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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 – May 31, 2024 |
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. [1] [2]
In September 2024, the series was cancelled after broadcasting four seasons. [3]
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] [4] Caldwell Tidicue (Bob the Drag Queen), Eureka D. Huggard (Eureka O'Hara) and D.J. Pierce (Shangela Laquifa Wadley) serve as consulting producers. [4] 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. [4]
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. [5] The episode instead became a Zoom-based discussion among the three hosts about their own personal journeys through drag. [5]
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. [6] [7] On December 16, 2021, HBO renewed the series for a third season which premiered on November 25, 2022. [8]
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. [9] On September 6, 2023, it was reported that Latrice Royale has joined the cast of the fourth season. [10]
On September 6, 2024, it was announced that HBO had cancelled the series. [11]
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 [12] |
2 | 2 | "Twin Falls, Idaho" | Peter LoGreco | April 30, 2020 | N/A |
3 | 3 | "Branson, Missouri" | Peter LoGreco | May 7, 2020 | 0.103 [13] |
4 | 4 | "Farmington, New Mexico" | Peter LoGreco | May 14, 2020 | 0.130 [14] |
5 | 5 | "Ruston, Louisiana" | Peter LoGreco | May 21, 2020 | 0.070 [15] |
6 | 6 | "Spartanburg, We Make It Werk" | Peter LoGreco | June 4, 2020 | 0.113 [16] |
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 [17] | 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 | N/A |
24 | 4 | "Oklahoma, Part 1" | Peter LoGreco | May 17, 2024 | N/A |
25 | 5 | "Oklahoma, Part 2" | Peter LoGreco | May 24, 2024 | N/A |
26 | 6 | "Oklahoma, Part 3" | Peter LoGreco | May 31, 2024 | N/A |
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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. [18]
Year | Award | Category | Nominee(s) | Result | Ref. |
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2020 | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program | We're Here | Nominated | [19] |
TCA Awards | Outstanding Achievement in Reality Programming | Nominated | [20] | ||
Dorian Awards | Best LGBTQ TV Show | Nominated | [21] | ||
2021 | Independent Spirit Awards | Best New Non-Scripted or Documentary Series | Nominated | [22] | |
GLAAD Media Awards | Outstanding Reality Program | Won | [23] [24] | ||
Queerty Awards | TV series | Runner-up | [25] | ||
2022 | Reality / Docuseries | [26] | |||
GLAAD Media Awards | Outstanding Reality Program | Won [a] | [27] [28] | ||
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 | [29] | |
Outstanding Makeup for a Variety, Nonfiction or Reality Program | Jeremy Damion Austin, Martin De Luna Jr., and Tyler Devlin (for "Kona, Hawaii") | ||||
Peabody Award | Entertainment | We're Here | Won | [18] | |
Dorian Awards | Best Reality Show | Nominated | [30] | ||
2023 | GLAAD Media Awards | Outstanding Reality Program | Won | [31] | |
Queerty Awards | Reality/Docu-series | Runner-up | [32] | ||
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 | [33] | |
Outstanding Hairstyling for a Variety, Nonfiction or Reality Program | Abdiel "Gloria" Urcullu and Tyler Funicelli (for "St. George, Utah") | ||||
2024 | TCA Awards | Outstanding Achievement in Reality Programming | We're Here | Nominated | [34] |
Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Hairstyling for a Variety, Nonfiction or Reality Program | Abdiel "Gloria" Urcullu and Tyler Funicelli (for "Oklahoma, Part 3") | Nominated | [35] | |
Outstanding Makeup for a Variety, Nonfiction or Reality Program | Tyler "Laila" Devlin and Kalyd Sebastian Odeh (for "Oklahoma, Part 3") | ||||
2025 | Costume Designers Guild Awards | Excellence in Variety, Reality-Competition, and Live Television | Diego Montoya, Marco Morante, Derek Anthony Purcell and Amber Watkins (for "Oklahoma, Part 3") | Pending | [36] |
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