`` Project Runway '' will feature 90-minute episodes when Season 8 kicks off Thursday . `` The Biggest Loser , '' `` The Celebrity Apprentice '' switched to 120-minute episodes . It 's sometimes hard for viewers to identify with a scripted character , whereas they can watch a reality show and say , 'My mother is just that woman , ' or 'My brother is like that guy , ' Roth says . It 's the structure of competition reality shows that has led some critics to question whether they are too short and repetitive.
`` Project Runway '' will feature 90-minute episodes when Season 8 kicks off Thursday . `` The Biggest Loser , '' `` The Celebrity Apprentice '' switched to 120-minute episodes . It 's the structure of competition reality shows that has led some critics to question whether they are too short and repetitive.