Upfronts - Bravo Continues to Showcase Women-Centric Content In The Upcoming TV Year

For the next few months, I will include information from the network's upfronts.  This post is all about Bravo's upcoming program schedule.  I look forward to your comments about their shows!

BRAVO MEDIA unveiled its largest slate of original programming to date with 17 new and 18 returning unscripted series during its Upfront presentation at New York's 30 Rockefeller Plaza. This marks a 15 percent increase over last year and it appears bound to increase with six new projects -- three scripted and three unscripted -- in development. Here's a look at what the network has coming up.

New series:
Newlyweds: The First Year, which debuts on Monday, May 6, tracks four couples' first year of marriage. "I'm most excited about this show," confided Frances Berwick, President of Bravo & Style Media. "It's more documentary-style than our other shows and it has a lot of OMG moments."

The notoriously closed society of Charleston, South Carolina unlocks the gates of its centuries-old plantation homes for a real-life look at how modern-day Southern aristocratic men live in Southern Charm. "We debated about this show a lot as it was being developed," Andy Cohen, EVP, Development & Talent told Cynopsis. "It's more centered around men than other Bravo programming. But the guys were so funny!"

Below Deck, slated to premiere in summer 2013, sees upstairs and downstairs worlds collide, when a young and single crew known as "yachties" live, love and work together on a privately owned yacht.

City Sisters, slated for a fall 2013 debut, follows a group of single, up-and-coming movers and shakers in New York's elite circles of real estate, fashion, and media.

Breakout star Courtney Kerr of Most Eligible Dallas navigates the lively Texas social scene with her group of sassy, dynamic friends in the series Courtney Loves Dallas.

When couples go from "I do" to "I don't," Vikki Ziegler is who they call to mediate, advise and divide their assets out of court in Divorce Diva (wt).

Eat, Drink, Love, slated to premiere in summer 2013, follows successful beautiful women connected to the restaurant and food industry in Los Angeles.

Extreme Guide to Parenting, slated for a fall 2013 debut, explores two different households with very unique styles of raising their children in each episode.

Fashion Queens is a topical, fashion-based talk show featuring two of Atlanta's style elite, celebrity hair stylists, Derek J and Miss Lawrence, and New York's fashion maven and media socialite Bevy Smith.

The Kandi Factory, which premieres on Tuesday, April 9, focuses on Grammy Award winner and multi-platinum songwriter Kandi Burruss of The Real Housewives of Atlanta as she helps 16 aspiring artists jump start their dreams of stardom.

The world's most exclusive houses throw open their doors to a panel of passionate property experts in this new panel talk show, Property Envy, which explores the world of luxury real estate, cutting-edge home technology and trendsetting decor. The show is slated to premiere in summer 2013.

Taking Atlanta (wt), slated for a summer 2013 debut, tails a group of ambitious, young go-getters, who are shaking up the city's fashion, music, hospitality and real estate scenes.

Thicker Than Water: The Tankards, slated for a fall 2013 debut, is a docu-series about former professional basketball player turned popular gospel singer/recording artist and minister Ben Tankard.

In Two Fit Girls best friends and business partners Katrina and Karena, the fearless duo behind Toneitup.com, use their "street smarts, not book smarts" to push themselves and their brand to wild extremes.

Ladies of London (wt) follows a group of elite British socialites and American expats enjoying the upper crust of the high society world.

Princesses: Long Island, which premieres Sunday, June 2, is a docu-series about six young women from Great Neck, Long Island, who return to their pampered lifestyles in the comfort of their parents' estates and at the expense of their fathers' bank accounts.

100 Days of Summer follows Chicago's young, successful "it" crowd, as they work the boardrooms and the bedrooms, eager to make a name for themselves, find love and succeed at any price.

New scripted projects in development include: Girlfriend's Guide to Divorce, a dramedy about a self-help book author who is hiding her separation from her husband; Heiresses, a one-hour drama that follows one of the wealthiest families on the Upper East Side; and High and Low, a period drama that takes viewers through the worlds of 1980's art, food, and Wall Street through the eyes of brothers and rivals.

New unscripted projects in development include: Ivy League Confidential (wt), which shows a group of four elite college admissions consultants in New York and Los Angeles as they deal with pampered clients; America's Best Restaurant (wt), a food competition series that travels across the country to find the best place to eat; and Rich People's Problems (wt), which explores how the rich and famous of Atlanta settle their disputes with lawyer Phaedra Parks (The Real Housewife of Atlanta).

In addition, 18 series are returning to the network: Flipping Out,Tabatha Takes Over, Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles, Top Chef Masters, Million Dollar Listing New York, Shahs of Sunset, The Real Housewives of Miami, Chef Roble & Co, Vanderpump Rules, Interior Therapy with Jeff Lewis, Don't Be Tardy..., The Real Housewives of New Jersey, The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, The Real Housewives of Atlanta, The Real Housewives of New York, Top Chef, Inside The Actors Studio, and Watch What Happens Live.