RuPaul’s Drag Race: American Reality TV Series

RuPaul's Drag Race is an American reality television series produced by World of Wonder for Logo. RuPaul plays host, mentor and inspiration for this series, which details RuPaul's search for "America's next drag superstar."
The show was greenlit in May 2008, according to a press release by MTV Networks. It premiered in the U.S. on February 2, 2009 on Logo. It premiered in Canada on the MuchMore network on Sunday, February 15, 2009. The show also airs at 9:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the VH1 network, but due to contractual obligations with Logo, this is not being promoted.
The first season was marked as the most successful launch for the three-year-old Logo network. Traffic to the show's web site broke records. A second season was taped in late 2009. Casting began May 1, 2009. It started airing in February 2010; promotional videos featuring each of the new contestants were released on the LOGO website.
The title of the show is play on drag queen and drag racing, with the title sequence and music video for RuPaul's song "Covergirl (Put the Bass in Your Walk)" both having a drag racing theme. Both the contestants and fans are affectionately referred to as "Racers".
The series was renewed for a fourth season on April 18, 2011, along with its companion series Untucked; both are expected to be broadcast in 2012.