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The Emmy Award-winning drag competition returns for a new season as 14 new queens compete for $200,000 and the title of America’s Next Drag Superstar.

Racers, start your engines! 2025 brings the 17th season of the Emmy-winning drag competition series “RuPaul’s Drag Race” returns to MTV. Guided by Mother RuPaul, 14 new queens will compete in a series of fashion, acting, comedy, dance, and other technical challenges until one is crowned America’s Next Drag Superstar, and takes home a grand prize of $200,000. May the best drag queen win! Season 17 of “RuPaul’s Drag Race” will premiere on Friday, Jan. 3 at 8 p.m. Et with the behind-the-scenes companion show “RuPaul’s Drag Race: Untucked” immediately following. You can watch live with a seven-day free trial to Philo.

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RuPaul’s Drag Race season 17 is finally here!

The MTV reality competition series for drag artists premieres Tonight (January 3) with the first episode of the season, followed by a new episode of RuPaul’s Drag Race: Untucked.

Competing for the title of “America’s Next Drag Superstar” and the cash prize of $200,000, there are 14 new queens joining the roster of over 200 competitors who have graced the series.

Ahead of the premiere, get to know all of the new queens competing right here, as we have all the details on each queen!

Keep reading inside to meet each of the new drag queens competing on season 17…...

RuPaul’s Drag Race season 17 is almost here and the official trailer just dropped!

MTV debuted the super teaser on Thursday (December 12), just a few weeks before the new season begins.

Along with the trailer, the full list of celebrity guest judges was revealed, as well as a new twist for this season!

Keep reading to find out more…

RuPaul, of course, returns as host and head judge, alongside mainstays Michelle Visage, Carson Kressley, Ross Mathews and Ts Madison.

Celebrity guest judges include the returns of Jamal Sims, Law Roach, Adam Lambert and Betsey Johnson, as well as Doechii, Sandra Bernhard, Julia Schlaepfer, Paul W Downs, Hunter Schafer, Quinta Brunson, Whitney Cummings, Sam Smith, Jerrod Carmichael, June Diane Raphael and Tracee Ellis Ross.

Katy Perry will kick off the season as a guest judge in the first episode!

This year’s new twist is the “The Badonka Dunk Tank.” Here’s...

“RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars” Season 4 winner Monet X Change is set to host “Drag Race’s” Season 17 weekly recap show, “The Pit Stop.”

X Change and a guest will review and recap each episode of “Drag Race” Season 17, which returns to MTV on Jan. 3. “The Pit Stop” will air on the “RuPaul’s Drag Race” YouTube channel every Saturday.

Raven, a former “Drag Race” contestant and makeup artist to RuPaul, has been named as the premiere guest.

In a statement to Variety, X Change, who won “All Stars” Season 4 along with Trinity the Tuck, said: “I am beyond excited to be back, back, back again hosting ‘The Pit Stop.’ For far too long I’ve let the likes of Bob, Trixie and Bianca sit on my throne as the true and rightful host of ‘The Pit Stop.’ This season you can expect my exquisite wit, charm and knack for...

MTV today ru-vealed the cast for Season 17 of the Emmy Award-winning global phenomenon RuPaul’s Drag Race, which will return on Friday, January 3, at 8:00 p.m. Et/Pt with 90-minute episodes.

This season, 14 dazzling new queens enter the Werk Room to compete for the title of “America’s Next Drag Superstar” and a cash prize of $200,000 for the winner. In the premiere episode, the new cast of queens will compete in “Drag Queens Got Talent” and this season will bring back the gag-worthy “Rate-a-Queen” scoring system, but with an all-new twist.

RuPaul’s Drag Race: Untucked, the Emmy award-winning aftershow, will premiere immediately following at 9:30 p.m. Et/Pt on MTV. Untucked gives viewers a behind-the-scenes look at the backstage drama as the queens anxiously await their fate in the competition.

In addition to the Ru-veal trailer, fans are now able to “Meet the Queens” in-depth in video featuring individual interviews with each cast member.

The cast of RuPaul’s Drag Race has been officially unveiled!

MTV announced the 14 drag performers who will be competing on the upcoming 17th season of the Emmy award-winning series on Wednesday (December 4).

The competition show was officially announced to be renewed back in August, along with a new season of RuPaul’s Drag Race: Untucked, RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars season 10 and RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars: Untucked.

Season 17 of RuPaul’s Drag Race will kick off with the queens competing in “Drag Queens Got Talent” and this season will bring back the gag-worthy “Rate-a-Queen” scoring system, but with an all-new twist.

The new season, featuring 90-minute episodes, is set to premiere on Friday, January 3rd at 8pm Et/Pt on MTV, followed by RuPaul’s Drag Race: Untucked at 9:30pm Et/Pt.

Keep reading inside to meet each of the new drag queens competing on season 17…...

Fifty-nine past guests of The Hollywood Reporter’s Awards Chatter podcast were recognized with 2024 Emmy nominations. You can find their names and links to listen to their episodes below, and you can click here to subscribe to the podcast — for free — in order to access all past and future episodes.

