We're Here is a HBO reality television series featuring former Drag Race contestants, documenting the drag queens as they travel across the United States to recruit small-town residents to participate in one-night-only drag shows. The show premiered on April 23, 2020.
In September 2024, the series was cancelled after broadcasting four seasons.
Cast Bob the Drag Queen (seasons 1–3) Eureka O'Hara (seasons 1–3) Shangela (seasons 1–3) Jaida Essence Hall (season 4) Priyanka (season 4) Sasha Velour (season 4) Latrice Royale (season 4)
Production 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. 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. Caldwell Tidicue (Bob the Drag Queen), Eureka D. Huggard (Eureka O'Hara) and D.J. Pierce (Shangela Laquifa Wadley) serve as consulting producers. 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." On February 19, 2020, it was announced that We're Here would premiere on April 23, 2020.
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.Dino-Ray Ramos, "‘We’re Here’: Shangela, Eureka O’Hara And Bob The Drag Queen Talk Season Finale And How Pride Month Promotes Unity" . Deadline Hollywood, June 3, 2020. The episode instead became a Zoom-based discussion among the three hosts about their own personal journeys through drag.
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. On December 16, 2021, HBO renewed the series for a third season which premiered on November 25, 2022. 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. On September 6, 2023, it was reported that Latrice Royale has joined the cast of the fourth season.
On September 6, 2024, it was announced that HBO had cancelled the series.
Episodes Series overview
Season 1 (2020)
Season 2 (2021)
Season 3 (2022)
Season 4 (2024)
Reception
Awards and nominations 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.Award profile for We're Here on PeabodyAwards.com (accessed 5/10/2023)
Year Award Category Nominee(s) Result 2020 Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program We're Here TCA Awards Outstanding Achievement in Reality Programming Dorian Awards Best LGBTQ TV Show 2021 Independent Spirit Awards Best New Non-Scripted or Documentary Series GLAAD Media Awards Outstanding Reality Program Queerty Awards TV series rowspan="2" 2022 Reality / Docuseries GLAAD Media Awards Outstanding Reality Program Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Costumes for Variety, Nonfiction, or Reality Programming Casey Caldwell, Diego Montoya, Joshua "Domino" Schwartz, Marco Marco, and Patryq Howell rowspan="2" Outstanding Makeup for a Variety, Nonfiction or Reality Program Jeremy Damion Austin, Martin "Lushious" De Luna Jr., and Tyler "Laila" Devlin Peabody Award Entertainment We're Here Dorian Awards Best Reality Show 2023 GLAAD Media Awards Outstanding Reality Program Queerty Awards Reality/Docu-series 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 rowspan="2" Outstanding Hairstyling for a Variety, Nonfiction or Reality Program Abdiel "Gloria" Urcullu and Tyler Funicelli 2024 TCA Awards Outstanding Achievement in Reality Programming We're Here Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Hairstyling for a Variety, Nonfiction or Reality Program Abdiel "Gloria" Urcullu and Tyler Funicelli rowspan="2" Outstanding Makeup for a Variety, Nonfiction or Reality Program Tyler "Laila" Devlin and Kalyd Sebastian Odeh Costume Designers Guild Awards Excellence in Variety, Reality-Competition, and Live Television Diego Montoya, Marco Morante, Derek Anthony Purcell and Amber Watkins
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