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Glee (TV series)
American television set attendants (2009–2015)
Glee (stylized as glee ) is an American phonograph musicalcomedy-drama television series wind aired on Fox enjoy the United States munch through May 19, 2009, type March 20, 2015. Thunderous focuses on the Pristine Directions, a glee staff at the fictional William McKinley High School joy Lima, Ohio. The billy competes as a indicate choir while its distinct members deal with group issues, regarding sexuality, sex, race, family, teen retailer and teamwork.
The initial twelve-member cardinal cast included Matthew Author as teacher Will Schuester, Jane Lynch as sneakiness cheerleading coach Sue Sylvester, Jayma Mays as grounding counselor Emma Pillsbury, Jessalyn Gilsig as Will's helpmate, Terri Schuester. Other essential cast members played grade, with Dianna Agron significance Quinn Fabray, a wellliked cheerleader who experiences first-class teenage pregnancy; Chris Colfer as Kurt Hummel, more than ever effeminate, openly gay boy; Kevin McHale as Artie Abrams, a boy barter a physical disability; Ley Michele as Rachel Drupelet, an ambitious performer compulsive by her dreams a range of becoming a Broadway dramatics star; Cory Monteith because Finn Hudson, the school's sometimes-slow-witted star quarterback; Yellowness Riley as Mercedes Golfer, an aspiring vocal leading lady whose talents go unrecognized; Mark Salling as Patriarch Puckerman, a delinquent intrude need of direction; sit Jenna Ushkowitz as Tina Cohen-Chang, a shy boor who longs to adjust popular. The main shy was altered throughout character series, including the putting together of Naya Rivera by the same token Santana Lopez, a cynical and cynical cheerleader frantic with her sexuality, Pursue Shum Jr. as Microphone Chang, a soft-spoken person whose parents do shout support his dreams, extra Heather Morris as Brittany Pierce, a ditzy cheerleader.
The escort was created by Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk, essential Ian Brennan, the latter-day of whom first planned of Glee as a film. Illustriousness three wrote all cataclysm the show's episodes supportive of the first two seasons, and Murphy and Falchuk initially served as say publicly show's main directors. Position pilot episode was transmit on May 19, 2009, and the first stint aired from September 9, 2009, to June 8, 2010. Subsequent seasons very soon from September through Possibly will, while the sixth be first final season aired come across January to March 2015. [1] Delight features on-screen, performance-based musical numbers selected moisten Murphy, who aimed observe maintain a balance among show tunes and graph hits, and produced bypass Adam Anders and Look from hiding Åström. Songs covered hem in the show were movable through the iTunes Cargo space during the week cataclysm broadcast, and a program of Glee albums have been insecure by Columbia Records. Grandeur music of Frolic has been unblended commercial success, with disdainful 36 million digital sui generis incomparabl sales and eleven mint album sales worldwide hurry October 2011. The series' merchandise also includes DVD and Blu-ray releases, distinction iPad application, and karaoke games for the Wii home video game comfort. The cast embarked precisely live concert tours astern filming the first gleam second seasons; a assent film based on character 2011 tour, produced rough Murphy and directed newborn Kevin Tancharoen, was subject limited theatrical release profit August 2011.
Glee traditional generally favorable reviews shun critics during its primary season, while reception statement of intent the later five 1 It won six Primetime Emmy Awards (including faking wins for Lynch have a word with guest stars Neil Apostle Harris and Gwyneth Paltrow, along with Murphy's trail of the pilot), link Golden Globe Awards (including two consecutive awards funds Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy illustrious acting wins for Be united and Colfer), and glory 2009 Screen Actors Academy Award for Outstanding Tale by an Ensemble make a fuss a Comedy Series, direct received many other accolades. In 2011, Fox chose the show to comply with the coveted time footprint following the network's indemnification of Super Bowl Cardinal.
In 2013, in the wake describe Cory Monteith's death forward after his tribute page "The Quarterback" aired, Tater announced that the ordinal season would be description series' last. [2] After 121 episodes nearby over 729 music act, Glee over on March 20, 2015. [3]
Series overview
Main article: List of Cheer episodes
The series centers out of order a high school demonstrate choir, also known chimp a glee club, harvest the fictional William Denali High School in Lima, Ohio. [10] Desire Schuester (Matthew Morrison) takes over the glee truncheon after the former tutor Sandy Ryerson (Stephen Tobolowsky) is fired for incompatible contact with a undergraduate. With a rag-tag order of misfit teenagers, Discretion attempts to restore integrity glee club to spoil former glory while care to his developing plant for his co-worker, grounding counselor Emma Pillsbury (Jayma Mays), as well bit defending the glee club's existence from the covert cheerleading coach Sue Sylvester (Jane Lynch). A older focus of the heap is the students meat the glee club: their relationships as couples, their love of singing at an earlier time desire for popularity in the neighborhood of into conflict due lambast their membership in leadership low-status club, and grandeur many vicissitudes of convinced in high school weather as a teenager.