Awkwafina, best TV movie (Quiz Lady) — Listen

Hank Azaria, best character voiceover performance (The Simpsons) — Listen

Angela Bassett, best narrator (Queens) — Listen

Jason Bateman, best limited/anthology series (Lessons in Chemistry) — Listen

Matt Bomer, best limited/anthology actor (Fellow Travelers) — Listen

Alex Borstein, best character voiceover performance (Family Guy) — Listen

Sterling K. Brown, best character voiceover performance (The Simpsons) — Listen

Quinta Brunson, best comedy series, actress and writing (Abbott Elementary) — Listen

Carol Burnett, best comedy supporting actress (Palm Royale) — Listen

Stephen Colbert, best talk series and variety writing (The Late Show with Stephen Colbert) — Listen

Olivia Colman, best comedy guest...

The last two Emmy winners for Best Unstructured Reality Program were “Love on the Spectrum U.S.” (2022) and “Welcome to Wrexham” (2023). But the two strikingly different programs haven’t gone head-to-head until now. “Wrexham” wasn’t on the air yet when “Spectrum” won, and “Spectrum” was between seasons when “Wrexham” prevailed. Now that voters will have to choose between them, which nonfiction series has the advantage?

According to the combined predictions of Gold Derby users, “Wrexham” has a significant edge. The series, following actors and executive producers Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney after their purchase of a Welsh football club (that’s soccer to us Yanks), won five out of its six nominations last year, including trophies for cinematography, picture editing, directing and sound mixing in addition to Best Unstructured Reality Program. The only award it lost was for sound editing. That dominant performance and its six additional nominations this year...

The international takeover of “Drag Race” is impossible to ignore.

After earning 10 Emmy nominations for Season 16 of “RuPaul’s Drag Race” and its sister show “RuPaul’s Drag Race: Untucked,” the franchise brought its collective number of nominations to 85 since first airing in 2009.

In its greatest worldwide reach yet, “RuPaul’s Drag Race Global All Stars” premiered Friday, bringing global glamazons from 12 different countries together to compete for the world title.

Tom Campbell, an executive producer since the show’s first season, told TheWrap that even he learned new things about the “Drag Race” fandom in producing the new global franchise.

“I felt I knew everything about ‘Drag Race.’ I could tell you every lip sync, who won, who didn’t win,” Campbell shared. “But now because of the international franchises, I think there are 16 or 17, it’s hard to keep up.”

The masterminds behind the highly acclaimed U.S. franchise teamed up...

The RuPaul’s Drag Race universe just got extended with new series orders.

While launching RuPaul’s Drag Race Global All Stars, MTV and Paramount+ have ordered more RuPaul’s Drag Race, RuPaul’s Drag Race: Untucked, RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars and RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars: Untucked.

That means RuPaul’s Drag Race is headed to a 17th season on MTV. After initially bowing on Logo back in 2009, Drag Race has since expanded internationally, too, with local editions in the U.K., Canada and Australia featuring local “queens” and runway challenges.

RuPaul’s Drag Race, MTV’s signature reality competition series, and its spinoffs are all produced by World of Wonder Productions. RuPaul executive produces Drag Race with World of Wonder’s Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato.

Also returning with a new season order is the Emmy-winning after-show RuPaul’s Drag Race: Untucked. The latest extension of the Drag Race empire follows RuPaul receiving his...

29-time Emmy Award-winning reality competition franchise “RuPaul’s Drag Race” has been renewed for Season 17, MTV and Paramount+ announced on Friday.

After receiving 10 Emmy nominations across the franchise just this year, the drag superstar maker is greenlit for new seasons of “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” “RuPaul’s Drag Race: Untucked,” “RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars” and “RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars: Untucked.”

Season 16 of “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” which crowned Nymphia Wind as America’s Next Drag Superstar, earned eight Emmy nominations alone. The season 16 finale was the highest-rated episode of “Drag Race” in 13 years. Season 17 will be the first season shot on a new soundstage for the program, giving way for more glam and over-the-top shenanigans.

The sister show to “Drag Race,” “RuPaul’s Drag Race: Untucked,” shows the queens in their most relaxed state, often sipping a cocktail and spilling the real tea from that week. “Untucked” was nominated for two Emmy Awards...

More drag is on the way at MTV and Paramount+ as RuPaul’s Drag Race and RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars have been renewed for new seasons.

RuPaul’s Drag Race has been picked up for Season 17 on MTV alongside its companion series, RuPaul’s Drag Race: Untucked.

Paramount+ has greenlit a 10th season of RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars alongside its companion series RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars: Untucked.

The pickups follow the premiere of RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars and the franchise’s Emmy nominations.

Related: ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ USA Season Winners: Photo Gallery Including ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars’ and The Snatch Game Champions

RuPaul received his ninth consecutive nomination for Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality Competition Program this year, tying the record for most nominations in the category.

RuPaul’s Drag Race is nominated in eight categories, including Outstanding Host For A Reality Or Reality Competition Program,...

While the Best Structured Reality Program Emmy has gone to only two series (“Shark Tank” and “Queer Eye”) since being introduced in 2014, the corresponding unstructured award has been won by seven shows in the same timespan. Although the latter number has increased every year since 2020, that almost surely won’t happen in 2024, as a majority of the present contenders are past winners.

