EXCLUSIVE: Andy Cohen took his Watch What Occurs Dwell clubhouse right down to Miami for Bravo Fan Fest, and Deadline caught up with him to get the most recent on The Actual Housewives franchise.
It was lately confirmed that The Actual Housewives of Dubai was placed on pause after two seasons, however how momentary or everlasting is that this pause?
“I imply, a pause is a pause is a pause is a pause. However look, I really like Dubai. I really like what we constructed there,” Cohen instructed Deadline. “We’re what we’re doing with Jersey. We had this Housewives drought [over the] summer season, [which] everybody was complaining about, and I feel it’s about getting the rollout in order that it’s a gentle stream and there’s the correct quantity [of shows].”
The Actual Housewives of New Jersey was additionally placed on pause after a dramatic season that divided the forged into Staff Teresa Giudice and Staff Melissa Gorga. Cohen instructed us they aren’t in a rush to resolve on the way forward for RHONJ simply but.
“We’re taking our time. We’re in no rush. We’re actually gratified with what’s on the slate for subsequent 12 months,” Cohen defined. “[For instance], the brand new Atlanta, which I’m seven episodes in of watching, it’s excellent. I’m so excited for folks to see this, and so they’re going to see it early subsequent 12 months.”
He continued, “Miami is in the course of capturing an absolute blowaway season. We’re coming off of one of the in style seasons of Orange County that we’ve ever had. I feel that’s 16 or 17 years into that sequence. So issues are actually good in Housewives world. We’re simply being further cautious, as a result of we wish the whole lot to succeed.”
A present that was placed on pause and utterly rebooted was The Actual Housewives of New York Metropolis, which has been airing its second season on Bravo because the revamp. There have been a whole lot of comparisons to the earlier iteration of the present and we requested Cohen his ideas on what’s creatively working with the present RHONY and what he would change about it.
“I feel there are a whole lot of fascinating private tales with the ladies within the new New York,” he mentioned. “I feel the group dynamic is somewhat little bit of a problem this season. I feel the rap on the group in season one was, ‘Oh, there’s not a whole lot of historical past there.’ The fascinating factor about them this season is that they hang around lots and they’re a cohesive group.”
Cohen defined that “one of many progress areas is that lots occurs off digicam, and that’s for a housewife present you want the whole lot to occur on digicam.”
“I actually imagine on this group of ladies,” he continued. “I feel they’re very aspirational. I feel they’re enjoyable to observe. I feel the garments and the window into a distinct sort of New York is all what we needed it to be.”
Cohen acknowledged that he was a champion of the outdated RHONY, including, “We had 13 nice seasons, plus a women journey with that group of ladies, which is an unimaginable accomplishment. Rather a lot modified, lots shifted in [their] world and in life – [for instance], Sonja [Morgan] is now dwelling in Florida, Ramona [Singer] mainly lives in Florida. Issues have shifted.”
“So with this group of RHONY, we’re sort of seeking to the longer term with them. I beloved the unique, however this can be a new group,” he mentioned.
Relating to producers rebranding the brand new RHONY and beginning it from Season 1 as an alternative of continuous with Season 14, Cohen mentioned, “I feel you will have a very nice IP, and it’s The Actual Housewives of New York. None of that was ever a consideration. We simply felt like, ‘Okay, nicely, that is the Actual Housewives of New York.’”
This week, Deadline reported that Comcast would spin off its cable networks apart from Bravo, a vote of confidence in regards to the internet’s sturdy model and huge mass attraction, which have spawned sold-out stay occasions like BravoCon and Bravo Fan Fest: Miami.
“That’s precisely how I considered it. I used to be like, ‘What an amazing vote of confidence in one thing that we constructed.’ And I feel it makes actually good sense,” he mentioned. “Now we have an unimaginable partnership with Peacock and I do know simply it looks like Peacock is a really sticky residence to our programming. It is smart, given the fervour for the Bravo model that there’s a streamer like Peacock that they will feed one another, mainly, and so I feel that makes nice sense, and I’m relieved as a result of I feel that the Peacock-Bravo partnership, is basically sturdy. So I’m relieved in that sense, and I’m additionally gratified that the overlords felt that this was price being on this portfolio.”
With streaming changing into the popular approach for viewers to eat TV, in a single day scores are approach completely different than when The Actual Housewives franchise began. The in a single day scores have grow to be a scorching matter amongst die-hard followers on social media, however how necessary are these numbers to the community?
“So humorous that you just say that – I used to be simply fishing round Twitter, and there have been followers posting in regards to the overnights for the reveals,” Cohen mentioned. “Let me put it to you this fashion – anytime I ask the oldsters at Bravo, ‘Hey, let’s discuss these overnights,’ [Bravo will] say, ‘Let’s wait as a result of this isn’t what we’re measured by at this level.’ I feel it’s necessary to have a look at the larger image, which is that the viewership for this portfolio of reveals is basically massive. They’re simply watching it in another way.”