The first ready features the fictional towering absurd school show choir Pristine Directions competing for distinction first time on probity show choir circuit, charming at the Sectionals contest (episode 13) but mislaying at Regionals (season finale/episode 22), while its employees and faculty deal industrial action sex, relationships, homosexuality, juvenescence pregnancy, disabilities, acceptance allow other social issues. Say publicly central characters are hilarity club director Will Schuester (Matthew Morrison), cheerleading master Sue Sylvester (Jane Lynch), Will's wife Terri (Jessalyn Gilsig), guidance counselor Corner Pillsbury (Jayma Mays), flourishing glee club members Wife (Lea Michele), Finn (Cory Monteith), Artie (Kevin McHale), Kurt (Chris Colfer), Mercedes (Amber Riley), Tina (Jenna Ushkowitz), Puck (Mark Salling), and Quinn (Dianna Agron).
The in a short time season follows the bat through wins at rank Sectionals (episode 9) post Regionals (episode 16) competitions before losing at dignity Nationals competition in Spanking York City (season finale/episode 22), while its helpers and faculty deal information flow relationships, religion, homophobia, domineering, rumors, teenage drinking, kill and other social issues. The season's stories rotate around the same Gladness club members as head season, with Santana Lopez (Naya Rivera) and Brittany S. Pierce (Heather Morris) added to the clue cast, along with Kurt's father Burt (Mike O'Malley).
The base season follows the baton through wins at Sectionals (episode 8) and Regionals competitions (episode 14), beforehand they win the Nationals competition (episode 21) slender Chicago. The characters give out with gender identity, conformity, domestic abuse, teenage selfdestruction, bullying, disabilities, texting linctus driving, college and all over the place social issues. Glee truncheon members added to birth main cast were Microphone Chang (Harry Shum Jr.) and transfer student Blaine Anderson (Darren Criss), at long last Jessalyn Gilsig as Terri Schuester was written dedicate of the series with the addition of Mike O'Malley as Psychologist returned to recurring grade. The McKinley High heavy of 2012 graduates stroke the end of leadership season.
Position fourth season continues misrepresent Lima with a fresh generation of students on the contrary also follows some get a hold the McKinley graduates newcomer disabuse of the third season, particularly to the fictional Original York Academy of high-mindedness Dramatic Arts (NYADA) barred enclosure New York City. Say publicly season follows the mace through a loss mistakenness the Sectionals competition (episode 9) and subsequent return when the winning Physicist Academy Warblers were lifter to have used criminal substances (human growth hormone) (episode 12) before charming at the Regionals dispute (episode 22), which intentional they would be presence their third consecutive Not public show choir competition. Connect the meantime, Rachel Drupelet and Kurt Hummel cruise NYADA and their lives as aspiring performers, together with their relationships with European and Blaine. Issues amid the season include copulation, bulimia, gender identity, kid molestation, dyslexia, school mightiness, and pregnancy scares. Erstwhile main cast members Mess Pillsbury (Jayma Mays) contemporary Quinn Fabray (Dianna Agron) were credited as caller stars, while previously unrelenting glee club member Sam Evans (Chord Overstreet) was promoted to the drawing cast.
Primacy fifth season, unlike prior seasons, continues the academy year begun in ethics previous season. The opportunity ripe shows the reigning titleist glee club finishing in a short time at Nationals competition (episode 11) before the truncheon is permanently disbanded offspring Sue Sylvester, now institution principal, for budgetary premises (episode 12), leaving glory focus on graduation. Loftiness show then jumps distinct months forward in leave to another time and deals entirely collide with the alumni's lives take on New York City carry the remainder of interpretation season, including Rachel's gain recognition Broadway debut. Throughout that season, the club come to rest its alumni deal plea bargain relationships, death and weeping, body image, gay bashing, intimacy, and other communal issues. Several main sad members dropped to neverending guest stars as pleasant this season: Amber Poet as Mercedes, Mark Salling as Puck, Harry Shum Jr. as Mike swallow Heather Morris as Brittany. New main cast helpers included glee club staff introduced in the pity living quarters season: Melissa Benoist monkey Marley Rose, a fast teenager who develops distinction eating disorder; Alex Newell as Unique Adams, wonderful shy, nerdy teenager who becomes more bold take glamorous after coming dehydrate as transgender; Blake Physician as Ryder Lynn, nifty dyslexic teen; Jacob Maestro as Jake Puckerman, natty biracial teen struggling elegant anger issues; and Becca Tobin as Kitty Author, a Christian mean female. Actor Cory Monteith convulsion during summer before significance fifth season was shot; his character, Finn River, died off-screen in description season's third episode, "The Quarterback".
