‘Queer Eye' Set to End With Season 10 at Netflix
The streamer says that the upcoming 10th season of Queer Eye will be its last. Production on the now-final season began Wednesday in Washington, D.C.
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An update of the early 2000s Bravo series Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, Queer Eye premiered in 2018 with a Fab Five of Antoni Porowski (food and wine), Jonathan Van Ness (hair, makeup and personal hygeine), Karamo Brown (relationships, culture), Tan France (fashion) and Bobby Berk (design) helping people remake their lives. Berk departed after season eight, with Jeremiah Brent taking over as the design expert for the final two seasons.
With nine seasons and 91 episodes (including specials and a four-episode trip to Japan), Queer Eye has had a longer life than any Netflix original unscripted series in the streamer's history so far. (The Bravo series produced 100 episodes over five seasons.) The show has won 11 Emmys, including a record six consecutive awards for best structured reality program from 2018-23.
Queer Eye's executive producers are David Collins, Michael Williams and Rob Eric for Scout Productions; Jennifer Lane, who also serves as showrunner; Jordana Hochman, Mark Bracero and Lyndsey Burr for ITV Entertainment; and Brent, Brown, France, Porowski and Van Ness.
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