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Queer Eye (2018 TV series)

2018 American television series

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 10, 2026
Entity authorityQ48817408 ↗
Source-derived summary

Queer Eye is an American reality television series, initially released February 7, 2018 on Netflix. A reboot of the original 2003 series produced by Bravo, each episode has five advisors spend a week applying their expertise to help improve someone's life situation.

The show is celebrated for its strong representation amongst the LGBT community and communities that include people of color. With the tenth and final season released in January 2026, the reboot series has broadcast 86 episodes.

A German adaptation of Queer Eye premiered on Netflix on March 9, 2022 and a Brazilian adaptation premiered on August 24, 2022. In November 2023, the series was renewed for a ninth season set to be filmed in Las Vegas. The ninth season premiered on December 11, 2024. In July 2025, Netflix announced that the tenth season is going to be Queer Eye's final season and began filming in Washington, D.C. The tenth and final season premiered on January 21, 2026.

"Fab Five" experts

Antoni Porowski – Food and wine: expert on alcohol and food preparation

Bobby Berk (seasons 1–8) and Jeremiah Brent (season 9-10) – Design: experts on interior design and home organization

Jonathan Van Ness – Grooming: expert on hair, personal hygiene, and makeup

Karamo Brown – Culture and lifestyle: expert on relationships and social interaction

Tan France – Fashion: expert on clothing, fashion, and personal styling

Production

Creator credit is given to David Collins. In contrast to the original series, which was filmed in the New York area, the first two seasons of the reboot were filmed in Atlanta and neighboring Georgia towns.

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“Queer Eye (2018 TV series)” enters the record as 2018 American television series. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Queer, series and American can confirm, complicate or overturn.

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This entry incorporates text from “Queer Eye (2018 TV series)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.