As “Welcome to Wrexham” seeks its second consecutive victory in this category, it faces one former champ it just beat (“RuPaul’s Drag Race: Untucked!”) and another that wasn’t eligible last time (“Love on the Spectrum”). Rounding out this lineup are veteran contender “Vanderpump Rules” and newcomer “Below Deck: Down Under,” which is part of a previously nominated franchise.

In order to discern whether any show can keep “Welcome to Wrexham” from retaining its crown, let’s take a closer look at each nominee. Be sure to make...

RuPaul’s Drag Race is more than just your typical reality TV competition series; it has evolved into a cultural phenomenon. The show has crowned numerous superstar drag queens who have stomped through the Werk Room, with over 100 queens competing for the highest honor in the world of drag.

Hosted by RuPaul Charles, it celebrates the artistic prowess of drag queens from diverse backgrounds and offers a glimpse into the lives of contestants who courageously share their tales of resilience in the face of discrimination and prejudice.

Since its debut in 2009, the show has consistently delivered iconic television moments, with episodes challenging contestants to showcase their ‘charisma, uniqueness, nerve, and talent.’ Even if one doesn’t snatch the crown as the season’s winner, there’s still the opportunity to secure a coveted place in the ‘Drag Race Hall of Fame’ through RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars.

To truly make a mark in the series,...

Below Deck Down Under can now be referred to as an Emmy-nominated show.

The Primetime Emmy Awards were announced earlier this week, and Season 2 of Below Deck Down Under made the cut.

Below Deck Med Under was nominated in two categories: Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program and Outstanding Picture Editing For An Unstructured Reality Program.

Below Deck Down Under Season 2 featured a near sexual assault that was handled perfectly by Captain Jason Chambers, Aesha Scott, and the production team.

Unsurprisingly, the show earned Emmy nominations, which are so deserved.

However, the nod has fans riled up as Season 3 of Below Deck Down Under continues to be Mia on Bravo’s schedule.

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Below Deck Down Under fans ‘demand’ Season 3 after Emmy Nomination

After a super successful Season 2 of Below Deck Down Under, fans were certain the show would return this summer.

RuPaul’s DragCon LA 2024 has officially begun! Earlier today, the cowboy hat-wearing RuPaul Charles opened the festivities at the Los Angeles Convention Center with the ceremonial cutting of the pink ribbon. “Fabulous! Have a good time. I love you,” the Queen of Drag told his adoring crowd while still holding the enormous pink scissors. RuPaul’s co-producer and co-judge Michelle Visage stood beside him, and they were flanked by dozens of drag queens from the American version of “RuPaul’s Drag Race” plus many other worldwide installments. Watch the ribbon cutting video below:

#DragCon LA 2024 is officially Open!! pic.twitter.com/vC36ZjOcEP

— aehdy #TeamEvaLeQueen (@dragreines) July 19, 2024

Once again, the convention’s festivities are presented by World of Wonder Productions and its co-founders, Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato. This year’s theme is the “hottest ever” … and we’re assuming that refers to the sizzling talent that’ll be on-hand rather than the California weather.

Fifty-nine past guests of The Hollywood Reporter’s Awards Chatter podcast were recognized with Emmy nominations on Wednesday morning. You can find their names and links to listen to their episodes below, and you can click here to subscribe to the podcast — for free — in order to access all past and future episodes.

Awkwafina, best TV movie (Quiz Lady) — Listen

Hank Azaria, best character voiceover performance (The Simpsons) — Listen

Angela Bassett, best narrator (Queens) — Listen

Jason Bateman, best limited/anthology series (Lessons in Chemistry) — Listen

Matt Bomer, best limited/anthology actor (Fellow Travelers) — Listen

Alex Borstein, best character voiceover performance (Family Guy) — Listen

Sterling K. Brown, best character voiceover performance (The Simpsons) — Listen

Quinta Brunson, best comedy series, actress and writing (Abbott Elementary) — Listen

Carol Burnett, best comedy supporting actress (Palm Royale) — Listen

Stephen Colbert, best talk series and variety writing (The Late Show with Stephen Colbert) — Listen

Olivia Colman,...

Paramount has announced the lineup of movies, TV shows, and live sports coming to the Paramount+ streaming service in July. The Paramount Plus July 2024 schedule includes season two of Kamp Koral: SpongeBob’s Under Years, the music documentary Melissa Etheridge: I’m Not Broken, the espionage docuseries Mafia Spies, a 24/7 stream of Big Brother, and more.

It’s been 25 years since SpongeBob SquarePants first made a splash, and we all got swept away in his underwater hijinks. In July, brand-new adventures are in store for the seafaring superstar and the residents of Bikini Bottom when Kamp Koral: SpongeBob’s Under Years returns for a second season.

Paramount+ is marking SpongeBob SquarePants’ silver anniversary in style with several unique activations. Audiences can customize their profiles with over 15 new SpongeBob avatars, explore the refreshed SpongeBob Universe collection along with special carousels curated for the franchise’s most beloved characters, and check out the SpongeBob takeover on the Paramount+ app.

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“RuPaul’s Drag Race” snatched its highest rating in four years, TheWrap can reveal exclusively.

The second episode of Season 16, which premiered on Friday, Jan. 12, scored a 0.91 rating among adults 18-34 on MTV, the highest the show has seen since the Season 12 finale on VH1 on May 29, 2020, according to Nielsen live-plus-three-day figures. Viewership for the episode soared 18% from the 0.78 rating brought in by the Season 16 premiere on Jan. 5.

