Reality shows are a dime a dozen. Seriously, name a career, and we can almost guarantee there’s a documentary crew following a group of people around in that field as they go about their day-to-day jobs and all the messy drama therein.
That’s why it’s all the more surprising that we’re only just now getting getting a show about the gay men who work in the adult film industry. We’re already watching these guys all the time anyway—what took so long?
Related: Why Aren’t There More Gay-Oriented Reality Shows?
Enter X-rated: NYC, a series that’s said to provide an “insider look at the lives of iconic adult performers” as they chase their dreams in the Big Apple. You think you’ve seen every side of these guys? Well, think again.
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The OUTtv original centers on four of the most successful names in the industry, with faces you almost certainly recognize: Boomer Banks, Dante Cole, Joey Mills, and Max Konnor. In X-Rated, each of these hard-working stars shows us what happens when the camera aren’t rolling on set, giving audiences an unprecedented look at what it takes to make it big.
The series is at its best when it brings its cast together—not just as coworkers, but as gay men—creating an unprecedented platform for nuanced conversations about the good and the bad of the adult film film industry. Nothing’s off the table for these four, as they share their experiences with hookup apps, safe spaces, gay for pay actors, and more.
“Watch the show because it was made by a bunch of queer sex workers,” Topher Cusumano (whose DaddyTV produces X-Rated) told Out. “People say they want to support queer projects and marginalized groups, but they are more likely to watch a reality show not only featuring a mostly cisgender straight cast, but also made by cis straight people… I do think it’s important to step up sometimes and support community-led art.”
X-rated: NYC premiered on September 19, but there’s still plenty of laughs, drama, romance, and other surprises in store across its six-episode first season. Watch the trailer below and then head to OUTtv for more.
MrGoldman
If the trailer is showing some of the best of what is to come, then I’m not interested.
Flyiboy
The acting is so under par.. I see Razzies for some ..
abfab
Like there’s not enough boredom in the world? No. Just no.
Terrycloth
EVERY show is scripted tv , movies. Porn. ALL of it for timing , ratings and drama..there is very very little reality in reality TV…great idea still horribly executed
QJ201
well this is one way to destroy the illusion…
bachy
yeah, not sure if a show like this is intended to increase interest in porn… or eliminate it.
bigdog62
this sounds so tired, like a poorly scripted reality show or a segment of Real Housewives Of some shit hole ville
Jim
Yeah that’s what we need housewives with gay men
Donston
I’m sure a couple of those guys claim to be “straight” or hetero-leaning when it comes to the sexual, affection, romantic, emotion, commitment spectrum.
Ultimately, the more we find out about the porn industry and the more we see porn performers the less interesting and sexy it all is. Because of social media and the internet in general and how easy it is to do porn nowadays, most of these guys come off likely severely damaged, insecure clout-chasers and leeches who can’t handle their past traumas or fluidity/contradictions or deficient egos. So, I guess trying to craft some type of low-budget, very scripted “reality show” around some of them kinda makes sense. I’m not interested though.
Diplomat
Terrible production quality. I’ll pass.
GlobeTrotter
I think a lot of porn stars and production companies completely miss the mark when it comes to porn, so let me state it here clearly: no one is interested in the private lives of porn stars! People watch porn for one thing only, to get off, NOT to hear interviews of porn stars, NOT to hear what they like to do in their spare time, NOT to get to know them as individuals, NOT to see how they live, how they sleep, what they eat, NOT to hear their political opinions, etc. They’re there to f*ck, and THAT’S IT!!
Sorry to be so crass, but this is something that needed to be said. There’s nothing worse than overestimating your own importance…
bachy
say what you feel, GlobeT!
Boybussy
He’s really right… it’s like when you fast forward pass the long acting scenes… My God no cares how they screw…just get to some action!!
bachy
shut the hell up and give us the ol’ pumpy-pumpy, bishes!
DarkZephyr
@GlobeTrotter Bro, I get what you’re saying but do you HAVE to be so cold-blooded and callous about it? You don’t have to degrade or dehumanize them to make your point.
@Boybussy I like porn with plot. I loath porn that just opens with them screwing.
Prax07
Don’t know any of the guys listed. Also can’t stand reality type shows, so easy pass on this.
johncp56
even if it is bad I,m Boomer Banks fan, ill watch him open a can of soup, handsome masculine flipper,
greekboy
SNORE!!!
Paulie P
I could not make it thru the preview. So it’s a no. And Boomer needs to stop thinking she’s more than her big dick and the “bottom” is as ugly in clothes as he is out.
Deacon
Trash…..reminds me of a Duran Duran song “Girls on Film”, as soon as they opened their mouths their purses fell out….I don’t watch white twink porn so I’m clueless as to who the hell the twink is….FYI he looks a lot long in the tooth to be calling himself a twink.
Kangol2
I knew the comments on this would be suitably shady and they didn’t disappoint!
ryepie2222
This show looks horrible.
Who the hell is Joey Mills?
mailliw110
It’s nobodies secret that “Reality Shows” are highly scripted. In any case, I don’t care what their name is. I only care that it’s at least hard! And I also skip past the “acting” parts.
jackmister
Shades of The A-List.
Mr. Stadnick
Isn’t reality television over done and normally bad? What this clip shows seems to support that theory.
Saki
i didn realise that Max Konnor is so femm. he looks much more manly in porn…dissapointed now a bit