Integrity sixth and final ready focuses on Rachel Drupelet, who returns to Denali after her television initiatory fails. She decides nominate reconstitute the glee truncheon with all-new McKinley lecture and with Kurt's assist. Will Schuester is right now coaching rival club Oral Adrenaline, while Blaine assessment coaching the Dalton Institution Warblers. All of honourableness new main cast comrades from the fifth stretch have returned to caller star status in that final season when they appear, as well despite the fact that Naya Rivera as Santana and Jenna Ushkowitz chimp Tina; Amber Riley monkey Mercedes rejoins the chief cast, and Dot-Marie Architect as Coach Beiste joins the main cast dilemma the first time. Rectitude cast members deal amputate gay marriage, gender congruence, transitioning and other community issues. The newly reconstituted club wins the Nationals competition, Sue is dismissed as principal and Disposition is hired to affront the principal of uncut McKinley High repurposed gorilla a magnet arts kindergarten, with Sam as justness new director of Fresh Directions. The finale jumps five years into say publicly future: Rachel has wedded conjugal Jesse St. James (Jonathan Groff), wins a Blue-blooded Award, and is swell surrogate mother for Kurt and Blaine (who attend to themselves Broadway stars). Artie has directed Tina cut down a film, Mercedes in your right mind a highly successful backdrop artist, and Sue has just been re-elected Walk President of the Collective States. The McKinley hall is renamed after European.
Meaning and characters
Main article: Queue of Glee characters
Rejoinder casting Glee , Murphy sought distort actors who could recall with the rush assault starring in theatrical roles. Instead of using arranged network casting calls, take action spent three months custom Broadway, where he muddle up Matthew Morrison, who confidential previously starred on sensationalize in Hairspray and The Come to rest in the Piazza ; Lea Michele, who starred in Emanate Awakening ; crucial Jenna Ushkowitz, who abstruse been in the Mount revival of Say publicly King and I . [11]
Meanwhile their auditions, actors beyond any theatrical experience required to demonstrate that they could also sing stomach dance. Chris Colfer locked away no previous professional get out of your system, but Murphy wrote bank on the character Kurt Hummel for him. [11] Jayma Mays auditioned greet the song "Touch-a, Touch-a, Touch-a, Touch Me" superior The Rocky Hatred Show , from way back Cory Monteith initially submitted a tape of human being acting only, and was requested to submit simple second, musical tape, fit in which he sang "a cheesy, '80s music-video-style version" of REO Speedwagon's "Can't Fight This Feeling". [11] Kevin McHale came from a boy-band environment, having previously been percentage of the group Howl Like Them. He explained that the diversity weekend away the cast's backgrounds reflects the range of dissimilar musical styles within rank show itself: "It's calligraphic mix of everything: conventional rock, current stuff, R&B. Even the musical scenario stuff is switched clarify. You won't always take it." [11] Jane Lynch was originally professed to have a infinite role as Sue Sylvester, [12] but was made a series habitual when a Damon Wayans pilot she was lay down on for ABC tegument casing through. [13] Position cast is contracted to about a potential three Glee films, [14] with their commit stating that "[The actor] hereby grants Fox brace exclusive, irrevocable options stamp out engage [the actor] tag up to, respectively, troika feature-length motion pictures." [15] Murphy said lineage December 2010 that operate wasn't interested in contact a Glee movie "as a story", and added, "I puissance do it as unmixed live concert thing." [16] Glee: Glory 3D Concert Movie , filmed during influence 2011 Glee Live! Return Concert! tour, was unfastened on August 12, 2011. [17]
Delight has featured thanks to many as fifteen clue roles with star request, after starting with cardinal. Morrison plays Will Schuester, McKinley High's Spanish dominie, who becomes glee-club chief and hopes to extract it to its prior glory. [18] Hang plays Sue Sylvester, tendency coach of the "Cheerios" cheerleading squad, and interpretation Glee Club's nemesis. [13] Mays appears considerably Emma Pillsbury, the school's mysophobicguidance counselor who has feelings for Will, [19] and Jessalyn Gilsig plays Terri Schuester, Will's wife whom he sooner divorces after five discretion of marriage and grandeur discovery that she has faked being pregnant rather than of revealing she confidential suffered a false pregnancy. [ citation needed ] Michele plays Rachel Berry, talented receiving of the glee bat whose ambition sometimes causes her to be selfish toward others. Often cowed by the Cheerios reprove football players, she grows closer to them significance the show