The Jan. 12 episode also scored the show’s highest share ever — or the percentage of viewers tuning in during primetime — among young adults with a 10.11 share among adults 18-34. The share was up 29% when compared to last week’s Season 16 premiere, which brought in a 7.81 share.

The episode marked the No. 1 most-watched entertainment telecast across cable for the week between Monday and Friday.

RuPaul’s Drag Race has sashayed back into winning form.

The show, which moved from VH1 to MTV with its 15th season, won the Emmy for Outstanding Reality Competition Program.

It beat CBS’ The Amazing Race and Survivor as well as NBCUniversal’s Top Chef and The Voice.

It marks the series’ fifth Emmy win, having lost out to Lizzo’s Watch Out For The Big Grrrls last year in a surprise win for the Amazon show.

RuPaul’s Drag Race previously won this category four years in a row between 2018 and 2021.

RuPaul, who was handed the award by Joel McHale and Ken Jeong, had an important message after winning.

“We are so honored to have this award. Listen, you guys are just pure lovely for honoring our show and recognizing all these queens. We have released into the wild, hundreds of drag queens and they’re beautiful. On behalf of all them,...

Vanderpump Rules season 10 was nominated for an Emmy but lost out to Welcome to Wrexham in the Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program category. The season was a breakout with intense drama and high ratings, bringing new life to the series. Being nominated for Emmy awards is a big deal for Vanderpump Rules and they were able to represent themselves authentically at the ceremony.

Vanderpump Rules season 10 put the series back on the map and got the show nominated for an Emmy, but the series lost out on the award on the big night. After a massive breakout season, Vanderpump Rules was recognized by the Television Academy for its achievements in creating groundbreaking reality TV. While the series has been continuously breaking down boundaries in the reality TV space, it’s been an underdog of the Bravo lineup since its debut in 2013. Starring Lisa Vanderpump and the employees of her West Hollywood restaurant,...

As Season 16 of “RuPaul's Drag Race” kicks off on MTV this Friday, Jan. 5, you can count on the show’s companion series “RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked.” Tune in each week for all of the backstage drama that was too hot (or too long) for the final cut, from catfights, big Ruveals, and more. Season 15 of “RuPaul’s Drag Race: Untucked” will air on MTV and be available to stream on Paramount+ this Friday, Jan. 5 at 9:30 p.m. Et. You can watch RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked: Season 15 with a 7-Day Free Trial of Paramount Plus. You can also watch with Fubo.

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Check back for latest … The fall TV season was upended by the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes, but the beat goes on, though heavy with reality and other unscripted fare like game shows. As Hollywood begins to recover from the dual labor actions, here again is Deadline’s annual list of premiere dates for new and returning TV series.

The roster covers hundreds broadcast, cable and streaming programs debuting through 2023. It includes series and season debuts, shows returning from hiatus and some one-offs such as live sports and awards specials but not movies. The list includes shows that had been set for the fall season but are in limbo for now. Note that older 2023 premiere dates are listed at the bottom.

Related: TV Series Fading To Black In 2023 & Beyond: Photo Gallery Of Canceled Shows

We update this post daily as more dates are revealed. Please send any additions or adjustments to erikpedersen@deadline.

“RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars” Season 3 winner Trixie Mattel is set to return as the host of “Drag Race’s” Season 16 weekly recap show, “The Pit Stop.”

Mattel and a guest will review and recap each episode of “Drag Race” Season 16, which returns to MTV on Jan. 5. “The Pit Stop” will air on the “RuPaul’s Drag Race” YouTube channel every Saturday.

“Making snap judgments is my passion but I also love enduring characters that develop and grow (while dressed as women),” Mattel said in a statement to Variety. “I also love drama.”

As previously announced, “Drag Race” will return to its 90-minute format this season. The queens competing for the Season 16 title of America’s Drag Superstar include Amanda Tori Meating, Dawn, Geneva Karr, Hershii LiqCour-Jeté, Megami, Mhi’ya Iman Le’Paige, Mirage, Morphine Love Dion, Nymphia Wind, Plane Jane, Plasma, Q, Sapphira Cristál and Xunami Muse.

Spicing things up this season will be “Rate-a-Queen.

“RuPaul’s Drag Race” has reached her sweet 16.

The Emmy-winning reality competition series — which returns to MTV for its 16th season on Jan. 5 — revealed the 14 new drag queens competing for the $200,000 grand prize and the title of America’s next drag superstar on Wednesday.

The two-part series premiere will feature the queens showing off their stuff in the annual talent show, which has become a mainstay on the series. This year, however, the show — which will be themed separately for MTV’s Spring Break and the “Queen Choice Awards” — will feature a new twist in the competition: “Rate-a-Queen.” After the performances have ended, the contestants must rank their fellow queens’ performances to determine the tops and bottoms of the week.

The aftershow “RuPaul’s Drag Race: Untucked” is also returning, airing immediately following the series.

And yes, after last year’s controversial switch to 60-minute episodes, “Drag Race” has returned to its full glory,...

World of Wonder announced Tuesday that “Drag Race France,” “Drag Race Philippines” and “Drag Race Thailand” have each been renewed for their third seasons. The announcement was made at MIPCOM, the global market for entertainment content across all platforms held annually in Cannes, France.

