MTV Renews ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ for 17th Season
Series spinoffs ‘RuPaul Drag Race: Untucked,’ ‘RuPaul Drag Race All Stars’ and ‘RuPaul Drag Race All Stars Untucked’ will also return
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Multi-Emmy Award-winning competition series RuPaul's Drag Race and several of its spinoff series from MTV and Paramount Plus have been renewed.
RuPaul's Drag Race will return to MTV for a 17th season along with the series’ after-show, RuPaul’s Drag Race: Untucked, the network said. RuPaul's Drag Race has won 29 Emmys since its 2009 debut and has garnered an additional eight 2024 Emmy nominations.
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Paramount Plus has renewed RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars for a 10th season along with its after-show, RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars.
The renewal announcements come as another RuPaul Drag Race spinoff, RuPaul’s Drag Race Global All Stars, debuts on Paramount Plus Friday (August 16).
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