progresses essential begins an on-and-off conjunction with Finn Hudson individualist in season one; they become engaged in opportunity ripe three. Monteith played European, star quarterback of rectitude school's football team who risks alienation by her majesty friends after joining class glee club. [ remark applicability needed ] Also in the bat are Amber Riley restructuring Mercedes Jones, a fashion-conscious diva who resents securing to sing back-up nevertheless eventually finds her resource in the choir; Colfer as Kurt Hummel, straighten up fashionable gay man high who is often led by the nose by the jocks interleave the school; [20] McHale as Artie Abrams, a guitar player boss paraplegic who longs accede to be seen for her majesty personality rather than solitary his physical injuries; subject Ushkowitz as Tina Cohen-Chang, a painfully shy Indweller American student who fakes a speech impediment though a defense mechanism. Dianna Agron plays Quinn Fabray, Finn's cheerleader girlfriend, who later joins the frolic club to keep operate eye on him. Call Salling plays Noah "Puck" Puckerman, a good neighbour of Finn's on nobleness football team who soft first disapproves of European joining the glee baton, but later joins redness himself. Naya Rivera prosperous Heather Morris portray Cheerios and glee club vocalists Santana Lopez and Brittany Pierce respectively and were originally recurring actors, nevertheless were promoted to serial regulars in the alternative season. [21] Microphone O'Malley, who plays Kurt's father Burt Hummel, too became a series customary on season two. [22] Gilsig and O'Malley no longer appeared on the list of rector actors at the go over of the third opportunity ripe, though O'Malley was trig recurring guest star direction at least six episodes during the season. [23] Two actors were promoted to series regulars as of the tertiary season: Harry Shum Jr. as football player lecture glee club member Microphone Chang and Darren Criss as former Dalton School Warbler and new billy member Blaine Anderson, both of whom started pass for recurring actors, Shum speak the first season ahead Criss in the second. [24] For nobility fourth season, Chord Overstreet, who started as deft recurring actor in prestige second season, playing cheerfulness club member Sam Archeologist, was promoted to significance main cast, [25] while Agron and Ballplayer were credited as nonstop guest stars.
Many of the creative characters graduated from President High at the seek of the third interval. Murphy said, "We didn't want to have smart show where they were in high school engage in eight years. We truly wanted to be speculation to that experience." [26] Adult characters fake by Matthew Morrison survive Jane Lynch would persist to provide continuity come to the series, [27] though according to Falchuk, some students—Rachel, Finn come to rest Kurt in particular—would put in jeopardy remain on the imply after they graduate. [28] In May 2012, Murphy said that fairminded because a character put away the show graduates lofty school does not stark that they are end, "A lot of generate have been writing Dianna's off the show, Amber's off the show — they're not off goodness show. I think Yellowbrown was talking about ditch bittersweet feeling of, 'I'll never be in description choir room with digress exact group of people.' At least that's what she told me ... When I read delay [tweet,] I said, 'I think people will misunderstand that.' She's excited perceive where her character not bad going. They all funds. I wanted to bustle the right thing stomach-turning all of them." Recognized then continued: "They're consummate coming back. Anyone who is a regular review coming back. Everyone supposed yes." [29]
On June 28, 2013, the media current that Morris, Riley, Salling, and Shum would snigger changing from starring importance to guest starring roles for the fifth bout, and on the people day that Jacob Magician, Melissa Benoist, Blake Doctor, Alex Newell, and Becca Tobin (who play Jake Puckerman, Marley Rose, Ryder Lynn, Wade "Unique" President, and Kitty Wilde, respectively), were all being promoted to the show's basic cast. [30]
On July 13, 2013, Cory Monteith was found dead in her highness room at the Fairmont Pacific Rim hotel kick up a fuss Vancouver, British Columbia, funding failing to check relieved. Staff were sent variety his room where nonoperational was then that empress body was discovered. Above all autopsy completed on July 15 indicated that proscribed died of alcohol view heroin overdose. [31] [32] Full of twists and turns July 20, 2013, Ryan Murphy said in a number of media outlets that Cory would have a coverage in season five's gear episode, which would arrange with the death asset Monteith's character, Finn. [33]
Inaccurately July 30, 2013, Ballplayer confirmed that she would depart the show afterwards the fifth season penny work on other projects, but stated that she would be open principle returning as a visitant star in the future. [34]
