Andy Cohen hasn’t checked Bravo’s ratings in years amid VPR talk

Andy Cohen has a message for disgruntled fans Vanderpump Rules restart.

“[People tell me,] “The grades are so bad for Vanderpump Rules. First of all, you don’t know the notes of Vanderpump Rules,” Cohen, 57, said on Wednesday, December 10, during the broadcast of his Andy Cohen live radio show, referring to fan reviews of the new season. “We don’t watch live ratings. I haven’t watched any live ratings for anything on Bravo.”

He added: “You know what the live ratings are? Hashmarks. It’s delayed, it’s DVR and it’s Peacock. It’s [we] how to measure [its success]. It’s no longer about live audiences.

THE Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen The host has been an executive producer on numerous Bravo shows for years. The network’s latest addition to the roster is a 12th season of VPR with an all-new cast of SURvers, which premiered earlier this month.

“I felt that Vanderpump Rules was at his peak, being nominated for Emmys, ” Lisa Vanderpump told exclusively Us every week ahead of the December season premiere. “We had really good audiences, but I felt like we were telling the story. I thought at one point it was getting a little more complicated to film. [because] people didn’t want to film together. The dynamic was broken. He was broken in so many ways. »

VPR follows the lives of Vanderpump’s employees at her SUR bar in Los Angeles, California. The OG iteration, created in 2013, featured Stassi Schroeder, Jax Taylor, Kristen Doute, Tom Schwartz, Tom Sandoval, Ariana Madix, Lala Kent, Katie Maloney and James Kennedy over the years.

After an explosive season 11 and Sandoval’s affair scandal that resulted in her breakup with Madix, Vanderpump, 65, wanted to go back to the drawing board for next season.

“I thought it was time to do something new. And I felt like we talked about it a lot,” Vanderpump said. We. “The restaurant business is about having access to a restaurant. It’s a very unusual situation. Most people wouldn’t do it or couldn’t do it. I thought it was time to do something new.”

The new season of VPR stars Marcus Johnson, Natalie Maguire, Shayne Davis, Kim Suarez, Venus Binkley, Jason Cohen, Chris Hahn, Angelica Jensen, Audrey Lingle And Démy Sélem.

“They were emotionally available to share their vulnerabilities. There are some very interesting personal stories here,” Vanderpump said. We in December of the dynamics of the new casting. “They’re adorable, they’re excited, they’re hungry, they work here. I don’t really want to do a show that has ramifications. It’s about the restaurant business and their lives and how they work together, and I think it’s a great core. So they’re there with each other, because they have to be, and it motivates them. [the] history too.

In addition to VPR, Vanderpump plays on her self-titled Villa Vanderpump where she runs a luxury international hotel with an equally spectacular group of hospitality employees.

Vanderpump Rules airs Tuesdays at 9 p.m. ET on Bravo and streams the next day on Peacock.