MTV is ruining RuPaul's Drag Race with shorter episodes

[Terrence Clay]

https://decider.com/2023/01/20/rupauls-drag-race-mtv-edits-damaging-series/

By Brett White @brettwhite
Jan 20, 2023 at 12:13pm

Ever get the feeling you been cheated, henny? A whole lot of RuPaul’s Drag Race fans can say “amen” to that after watching MTV’s edit of the just-launched Season 15. In order to make room on the schedule for a “national crisis” called The Real Friends of WeHo, MTV cut Drag Race’s runtime from 90 minutes to 60 minutes (that’s with commercials; 60 to 40 without). That’s ironic because Season 15 was billed as the biggest in Drag Race herstory. Along with the jump from VH1 to MTV, the season got a double-sized premiere, a cast of sixteen queens, and a $200,000 cash prize. But because it’s losing a third of its runtime, Season 15 is actually going to be the shortest season since Season 9, back in 2017. Fans are not exactly thrilled either. This is why Season 15’s third episode, “All Queens Go to Heaven,” caused such a stir on social media. There’s even a Change.org petition to not only get our 90 minute episodes back, but to also give Real Friends of WeHo the chop. It currently has over 25,000 signatures.

Those 25,000 Drag Race fans (and/or Real Friends enemies) aren’t wrong. Drag Race loses a whole lot when it loses a half hour. The shortened episode felt downright brisk, especially after five seasons of 90-minute episodes (and that’s not counting All Stars and the international seasons). But where exactly were the cuts? Where did the Drag Race editors find a full 20 minutes of content to cut from these episodes? And what do these edits sacrifice in order to give the Real Friends™ airtime?

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https://decider.com/2023/01/20/rupauls-drag-race-mtv-edits-damaging-series/

By Brett White @brettwhite
Jan 20, 2023 at 12:13pm

Ever get the feeling you been cheated, henny? A whole lot of RuPaul's Drag
Race fans can say "amen" to that after watching MTV's edit of the just-
launched Season 15. In order to make room on the schedule for a "national
crisis" called The Real Friends of WeHo, MTV cut Drag Race's runtime from 90
minutes to 60 minutes (that's with commercials; 60 to 40 without). That's
ironic because Season 15 was billed as the biggest in Drag Race herstory.
Along with the jump from VH1 to MTV, the season got a double-sized premiere,
a cast of sixteen queens, and a $200,000 cash prize. But because it's losing
a third of its runtime, Season 15 is actually going to be the shortest season
since Season 9, back in 2017. Fans are not exactly thrilled either. This is
why Season 15's third episode, "All Queens Go to Heaven," caused such a stir
on social media. There's even a Change.org petition to not only get our 90
minute episodes back, but to also give Real Friends of WeHo the chop. It
currently has over 25,000 signatures.

Those 25,000 Drag Race fans (and/or Real Friends enemies) aren't wrong. Drag
Race loses a whole lot when it loses a half hour. The shortened episode felt
downright brisk, especially after five seasons of 90-minute episodes (and
that's not counting All Stars and the international seasons). But where
exactly were the cuts? Where did the Drag Race editors find a full 20 minutes
of content to cut from these episodes? And what do these edits sacrifice in
order to give the Real Friends™ airtime?

[Adam H. Kerman]

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Post by Terrence Clay
https://decider.com/2023/01/20/rupauls-drag-race-mtv-edits-damaging-series/
Jan 20, 2023 at 12:13pm
Ever get the feeling you been cheated, henny? A whole lot of RuPaul's Drag
Race fans can say "amen" to that after watching MTV's edit of the just-
launched Season 15. In order to make room on the schedule for a "national
crisis" called The Real Friends of WeHo, MTV cut Drag Race's runtime from 90
minutes to 60 minutes (that's with commercials; 60 to 40 without). That's
ironic because Season 15 was billed as the biggest in Drag Race herstory.
Along with the jump from VH1 to MTV, the season got a double-sized premiere,
a cast of sixteen queens, and a $200,000 cash prize. But because it's losing
a third of its runtime, Season 15 is actually going to be the shortest season
since Season 9, back in 2017. Fans are not exactly thrilled either. This is
why Season 15's third episode, "All Queens Go to Heaven," caused such a stir
on social media. There's even a Change.org petition to not only get our 90
minute episodes back, but to also give Real Friends of WeHo the chop. It
currently has over 25,000 signatures.
Those 25,000 Drag Race fans (and/or Real Friends enemies) aren't wrong. Drag
Race loses a whole lot when it loses a half hour. The shortened episode felt
downright brisk, especially after five seasons of 90-minute episodes (and
that's not counting All Stars and the international seasons). But where
exactly were the cuts? Where did the Drag Race editors find a full 20 minutes
of content to cut from these episodes? And what do these edits sacrifice in
order to give the Real Friends™ airtime?

Agreed. RuPaul's Drag Race shouldn't be edited or cut to make room for a new
show with no proven success. What a risk! Why a network would decide to make
cuts to a show that is an obvious money maker AND during the biggest season
yet, is beyond me. Corporate know-it-alls sitting around a conference table
going over financial portfolios thinking, "if it works, sure, go ahead and fix
it," is a good thing baffles me. Every time a company messes with something
that works to make room for something "new and untested" is like when New Coke
was introduced - it ends in disaster. They have a 15 year old show that's
still going strong. That's longer than M.A.S.H!! And they decide to cut it?
RuPaul's Drag Race wasn't the show to mess with to make room for Friends, and
if they don't correct that error, say, by moving Friends to a different night,
and bring back RuPaul's full time, they'll be losing advertising and money and
viewers. Why do white collar corporate stuffed shirts always take risks that
could end up hanging them in the end?

[Ubiquitous]

Post by t***@gmail.com
Those 25,000 Drag Race fans (and/or Real Friends enemies) aren't wrong. Drag
Race loses a whole lot when it loses a half hour. The shortened episode felt
downright brisk, especially after five seasons of 90-minute episodes (and
that's not counting All Stars and the international seasons). But where
exactly were the cuts? Where did the Drag Race editors find a full 20 minutes
of content to cut from these episodes? And what do these edits sacrifice in
order to give the Real Friends™ airtime?

I stopped watching it after it moved to VH1 and because less real and more
dramatics. I can only imagine what it would be like on MTV!

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Let's go Brandon!