The BBC's Queer TV Crisis: Drag Race UK Axed as Celebrity Traitors Returns

Less than a week into its eighth season, RuPaul's Drag Race UK has been abruptly cancelled by the BBC, citing "significant financial pressures" and "very difficult choices." The hyper-flamboyant reality show, which has been a beacon of queer visibility on British television since 2019, pulled in 1 million viewers weekly—a figure that hardly signals a show in its death throes. As the queens process the shock, the BBC is simultaneously rolling out the red carpet for the return...