WOW Presents Plus (also called World of Wonder Presents Plus or WOWPresents+) is a
subscription-based streaming service owned by
production company
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,
World of Wonder. The subscription service is founded in November 2017, by Randy Barbato and Fenton Bailey. The service offers a multitude of original series, including shows like ''
Painted with Raven'' and ''
UNHhhh''.
This service also exclusively includes ''
RuPaul's Drag Race
''RuPaul's Drag Race'' is an American reality competition television series, the first in the ''Drag Race'' franchise, produced by World of Wonder for Logo TV (season 1–8), WOW Presents Plus, VH1 (season 9–14) and, beginning with the f ...
'' (though it is not available in the US) and its
incarnations of the franchise. Many web series from WOW Presents'
YouTube
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channel are included to their subscription service. The service is available worldwide, except for
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,
Syria
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,
North Korea
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, and
Russia
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. ''
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'' names WOW Presents Plus, "best streaming service for 'Drag Race' fans".
Distribution
The cost of the subscription service is $4.99 USD a month, for the yearly cost is $49.99 USD. It also offers users to download episodes for offline viewing.
Device support
The streaming platform supports access through most modern
web-browsers, such as
iOS
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/
iPadOS
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,
Android and
Android TV
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devices,
Apple TV
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,
Amazon Fire TV
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, and
Roku
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The first Roku model, developed in collaboration with Netflix, was introduce ...
.
Original programming
WOW Presents Plus began to produce its own original content. Starting
Trixie Mattel
Brian Michael Firkus (born August 23, 1989), better known by the stage name Trixie Mattel, is an American drag queen, television personality, and singer-songwriter originally from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She is known for her exaggerated, high-camp ...
and
Katya Zamolodchikova
Brian Joseph McCook, known by his drag persona Yekaterina Petrovna Zamolodchikova (russian: Екатерина Петровна Замолодчикова), or mononymously as Katya (russian: Катя), is an American drag queen, actor, author ...
, hosting ''
UNHhhh'' (an unscripted webseries), that premiered on
YouTube
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then later included to the streaming service for its uncensored content. The first production series released is ''
God Shave the Queens
''God Shave the Queens'' is a documentary streaming television series about the tour following each series of ''RuPaul's Drag Race UK''. The show originally premiered internationally on 10 September 2020 on WOW Presents Plus internationally, an ...
'', which is their first original docuseries showcasing the
''RuPaul's Drag Race UK'' tour in the United Kingdom. World of Wonder announced new show lineups from early 2022. Many drag queens such as
Jinkx Monsoon
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,
Pangina Heals
Pan Pan Narkprasert ( th, ปันปัน นาคประเสริฐ; born July 22, 1988), known as Pangina Heals, is a Thai drag queen and judge on '' Drag Race Thailand'', who later went on to compete on '' RuPaul's Drag Race: UK vs th ...
,
Heidi N' Closet, and
Rock M. Sakura; will star in their shows.
Animation
Comedy
Documentary
Reality
Unscripted
Films
Documentary
Exclusive programming
The subscription service exclusively offers the American reality series, ''
RuPaul's Drag Race
''RuPaul's Drag Race'' is an American reality competition television series, the first in the ''Drag Race'' franchise, produced by World of Wonder for Logo TV (season 1–8), WOW Presents Plus, VH1 (season 9–14) and, beginning with the f ...
'', though it is not available in the United States (including ''
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
''RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars'' is an American reality competition spin off edition of the original ''RuPaul's Drag Race'', which is produced by World of Wonder, for Logo TV and later VH1. The show premiered on October 22, 2012, on Logo TV, b ...
''). The subscription service also includes its many
incarnations of the franchise.
Reality
Upcoming original programming
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