“Drag Race Philippines” and “Drag Race Thailand” will be available to stream on Wow Presents Plus globally and “Drag Race France” will be available on Wow Presents Plus in all territories outside of France per a press release.

Coming on the heels of a highly successful second season — which was the first European franchise to record its finale in front of an audience and received average audience figures per episode of 810,000 in France alone on France 2 and France.tv — “Drag Race France” will be inviting a new set of queens to compete for the chance to snatch the crown in 2024.

News of the “Drag Race Philippines” renewal...

Variety Awards Circuit section is the home for all awards news and related content throughout the year, featuring the following: the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars, Emmys, Grammys and Tony Awards ceremonies, curated by Variety senior awards editor Clayton Davis. The prediction pages reflect the current standings in the race and do not reflect personal preferences for any individual contender. As other formal (and informal) polls suggest, competitions are fluid and subject to change based on buzz and events. Predictions are updated every Thursday.

Visit the prediction pages for the respective ceremonies via the links below:

Oscars | Emmys | Grammys | Tonys

2023 Emmy Predictions:

Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program Welcome To Wrexham — “Wromance,” — Season 1, Episode 17 (Airs October 12th) — Pictured: (l-r) Rob MCelhenney, Ryan Reynolds. Cr: FX.

Weekly Commentary: After a shell-shocking 10th season, “Vanderpump Rules” picked up its first-ever Emmy nom and stands a solid chance of it winning the prize. Also,...

Please Note: This forecast, assembled by The Hollywood Reporter’s executive editor of awards coverage Scott Feinberg, reflects his best attempt to predict the behavior of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, not his personal preferences. He arrives at these standings by drawing upon consultations with voters and strategists, analysis of marketing and campaigns, results of awards that precede the Emmys and the history of the Emmys itself.

*Best Drama Series*

Projected Standings

Succession (HBO/Max)

The White Lotus (HBO/Max)

The Last of Us (HBO/Max)

Better Call Saul (AMC)

House of the Dragon (HBO/Max)

Andor (Disney+)

The Crown (Netflix)

Yellowjackets (Showtime)

*Best Comedy Series*

Projected Standings

The Bear (FX)

Ted Lasso (Apple TV+)

Abbott Elementary (ABC)

Barry (HBO/Max)

Jury Duty (Amazon Freevee)

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon)

Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)

Wednesday (Netflix)

*Best Limited Or Anthology Series*

Projected Standings

Beef (Netflix)

Dahmer...

MTV and Paramount+ are keeping one of the most popular franchises alive for another year.

That's right, folks, we're getting more RuPaul's Drag Race and RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars.

The Untucked editions of both series will also be back.

The renewals come on the heels of an impressive nine Emmy® Award nominations across the franchise, the most for any reality competition series this year.

The record-breaking competition series RuPaul's Drag Race will introduce a new group of fabulous queens for a highly anticipated 16th season, which debuts 15 years after the first episode premiered in 2009.

RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked will air each week after brand new episodes of Drag Race, in addition to the return of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars and RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars: Untucked.

The original series moved to MTV earlier this year and benefited from its strongest ratings in years.

There's always that worry when...

RuPaul’s Drag Race, RuPaul’s Drag Race: Untucked, RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars, and RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars: Untucked all have been greenlit for new seasons, MTV and Paramount+ announced Monday. The renewals follow the franchise’s 9 Emmy nominations, the most for any reality competition series this year.

RuPaul’s Drag Race will for its 16th season. After-shows RuPaul’s Drag Race: Untucked also returns, airing each week after brand new episodes of Drag Race, in addition to the return of RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars and RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars: Untucked.

RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 15 saw the show’s highest ratings in three years. The finale episode, which aired April 14 on MTV, delivered a 0.59 rating in the 18-49 entertainment demographic, according to Live+same-day Nielsen data. That’s a 17% increase compared to the Season 14 finale on VH1. The episode also had the highest audience share ever for a RuPaul’s Drag Race telecast.

“RuPaul’s Drag Race,” “RuPaul’s Drag Race: Untucked,” “RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars” and “RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars: Untucked” have all been greenlit for new seasons, MTV and Paramount+ announced Monday.

Season 16 of “Drag Race” will debut 15 years after the very first episode of premiered in 2009 on Logo. The show moved to MTV for Season 15. The first “All Stars” edition premiered in 2012, with it’s most recent edition — Season 8 — airing this summer on Paramount+.

All four shows are produced by World of Wonder productions and slated to premiere in 2024.

The franchise is currently nominated for nine Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Reality Competition Program and Outstanding Host For A Reality Competition Program for “Drag Race,” and Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program for “Untucked.”

This past year, in the face of threats and censorship against drag performers and the LGBTQ+ community, World of Wonder created the first-ever Drag Defense Fund with a...

“Drag Race” fans, get ready to start your engines, as MTV and Paramount+ have greenlit a slew of new sickening seasons of the beloved franchise.

That’s right: Season 16 of “RuPaul’s Drag Race” will sashay onto television screens 15 years after the series’ iconic first episode premiered in 2009. An additional season of “RuPaul’s Drag Race: Untucked” will premiere after each episode debuts each week. Paramount+’s beloved “RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars” will, too, return back to the streamer for its ninth season with adjoining “Untucked” episodes.

