''We're Here'' is an American

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series on HBO featuring former ''

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, Eureka O'Hara and Shangela. In the series, the trio of

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s travel across the United States to recruit small-town residents to participate in one-night-only

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s. It premiered on April 23, 2020. In June 2020, the series was renewed for a second season which premiered on October 11, 2021. In December 2021, the series was renewed for a third season which premiered on November 25th, 2022.

Cast

* Eureka O'Hara * Shangela

Production

HBO announced the six-part

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." The final episode of the first season, which was slated to be set in

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'', June 3, 2020. The episode instead became a

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-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 25th, 2022.

Broadcast

On February 19, 2020, it was announced that ''We're Here'' would premiere on April 23, 2020.

Episodes

Season 1 (2020)

Season 2 (2021)

Season 3 (2022)

Reception

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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