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Genre | Reality television |
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Opening theme | "I Am America" by Shea Diamond |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 4 |
No. of episodes | 26 |
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Network | HBO |
Release | April 23, 2020 – present |
We're Here is an American reality television series on HBO featuring former Drag Race contestants. The series premiered on April 23, 2020, and documents drag queens as they travel across the United States to recruit small-town residents to participate in one-night-only drag shows. [1] [2]
HBO announced the six-part reality television series on November 5, 2019, to star former RuPaul's Drag Race contestants Bob the Drag Queen, Eureka O'Hara, and Shangela. [1] [2] We're Here was created by Stephen Warren and Johnnie Ingram, and is executive produced by Warren, Ingram, Peter LoGreco, Eli Holzman and Aaron Saidman. LoGreco also directs. [1] [3] Caldwell Tidicue (Bob the Drag Queen), Eureka D. Huggard (Eureka O'Hara) and D.J. Pierce (Shangela Laquifa Wadley) serve as consulting producers. [3] HBO EVP of Programming Nina Rosenstein said, "Drag is about confidence and self expression. We are so thrilled to showcase the transformative power of the art form with our audience." [1] On February 19, 2020, it was announced that We're Here would premiere on April 23, 2020. [3]
The final episode of the first season, which was slated to be set in Spartanburg, South Carolina, was halted by the imposition of lockdowns due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. [4] The episode instead became a Zoom-based discussion among the three hosts about their own personal journeys through drag. [4]
On June 5, 2020, HBO renewed the series for a second season which premiered on October 11, 2021. The second season launched with a return to Spartanburg. [5] [6] On December 16, 2021, HBO renewed the series for a third season which premiered on November 25, 2022. [7]
On July 12, 2023 it was announced that the series would be returning for a fourth season but with new queens: Jaida Essence Hall, Priyanka, and Sasha Velour. [8] On September 6, 2023, it was announced that Latrice Royale joined the cast of the fourth season. [9]
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Original air date | U.S. viewers (millions) |
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1 | 1 | "Gettysburg, Pennsylvania" | Peter LoGreco | April 23, 2020 | 0.122 [10] |
2 | 2 | "Twin Falls, Idaho" | Peter LoGreco | April 30, 2020 | N/A |
3 | 3 | "Branson, Missouri" | Peter LoGreco | May 7, 2020 | 0.103 [11] |
4 | 4 | "Farmington, New Mexico" | Peter LoGreco | May 14, 2020 | 0.130 [12] |
5 | 5 | "Ruston, Louisiana" | Peter LoGreco | May 21, 2020 | 0.070 [13] |
6 | 6 | "Spartanburg, We Make It Werk" | Peter LoGreco | June 4, 2020 | 0.113 [14] |
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Original air date | U.S. viewers (millions) |
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7 | 1 | "Spartanburg, South Carolina" | Peter LoGreco | October 11, 2021 | N/A |
8 | 2 | "Temecula, California" | Peter LoGreco | October 18, 2021 | N/A |
9 | 3 | "Del Rio, Texas" | Peter LoGreco | October 25, 2021 | N/A |
10 | 4 | "Selma, Alabama" | Peter LoGreco | November 1, 2021 | N/A |
11 | 5 | "Evansville, Indiana" | Peter LoGreco | November 8, 2021 | N/A |
12 | 6 | "Watertown, South Dakota" | Peter LoGreco | November 15, 2021 | N/A |
13 | 7 | "Kona, Hawaii" | Peter LoGreco | November 22, 2021 | N/A |
14 | 8 | "Grand Junction, Colorado" | Peter LoGreco | November 29, 2021 | N/A |
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Original air date | U.S. viewers (millions) |
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15 | 1 | "Granbury, Texas" | Peter LoGreco | November 25, 2022 | N/A |
16 | 2 | "Jackson, Mississippi" | Peter LoGreco | December 2, 2022 | N/A |
17 | 3 | "St. George, Utah" | Peter LoGreco | December 9, 2022 | N/A |
18 | 4 | "Sussex, New Jersey" | Peter LoGreco | December 16, 2022 | N/A |
19 | 5 | "Florida, Part 1" | Peter LoGreco | December 23, 2022 | N/A |
20 | 6 | "Florida, Part 2" | Peter LoGreco | December 30, 2022 | N/A |
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Original air date [15] | U.S. viewers (millions) |
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21 | 1 | "Tennessee, Part 1" | Peter LoGreco | April 26, 2024 | N/A |
22 | 2 | "Tennessee, Part 2" | Peter LoGreco | May 3, 2024 | N/A |
23 | 3 | "Tennessee, Part 3" | Peter LoGreco | May 10, 2024 | TBD |
24 | 4 | "Oklahoma, Part 1" | Peter LoGreco | May 17, 2024 | TBD |
25 | 5 | "Oklahoma, Part 2" | Peter LoGreco | May 24, 2024 | TBD |
26 | 6 | "Oklahoma, Part 3" | Peter LoGreco | May 31, 2024 | TBD |
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We're Here is a 2022 recipient of the Peabody Award for entertainment. The Peabody's governing body, in its May 2023 award announcement, highlighted the series' offering of "poignant and show-stopping performances," and for its embrace of drag as "a form of artistic protest" at a time when the art form faces attempts by conservative activists and lawmakers to regulate or restrict it. [16]
Year | Award | Category | Nominee(s) | Result | Ref. |
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2020 | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program | We're Here | Nominated | [17] |
TCA Awards | Outstanding Achievement in Reality Programming | Nominated | [18] | ||
Dorian Awards | Best LGBTQ TV Show | Nominated | [19] | ||
2021 | Independent Spirit Awards | Best New Non-Scripted or Documentary Series | Nominated | [20] | |
GLAAD Media Awards | Outstanding Reality Program | Won | [21] [22] | ||
Queerty Awards | TV series | Runner-up | [23] | ||
2022 | Reality / Docuseries | [24] | |||
GLAAD Media Awards | Outstanding Reality Program | Won [lower-alpha 1] | [25] [26] | ||
Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Costumes for Variety, Nonfiction, or Reality Programming | Casey Caldwell, Diego Montoya, Joshua "Domino" Schwartz, Marco Marco, and Patryq Howell (for "Evansville, Indiana") | Won | [27] | |
Outstanding Makeup for a Variety, Nonfiction or Reality Program (Non-Prosthetic) | Jeremy Damion Austin, Martin De Luna Jr., and Tyler Devlin (for "Kona, Hawaii") | ||||
Peabody Award | Entertainment | We're Here | Won | [16] | |
Dorian Awards | Best Reality Show | Nominated | [28] | ||
2023 | GLAAD Media Awards | Outstanding Reality Program | Won | [29] | |
Queerty Awards | Reality/Docu-series | Runner-up | [30] | ||
Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Costumes for Variety, Nonfiction, or Reality Programming | Diego Montoya, Marco Morante, Joshua "Domino" Schwartz, Blake Danford, Sharon Malka, and Ricky Reynoso (for "St. George, Utah") | Won | [31] | |
Outstanding Hairstyling for a Variety, Nonfiction or Reality Program | Abdiel "Gloria" Urcullu and Tyler Funicelli (for "St. George, Utah") |
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