The Cast of RHoBH – Season 3
Returning Nov 5th at 9/8c
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With the Fall 2012 Sweeps about to be conducted Bravo is returning two big guns to its schedule as well as debuting a slew of new programming. Although Nielsen reports ratings for every day of the year, during the four sweeps periods, they survey an additional 2m households by way of a paper diary and therefore are able to analyse much more data. This extra information is then used by the networks, cable channels as well as cable systems and advertisers to set ads rates for the coming year.

The Fall sweeps period kicks off October 25^th and runs through November 21^st and during this time Bravo will be premiering four returning series and two freshman shows.

Source: Nielsen Media Research via TVByTheNumbers and/or TheFutonCritic

The most interesting gamble Bravo is taking during this sweeps’ period is scheduling the return of Million Dollar Decorators. Its first season, which aired May through July 2011, scored an average audience of just over 600,000 viewers and a miserly 0.27 in the 18-49 demo. No doubt they will both be hoping and expecting for it to improve significantly on those numbers.

The other interesting scheduling note is that LOLwork (a 30 minute TV show) has been scheduled to follow the 10pm airing of Top Chef – Seattle, thus LOLWork will air at 11pm Wednesdays, a time slot previously held by Andy Cohen‘s talk vehicle, Watch What Happens Live. Does this foreshadow a return to just two or three nights of WWHL each week or will it go up at 11.30pm?

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20 Sep 2012 5:44 PM

BRAVO MEDIA POWERS UP FOR HUGE NOVEMBER WITH TWO NEW AND FOUR RETURNING ORIGINAL SERIES

NEW YORK – September 20, 2012 – Bravo Media storms into November with the climate ranging from heated drama to cool competition as it announces a 40 percent increase in its original programming. The network’s robust schedule continues to fulfill its promise to meet the six passion points – Food, Fashion, Beauty, Design, Pop Culture and Digital – with the premieres of the new shows “Silicon Valley Start-Ups” and “LOLwork” and also returning is “The Real Housewives of Atlanta,” “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills,” “Top Chef: Seattle” and “Million Dollar Decorators.” For more information, visit WWW.BRAVOTV.COM and follow us on Twitter at HTTPS://TWITTER.COM/BRAVOPR.

“The Real Housewives of Atlanta” kicks off on Sunday, November 4 at 9 p.m. ET/PT with new housewives Actor/Director/Producer Kenya Moore and Atlanta socialite Porsha Stewart who join the returning ladies Cynthia Bailey, Kandi Burruss, NeNe Leakes, Phaedra Parks and Kim Zolciak. Season five serves up a whole lotta donkey booty, sizzling romance, new ventures, and the two new ladies arrive to crank up the heat in Hotlanta. For more information on “The Real Housewives of Atlanta,” visit: HTTP://WWW.BRAVOTV.COM/THE-REAL-HOUSEWIVES-OF-ATLANTA

The ladies of “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” outdo themselves in another glamorous, exciting and dramatic season of wealth, glitter, animosity, and major life changes premiering Monday, November 5 at 9 p.m. ET/PT. Kyle Richards, Lisa Vanderpump, Taylor Armstrong, Adrienne Maloof, Kim Richards and Brandi Glanville all return with new housewife, Yolanda H. Foster. Yolanda is a former model and the wife of multi Grammy award winning producer, David Foster. This season the ladies will be joined on occasion by Camille Grammer as well as a new friend Marisa Zanuck. Take a look at the new season here: HTTP://WWW.BRAVOTV.COM/THE-REAL-HOUSEWIVES-OF-BEVERLY-HILLS/SEASON-3/VIDEOS/NO-ONE-WILL-ESCAPE-THE-DRAMA-IN-BEVERLY-HILLS

Executive produced by new media entrepreneur Randi Zuckerberg and premiering Monday November 5 at 10 p.m. ET/PT, the new docu-series “Silicon Valley Start-Ups,” explores the intertwining lives of a group of young professionals on the path to becoming Silicon Valley’s next great success stories.

