Tuesday, January 26, 2010
News New Bravo series give me reason to never leave the house again
Posted by Bobby Feingold @senorbobby on Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 10:10 PM
It's nice to know I'm not the only one tuning into Bravo's specialty brand of addictive trash TV on an hourly basis. The channel is unrolling seven new shows in efforts to expand their original programming, and I want to know, When am I going to find the time to sleep?
First up is "Kell on Earth," debuting February 1 at 10 p.m. You may recognize fashion publicist Kelly Cutrone from "The Hills" ... and then "The City" ... or maybe her new book. But regardless of her potential overexposure, Cutrone brings the "real bitch" element needed in fashion-reality-television (is that a genre now?) that will be missing since the beloved Tay is out on the "Rachel Zoe Project." Cutrone is not pretty, not nice, and not particularly fashionable, but she tells it like it is to dumb girl interns who think they are God's gift to fashion. This one is definitely going to be a TiVo favorite ... if only I had TiVo.
Next "9 by Design" is a combination of TLC and HGTV with a trashy Bravo twist. Think "Octomom" meets "Designer's Challenge." Premiering April 5, the show will follow husband and wife design team Robert and Cortney Novogratz as the renovate Manhattan buildings--oh, and they have 9 kids. Usually, Bravo focuses on questionably fabulous women ("Real Housewives") or OCD gay men (we're looking at you, Jeff Lewis), but this is Bravo's first foray that I can recall into showcasing the breeders. Hopefully the home decor element will capture the gay audience because nine annoying brats certainly isn't. This one I'll watch hungover on a Sunday rerun marathon.
Later that month premieres "Double Exposure," following photographers Markus Klinko and Indrani on their high-profile assignments. Photographers are a notoriously weird bunch, often painfully shy but when given the guard of a camera in front of their face, they can transform into a different person. While the photographers themselves could be on the boring side, it's the celebrities they're taking pictures of that will really create the drama. It'll be like a fashion magazine come to life! This one I hope will be my next surprise obsession.
Finally comes the Sarah Jessica Parker-produced "Work of Art: The Next Great Artist." It seems unethical to pit something as subjective as art in a competition, but if any network can do it, Bravo can. Hitting screens in June, the hour-long show sounds like a "Project Runway" rip in the best way possible. Bravo competitions can include drama because at the end of the day, legitimate and respected experts are there to weigh in. Judges include the extremely legit art auctioneer Simon de Pury and China Chow, daughter of Mr. Chow restaurateurs. Okay, she's not so legit, but other judges include NY gallery ownder Bill Powers, New York magazine critic Jerry Saltz and curator Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn. Following "Project Runway's" acclaim, Bravo has had equal parts success with shows like "Top Chef" but as many failures, most recently "Launch My Line." This one will go on my imaginary TiVo until I decide to hate it and delete it from my queue forever.
Following suit from the very enjoyable "Tabatha's Salon Takeover," the network is also spinning off their fair share of shows with amazing names. Relationship-challenged Bethenny Frankel of "The Real Housewives of New York" will be documenting planning a wedding in "Bethenny's Getting Married?" Hyper-butch Jackie Warner of "Work Out" who could easily beat me up with one punch is returning with "Thintervention with Jackie Warner." And lastly, "Top Chef" is spinning off "Top Chef: Just Desserts," focusing on pastries chefs and hosted by Gail Simmons.
So all this begs one question: Is watching Bravo marathons a legitimate excuse to work from home?
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