{"id":15911,"date":"2020-12-18T14:03:10","date_gmt":"2020-12-18T19:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=15911"},"modified":"2020-12-18T14:03:10","modified_gmt":"2020-12-18T19:03:10","slug":"vh1s-rupauls-drag-race-celebrates-new-years-day-premiere-with-simulcast-on-the-cw-network-mtv-mtv2-poptv-and-logo-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2020\/12\/18\/vh1s-rupauls-drag-race-celebrates-new-years-day-premiere-with-simulcast-on-the-cw-network-mtv-mtv2-poptv-and-logo-video\/","title":{"rendered":"VH1&#8217;s &#8220;RuPaul&#8217;s Drag Race&#8221; Celebrates New Year&#8217;s Day Premiere with Simulcast on The CW Network, MTV, MTV2, PopTV and Logo [VIDEO]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vcPIaboKjAE?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>VH1 today announced that The CW Network along with MTV, MTV2, PopTV and Logo will simulcast the upcoming season premiere of the Emmy(R) award-winning, <em><strong>RuPaul&#8217;s Drag Race<\/strong><\/em> on Friday, January 1 at 8:00PM ET\/PT, making the long-running series available to an expanded broadcast audience for the first time in its 12-year history.<\/p>\n<p>In a shocking premiere twist, the queens will enter the werk room to discover an explosive surprise: that they must immediately go head-to-head on the mainstage to defend their place in the competition with six lip syncs for their lives. 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