We're Here


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.
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Cast

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, Eureka D. Huggard and D.J. Pierce 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. 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.

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.
YearAwardCategoryNomineeResult
2020Primetime Emmy AwardsOutstanding Unstructured Reality ProgramWe're HereNomitated
2020TCA AwardsOutstanding Achievement in Reality ProgrammingWe're HereNomitated
2020Dorian AwardsBest LGBTQ TV ShowWe're HereNomitated
2021Independent Spirit AwardsBest New Non-Scripted or Documentary SeriesWe're HereNomitated
2021GLAAD Media AwardsOutstanding Reality ProgramWe're HereWon
2021Queerty AwardsTV seriesWe're Hererowspan="2"
2022Queerty AwardsReality / DocuseriesWe're Here-
2022GLAAD Media AwardsOutstanding Reality ProgramWe're HereWon
2022Primetime Emmy AwardsOutstanding Costumes for Variety, Nonfiction, or Reality ProgrammingCasey Caldwell, Diego Montoya, Joshua "Domino" Schwartz, Marco Marco,
and Patryq Howell 		rowspan="2" Won
2022Primetime Emmy AwardsOutstanding Makeup for a Variety, Nonfiction or Reality ProgramJeremy Damion Austin, Martin De Luna Jr., and Tyler Devlin -
2022Peabody AwardEntertainmentWe're HereWon
2022Dorian AwardsBest Reality ShowWe're HereNomitated
2023GLAAD Media AwardsOutstanding Reality ProgramWe're HereWon
2023Queerty AwardsReality/Docu-seriesWe're Here
2023Primetime Emmy AwardsOutstanding Costumes for Variety, Nonfiction, or Reality ProgrammingDiego Montoya, Marco Morante, Joshua "Domino" Schwartz, Blake Danford, Sharon Malka, and Ricky Reynoso rowspan="2" Won
2023Primetime Emmy AwardsOutstanding Hairstyling for a Variety, Nonfiction or Reality ProgramAbdiel "Gloria" Urcullu and Tyler Funicelli -
2024TCA AwardsOutstanding Achievement in Reality ProgrammingWe're HereNomitated
2024Primetime Emmy AwardsOutstanding Hairstyling for a Variety, Nonfiction or Reality ProgramAbdiel "Gloria" Urcullu and Tyler Funicelli rowspan="2" Nomitated
2024Primetime Emmy AwardsOutstanding Makeup for a Variety, Nonfiction or Reality ProgramTyler "Laila" Devlin and Kalyd Sebastian Odeh -
2025Costume Designers Guild AwardsExcellence in Variety, Reality-Competition, and Live TelevisionDiego Montoya, Marco Morante, Derek Anthony Purcell and Amber Watkins