*Andy Cohen, Bravo programming exec and host of its late-night show “Watch What Happens,” was asked how he would boost ratings at the struggling Oprah Winfrey Network during a visit to Howard Stern’s satellite radio show Tuesday.
“Here’s the first thing that I would do and it’s the first thing I would have done two years ago: put on re-reruns of the freaking Oprah Winfrey Show,” Cohen said. “They are sitting on a 25-year archive of The Oprah Winfrey Show. You have all this time to fill? Guess what I want to watch? The greatest talk show in the history of talk shows, The Oprah Winfrey Show,” he said.
At Bravo, Cohen is responsible for such successful reality franchises as “Project Runway,” “Top Chef” and the multi-city “Real Housewives” editions.
Winfrey is featured in two OWN programs: “Oprah’s Next Chapter,” an interview show that’s attracted the biggest audience with high-profile guests, and “Oprah’s Lifeclass,” a televised self-help session that has included appearances from Deepak Chopra and Tony Robbins.
“First of all, I don’t want to watch a show that has class in the title,” said Cohen. “I don’t want to go to school. … I just want to see the old The Oprah Winfrey Show.” He added: “I know they probably have rights issues … (but) it’s the greatest show.”
Cohen said he would decline an offer to jump from Bravo to OWN because he’s “like a pig in s–t right now,” multi-tasking on projects including his new memoir, “Most Talkative: Stories from the Front Lines of Pop Culture,” which was released Tuesday.
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Typical white male response. Saying that Oprah’s only value is her former talk show. She put her talk show episodes on dvd in 2006 to celebrate 20 years. If Oprah reruns her talk show, which no one has done in the history of American television once their show is cancelled, her career is over.
I love Andy.
How did this discussion turn racial? This is pathetic. So now white folks can offer suggestions if it involves a black person?
What is pathetic is that Andy thinks Oprah is not capable of doing anything else but her talk show. He is insulting her and no one offered him a job at OWN anyway. When was the last time you heard a white male say that women of color can do anything they want?
First stop showing the Dr Phil reruns etc people can see him on their regular network channel, besides he is annoying, and get rid of those sex advice shows( i annot remeber the names right now) I do not watch OWN too much but I do tune in to Welcome to Sweetie Pies and Beverly Johnson’s show I like those Ms Robbie is a straight up lady I like her but Beverly is too flaky and so inconsiderate to her daughter Anansa and hubby and her house manger Robert. I do not have the answers but OWN could use more diversity in it’s programming and not some crazy type of reality shows like BBW either.
I watch her best show on that network…”Welcome to Sweetie Pie’s”. That’s it and that’s all. He has a point with the “Lifeclass”. Most people don’t want to watch anything that sounds like they are going to school. Make you feel like you should be pulling out pen and paper while watching it. TV watching is for leisure.