STAGE TUBE: Neil Patrick Harris Crashes WATCH WHAT HAPPENS: LIVE

Neil Patrick Harris recently made a surprise appearance on Bravo's Watch What Happens: Live to visit his friend, Jesse Tyler Ferguson.

Emmy and Golden Globe-nominated actor, Neil Patrick Harris can currently be seen as Barney Stinson in the hit CBS comedy series, "How I Met Your Mother," a role which recently garnered him a 2009 Golden Globe nomination and two consecutive Emmy Award nominations. From his film debut opposite Whoopi Goldberg in Clara's Heart and his seminal role as the beloved titular character in "Doogie Howser, M.D.," to his recent turn in Joss Whedon's online sensation, Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, Harris has enjoyed a successful career spanning more than twenty years in the industry. Among his many theatrical credits include the dual role of The Balladeer/Lee Harvey Oswald in the Tony Award-winning production of Assassins, as well as acclaimed performances in the Broadway productions of Cabaret and Proof.The Emmy® Awards recognize excellence within various areas of television and emerging media.

Bravo expands into the weekly topical arena with Watch What Happens: Live, an interactive series hosted by Bravo programming executive Andy Cohen.

Cohen, Bravo's Senior Vice President of Original Programming and Development, is best known to viewers as the host of the network's often explosive Watch What Happens reunion specials, including the two-part reunion for The Real Housewives of New Jersey. "Watch What Happens" originally debuted as a live online show on www.Bravotv.com, with a number of guests over the years including Diane Von Furstenberg, Sandra Bernhard, Sean Avery, and a host of eliminated contestants and Bravo personalities, as well as call-ins from Kelly Ripa, Ellen Barkin, Ricki Lake, to name a few.

On Watch What Happens: Live, every Thursday at midnight, Cohen will sit down with guests from some of Bravo's most popular series, as well as from the world of entertainment, to chat about what has transpired on-air and in pop culture that week for a live half-hour full of viewer interaction. The series will include lively debates and passionate discussions about everything from fashion, to the latest Housewives drama, to what celebrity news is making headlines that week.

Bravo viewers will finally have a chance to get up-close and personal not only with Cohen and his guests, but also with their favorite Bravo-lebrities and contestants, by interacting via email, phone, video, Twitter and Facebook. Watch What Happens: Live will be unpredictable, funny, occasionally shocking, and always the place to be on Thursday nights.