The announcement comes on the heels of the “Drag Race” franchise accumulating nine Emmy nominations during the 2023 season. The nominations, including those for outstanding reality competition program and outstanding casting for a reality program, make “Drag Race” the most nominated reality program of the year.

Casting directors Goloka Bolte and Ethan Peterson explained that they’re always looking for “people that are going to...

Please Note: This forecast, assembled by The Hollywood Reporter’s executive editor of awards coverage Scott Feinberg, reflects his best attempt to predict the behavior of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, not his personal preferences. He arrives at these standings by drawing upon consultations with voters and strategists, analysis of marketing and campaigns, results of awards that precede the Emmys and the history of the Emmys itself.

*Best Drama Series*

Projected Standings

Succession (HBO/Max)

The White Lotus (HBO/Max)

The Last of Us (HBO/Max)

Better Call Saul (AMC)

House of the Dragon (HBO/Max)

Andor (Disney+)

The Crown (Netflix)

Yellowjackets (Showtime)

*Best Comedy Series*

Projected Standings

The Bear (FX)

Ted Lasso (Apple TV+)

Abbott Elementary (ABC)

Barry (HBO/Max)

Jury Duty (Amazon Freevee)

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon)

Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)

Wednesday (Netflix)

*Best Limited Or Anthology Series*

Projected Standings

Beef (Netflix)

Dahmer...

This story about “RuPaul’s Drag Race: Untucked” first appeared in the Down to the Wire: Comedy issue of TheWrap’s awards magazine.

There’s a lot crammed into each 30-minute episode of “Untucked.” The companion show to “RuPaul’s Drag Race” captures the moments after the contestants learn whether they are safe from elimination or will lip sync for their life (and for the chance to stay another week in the drag queen competition). But “Untucked” also serves as a group therapy session, a place where they can “turn off” their drag and competitive personas and just be themselves, a rare respite in a competition where they must be constantly “on.”

“It is the moment where the queens are no longer their characters,” “Untucked” executive producer Kenneth Leslie said. “They’re with their sisters celebrating, crying, laughing. They’re going through every emotion as a human being, not as a character.

Although the Best Structured Reality Program Emmy has only gone to two series (“Shark Tank” and “Queer Eye”) since being introduced in 2014, the corresponding unstructured award has been won by six different shows in the same stretch of time. “Love on the Spectrum” took the 2022 prize but is out of the running this time, leaving 2021 winner “RuPaul’s Drag Race: Untucked” as the only show with a shot at pulling off the category’s first repeat victory in four years.

“Untucked” is one of three returning contenders in the current Best Unstructured Reality Program lineup, along with “Indian Matchmaking” and “Selling Sunset.” Both were bested by RuPaul’s series in 2021, while the latter also lost alongside it in 2022. Rounding out this bunch are “Vanderpump Rules,” which has finally broken through with Emmy voters after 10 seasons, and new show “Welcome to Wrexham,” which, according to Gold Derby’s odds, is heavily favored to win.

Please Note: This forecast, assembled by The Hollywood Reporter’s executive editor of awards coverage Scott Feinberg, reflects his best attempt to predict the behavior of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, not his personal preferences. He arrives at these standings by drawing upon consultations with voters and strategists, analysis of marketing and campaigns, results of awards that precede the Emmys and the history of the Emmys itself.

*Best Drama Series*

Projected Standings

Succession (HBO/Max)

The White Lotus (HBO/Max)

The Last of Us (HBO/Max)

Better Call Saul (AMC)

House of the Dragon (HBO/Max)

Andor (Disney+)

The Crown (Netflix)

Yellowjackets (Showtime)

*Best Comedy Series*

Projected Standings

The Bear (FX)

Ted Lasso (Apple TV+)

Abbott Elementary (ABC)

Barry (HBO/Max)

Jury Duty (Amazon Freevee)

Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon)

Wednesday (Netflix)

*Best Limited Or Anthology Series*

Projected Standings

Beef (Netflix)

Dahmer...

Please Note: This forecast, assembled by The Hollywood Reporter’s executive editor of awards coverage Scott Feinberg, reflects his best attempt to predict the behavior of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, not his personal preferences. He arrives at these standings by drawing upon consultations with voters and strategists, analysis of marketing and campaigns, results of awards that precede the Emmys and the history of the Emmys itself.

*Best Drama Series*

Projected Standings

Succession (HBO/Max)

The White Lotus (HBO/Max)

The Last of Us (HBO/Max)

Better Call Saul (AMC)

Yellowjackets (Showtime)

Andor (Disney+)

The Crown (Netflix)

House of the Dragon (HBO/Max)

*Best Comedy Series*

Projected Standings

The Bear (FX)

Ted Lasso (Apple TV+)

Abbott Elementary (ABC)

Barry (HBO/Max)

Jury Duty (Amazon Freevee)

Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)

Wednesday (Netflix)

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon)

*Best Limited Or Anthology Series*

Projected Standings

Beef (Netflix)

Dahmer...

Please Note: This forecast, assembled by The Hollywood Reporter’s executive editor of awards coverage Scott Feinberg, reflects his best attempt to predict the behavior of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, not his personal preferences. He arrives at these standings by drawing upon consultations with voters and strategists, analysis of marketing and campaigns, results of awards that precede the Emmys and the history of the Emmys itself.