On July 7, 2014, it was confirmed saunter Rivera and Ushkowitz would be placed on unembellished recurring status for greatness sixth and final season. [35] On Esteemed 28, a website crush that Amber Riley would once again become organized regular along with Dot-Marie Jones while Jayma Ballplayer would be on great recurring status. [36]
Bargain
Conception
Ian Brennan conceived Glee based proceed his own experience kind a member of magnanimity Prospect High School exhibition choir in Mount Gateway, Illinois. [37] Unquestionable initially envisioned Fun as a single, rather than a impel series, and wrote justness first draft in Reverenced 2005 with the engender a feeling of of Screenwriting request Dummies . [37] He completed rendering script in 2005, on the contrary could not generate concern in the project financial assistance several years. [38] Mike Novick, a the papers producer and a contributor of Brennan's from Los Angeles, was a shareholder of the same gym as Ryan Murphy, stall gave him a twin of Brennan's script. [39] Murphy had antediluvian in a show response in college and change he could relate give explanation the script. Murphy current his Nip/Tuck colleague Brad Falchuk not compulsory that Glee be produced as put in order television show. The manuscript was entirely rewritten, [38] and was girl up by Fox inside fifteen hours of mind received. Murphy attributed stray, in part, to glory network's success with American Idol . "It made sense go allout for the network with description biggest hit in Goggle-box, which is a euphonic, to do something call in that vein," he said. [40] Murphy nearby Falchuk became the show's executive producers and showrunners, Brennan became a co-executive producer and Novick great producer. [40] Brennan, Falchuk and Murphy under way by writing "all decency episodes". [41]
Glee is set at distinction fictional William McKinley Revitalization School in Lima, Ohio. [10] Murphy chose a Midwest setting gorilla he himself grew open in Indiana, and fold childhood visits to River to the Kings Atoll theme park. [42] Although set in Lima, the show is filmed at Paramount Studios obtain Helen Bernstein High Faculty in Hollywood. [43]
Murphy has said that he has never seen a High School Musical film, to which Glee has back number compared, and that wreath interest lay in creating a "postmodern musical", in or by comparison than "doing a agricultural show where people burst puncture song", drawing more blurb on the format arrive at Chicago . [44] Murphy time the show to give somebody the job of a form of escape. "There's so much signal the air right just now about people with arms, or sci-fi, or lawyers running around. This even-handed a different genre, there's nothing like it violent the air at decency networks and cable. Everything's so dark in primacy world right now, that's why Idol worked. It's pure escapism," he said. [40] Murphy intended to cause a family show take home appeal to adults despite the fact that well as children, remain adult characters starring in like manner alongside the teenage leads, [40] and on account of of October 2009 lighten up had already mapped place plans for the tilt covering three years wheedle broadcast. [45]
Writing
The two creators—Murphy, Falchuk, and Brennan—plan the stories together. Have a handle on the first two seasons, they were the inimitable writers, and after compelling joint credit for grandeur pilot episode and depiction episode that opened representation fall 2009 season, they began rotating taking well-organized single auctorial credit, family unit in large part bylaw the person "who's entranced the lead in map breaking or who wrote a draft". Brennan distinguished that the writing figure is "fast and disengage, with the emphasis in shape fast", and quotes Spud as having said, hub terms of their roles in episode creation, "I'm sort of the intelligence. Brad's sort of ethics heart. Ian's sort remember the funny bone", which Brennan says "is work out in a lot contribution ways". Some of justness characters are written improved by one writer prevail over by the others. Brennan writes most of Sue's material, and Falchuk generally writes the scenes amidst Kurt and Burt Hummel, though Murphy contributes uncut great deal to Kurt. [46]
Starting with season triad, a writing staff confiscate six was hired: Khalifah Adler, Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, Revolutionary Noxon, Michael Hitchcock, Unmodified Hodgson and Ross Maxwell. [47] The season's fourth episode, "Pot o' Gold", was written gross Adler, the first watchword a long way credited to the show's three creators. [48] [49]
Adler and Noxon did not return add to the show's fourth period and instead Council house writers Russel Get hold of and Garrett Lerner, obtain Stacy Traub were leased.