The tenth season of the Emmy and James Beard Award-winning series, “Top Chef: Seattle” premieres on Wednesday, November 7 at 10 p.m. ET/PT. Famed chef and restaurant mogul Wolfgang Puck joins as a judge this season, alongside Tom Colicchio, Gail Simmons, Hugh Acheson and Emeril Lagasse with Padma Lakshmi returning as host, as 21 chef’testants compete for the top crown. For more information, visit: HTTP://WWW.BRAVOTV.COM/TOP-CHEF

Ever wonder who is behind those hilarious cat memes? Bravo Media goes inside the office for ICanHasCheezburger.com, one of the largest humor publishers on the Internet, with “LOLwork” on Wednesday, November 7 at 11 p.m., ET/PT. The 30-minute doc-com goes inside the world of Ben Huh and his eccentric staff as they attempt to make the world laugh five minutes a day by putting nimble yet grammatically incorrect captions on cute photos of domesticated pets and animals. For a sneak peek into their quirky world, visit: HTTP://WWW.BRAVOTV.COM/LOLWORK/SEASON-1/VIDEOS/HIDDEN-TALENTS-AT-CHEEZBURGER

Bravo brings design filled nights when “Million Dollar Decorators” returns for season two on Tuesday, November 13th at 10 p.m. ET/PT. Los Angeles’ most exclusive and sought-after interior designers – Martyn Lawrence Bullard, Kathryn Ireland, Jeffrey Alan Marks and Mary McDonald are back. With big budgets, big personalities and big projects, the designers take on A-List celebrity clientele and a few encounter some very familiar faces that turn out to be their most difficult clients to date. For more information, visit: WWW.BRAVOTV.COM/MILLION-DOLLAR-DECORATORS/SEASON-2/VIDEOS/BATTLE-OF-EGOS-AND-TASTES

“The Real Housewives of Atlanta” is produced by True Entertainment for Bravo. Steven Weinstock, Glenda Hersh, Lauren Eskelin, Omid Kahangi and Megan Sanchez-Warner serve as Executive Producers.

“The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” is by produced by Evolution Media for Bravo with Douglas Ross, Dave Rupel and Alex Baskin as executive producers and Toni Gallagher as co-executive producer.

“Silicon Valley Start-Ups” is produced by Den of Thieves with Jesse Ignjatovic and Evan Prager serving as Executive Producers along with Randi Zuckerberg as Executive Producer. Eric Detwiler serves as co-executive producer.

“Top Chef: Seattle” is produced by the Emmy Award-winning Magical Elves. Dan Cutforth and Jane Lipsitz serve as executive producers.

“LOLwork” is produced for Bravo by executive producer Tom Forman of RelativityREAL, and executive producers Jay Blumenfield and Tony Marsh of The Jay & Tony Show.

“Million Dollar Decorators” is produced by Goodbye Pictures for Bravo. Rich Bye, Ed Lavelle, Fred Pichel, Brittany Lovett and Talia Lesak serve as executive producers. Lyle Gamm serves as co-executive producer.

Bravo is a program service of NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment, a division of NBCUniversal, one of the world’s leading media and entertainment companies in the development, production, and marketing of entertainment, news, and information to a global audience. Bravo has been an NBCUniversal cable network since December 2002 and was the first television service dedicated to film and the performing arts when it launched in December 1980. For more information, visit WWW.BRAVOTV.COM. Follow us on Twitter at HTTPS://TWITTER.COM/BRAVOPR.

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BRAVO MEDIA CONTACTS:

For “The Real Housewives of Atlanta”
Julia Nietsch
212-664-7459
[email protected]

For “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” and “Silicon Valley Start-Ups”
Chloe Ellers
818 840 4508
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For “Top Chef: Seattle” and “LOLwork”
Ashley Kline
818-840-3903
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For “Million Dollar Decorators”
Ivana Nimoh
818-840-4691
[email protected]

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jennifer Geisser
t:212-664-4864
e: [email protected]