Andy Cohen Reveals Why Bravo Turned Down Queer Eye Reboot

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Watch What Happens Live host Andy Cohen recently defended Bravo's decision not to reboot Queer Eye. While many know the show as a Netflix series, it was originally a Bravo series. The show first premiered on Bravo in 2003 and was called Queer Eye for the Straight Guy. The original «Fab Five» was Ted Allen, Kyan Douglas, Thom Filicia, Carson Kressley, and Jai Rodriguez. Despite its success and many international adaptations, the show's ratings began to decrease. So, early in 2007, Bravo announced that the show was being canceled and the last episode aired in October of that year.

Netflix rebooted the show in 2018 and the new «Fab Five» was Jonathan Van Ness, Karamo Brown, Antoni Porowski, Tan France, and Bobby Berk. The new version of the series came with its own success and has received several awards and award nominations. After the sixth season, it was announced that a seventh season was in the works and the new season was set to be filmed in New Orleans but eventually, the public was made aware that Queer Eye was canceled. There was a possibility the show could return to Bravo, but the network decided against it.

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According to People, Andy Cohen appeared on Jeff Lewis Live on SiriusXM where he defended Bravo's choice to not reboot the show. The WWHL host said admitted that he did not think the show would be a huge success on Bravo. "I don't think people are watching linear television in the way they are watching Netflix," said Cohen. Cohen believes that Netflix is the platform where people truly enjoy the show. He also admitted that producing the show would cost too much for the network. Cohen said, "It was going to be super expensive; Queer Eye was a super expensive