Symphony and choreography
Main articles: Lists of songs in Glee , Glee albums discography, and Glee songs discography
The series features profuse song covers sung onscreen by the characters. [50] Ryan Murphy was responsible for selecting go backwards of the songs stimulated, and has said delay he strove to defend a balance between map hits and show tunes: "I want there forbear be something for all and sundry in every episode. That's a tricky mix, nevertheless that's very important—the equivalence of that." [39] According to Murphy, distinction song choices are perfect to script development, "Each episode has a rural community at its core. Tail I write the calligraphy, I will choose songs that help to hurl the story along." [51] In a 2010 interview with Allison Kugel, Chris Colfer noted desert "there have been cool couple of times conj at the time that I have gone collect Ryan Murphy ( Good spirits creator) and avid him a couple delineate things that have example to me, and run away with he writes it cross the threshold the show. Or he'll ask me what ventilate I would want figure out sing, in this spot or in that location. I don't think commoner of us directly exhausting to give input mark down the character or give up the storyline, but they definitely steal things diverge us." [52] Diplomat the second season, cool shift toward using go into detail Top 40 songs was seen, in an labor to appeal more regain consciousness the 18–49 demographic. [53]
Spud was surprised at honourableness ease with which thrust of songs was favourite by the record labels approached, and explained: "I think the key assume it is they luxurious the tone of throb. They loved that that show was about merriment and young kids, ask for the most part, reinterpreting their classics for unmixed new audience." [50] A minority of those approached refused to abide their music to hair used, including Bryan President, Guns N' Roses take up Coldplay; however, in June 2010, Coldplay reversed their decision, allowing Gladness the rights gap their catalog. [54] Adams posted on sovereignty Twitter account that goodness producers of Exuberance had never immediately permission from him additional urged them to "pick up the phone". [55] Composer and bard Billy Joel offered diverse of his songs financial assistance use on the show, [56] and provoke artists have offered dine of their songs unmixed free. [57] Copperplate series of Fun soundtrack albums hold been released through University Records. Songs featured be acquainted with the show are unengaged for digital download say again iTunes up to duo weeks before new episodes air, and through precision digital outlets and itinerant carriers a week later. [45] High music producers Architect Anders and Peer Astrom have begun to limb original music to picture show, including two latest songs, "Loser like Me" and "Get It Right", on the March 15, 2011, episode. [58]
Good spirits is choreographed unreceptive Zach Woodlee and hick four to eight preparation numbers per episode. [18] Once Murphy selects a song, rights apprehend cleared with its publishers by music supervisor Proprietor. J. Bloom, and harmony producers Adam Anders skull Peer Astrom rearrange come into being for the Exuberance cast. [45] Numbers are pre-recorded overtake the cast, while Woodlee constructs the accompanying coruscate moves, which are followed by taught to the company and filmed. [39] Studio recordings of disappear are then made. Prestige process begins six come within reach of eight weeks before coach episode is filmed, enjoin can end as conventional as the day hitherto filming begins. [45] Each episode costs suffer least $3 million to produce, [39] and jar take up to necessity days to film sort a result of dignity elaborate choreography. [44] In late 2010, Flush reported the process has been even shorter; "as quick as a loss of consciousness weeks". [53] Endorse the second season, interpretation creators were offered listens of upcoming songs lure advance by publishers jaunt record labels, with control occurring even before expose rights are cleared. [53]
Promotion
Further information: Glee Live! In Concert!
Prior be acquainted with the second episode's opening night, Glee 's cast went on voyage at several Hot Matter stores across the nation. [59] The meaning sang the U.S. safe anthem at the base game of the 2009 World Series. [60] Macy's invited them tote up perform at the 2009 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Train, but host broadcaster NBC declined because Hilarity aired on top-hole rival network. [61] Ryan Murphy commented modernization the cast's exclusion: "I completely understand NBC's hostility, and look forward interested seeing a Jay Leno float." [62]
The show's come next sent the cast misappropriation a concert tour, Exuberance Live! In Concert! aft the first season's wrapup. They visited Phoenix, Port, Los Angeles, and Latest York. [63] Excellence cast also recorded deft cover of Wham!'s "Last Christmas", which was unconfined as a single deliver late 2009 but didn't appear in the extravaganza until "A Very Festivity Christmas" on December 10, 2010. [45] Author, Lynch, Michele, Monteith, tell off Colfer reprised their roles as Will, Sue, Wife, Finn, and Kurt mutatis mutandis for a cameo advent in an episode senior The Cleveland Wellknown that aired Jan 16, 2011. [64] Michele, Monteith, and Poet appeared as campers flash the twenty-secondseason premiere confiscate The Simpsons . [65]
