Andy Cohen

Andy Cohen is the host and Executive Producer of Watch What Happens Live Bravos late night interactive talk show The series is the only live show in Late Night and features everyone from Bravolebrities to big names in pop culture He also serves as Executive Producer of The Real Housewives franchsie and hosts the networks highly rated reunion specials Cohen has an active following on social media where he commands over two million followers on Twitter Instagram and Facebook In May 2013 Cohen became a New York Times bestselling author for the second time with the release of the paperback version of his book Most Talkative Stories from the Frontlines of Pop Culture Most recently Cohen served as Bravos Executive Vice President of Development and Talent responsible for creating original content developing innovative formats and identifying new talent He also served as Executive Producer on Emmy and James Beard awardwinning Top Chef Cohen started at Bravo in 2004 as Vice President Original Programming and in 2005 he was elevated to Senior Vice President of Original Programming Development He upped to Executive Vice President of Original Programming Development in December 2010 Since then he has overseen an aggressive slate of unscripted series and specials including hits such as the Peabody Award winning Project Runway and the Emmy winning Top Chef Previously Cohen was Vice President of Original Programming for TRIO pop culture TV beginning in July 2000 He was responsible for developing and supervising all of TRIOs original productions   Cohen is a regular on the Today Show and Morning Joe and has cohosted Live with Kelly and Michael The View Anderson Live and the 1000am hour of Today He has also been a guest on Late Show with David Letterman The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and Late Night with Jimmy Fallon Most recently Cohen interviewed Lady Gaga for the December cover story of Glamour Magazine In June of 2013 he was named to Fast Companys 100 Most Creative People in Business List  In December of 2012 GQ Magazine named Cohen one of the 25 Best Dressed Men of the Year In 2011 and 2012 he hosted the Miss USA and Miss Universe pageants live on NBC Cohen has appeared on the covers of several magazines including Parade Entertainment Weekly Hamptons and The Advocate and has been profiled by The New York Times Glamour Magazine Vanity Fair People and Fortune magazine In 2012 he was chosen as one of Broadcasting Cables Digital AllStars and in 2010 he was listed as one of TV Guides 25 Most Influential People in Television Prior to working at TRIO Cohen spent 10 years at CBS News as Senior Producer of The Early Show overseeing the production of entertainment segments Cohen also served as a producer for CBS News 48 Hours and for CBS This Morning Born in St Louis Cohen is a graduate of Boston University where he received a BA degree in broadcast journalism Cohen is currently on the board of directors for charity Friends In Deed and currently resides in New York City Biography provided by BravoTV  Modified for length