Andy Cohen (television personality)
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| Born | June 2, 1968 St. Louis, Missouri |
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| Nationality |  U.S.A. |
| Other names | Andy |
| Education | B.A. (broadcast journalism), Boston University |
| Occupation | Television executive and Blogger |
| Employers | Bravo† Ŀ NBC Universal Ŀ GE |
| Title | Senior Vice President of Production and Programming |
| Partner | Single—as of June 1, 2007 (Cohen 2007, p. 2) |
| Website Andy’s Blog on BravoTV.com |
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† NBC Universal, the parent company of Bravo, is owned by the world’s second largest company, General Electric Co.
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Andy Cohen is an American television executive. He is currently Senior Vice President of Production and Programming at the Bravo cable television network, a subsidiary of NBC Universal.
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[edit] Biographical Data
Cohen was born on June 2, 1968,[1] in St. Louis, Missouri,[2] of Russian and Polish descent[3] and Jewish heritage.[4] He is openly gay, as he has stated both overtly and obliquely (Cohen 2006a, “…there is the issue of my playing for a different team than Andre.”), and in interviews.[5]
Cohen holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in broadcast journalism from Boston University.[2]
[edit] Professional Background[2]
[edit] Current positions with NBC Universal
Hit shows Cohen oversees (or has overseen) include…
- Top Chef
- Project Runway
- Queer Eye for the Straight Guy
- Shear Genius
- The Real Housewives of Orange County
- Work Out
- Tim Gunn's Guide to Style
- Flipping Out
- "Millionaire Matchmaker"
- "The Real Housewives of New York City"
- " Top Design"
- "Step it Up and Dance"
Also handles unscripted (“reality”) series and specials, such as…
- Blow Out
- Being Bobby Brown
- Celebrity Poker Showdown
- Showdog Moms and Dads
- Battle of the Network Reality Stars
Cohen is also a blogger on pop culture, television, media, and his own daily life…
- “Andy’s Blog” at BravoTV.com
- “Andy Cohen’s Blog” at OutZoneTV.com
He is the host of Watch What Happens, BravoTV.com's first live-streaming online program, and has hosted several reunion shows on Bravo TV, including:
- "Top Chef: Watch What Happens Special" - 2
- "The Real Housewives of Orange County: Watch What Happens Special"
- "The Real Housewives Confess"
- "Flipping Out: Watch What Happens Special"
- "Shear Genius: Watch What Happens Special"
- "20 Most Outrageous Bravo Moments"
He is a frequent commentator on CNN and other media outlets as a pop culture pundit for Bravo.
[edit] Previous NBC assignments
Cohen was previously Vice President of Original Programming for TRIO, another NBC Universal outlet, beginning in July 2000. Original productions under his supervision at TRIO included:
- Gay Republicans
- Easy Riders/Raging Bulls
- Brilliant, But Cancelled
- Pilot Season
- 24w/
- Parking Lot
- PeterPeter
[edit] Before NBC Universal
- CBS News:
- Senior Producer for The Early Show
- Producer for 48 Hours and CBS This Morning
[edit] Awards
- Peabody Award, 2004, as executive producer of the TRIO documentary The N-Word[6][2]
- At least five primetime Emmy Award nominations[7] as executive producer of:
- Queer Eye for the Straight Guy (nominated in 2005)
- Project Runway (nominated in 2006 and 2007)
- Project Greenlight (nominated in 2005)
- Top Chef (nominated in 2007)
- Named “hottest blogger of 2006” by OUT Magazine in their annual “hot” issue[2][8]
- Named by Multichannel News one of 2007’s “40 Under 40”[2][9] innovative and formative executives at work today
[edit] References
- ^ Cohen, Andy (2007-06-01), 'Lil 40, Andy’s Blog, BravoTV.com, <http://www.bravotv.com/blog/andysblog/2007/06/lil_40.php>. Retrieved on 26 September 2007
- ^ a b c d e f Andy Cohen’s biography, BravoTV.com, 2007, <http://www.bravotv.com/blog/andysblog/bio.html>. Retrieved on 26 September 2007
- ^ Cohen, Andy (2006-07-31), Again, I Am NOT Andre Balasz, Andy Cohen’s Blog, OutZoneTV.com, <http://blogs.outzonetv.com/andy/2006/07/again_i_am_not_andre_balasz_1.php>. Retrieved on 26 September 2007
- ^ Cohen, Andy (2006-11-29), Photoblog: Top Chef, Andy’s Blog, BravoTV.com, <http://www.bravotv.com/blog/andysblog/2006/11/photoblog_top_chef.php>. Retrieved on 26 September 2007
- ^ Juergens, Brian (2007-02-14), Bravo’s Andy Cohen Loves His Big Gay Job, AfterElton.com, <http://www.afterelton.com/archive/elton/people/2007/2/andycohen.html>. Retrieved on 26 September 2007
- ^ The Peabody Award Winners Archive, University of Georgia’s Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, <http://www.peabody.uga.edu/archives>. Retrieved on 26 September 2007. Note that the Peabody Archive lists the year of this award as 2004, not 2005 as stated in BravoTV.com’s biography of Cohen; the Peabody Archive citation is taken as authoritative.
- ^ “Awards for Andrew Cohen (V)”, The Internet Movie Database (IMDb), IMDb.com, 2007, <http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1565702/awards>. Retrieved on 26 September 2007
- ^ Cohen, Andy (2006-05-16), Stuff, Andy’s Blog, BravoTV.com, <http://www.bravotv.com/blog/andysblog/2006/05/stuff.php>. Retrieved on 26 September 2007
- ^ “Forty Under Forty”, Multichannel News (Multichannel.com), 2007-05-28, <http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA6446424.html?industryid=47199&q=%2240+Under+40%22>. Retrieved on 26 September 2007
[edit] External links
- Andrew Cohen at the Internet Movie Database
- Andy’s Blog on BravoTV.com
- Andy Cohen’s Blog on OutZoneTV.com
