Bravo Bolsters Schedule

NEW YORK, July 21: Bravo
has unveiled its lineup of new and returning programs, along with a raft of
projects in development, including an hour-long competition series from Sarah
Jessica Parker and Magical Elves, tentatively titled American Artist.

American Artist will bring together hopefuls from the worlds of
sculpture, painting, photography and industrial design, among others, to
compete for a gallery show, a cash prize and sponsored national tour. Also in
development, Fashion House,
based on the British format of the same name, features teams of designers who
will live and work together to create an entire clothing line. Bravo is in
development on a Top Chef spin-off
as well. Top Chef: Masters invites
culinary luminaries to compete against each other in a series of weekly
challenges.

New programs for the
network include The Rachel Zoe Project, premiering September 8, which features celebrity stylist Rachel Zoe
and her inner circle as they juggle deadlines, fashion shows and celebrity
clients. The next installment in the hit Real Housewives franchise, The Real Housewives of Atlanta, will debut September 16. Following on October 3, Tommy
Hilfiger Presents: Ironic Iconic America features the renowned designer taking a cross-country look at
American pop culture, highlighting beauty, fashion, love and sex, design and
food. The show will be hosted by supermodel Bar Refaeli and poet Rives.

Miami Social has been picked up by the network. The series will
follow a group of friends who are all young professionals living in South
Beach.

Returning to Bravo’s
schedule is the second season of Make Me a Supermodel, a competition series that looks for the world’s
next high-profile professional model. Also heading into its second season is The
Real Housewives of New York City,
which returns with all five original cast members, along with a new
“housewife,” designer, model, author and fashion editor Kelly Bensimon. The
series’ Orange County counterpart will launch into its fourth season, featuring
two new cast members. Tim Gunn’s Guide to Style enters its second season, and will include a new
“fashion accomplice” for Gunn, Gretta Monahan. The hit food series Top Chef returns for a fifth season, with 16 new aspiring
chefs competing for their shot at culinary stardom.

"Bravo has enjoyed
unprecedented and award-winning success by catering to our unique audience of
the most educated, upscale and engaged viewers, and by creating high-quality,
creative originals around our five affinity groups," said Frances Berwick,
the executive VP and general manager of Bravo Media. "We've steadily
increased our original programming from just one night three years ago, to four
nights starting this Monday."

—By Kristin
Brzoznowski