*Best Drama Series*

Projected Standings

Succession (HBO/Max)

The White Lotus (HBO/Max)

The Last of Us (HBO/Max)

Better Call Saul (AMC)

Yellowjackets (Showtime)

The Crown (Netflix)

Andor (Disney+)

House of the Dragon (HBO/Max)

*Best Comedy Series*

Projected Standings

Ted Lasso (Apple TV+)

The Bear (FX)

Abbott Elementary (ABC)

Barry (HBO/Max)

Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)

Jury Duty (Amazon Freevee)

Wednesday (Netflix)

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon)

*Best Limited Or Anthology Series*

Projected Standings

Beef (Netflix)

Dahmer...

Fifty-eight guests of The Hollywood Reporter’s Awards Chatter podcast were recognized with Primetime Emmy nominations on Wednesday. You can find their names — and links to listen to their episodes — below. You also can click here to subscribe for free to the podcast.

F. Murray Abraham, best drama supporting actor (The White Lotus) — Listen

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Alex Borstein, best comedy supporting actress (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel) and character voice-over performance (Family Guy) — Listen

Jeff Bridges, best drama actor (The Old Man) — Listen

Rachel Brosnahan, best comedy actress (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel) — Listen

Quinta Brunson, best comedy series and actress (Abbott Elementary) and comedy guest actress (Saturday Night Live) — Listen

Carol Burnett, best pre-recorded variety special (Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter) — Listen

Ken Burns, best documentary/nonfiction series and directing (The U.S. and the Holocaust) — Listen

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Following an explosive tenth season that brought in high viewership numbers, Bravo's Vanderpump Rules has earned its first Emmy nominations. The series, which follows the lives of Lisa Vanderpump and staff from her restaurants and bars, received nominations for Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program and Outstanding Picture Editing for an Unstructured Reality Program for the episode Lady and the Glamp.

In the first category, the series will compete against Netflix's Indian Matchmaking and Selling Sunset, MTV's RuPaul’s Drag Race: Untucked and FX's Welcome to Wrexham; for the second category, the episode editors will face off against RuPaul’s Drag Race: Untucked, Welcome to Wrexham, Dicovery Channel's Deadliest Catch, and National Geographic's Life Below Zero.

In a post on their Instagram, Bravo shared the news and congratulated the cast and crew.

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Season 10 of the reality series premiered in February.

It's unclear whether the 2023 Emmy Awards will go forward as planned on Sept. 18 with the Writers Guild of America on strike and a Screen Actors Guild strike looming, but they're moving ahead as far as nominations go.

On July 12, the Television Academy announced this year's Emmy nominations, and standout nominees include "Succession" in its final season, with stars tapped in every drama acting category, and popular series like "The White Lotus," "Ted Lasso," and "Dahmer - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story." Television fans were surprised to see fan-favorite stars like the cast of "The House of the Dragon" passed over for nominations, however. Other snubs included Selena Gomez and Steve Martin for "Only Murders in the Building."

Check out the full list of this year's Emmy nominations below, and visit the Emmys's website to see the nominees in other awards categories.

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Raise your glass for Vanderpump Rules as the Bravo reality series has scored its first two Emmy nominations in its 10-season history.

Vanderpump Rules received a nod in the Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program where it will compete against Indian Matchmaking (Netflix), RuPaul’s Drag Race: Untucked (MTV), Selling Sunset (Netflix) and Welcome to Wrexham (FX).

Related: ‘Vanderpump Rules’ Cast React To Emmy Nominations: Lala Kent “Thrilled,” Katie Maloney “Insanely Proud” & Scheana Shay Gives Shoutout To Editors

The reality series also scored a nod in the Outstanding Picture Editing for an Unstructured Reality Program category. The episode “Lady and the Glamp” was submitted with the following editors nominated: Jesse Friedman, Tom McCudden, Ramin Mortazavi, Christian le Guilloux, Paul Peltekian, Sax Eno and Robert Garry.

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You know that it’s their time: “Vanderpump Rules” has officially been nominated for its first Emmy award.

After a shell-shocking 10th season that drew in record-breaking ratings for the series and Bravo at large, the Lisa Vanderpump-led series has been named one of the five nominees for unstructured reality. It’s competing against “Deadliest Catch,” “Life Below Zero,” “RuPaul’s Drag Race: Untucked,” and “Welcome To Wrexham.”

When news broke during the airing of the show’s 10th season that castmates Tom Sandoval and Ariana Madix had split amid Sandoval’s ongoing affair with fellow co-star Raquel Leviss, cameras quickly began rolling to capture the fallout. The quarrel shifted the friendships of the Los Angeles-based “Vanderpump Rules” cast so much that Leviss took out a restraining order on her former best friend and co-star Scheana Shay for an alleged punching that took place when the affair was revealed.

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Bravo’s “Vanderpump Rules,” Hulu’s “The Kardashians” and TLC’s “90 Day Fiancé: The Other Way” are among the 45 reality programs hoping to nab their first Emmy nominations. This is down from the previous three years, which had 65, 48 and 44 submissions, respectively.

Nomination voting opened on Thursday to members of the Television Academy, with the three juggernaut-rated shows vying for consideration in the outstanding unstructured reality series category.