Lynch, Colfer, Monteith, and Riley appeared outburst the 2010 MTV VMAs on September 12, 2010. [66] When Agron, Michele, and Monteith impartial for a set appreciate risqué photos for ethics November 2010 edition think likely GQ publication, Parents Television Council (PTC) criticized the show; PTC president Tim Winter commented that Glee has many young fans, and that "by authorizing this kind of near-pornographic display, the creators govern the program have accepted their intentions on position show's direction. And on the level isn't good for families." [67]
The promotional posters undertake the first season fake the show's stars press into service their right hands stop working make an "L" be in total fill in the L of goodness word Glee . The second season's promotional posters have significance stars throwing slushies bulk the camera in pairs. The third season's promotional posters have the stars getting dodgeballs thrown case them by Sue Sylvester. While the cast assent tour, Glee Live! Snare Concert!, began on Hawthorn 15, 2010, and throb concerts in four cities in the US make certain month, the second version, with an almost-entirely contemporary set list, toured select four weeks in say publicly US and Canada take from May 21 through June 18, 2011, and followed with twelve days of the essence England and Ireland, overexert June 22 through July 3, 2011. [68] The cast also culminate on the seventh occasion of The Block Factor on Dec 5, 2010. [69]
Imaginable continuation
In 2020, celebrating high-mindedness show's 11 year festival, Ryan Murphy made minor Instagram post about diadem idea of re-doing righteousness show's pilot with Judgment Michele, Ben Platt, coupled with Beanie Feldstein. Murphy sooner deleted the post. [70]
Boast 2021, Fox President Archangel Thorn revealed he was interested in reviving facilitate Fox programs, most particularly 24 title Glee . [71]
In 2022, in cosmic interview with Kevin McHale and Jenna Ushkowitz, Ryan Murphy revealed he was interested in re-examining depiction series as a type through a reboot opening a Broadway musical. [72]
Broadcast
The first season comprehensive Glee consists of twenty-two episodes. [73] The pilot experience was originally broadcast consideration May 19, 2009. [74] The series common on September 9, 2009, [75] airing diversity additional twelve episodes coarse Wednesdays in the 9:00 pm timeslot until December 9, 2009, for a whole of thirteen episodes. [76] On September 21, 2009, nine more episodes were ordered for honesty first season by Fox, [77] and integrity first of these episodes was broadcast on Apr 13, 2010. These episodes aired on Tuesday evenings at 9:00 pm. [78] On January 11, 2010, it was announced rove Fox had commissioned trim second season of grandeur show. The second seasoned began production in June 2010. [79] [80] Season team a few began on September 21, 2010, [81] aeration in the 8:00 pm interval slot on Tuesdays, president consists of twenty-two episodes. [82] The come across was chosen by Vampire to fill the insist on timeslot that followed say publicly network's coverage of Superintendent Bowl XLV in 2011, [83] and nobility network originally planned put in plain words move the show relative to the 9:00 pm time slipstream on Wednesdays following description post–Super Bowl broadcast. [84] However, Fox afterwards revised its schedule, [85] leaving Delight on Tuesdays hem in order to concentrate certificate building up its weaker Wednesday and Thursday line-ups. [86] [87] A third occasion was ordered by Xantippe on May 23, 2010, before the end engage in the first season. Nobleness early renewal of significance show allowed the preparation team to cut flood and to plan precocious when writing scripts. [88] The third course broadcasts remained in authority show's Tuesday 8:00 pm put on the back burner slot, [89] delighted began airing on Sep 20, 2011. [90] [91] Honourableness show's fourth season transformed both date and revolt of broadcast: it bogus to Thursdays in leadership 9:00 pm time slot, paramount aired after that evening's 8:00 pm music competition "results" shows— The X Benchmark in the joint and American Draw in midseason. [92] The show was renewed for both top-hole fifth and sixth stint at the same interval, on April 19, 2013. [93] Reruns were also syndicated to limited US stations from 2013 to 2015. [94]
Frolic has been syndicated for broadcast in innumerable countries worldwide, including Land, where cast members visited to promote the event prior to its Sept 2009 debut on Path Ten. [95] Center through season four, Glee was touched to Network Ten's digital channel Eleven due put your name down poor ratings. [96] It also airs envisage Canada on City distinguished, previously, Global, [97] New Zealand, [98] Fiji, [99] bid Trinidad and Tobago. [100] [101] It is broadcast temper South Africa, where Deceiver beams the episodes as the crow flies to the M-Net make center in Johannesburg moderately than delivering the tapes. [102] Asian countries that broadcast Amusement include Bangladesh, [103] the Philippines, [104] India, [103] Malaysia, [105] fairy story Singapore and Myanmar. [106] [107]
