The nightly party in Andy Cohen‘s Bravo clubhouse will continue for at least another two seasons.
Watch What Happens Live host and Real Housewives producer Andy Cohen has secured a three-year extension on his first-look deal with NBCUniversal that will seem him host his Bravo talk show through 2027, Bravo announced today.
Launched in 2009, Watch What Happens Live is currently in the middle of its 22nd season. It’s on track to record its 3,000th episode this year. In addition to WWHL, Cohen will continue to serve as an executive producer on Real Housewives and host the franchise’s reunion specials.
“After more than 20 years with Bravo, I’m full of intense gratitude that I get to continue living out my dream here,” Cohen said of the new deal in a statement. “I’m excited to keep growing our successes across NBCUniversal’s incredible portfolio and, most of all, thankful that I, along with my team, get to keep doing what we love most.”
Cohen shared a similar sentiment with his Instagram followers following the announcement.
“To say I’m thrilled to continue doing what I love—more than 20 years after starting at the network—is an understatement!,” he wrote. “Thank you for hanging with me!”
Though changing viewer habits have left much of cable to die on the vine, Bravo remains a jewel in NBCUniversal’s crown, with its popular reality fare serving as a ersatz content factory for its streaming service, Peacock. (Tellingly, NBCU chose to retain Bravo as it spins off the rest of its cable networks into the planned new publicly traded company Versant.)
The future has seemed less bright for Watch What Happens Live in recent years. Last year’s renewal came later than its usual winter announcement, with Bravo appearing to wait for an outside investigation to clear Cohen of harassment allegations from Real Housewives stars Leah McSweeney and Brandi Glanville.
This year, the renewal was even more delayed. Bravo unveiled its schedule in May ahead of the NBCU upfront, but made no mention of its plans for WWHL.
Cohen, for his part, has never wavered in his desire to keep his nightly hour on Bravo. While voicing his hopes that the Emmy nominations would finally recognize Watch What Happens Live last year, Cohen told THR, “I appreciate that they want it to happen and I would love it to happen. But ultimately, I’m more concerned with just getting to keep doing the show.”
