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鈥楺ueer Eye鈥� shines again at the Emmys

Executive Producer and OHIO alumnus David Collins, BSC 鈥�89, celebrates the show's 10th Emmy Award win

Sarah Filipiak BSJ '01, BS '23 | January 11, 2024

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鈥淨ueer Eye,鈥� a show born of a vision to inspire change, is celebrating once more. On Sunday, Jan. 7, the feel-good Netflix series clinched the prestigious for Outstanding Structured Reality Program. The victory marks a staggering sixth consecutive win in this category for the show, marking it as a titan of reality TV programming. The award was particularly significant for OHIO alumnus and executive producer David Collins, B.S.C. 鈥�89, who has nurtured the show's success through .

Collins holds a bachelor鈥檚 degree in television production from the Scripps College of Communication. In his Spring 2023 commencement remarks as the morning's undergraduate keynote speaker, he talked about the show鈥檚 origins and the remarkable moment he and his partner witnessed at a networking event that inspired the concept for the "Queer Eye" series. A woman was publicly berating her male partner for his appearance, Collins said, when something striking happened.

鈥淭hree of the most unbelievably handsome, well-dressed, perfectly coiffed men came walking across the floor. They threw their arms around the man鈥� They said 鈥楴o, no, no ma'am. That is not what we do.鈥� And they started鈥� fixing his hair and tucking in his shirt, shining his shoes and [saying], 鈥榊ou鈥檝e got this, you鈥檝e got this.鈥欌€�

鈥淚 don't know why, but I turned to my partner without thinking, and said, 'Did you see that? That was like Queer Eye for the Straight Guy,'鈥� Collins said. 鈥淢y partner looked at me and said, 'That's going to be something.'鈥�

David Collins, BSC '89 (right) celebrates 'Queer Eye's' Jan. 7 Emmy win with Michael Williams (center), co-founder and executive producer, and Rob Eric (left), chief creative officer, all of Scout Productions.

David Collins, BSC '89 (right) celebrates 'Queer Eye's' Jan. 7 Emmy win with Michael Williams (center), co-founder and executive producer, and Rob Eric (left), chief creative officer, all of Scout Productions.

I turned to my partner... and said, 'Did you see that? That was like Queer Eye for the Straight Guy.'

'Queer Eye' Executive Producer David Collins, BSC '89

Indeed it was. The original 鈥淨ueer Eye for the Straight Guy鈥� ran for on Bravo!, scoring the Outstanding Reality Program Emmy in 2004, before a rebirth of the show was picked up by Netflix in 2018 and its moniker shortened to 鈥淨ueer Eye.鈥�

Collins and the show鈥檚 team of longstanding producers weren鈥檛 the show鈥檚 only winners this time around. For the first time, the charismatic quintet at the heart of the series, a.k.a. The Fab Five, also celebrated victory as producers. The seventh season saw Antoni Porowski, Tan France, Karamo Brown, Bobby Berk, and Jonathan Van Ness serving as producers, earning each of them a coveted Emmy trophy.

This year's win reaffirms "Queer Eye's" place as a trailblazer in the reality TV landscape. Its seventh season made it the on Netflix. More than a show, Collins鈥� brainchild is a movement that champions love, acceptance, and transformation.

In addition to his success with 鈥淨ueer Eye,鈥� Collins has executive produced multiple series, including "The Hype" for HBO Max, "The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning with Amy Poehler" for Peacock, "Merpeople" for Netflix, and an investigative documentary series on megachurch Hillsong with Vanity Fair for FX.

Speaking about the show鈥檚 Sunday win, an ecstatic Collins said, "So humbled and grateful to be honored by the Academy. Go Bobcats!"