NBC Universal, and Harvey Weinstein, co-chairman of The Weinstein Co. (TWC), offered colorful and conflicting testimony Thursday at a hearing in New York State Supreme Court -- the first public skirmish in their dispute over the hit Bravo program Project Runway.

In April, NBC filed suit against TWC, which produces the show, for breach of contract for moving the series to Lifetime without giving NBC -- Bravo's parent -- the chance to match the offer. Runway will appear on its new network starting with the sixth season, currently set to begin in November. The show's fifth season launched last night on Bravo and continues through October.

Thursday's daylong hearing before Judge Richard Lowe in Manhattan featured testimony from Zucker, Weinstein and others on two motions, including a preliminary injunction request from NBC that would prevent Weinstein from moving the show to Lifetime before the case is fully tried. The second motion, from Weinstein, asks for a dismissal.

Judge Lowe did not rule on either request today, and it was unclear when he would do so.

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