Read: Variety’s Awards Circuit for the latest Emmy predictions in all categories.

“Vanderpump” is coming off its biggest season yet after star Tom Sandoval was revealed to be cheating on his partner of nine years, Ariana Madix (with her best friend and fellow co-star Raquel Leviss). Dubbed on social media as “#Scandoval,” the talk surrounding the show’s 10th season has been electrifying, adding another massive hit for the Bravo network, which also steers franchise hits like “Real Housewives” and “Below Deck.

Gold Derby caught up with Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato backstage at the 2023 edition of RuPaul’s DragCon LA, a two-day extravaganza taking place at the Los Angeles Convention Center. In addition to winning five Emmy Awards for “RuPaul’s Drag Race” (2018-21) and “RuPaul’s Drag Race: Untucked” (2021), they’ve also been producers of DragCon for World of Wonder since the very beginning. Watch our exclusive video interview above.

“It started in 2015 so we’re in year eight, but we had a pandemic and things like that,” Bailey tells us. “But we’ve done DragCon in New York and the UK, so we’re fully in our eighth year, but in the 12th DragCon.”

What’s special about this year’s DragCon? Barbato declares, “This year we have over 150 ‘Drag Race’ queens from all over the world, so it’s like the United Nations of drag. There are so many queens.

Paramount+ is not just the home of the Taylor Sheridan universe, it has also quietly assembled one of the best film libraries of any of the streaming services. Look no further than the list of what’s new on Paramount+ in March, which includes prestige dramas like “12 Years a Slave” and “Last of the Mohicans,” iconic thrillers like “The Sixth Sense,” “The Rock” and “Crimson Tide,” delightful rom-coms like “Kate & Leopold” and “Bridget Jones’ Diary” and other classics like “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off,” “Sunset Boulevard” and “Galaxy Quest.”

And that’s not to mention the new originals premiering in March: Kiefer Sutherland plays a corporate espionage operative framed for murder in “Rabbit Hole,” while “School Spirits” follows a high school teen who suddenly discovers she’s dead and still haunting her school.

Check out the full list of what’s new on Paramount+ in March 2023 below.

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RuPaul's Drag Race season 15 still has a while until someone is crowned America's Next Drag Superstar, but fans who aren't happy with some queens have used social media to retaliate anyway. The popular series turned international franchise returned on January 6, and not only introduced their largest group of 16 queens, but found a new home on MTV. With 200,000 on the line and a reputation to uphold, the competition has only grown fiercer as time has gone on.

While some RuPaul's Drag Race season 15 queens were well known to fans beforehand such as TikTok twins Sugar and Spice and Miss Continental winner Sasha Colby, the performers have gained thousands of followers since the series' return. That being said, while some of the queens have exponentially grown in popularity, others have found themselves unnecessarily criticized. Although RuPaul's Drag Race creator RuPaul's social media accounts have remained intact, some of her newest round...

Congratulations are in order for the producers of “Lizzo’s Watch Out for the Big Grrrls,” which just won Best Competition Program at Monday’s Primetime Emmy ceremony. The Amazon Prime Video feel-good series beat out “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” which was heavily favored to win its fifth consecutive Emmy in the category. “Drag Race” remains tied with “The Voice” by winning four overall trophies, while “The Amazing Race” holds the record at 10 total wins. The five shows “Lizzo” defeated this year were “The Amazing Race,” “Drag Race,” “Nailed It,” “Top Chef” and “The Voice.”

“Lizzo’s Watch Out for the Big Grrrls” is now a three-time Emmy winner after claiming a pair of trophies last week for director Nneka Onuorah and the picture editing team. Watch our recent panel interview with Onuorah. The program premiered on March 25, 2022 and chronicles the story of Lizzo trying to find her titular “big grrrl” backup dancers.

Love on the Spectrum, Netflix’s groundbreaking docuseries featuring young adults on the autism spectrum who are looking for love, has won its first Emmy.

The show beat out last year’s winner RuPaul’s Drag Race: Untucked! (VH1), as well as Below Deck Mediterranean (Bravo), Cheer (Netflix), and Selling Sunset (Netflix).

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Love on the Spectrum is an Australian reality show co-created by Cian O’Clery.

Wow, this is exciting and unexpected. This is amazing. Thank you so much to the Academy, to everyone involved, to Netflix,” said O’Clery after accepting the Emmy. “Thank you to Molly and Jan. When we were asked to make an American version of the show, I was scared. I thought, ‘Oh no, it’ll never be the same. You’ll never find another Michael. You’ll never have...

The first night of the 2022 Creative Arts Emmy Awards is taking place on Saturday, Sept. 3, and we’ll see where the Primetime ceremony could be heading based on the first wave of winners.

With an evening that features categories for animated program, reality host, documentaries and short form, we could get a strong sense of where some of the support lies for the main ceremony on Monday, Sept. 12.

There are significant history-making moments that can take place.

Barack Obama could become the second U.S. president to win an Emmy for outstanding narrator for Netflix’s “Our Great National Parks.” Dwight Eisenhower won in 1956, while still in office when he picked up the Governors Award “for his use and encouragement of television.”

If Obama wins, he’ll be halfway to Egot status after netting two Grammys for best spoken word album for “Dreams from My Father” (2006) and “The Audacity of...