Bravo Expands Production, Development Teams

NEW YORK, May 22: Bravo
Media has made a series of promotions, as well as a new hire, for its
production and development teams, including Andy Cohen being upped to the role
of senior VP of original programming and development.

In addition to overseeing
the network’s production team, Cohen will take on additional responsibility for
the oversight of Bravo’s development team and will continue to manage the
network’s slate of current unscripted series and specials, as well as the
network’s current production slate. Cohen has been nominated for five Emmy
Awards as the executive producer of Project Greenlight, Project Runway, Queer Eye and Top Chef. Prior
to working for Bravo, Cohen served as the VP of original programming for TRIO.

Shari Levine will now head
up production for the network, with oversight of its East and West Coast
production teams, as the VP of original programming, reporting to Cohen. Levine
will continue her responsibility for the production of Project Runway, Shear Genius, Make Me A Supermodel,
The Real Housewives of Orange County and Million Dollar Listing.
Prior to Bravo, Levine worked as a senior producer at NBC News and produced the
CNBC program In Profile.

Cori Abraham takes on the
role of VP of development, leading Bravo’s East and West Coast development
teams, reporting to Cohen. She will be responsible for all of the network’s
development, including more than 30 pilots, casting and presentation reels, as
well as oversight of many first-season series, such as Date My Ex: Jo &
Slade. Abraham joined Bravo in
2004 and developed and produced a number of series and specials for the
network, including the Emmy Award-winning Kathy Griffin: My Life On The
D-List, Work Out and Bravo's string of Funny Girl stand-up specials with Griffin, Whoopi Goldberg,
Joan Rivers, Caroline Rhea and Paula Poundstone, as well as Hey Paula.

Christian Barcellos has
been promoted to VP of production, and will continue to oversee the production
of The Real Housewives of New York City, Flipping Out, Work
Out, Tim Gunn's Guide to Style, Inside the Actors Studio and the upcoming series The Rachel Zoe Project and The Real Housewives of New Jersey. Barcellos, who previously served as the director
of production and executive producer on Queer Eye and on a number of Bravo specials, will report to
Levine.

Eli Lehrer has been named
the VP of development and production, continuing to develop and executive
produce Bravo’s hit series, and adding responsibility for the development of
original programming on the East Coast, reporting to Abraham, and will also
oversee a number of pilots and series as an executive producer. He was
previously serving as the director of development and production.

Jenn Levy joins Bravo as
the director of development and production, reporting to Abraham and Levine.
She will be responsible for executive-producing multiple pilots and current
series, including new seasons of Shear Genius, Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List and Date My Ex: Jo & Slade. Levy was previously the director of series in
development for VH1.

—By Kristin
Brzoznowski