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Article ImagesUNHhhh is an American comedy web series starring drag queens Trixie Mattel and Katya Zamolodchikova. In the series, Trixie and Katya discuss a topic humorously in front of a green screen. UNHhhh premiered on March 25, 2016,[1] one year after Mattel and Zamolodchikova appeared in the seventh season of RuPaul's Drag Race. The show is aired through World Of Wonder's YouTube channel, as well as through its video-on-demand service WOW Presents Plus. UNHhhh has been nominated for ten Streamy Awards throughout its run, winning Unscripted Series at the 2020 ceremony, which the duo also hosted.
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Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 8 |
No. of episodes | 231 |
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Camera setup | Single-camera |
Running time | 4–15 minutes |
Production company | World of Wonder |
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Release | March 25, 2016 – present |
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The show began in March 2016, and aired 65 episodes before World of Wonder announced the conclusion to the show and the premiere of The Trixie & Katya Show, a television spin-off on Viceland.[2] The Trixie & Katya Show was canceled after one season and the series returned to YouTube for its third season in October 2018.[3][4] Beginning with season three, new episodes would premiere on WOW Presents Plus uncensored the week before being released on YouTube. A fourth season aired from January 16 to September 12, 2019, with a special Christmas episode on December 11, 2019.
On September 20, 2019, Trixie Mattel uploaded a video on her personal Twitter account revealing that the series would return for a fifth season,[5] which premiered on January 22, 2020.[6] The series then went into a brief hiatus from March to August 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with Trixie and Katya Save the World airing as a replacement series during this time.[7] On July 22, World of Wonder released a teaser on their YouTube page saying that UNHhhh would be returning on August 5 with new episodes filmed during the pandemic and some that were filmed before but not edited.[7][8][9] To accommodate social distancing guidelines, Trixie and Katya were seated at a distance and filmed with multiple cameras, being edited to look closer together in the final cut.[7][10] The season concluded on December 30, 2020 with the hosts confirming a sixth season would be produced which premiered on WOWPresents+ on April 21, 2021. Starting with season six, episodes were released on WOW Presents Plus one month before their YouTube debut. Season seven premiered on April 20, 2022, and was followed by season 8, which premiered on YouTube on April 19, 2023.
The episodes span around 10–20 minutes in length on average and are produced in front of a green screen. Each episode covers one topic such as Beauty Tips or Colors, and features Trixie and Katya's brand of dark adult humor. The two drag queens often go on tangents in each episode, playing jokes off of one another. The use of the green screen results in edit-heavy episodes that add to the humor, with many moments or sound bites becoming memes and often quoted by fans. Each episode begins with the queens giving humorous intros, a trend started by Trixie Mattel in the second episode with "I'm market woman of the Serengeti, Trixie Mattel." The web series is heavily self-reflexive, with gags often repeating or being repeated on sister productions for Trixie and Katya, such as their podcast The Bald and the Beautiful.
Trixie and Katya Save the World
Trixie and Katya Save the World was created as a replacement for UNHhhh, which was on hiatus due to the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic. Filmed in the duo's homes over videochat, the show features the queens answering questions and attempting to solve the audience member's problems, in a vein similar to the "Asking For a Friend" bit from their Viceland series.[13][14] The series premiered on March 30, 2020, exclusively on WOW Presents Plus, although the eighth episode was also released on YouTube.[15]
Vice's Rachel Miller stated, "Trixie and Katya's show is actually my favorite part of all of this [RuPaul's Drag Race related fandom], and it totally stands alone; I'd recommend getting into it even if you don't watch Drag Race proper."[16] The show was positively reviewed by Rachel Paulson of The Queer Creative podcast.[17]
During the COVID-19 filming hiatus, episodes 1–121 were uploaded in podcast format with later episodes being uploaded gradually.[18]
The Bald and the Beautiful
The Bald and the Beautiful | |
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Hosted by | Trixie Mattel Katya Zamolodchikova |
Genre | Comedy, Beauty |
Language | English |
Updates | Weekly (Tuesday) |
Length | 21–94 minutes |
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No. of episodes | 172 (+7 revisited episodes) |
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Original release | October 6, 2020 |
Provider | Studio71 |
On October 6, 2020 the duo premiered a new podcast called The Bald and the Beautiful. The show "feature[s] a pair of grizzled gay ghouls exploring the culture boundaries of modern beauty through interviews with gorgeous guests who inhabit various facets of the beauty industry."[19]
Starting with episode 35, episodes were additionally released as video podcasts on the official Trixie & Katya YouTube channel.[20] On October 26, 2021, the duo announced that the podcast would go on an extended hiatus. However, they returned the next week, confirming that they planned to finish out the year and later continued the podcast into 2022.
The show won the 2021 Canadian Podcast Awards for Outstanding Foreign Series Queerty Award for Best Podcast (and was the runner-up the following year) and the 2022 Webby Award for Best Podcast Ad.
During weeks where there was no new episode to air, re-runs of old episodes were released onto the feed.
