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Andy Cohen's 'WWHL' to allow in-studio audience starting June 13

By Wade Sheridan   |   June 3, 2021 at 1:52 PM
"Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen" will return to an in-person audience starting June 13. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI Andy Cohen prepares to throw a ceremonial first pitch in May 2016. File Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI Andy Cohen (R) and Bethenny Frankel arrive on the red carpet at the 2015 NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment Group Upfront in May 2015. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI Uzo Aduba will be one of the first in-studio guests since the COVID-19 pandemic on "Watch What Happens Live." File Photo by Steve Ferdman/UPI Uzo Aduba arrives on the red carpet at the Tony Awards in June 2018. File Photo by Serena Xu-Ning/UPI

June 3 (UPI) -- Andy Cohen's Bravo talk show Watch What Happens Live will feature a live studio audience for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began, starting June 13.

The live audience will consist of 20 fans, 60 percent of normal capacity inside the WWHL studio, known as The Clubhouse.

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The June 13 episode will also feature Cohen's first live guests since the pandemic began with Uzo Aduba and John Benjamin Hickey joining the show.

"I can't wait to welcome back my gang of 20 cocktail companions. Also -- throwing a party for one every night was starting to get extremely depressing," Cohen said in a statement.

Cohen started to host WWHL from his home in March 2020. He returned to the Clubhouse in October.

Other talk shows have also started allowing live audiences back in, including The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. The Late Show with Stephen Colbert will return to Ed Sullivan Theater in New York on June 14 with a full, vaccinated audience.