Being Bobby Brown
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| Being Bobby Brown | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Reality television |
| Written by | Kwame Nyanning |
| Directed by | April Lundy Kwame Nyanning |
| Starring | Bobby Brown Whitney Houston |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 11 |
| Production | |
| Location(s) | Atlanta, Georgia, United States |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | Bravo |
| Original run | June 30, 2005 – September 8, 2005 |
Being Bobby Brown is an American reality-television series that depicted the life of R&B singer Bobby Brown and his then-wife, singer Whitney Houston, and their family. The series debuted on the Bravo channel on June 30, 2005, and became very highly rated, and restored a degree of celebrity to Brown. The network initially refused to air the program with Brown as the sole star and only greenlighted it when Houston agreed to be included in the regular cast.
The program showcased the lives of the couple, including home time with the family, shopping at the famed Harrod's of London (where they met with owner Mohamed Al-Fayed), and vacationing in the Bahamas. Houston popularized the phrase "Hell to the no" on the series and was nominated for a VH-1 "Big In '05 Award" for "Quote of the Year". This phrase also appeared on T-shirts. The Soup television series also featured Houston loudly shouting "Kiss my ass!" as a running gag, naming it its "Clip of the Year".
The program ran on Thursdays, but on occasion aired several times through the week. The highly rated show ran for only one season as Houston did not agree to a second season; thus Brown and Bravo could not reach an agreement to continue the show.[citation needed]
A DVD release was in the works in 2008 but never materialized as Houston did not give her approval for a DVD release.[1][dead link]
