Tim Gunn's Guide to Style, Bravo's makeover show starring the erudite Tim Gunn, is already taking a hiatus, with the show airing reruns for the time being. Blogging Project Runway has a statement from Bravo saying that there's no plan for when the show will return with new episodes, "but it will return as a compliment to Project Runway." That leaves the Blogging Project Runway team wondering if the show will see some retooling.

A revamp wouldn't be surprising. The show has received mixed reviews and it sounds like our readers haven't enthusiastically embraced the show.

I thought the show worked best when a big designer made an appearance on the show -- seeing the subject of the episode receive a designer dress and look good in it really adds to the fantasy fulfillment aspect of the makeover. However, there's something that didn't work for me when Gunn educated the audience on fashion, which is strange because he's so great when he's critiquing designers on Runway.

One thing I'd definitely like to see on Guide are appearances by past Project Runway designers -- I'm sure the chance to be dressed by Nick Verreos would be just as exciting to Guide to Style's makeover recipients (who, if they know Tim Gunn, must know Project Runway), and Runway fans would enjoy the chance to see their favorite designers in their element.

What do you think? Did Guide to Style find its voice in the few episodes that aired? What does it need to really sizzle? What subtractions would actually be additions?

Taking a little inspiration from the way Andy Dehnart had some fun with varying reviews of Tim Gunn's Guide to Style. I thought it might be interesting to collect just the comments about host Tim Gunn and see how they vary. Think of it this way, it's time to judge TV reviewers by the way they judge Tim Gunn.

The critics largely find Gunn the best part of the show. Generally, if they liked Tim Gunn's Guide to Style it was because of Gunn's charming manner. If they didn't like the show, it was because it failed to make good use of its host. For instance, New York Newsday's Anne Brakskeir says that, "in the wasteland of reality and makeover shows, Gunn shines." Michael Slezak of Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch blog concludes that, "it's ultimately his dry wit, big heart, and plus-sized vocabulary that might just draw me back for a second or third helping." And the San Diego Tribune's Karla Peterson similarly says that, "whatever Tim Gunn's Guide to Style may lack in originality, it makes up for with the warm heart and expert eye of its host."

The Wasington Post's Robin Givhan, however, attributes the show's failure to Gunn, essentially saying that he's too classy to make for good reality TV. Givhan says that, "Some people are simply too tasteful to star in reality television. This is the problem with the erudite Tim Gunn... Gunn is authentic, which is precisely what reality television is not." Oh, let's not limit the genre to its worst stereotypes, shall we? The popularity of Jenny Jones didn't force Oprah to wallow in trash, because they both had daytime talk shows.

The upcoming issue of Out Magazine features a big piece on near-universally-beloved (and certainly Universally-beloved, as they do own Bravo) Tim Gunn, whose new show, Tim Gunn's Guide to Style, promises to be "the little black dress of makeover shows."

As you can see above, our lovable Project Runway taskmaster is looking dapper as ever as he ramps up his new project. Here are a few choice quotes from the silver fox:

On his style philosophy:

"... there are two maxims that I subscribe to: One is about fit, and the other is about posture. I had a guy come up to me on the subway platform a couple of months ago who said, 'How do I get my suits to fit better?' I walked around him and said, 'I’m going to give you the simplest solution in the world, and forgive me if it sounds abrupt and rude, but just stand up straight!' He did, and looked much better."

On growing up:

"I was fixated on architecture and interiors, which of course had everybody worried. I had a really butch father — so butch I thought maybe he was a closet case. He was an FBI agent and a sports lover, and the only sport I could even participate in was swimming, because it was nice and clean and you didn’t sweat."

On being a part of Bravo's gay crusade:

"I’m so proud to be part of Bravo largely because of that. They’ve totally demystified gayness. Of course, the striking element about Runway’s third season was that the two male finalists were heterosexual. That was really weird and unexpected given the pool, but it happens."

On relationships:

"I haven’t been in a relationship since 1982. God, that sounds pathetic. But I was so severely hurt that I’ve never, ever gotten over it. I was so madly and desperately in love that I didn’t see the end coming. It was a routine night on the couch watching television, and he turned to me and just said, 'I don’t have the patience for you. I can’t do this anymore.' After nine years. I still remember leaving his apartment, driving down Rock Creek Parkway in Washington, D.C., thinking, Maybe I’ll just drive right off the bridge.

Well, I used to live right at the top of Rock Creek on 16th Street, and I would have been there to catch you and your car, Tim! Although not in 1982. I was seven. Sorry!

The interview — chock full of other classic Timicisms — runs in Out's September issue, which hits shelves soon.

Say it ain't so! According to Radar Magazine, Bravo thinks its upcoming makeover series, Tim Gunn's Guide to Style, needs a co-host to balance out the erudite Tim Gunn.

The series will feature the Project Runway guru as a "fashion therapist" counseling average people on how to dress and style themselves better.

Radar's source claims that producers are worried that Gunn will come off as "too highbrow" and are seeking a "down-to-earth" female co-host to balance him out. Too highbrow? Don't they realize why we love Tim Gunn?

Like Best Week Ever, I'd love to have an entire Tim Gunn Network: