TV tip: "Project Runway All-Stars"

9 p.m. Thursdays

Lifetime

I didn't know whether to laugh or cry ... or cringe. Miss Piggy as a judge? And designers asked to create an outfit for said Piggy to promote "The Muppets" movie? For the love of Nina Garcia, what is going on here? Ah, let's forget that episode of weirdness - and the fact that "The Muppets" had already come and gone by the time the episode aired last week. Let's focus instead on the fact that "All-Stars" thrives on its collection of former "Project Runway" contestants. The mix of designers - their work and their personalities - is just right. And the fact that Kenley and Kara are bonding, which unaccountably gets under Mila's skin, is hilarious. Granted, host Angela Lindvall is no Heidi Klum, and Joanna Coles is no Tim Gunn. But Isaac Mizrahi and Georgina Chapman acquit themselves well as judges. Not as fun as the original, but the "Project Runway" concept is still - oh, we'll say it - in fashion.

- KRISTINA DORSEY