Bravo for Spinoffs

Bravo has announced plans for three spinoff series. Project Runway winner Christian Siriano will front a show about setting up a shop and marketing a clothing line, Real Housewives of New York star Bethenny Frankel's project will concern her career as natural foods chef and love life, and Top Chef contestant Fabio Viviani's series will document his new restaurant in Los Angeles. Thus far only Viviani's show has a title, Fabio: A Catered Affair. Are these guys really good to enough to step into the solo-project shoes of Tim Gunn, Jay McCarroll, and, uh, Jo de la Rosa? OK, five yards of bargain seersucker from Mood Fabrics is better than Jo. [Variety]