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WOW PRESENTS PLUS GREENLIGHTS GROUNDBREAKING DOCUSERIES “THE POLYCULE,” EXPLORING SILICON VALLEY’S MOST UNCONVENTIONAL FIVE-WAY LOVE STORY.
The new series documents the modern day complexities of 5 LGBTQ+ partners building a life together as they navigate love, intimacy, jealousy, and family
LOS ANGELES, CA — 09-28-2026 — WOW Presents Plus, the global streaming home for groundbreaking LGBTQ+ entertainment, today announced The Polycule, a new unscripted docuseries following Eric Wong, Hamilton “Milty” Du, James “JJ” Lee, Jonathan “JC” Chien and Michael Li — five partners who have fallen in love — with each other. Together, they form a polycule, building a life, a family and a future on their own terms.
The Polycule offers an intimate, funny and unfiltered look at what happens when five Asian men fall in love and start dating as a 5-some. From family expectations and the logistics of everyday life to sex, intimacy, jealousy, and communication, the series goes inside a relationship with more partners, more perspectives — and a whole lot more to navigate.
Going beyond their popular YouTube videos as “The Cule Kids,” this series shows the real people behind this unique love story and what it takes to make a five-person relationship work. From communication to jealousy, intimacy, celebrations, sex, and the realities of sharing a life with multiple partners, nothing is off the table.
“The Polycule gives audiences a window into a family dynamic that many people may not have experienced firsthand,” said World of Wonder Co-Founder Fenton Bailey. “At its core, this is a series about love, connection, communication, and figuring out how to make a chosen family work — even when you don't follow the traditional rules,” added World of Wonder Co-Founder Randy Barbato.
Funny, intimate and refreshingly open, The Polycule joins WOW Presents Plus’ growing slate of original unscripted programming, bringing audiences another fresh, authentic and unconventional story about modern relationships and family.
The Polycule is currently in production and will premiere exclusively on WOW Presents Plus.
About WOW Presents Plus
WOW Presents Plus is home to one of the biggest franchises in the world with all international versions of Drag Race (currently spanning across the US, Spain, France, Canada, UK, Down Under, Philippines, Thailand, Mexico and more). It also features fresh weekly shows from established and emerging talent, acclaimed documentaries, award-winning specials, cult-classic licensed content, and more including titles like documentary Dear Viv, UNHhhh with Trixie & Katya, Fashion Photo RuView, Pangina Heals’ Tongue Thai'd, and most recently, reality docuseries on Alan Cumming’s legendary East Village bar, Club Cumming.
About World of Wonder
World of Wonder (WOW) has reshaped international pop culture, earning 33 Emmys, inspiring two Oscars, creating global network WOW Presents Plus across 190 territories, and bringing drag culture to the world stage via RuPaul’s Drag Race and DragCon. SVOD WOW Presents Plus, the exclusive home to the global Drag Race franchise and hundreds of WOW Original series, boasts a 30% YOY increase in watch time and 47% increase in subscribers in 2024. WOW’s pioneering television portfolio includes other smash-hit franchises like Million Dollar Listing. Their film division WOW Docs produces groundbreaking documentaries including Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures, Party Monster, and The Eyes of Tammy Faye. WOW also operates YouTube channel WOWPresents, music label World of Wonder Records, the WOW Podcast Network, and year-round international live events. Co-founders Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato have been profiled in Variety’s Reality TV Impact Report and The Hollywood Reporter’s Most Powerful Producers in Unscripted. Honors for their trailblazing work include the IDA Pioneer Award, Realscreen’s Global 100 list, Banff’s Impact Award, and the OUT100. In 2022, World of Wonder was ranked #2 among film and TV powerhouses in Fast Company’s World’s 50 Most Innovative Companies.