If your New Year’s resolutions include reading more, you’re in luck because a new season of RuPaul’s Drag Race coming soon this week. Season 17 premieres Friday, January 3rd at 8pm ET on MTV. RuPaul will once again be joined by judges Michelle Visage, Carson Cressley, Ross Mathews and Ts Madison to crown this season’s drag superstar. The season premiere also features a very special guest judge, someone who knows a lot about a woman’s world: Katy Perry. The new season features 14 queens and also brings with it a brand new twist on the competition: the Badonka Dunk Tank, a real dunk tank that can give contestants immunity and save them from elimination.

Episodes of Drag Race airs weekly on Fridays and is immediately followed by the series’ popular aftershow, Not stowed. Here’s everything you need to know to watch the latest season of RuPaul’s Drag Race when it premieres this week.

When is that? RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 17 premiere?

Season 17 of RuPaul’s Drag Race airs Friday, January 3 at 8 p.m. ET. Each episode of the show will be 90 minutes long, followed by the weekly aftershow. RuPaul’s Drag Race: Untucked, at 9:30 p.m

Which channel is RuPaul’s Drag Race To?

RuPaul’s Drag Race airs Fridays at 8 p.m. ET on MTV.

Here’s how to watch RuPaul’s Drag Race without cable:

There are several ways to watch MTV programming without a cable subscription, including Philo, DirecTV, Fubo, Hulu with Live TV, and YouTube TV. And while previous seasons of RuPaul’s Drag Race are available on Paramount+, the current season typically doesn’t stream on the platform until some time after the finale airs.

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RuPaul’s Drag Race Judges and participants of the 17th season

This season, RuPaul is joined by returning judges Michelle Visage, Carson Cressley, Ross Mathews and Ts Madison. Katy Perry will appear as a guest judge on the premiere episode this week. Guest judges for the remainder of the season include Sandra Bernhard, Julia Schlaepfer, Paul W. Downs, Hunter Schafer, Quinta Brunson, Jamal Sims, Law Roach and Adam Lambert, Betsey Johnson, Whitney Cummings, Sam Smith, Jerrod Carmichael, June Diane Raphael, Doechii and Tracee Ellis Ross.

On Season 17 of Drag Race, 14 queens will compete to become “America’s Next Drag Superstar.” The new generation of competing queens includes:

• Acacia Forgot (Los Angeles, CA)

• Crystal Envy (Asbury Park, NJ)

• Hormona Lisa (Chattanooga, TN)

• Jewels Sparkles (Tampa, FL)

• Lana Ja’Rae (New York, NY)

• Lexi Love (Louisville, KY)

• Lucky Starzzz (Miami, FL)

• Lydia B Kollins (Pittsburgh, PA)

• Onya Nurve (Cleveland, OH)

• Suzie Toot (Fort Lauderdale, FL)

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