The Gist: Klum is indeed back as host, seven years after she and Tim Gunn left the show to produce and star in Making The Cut on Prime Video. However, Gunn wasn’t asked to return alongside Klum; former Runway winner Christian Siriano remains in the mentor role (he did double duty as host and mentor for the past couple of seasons).

The supermodel and executive producer Michael Rucker discuss their homecomings to the series, the dynamic cast and why Christian Siriano remained as the designer’s mentor with the network shift.

The brand new season of "Project Runway" sees the return of long-time host and judge Heidi Klum and 12 new hopeful designers eager to impress the judges and become the next most talked about designer.