As war explodes in the middle east—where Israel’s Gaza-occupying Operation Summer Rains somehow inspired Hezbollah’s Israeli soldier-kidnapping Operation Truthful Promise, thus inspiring Israel’s Lebanon-bombing Operation Just Reward—I can only watch in ignorance, dread, and horror.

And so I turn on the television, and find that an episode of basic cable’s most alluring program—Bravo’s fashion-design competition Project Runway—is being aired on NBC.

Apparently, Project Runway has proven such a big hit on Bravo and in the collective imagination of the nation that producers are experimenting with a primetime network run. Should the ratings rise high enough, the network run will continue throughout the show’s just-started third season.

Last night brought the first episode of PR’s season three to NBC. It was delightful.

Next Monday, NBC will air the second episode of season three at 8pm. It is your duty as an American to watch it.

Thanks to our nation’s credibility-destroying endeavors in Iraq, Guantanamo, and elsewhere, the U.S. has little moral leverage to affect what’s going down between Israel and Lebanon. But we can still affect what television shows make it to primetime.

Operation Project Runway: Next Monday, 8pm, NBC. Be there. Ask not what television can do for you, but what you can do for television.