Who doesn't love Andy Cohen? He is the mastermind behind the Real Housewives franchise on Bravo and he also hosts Watch What Happens: Live each night. Aside from his obvious chops for business, he comes across as a really likable guy, and that makes him the perfect one to ask all those tough, interview questions. Cohen started at CBS as a producer and found his way over to Bravo after about 10 years in the business. He recently did an interview for Entertainment Weekly that revealed some pretty interesting details.
Like the fact that Watch What Happens: Live is styled after Dick Cavett's old talk show and how Cohen taps into the old stuff to help guide his development decisions at Bravo now. He also talked about how many shows on the network have started off slow and picked up momentum by the end of their first season. Very rarely has there been an instant hit and, believe it or not, the Housewives franchise almost never existed!
Cohen explained that there were so many production problems and other issues after filming the first season of The Real Housewives of Orange County that it was almost canceled as soon as the season finished airing. Had it been killed, then we would have never met the ladies from New York City, New Jersey, Atlanta, Miami and Beverly Hills. Maybe Teresa Giudice would not have gotten so greedy and she would not be locked up right now ...
Check out the clip here with Cohen dishing some behind-the-scenes info.
Are you surprised that he almost pulled the plug on the Housewives? Do you tune in to Watch What Happens: Live each night? Do you like Cohen's talk show style? Tell us your thoughts in the comments section below.