Awards and nominations
Year | Award | Category | Result | Ref |
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2021 | Queerty Awards | Podcast | Won | [21] |
Canadian Podcast Awards | Outstanding Foreign Series | Won | [22] | |
2022 | Queerty Awards | Podcast | Runner-up | [23] |
Webby Awards | Best Podcast Ad | Won | [24][25] | |
Best Podcast Ad (People's Voice) | Won | |||
2023 | Signal Awards | Best Video Podcast | Bronze | [26][27] |
Best Co-Host Team | Gold | |||
Best "Stan" Podcast | Silver | |||
Best LGBTQ+ Podcast | Silver | |||
GLAAD Media Awards | Outstanding Podcast | Nominated | [28] | |
Shorty Awards | Comedy Podcast | Audience Honor | [29][30] |
Awards and nominations
Year | Award | Category | Result |
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2017 | Streamy Awards | Show of the Year | Nominated |
2019 | Unscripted Series | Nominated | |
2020 | Show of the Year | Nominated | |
Unscripted Series | Won | ||
2021 | Show of the Year | Nominated | |
Unscripted Series | |||
2022 | Show of the Year | Nominated | |
Unscripted Series | |||
Editing | |||
2023 | Show of the Year | Nominated | |
2024 | Queerty Awards | Web Series[31][32] | Runner-up |
- ^ "Let's have a kiki with Katya and Trixie Mattel". Gay Times. 29 March 2016. Archived from the original on 13 November 2019. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
- ^ "Viceland Fall Slate Features Three New Series, Return Of 'Cyberwar,' 'Bong Appétit' & More". Deadline. 18 August 2017. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
- ^ "UNHhhh Returns Oct 17".
- ^ "Trixie Mattel & Katya Announce New Season of 'UNHhhh' & More at RuPaul's DragCon NYC Reunion Panel". Billboard. Retrieved 2018-11-06.
- ^ "Twitter". mobile.twitter.com. Retrieved 2019-10-11.
- ^ Nolfi, Joey. "Trixie Mattel and Katya announce UNHhhh season 5 premiere date". Entertainment Weekly.
- ^ a b c "Trixie Mattel and Katya Tease 'UNHhhh's' Glorious, Gutted Return to WOW Presents Plus [EXCLUSIVE]". Decider. 2020-07-22. Retrieved 2020-11-10.
- ^ WOWPresents (12 August 2020). "UNHhhh Ep. 122: Movies". YouTube. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
- ^ WOWPresents (22 July 2020). "UNHhhh Returns to WOWPP August 5th!". YouTube. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
- ^ WOWPresents (19 August 2020). "UNHhhh Ep 123: Books". YouTube. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
- ^ "UNHhhh". YouTube. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
- ^ "UNHhhh". YouTube. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
- ^ Fitzgerald, Christine (March 29, 2020). "World Of Wonder Encourages You To "Stay The F***Home" With Shows From Your Favorite Queens". Socialite Life. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
- ^ Nguyen, Nikki (April 6, 2020). "Find Out What Made Katya Say "I'll Sacrifice Myself for a F****ng Chicken Wing" on the New Episode of "Trixie and Katya Save the World"". The WOW Report. Retrieved May 16, 2020.
- ^ Nguyen, Nikki (March 30, 2020). "Stay the F*** Home! "Trixie and Katya Save the World" Premieres Today". The WOW Report. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
- ^ Miller, Rachel (April 24, 2020). "The 'RuPaul's Drag Race' Universe Is Adding Color to My Drab Quarantine Life". Vice. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
- ^ Paulson, Rachel. "The Queer Creative". Buzzsprout. Retrieved May 16, 2020.
- ^ "UNHhhh". UNHhhh. Archived from the original on 2020-12-04. Retrieved 2020-12-25.
- ^ "New Podcast 'The Bald and the Beautiful' from Trixie Mattel and Katya Zamo Available Now". Broadway World. October 6, 2020. Retrieved December 16, 2020.
- ^ "Hard Turds Only with Monét X Change | The Bald and the Beautiful with Trixie Mattel and Katya Zamo". YouTube. Retrieved June 2, 2021.
- ^ "Podcast Winners 2021". The Queerties. Archived from the original on 3 March 2022. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
- ^ "Foreign". Canadian Podcasting Awards. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
- ^ "Podcast Nominees". The Queerties. Archived from the original on 30 January 2022. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
- ^ "People's Voice - Best Podcast Ad". Webby Awards. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
- ^ "The Bald and the Beautiful with Trixie Mattel and Katya Zamo". The Webby Award Winners. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
- ^ "@trixiemattel on Twitter: "The Bald and the Beautiful is nominated for 4 Signal Awards!! Go vote for us now"". Twitter. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
- ^ "Post by @studio71us". Instagram. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
- ^ Complex, Valerie (2023-01-18). "GLAAD Announces Nominees For The 34th Annual GLAAD Media Awards". Deadline. Retrieved 2023-02-04.
- ^ "15th Shorty Award Finalists". shortyawards.com. Retrieved April 14, 2023.
- ^ "The Bald and the Beautiful". Shorty Awards. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
- ^ "@trixiemattel: "3 nominations!! Thank you @Queerty ! Go vote now!"". Twitter. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
- ^ "Web Series Winners". The Queerties. Retrieved 13 April 2024.