On Amazon, Tim and Heidi find a new project

REALITY TV HAS BECOME A MAJOR FRONT IN THE STREAMing wars, and Amazon is joining the fight with Making the Cut. Hosted by Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn, the 10-part competition, which will debut two new episodes weekly, pits a dozen fashion designers against one another in a series of creative challenges. While Klum anchors the sassy panel of judges, the avuncular Gunn, a paragon of good taste in his perfectly tailored suits, mentors the contestants. “This adventure is going to be like no other,” Heidi tells the cast in their first meeting. “This is an unprecedented opportunity,” Tim proclaims.

Neither is entirely true—as evidenced by, well, reality. Gunn, on top which set the template for a whole subgenre of creative competition shows, from to spawned many spin-offs; and inspired adaptations on six continents. When the duo defected to Amazon in 2018, model Karlie Kloss and winner turned A-list designer Christian Siriano stepped in to take their place. Then, this past January, Netflix launched a remarkably similar contest called hosted by model-designer Alexa Chung and fashion guru Tan France. More than 15 years after its 2004 premiere, is still multiplying.