Andy Cohen (television personality)

Andy Cohen
Cohen in July 2008
Born	Andrew Joseph Cohen (1968-06-02) June 2, 1968 St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Ethnicity	Jewish[1]
Alma mater	Boston University[2]
Occupation	Talk show host
Years active	2000–present
Employer	Bravo
Known for	Watch What Happens: Live

Andrew "Andy" Cohen (born June 2, 1968)^[3] is an American talk show and radio host, author and producer. Cohen hosts the Bravo nightly series Watch What Happens: Live and is the author of a memoir, Most Talkative: Stories from the Front Lines of Pop Culture. He is the first openly gay host of an American late-night talk show.^[4] After being head of development at Bravo for more than 10 years, Cohen resigned in November 2013.^[5] He continues to serve as an executive producer of The Real Housewives franchise and host of Watch What Happens: Live.^[5]

Life and career

Cohen was born in St. Louis, Missouri, the son of Evelyn and Lou Cohen.^[2] He graduated from Clayton High School in 1986.^[6] Cohen attended Camp Nebagamon For Boys as a Kid in Lake Nebagamon, Wisconsin. He is a graduate of Boston University, where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in broadcast journalism. He interned at CBS News alongside Julie Chen,^[7][8] who was also working as an intern. He spent 10 years at CBS News, eventually serving as senior producer of The Early Show. Cohen also served as a producer for 48 Hours and CBS This Morning. In 2000, he became vice president of original programming for the cable network Trio.^[9] Cohen joined Bravo in 2004 when the network purchased Trio.^[10]

Cohen is a regular on Today and Morning Joe and has co-hosted Live! with Kelly, and The View. He has made various guest appearances. On October 4, 2012, Cohen was the guest co-host on Anderson Live, with Anderson Cooper. Cohen and Cooper discussed Cooper's coming out as a gay man. On August 15, 2013, he declined to co-host the Miss Universe pageant in Russia, due to the country’s recent adoption of anti-gay laws.^[11] On March 22, 2014, he appeared in Lady Gaga's music video for "G.U.Y.", the third single from her 2013 album Artpop.^[12] In late 2015, Cohen launched the SiriusXM radio channel Radio Andy.^[13]

Awards and accolades

• Emmy Award, 2010, as Executive Producer of Outstanding Competitive Reality Series Top Chef
• In 2007, Cohen was named one of Multichannel News' "40 Under 40" broadcasting executives.^[14]
• Peabody Award, 2004, as executive producer of the Trio documentary The N-Word^[15][16]

In December 2012, GQ named Cohen one of the 25 Best Dressed Men of the Year.^[17]

In 2012, he was chosen as one of Broadcasting & Cable's "Digital All-Stars" and in 2010, appeared on TV Guide<nowik>'</nowiki>s "Power List" of talked-about individual^[18][19]

Bibliography

• Most Talkative: Stories from the front lines of pop culture. Henry Holt and Co. 2012. ISBN 978-0-8050-9583-8. 
• The Andy Cohen Diaries: A Deep Look at a Shallow Year. Henry Holt and Co. 2014. ISBN 978-1-627-79228-8. ^[20]

References

External links

• Andy Cohen at the Internet Movie Database
• Website for The Andy Cohen Diaries
• Website for Watch What Happens Live
• Andy Cohen's Blog on Bravo
• Andy Cohen Twitter
• Andy Cohen Facebook