Andrew Joseph Cohen (born June 2, 1968)[1] is an American radio and television talk show host, producer, and writer.

He is the host and executive producer of The Real Housewives franchise[2][3] and Bravo's late night talk show, Watch What Happens Live!

Cohen also served as executive producer on the James Beard award–winning reality cooking competition television show, Top Chef.

He has made several guest appearances on television shows playing himself, such as The Comeback and Saturday Night Live.

[23] In summer 2009, Cohen began hosting a weekly midnight television talk show, Watch What Happens Live.

[25] Cohen's autobiographical memoir Most Talkative (Henry Holt and Company), released in May 2012,[8][26] became a New York Times Best Seller in the hardcover, paperback, and combined non-fiction categories.

[27][28][29] 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.

Cohen also hosts a series of special broadcasts for his station known as Town Halls in front of a live studio audience.

[37][38] The channel also features shows hosted by; Sandra Bernhard, Bevy Smith, Dan Rather, Michelle Collins, Jim Parsons, Jeff Lewis, Amy Phillips, Jonathan Alter (together with his family), John Hill, the producers of Watch What Happens Live, and the producers at World of Wonder.

Cohen and close friend Anderson Cooper announced that they would be going on a national tour to perform their conversational stage show AC2 beginning in March 2015.

[57] He made a March 2018 appearance as a guest judge in an episode of the VH1 reality-television series RuPaul's Drag Race.

[65] In response to antisemitism during the Gaza war following the October 7 attacks, Cohen declared himself a "proud American Jew" and participated in a two-day summit for Jewish influencers in 2024.