BRAVO MEDIA RENEWS MULTI-TIERED DEAL WITH LATE NIGHT TALK SHOW HOST AND EMMY™ AWARD-WINNING PRODUCER ANDY COHEN THROUGH 2020
Mazel all around! Bravo Media has signed a three year multi-tiered deal with late night talk show host and Emmy™ award-winning producer Andy Cohen, it was announced today by Frances Berwick, President, Lifestyle Networks, NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment. The deal, which extends through 2020, includes 3 more years of Cohen as host and executive producer of the only live late night talk show, “Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen,” a renewed first-look development deal with Cohen’s production company, Most Talkative, and his continuing as executive producer of the successful “Real Housewives” franchise as well as hosting reunions and specials.
“Andy is a creative multi-hyphenate dynamo, who through his cheeky charm, fascination and fandom, makes you want to hang out with him – either on the seat next to him or on the screen in front of you,” said Berwick. “He’s an integral part of the Bravo family and brand and we can’t wait to see where he takes ‘Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen’ next.”
“This is the show I have dreamt about hosting all my life and it’s as fun today as when we started over eight years ago,” said host and executive producer Andy Cohen. “Thanks to Bravo for supplying the booze to throw three more years of great parties!”
As host and executive producer of “Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen,” Cohen continues to go there–challenging both celebrities and Bravolebrities on the most interactive show in late-night television. The show also offers fans an unprecedented opportunity to interact with their favorite celebrities in real time whether calling in to ask questions or weighing in via live polls. “Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen” is consistently making headlines with revealing interviews viewers don’t see anywhere else, and because of this, the Bravo Clubhouse has become a nightly destination for some of the biggest names in pop culture. Whether “Pleading the Fifth,” “Opening The Vault,” or taking shots from the shotski, countless memorable moments have been created during the show’s eight year tenure. Guests this month include Kate Hudson, Will Ferrell, Gayle King, Macklemore, Kandi Burruss, John Mayer and Leslie Odom Jr.
This year has been a pivotal for the series. In 2017, the title of the show changed to “Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen,” (formerly “Watch What Happens Live”) and the series traveled to Los Angeles for the first time ever with a week of star-studded shows. In New York, the talk show moved into a larger, newly renovated Bravo Clubhouse that is better equipped to handle the interactive nature of the series while also doubling the size of its live audience.
“Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen” recently launched its own podcast! Fans can subscribe to hear every episode plus the live after show and exclusive behind-the-scenes content. To subscribe, click here.
“Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen” is the #1 late night ad-supported cable talk show of 2017 among F25-54.
Source: Nielsen, L7. 13 Late Night (11P-1A) Ad-supported cable talk shows: Talking w/ Chris Hardwick (AMC), Animal Nation (Animal Planet), Graham Norton Show (BBCA), WWHL, Daily Show (Comedy Central), At Midnight (Comedy Central), The Barstool Rundown (Comedy Central), Problematic (Comedy Central), The President Show (Comedy Central), World Star TV (MTV), Adam Carolla and Friends (Spike), Conan (TBS), and Desus & Mero (Viceland).
About Bravo Media:
Bravo Media is the premier lifestyle and entertainment brand that drives cultural conversation around its high-quality, interactive original content focusing on the network’s passion points of food, fashion, beauty, design, digital, and pop culture. The network’s diversified slate includes Bravo’s scripted series “Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce,” “Imposters,” and “Odd Mom Out,” in addition to unscripted favorites such as Emmy Award-winning “Top Chef,” “Vanderpump Rules,” “Below Deck,” “Southern Charm,” and the popular “Million Dollar Listing” and “The Real Housewives” franchises, as well as the only live late-night talk show, “Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen.” Available in 87 million homes, Bravo is a program service of NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment, a division of NBCUniversal, one of the world’s leading media and entertainment companies in the development, production, and marketing of entertainment, news, and information to a global audience. Watch Bravo anywhere: on demand, online, or across mobile and connected TVs. Bravo has been an NBCUniversal cable network since December 2002 and first launched in December 1980.
