Watch What Happens: Live
Original title: Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
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Host Andy Cohen discusses exciting and provocative pop culture events with celebrity guests, reality TV personalities and viewers.Host Andy Cohen discusses exciting and provocative pop culture events with celebrity guests, reality TV personalities and viewers.Host Andy Cohen discusses exciting and provocative pop culture events with celebrity guests, reality TV personalities and viewers.
- Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy
- 1 win & 11 nominations total
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This guy seriously needs professional help and so will you if you spend more than a few seconds watching this thing. This guy is such an imbecile he makes idiots look smart!
Let's face it, Andy Cohen, should not be on television. He is the antithesis of good television. He promotes bad behavior, bullying, and terrorizing his reality show guest stars. Andy Cohen is an indirect bully who allows to promote his misogynistic agenda in the Real Housewives series. His guests often play up to him because he's the unmistakable king of Bravo network at the moment. I find his behavior and reactions as offensive and disturbing at times. There is no sense of remorse, compassion, or sensitivity to his guests on screen or off screen. So why watch this train wreck after a reality show to get a response from it's participants. I can't stand Andy Cohen and I won't watch his show. He's not open-minded at all and has no compassion for his actions or for allowing misbehavior on television especially the housewives. He loves them but yet he exploits them for profit and entertainment. There is something sick about watching him get pleasure from others fighting or acting bad on screen. Still, this show should be canceled.
Be real - Watch What Happens Live is a late-night gem that carved out its own lane. It's unpredictable, campy, rapid-fire, and has the kind of "we're just gossiping in the back of a dive bar" vibe that makes it so easy to binge. Andy Cohen has built a mini-universe here - the clubhouse is part Bravo confessional booth, part chaos engine.
This is the show where the gloves come off, secrets slip out, and the drinks flow hard.
What Works: The Format: It's quick, unfiltered, and feels like an afterparty with all the drama stars you love (and love to hate). Between the games, polls, shade-throwing, and unplanned moments, it delivers a kind of Bravo therapy session that fans crave.
When Vanderpump Rules or The Valley Cast Shows Up: THIS is when it's at its best. The energy spikes, the tension is real, and sometimes the cast members say way more than they should. Whether it's Lala being Lala, or Jax just existing as a walking headline, those episodes feel electric.
The Bravo Superfan Factor: If you follow Bravo shows, this is basically your weekly fix of bonus content. Backstage tea. Unseen drama. Reunion-style tension. That's the secret sauce.
But Let's Talk Real: Andy's Favoritism: Yup. It's noticeable. Whether it's glossing over some cast members' mess while grilling others to death, or treating certain guests like royalty while others get shade and side-eye, it can rub people the wrong way. It's not always fair - and fans see it. The bias isn't subtle. That doesn't ruin the show, but it does take you out of it sometimes.
Surface-Level Stuff: There are moments where it feels like it could go deeper, but doesn't. A juicy question gets asked, then swept under the rug. A moment of tension pops up, then quickly gets laughed away. It's fun - but sometimes you wish they'd lean into the real mess just a bit more.
Bottom Line:
Even with its flaws, Watch What Happens Live is still a great time. It's messy, it's lively, and it's uniquely Bravo. Andy's charm is undeniable - even when he plays favorites - and the show remains a cornerstone for fans who want a little more behind-the-scenes tea.
If you love Bravo, you're probably already watching.
If you don't? Start with a Vanderpump or The Valley episode.
They always deliver.
This is the show where the gloves come off, secrets slip out, and the drinks flow hard.
What Works: The Format: It's quick, unfiltered, and feels like an afterparty with all the drama stars you love (and love to hate). Between the games, polls, shade-throwing, and unplanned moments, it delivers a kind of Bravo therapy session that fans crave.
When Vanderpump Rules or The Valley Cast Shows Up: THIS is when it's at its best. The energy spikes, the tension is real, and sometimes the cast members say way more than they should. Whether it's Lala being Lala, or Jax just existing as a walking headline, those episodes feel electric.
The Bravo Superfan Factor: If you follow Bravo shows, this is basically your weekly fix of bonus content. Backstage tea. Unseen drama. Reunion-style tension. That's the secret sauce.
But Let's Talk Real: Andy's Favoritism: Yup. It's noticeable. Whether it's glossing over some cast members' mess while grilling others to death, or treating certain guests like royalty while others get shade and side-eye, it can rub people the wrong way. It's not always fair - and fans see it. The bias isn't subtle. That doesn't ruin the show, but it does take you out of it sometimes.
Surface-Level Stuff: There are moments where it feels like it could go deeper, but doesn't. A juicy question gets asked, then swept under the rug. A moment of tension pops up, then quickly gets laughed away. It's fun - but sometimes you wish they'd lean into the real mess just a bit more.
Bottom Line:
Even with its flaws, Watch What Happens Live is still a great time. It's messy, it's lively, and it's uniquely Bravo. Andy's charm is undeniable - even when he plays favorites - and the show remains a cornerstone for fans who want a little more behind-the-scenes tea.
If you love Bravo, you're probably already watching.
If you don't? Start with a Vanderpump or The Valley episode.
They always deliver.
Saw a couple reels, looked funnyish, came to watch with no prejudice, never seen it before and immediately saw a deer in the headlights with dead shark eyes staring, being teleprompted. Then saw Lance Bass hocking a childrens book he wro- read probably. Felt my intelligence leaving so had to stop. I feel cheap for this being in existence, me no brain need to see show.
A no from me. Please warm the others of the danger we face as a result of this puppet. Run. Run as fast as you can.
Reading off a teleprompter is becoming AI sponsored to me somewhat and the voice turns monotone. This is not an enhancement of the gene pool.
A no from me. Please warm the others of the danger we face as a result of this puppet. Run. Run as fast as you can.
Reading off a teleprompter is becoming AI sponsored to me somewhat and the voice turns monotone. This is not an enhancement of the gene pool.
Absolutely love watch what happens to us Andy is amazing I want to thank him for all the awesome programs he's coming up with and all the amazing interviews he's done on house wives reunions etc.
Did you know
- TriviaDebra Winger was notoriously difficult to work with in Hollywood: Shirley Maclaine got into fights with her on the set of "Terms of Endearment"; Richard Gere clashed with her on "An Officer and a Gentleman''' she clashed with director Ivan Reitman on the "Legal Eagles" set and Lynda Carter on the "Wonder Woman" set. Winger admits she is hard to get along with in interviews and that she has few friends. She was so notoriously difficult to work with that she dropped off the A-list, which she had entered as up-and-coming star after her success on "Terms of Endearment", and into obscurity; there was even a documentary made about this: "Searching for Debra Winger." When Andy Cohen invited Debra Winger to "Watch What Happens Live" recently and interviewed her about all of this, he said it was one of the "toughest" interviews he's ever done.
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By what name was Watch What Happens: Live (2009) officially released in India in English?
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