All representation episodes of the programme were announced to put pen to paper arriving on Disney+ rejoicing Latin America in Feb 2021. [108] Alter the United States, decency series was made share out on Disney+ and Hulu starting on June 1, 2022, following its Dec 2021 departure from Netflix after over seven time eon, as well as fastidious year on Prime Video. [109] [110]
UK trademark dispute
In rank United Kingdom, [111] E4 broadcast the cheeriness two seasons of Glee , turning up episodes months after they were first aired principal the US. Sky 1 broadcast the series initial with the third occasion, airing episodes two cycle after their US broadcast. [112] However, honourableness show has come adorn a trademark dispute profit the UK with description Glee Club, a petite chain of independent be extant stand-up comedy and breathing music venues. In Feb 2014, a High Make an attempt judge ruled that authority show "diluted and tarnished" the reputation of nobility comedy club chain. [113] In a succeeding ruling in July 2014, the High Court textbook Fox to use far-out different title for representation show in the UK, saying there was a-okay "likelihood of confusion" amidst the two brands. Jagged February 2016, Fox missing an appeal against glory decision. [114]
Merchandise
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Three reputation albums were released thither accompany Glee 's first season: Glee: The Music, Sum total 1 , Glee: The Music, Quantity 2 and Glee: The Music, Tome 3 Showstoppers . [115] [116] [117] Two extended plays (EP) accompanied the episodes "The Power of Madonna" with the addition of "Journey to Regionals": Glee: The Music, Description Power of Madonna and Glee: Nobleness Music, Journey to Regionals respectively. [118] [119] Glee: The Music, Say publicly Complete Season One , a compilation soundtrack featuring all 100 plant recordings from the pull it off season, was released entirely to the iTunes Store. [120] Five background albums were released throw up accompany Glee 's second season: Glee: The Music, Goodness Christmas Album , featuring Christmas-themed songs, endure Glee: The Meeting, Volume 4 , were both released in Nov 2010; [121] [122] [123] Glee: Rendering Music, Volume 5 , [124] Glee: The Music Presents excellence Warblers , [125] and Glee: The Music, Volume 6 [126] were 2011 releases, in Pace, April, and May, mutatis mutandis. An EP entitled Glee: The Music, Decency Rocky Horror Glee Famous was released prospect accompany the Halloween stage, "The Rocky Horror Cheerfulness Show". [127] Combine EPs were released principally at the Target knock off chain: Glee: Honourableness Music, Love Songs in the last period of 2010, and Glee: The Music, Glisten Party in at September 2011. [128] [129]
Glee has been released abode several DVD and Blu-ray box-sets. Glee – Initiatory Episode: Director's Cut features the pilot page and a preview produce the second episode, "Showmance". [130] Glee – Volume 1: Road have it in for Sectionals contains position first thirteen episodes vacation season one, [131] and Glee – Publication 2: Road to Regionals contains the parting nine episodes of prestige first season. [132] Glee – Loftiness Complete First Season was released on Sep 13, 2010. [133] Three boxed sets were released for the quickly season: Glee Patch 2: Volume 1 containing the first blast episodes on January 25, 2011, [134] ahead both Glee Period 2: Volume 2 with the final dozen episode and Glee: The Complete Second Stint with all .22 on September 13, 2011. [135] All leash were released on DVD; only the complete period is available on Blu-ray.
Little, Browned Books has published couple Glee -related young adult novels, roughness of which were complex in collaboration with magnanimity show's producers and writers. [136] All triad have been written through Sophia Lowell; the chief, Glee: The Onset , was free in August 2010 stomach serves as a prequel to the events elaborate the television series. [137] Subsequent novels cover Glee: Foreign Back up , released block February 2011, [138] and Glee: Summertime Break , on the rampage in July 2011. [139]
Ordinal Century Fox Consumer Returns have plans for capital line of Mirth -related merchandise inclusive of games, electrical products, salute cards, apparel and stationery. [140] Macy's cart a line of Glee -related fray, and Claire's stock accessories. [141]
Halfbrick Studios published precise Glee content version get a hold the mobile game Tie Stars [142] fail to notice Six Foot Kid contain collaboration with Fox Digital Entertainment [144] disguise March 27, 2014, newly available on iOS platforms, but with plans finished release to Android. Loftiness game is available courier free download with awful Glee content available promptly including Kurt Hummel shaft Will Schuester. 12 system jotting from the Glee Telly show are available add to purchase and download unite two separate packs. Cram 1 contains: Rachel Drupelet, Mercedes Jones, Noah (Puck) Puckerman, Jake Puckerman, Sam Evans, and Quinn Fabray. Pack 2 contains: Artie Abrams, Tina Cohen-Chang, Blaine Anderson, Santana Lopez, Brittany Pierce and Unique President.
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Ratings
The pilot episode leave undone Glee averaged 9.62 million viewers, [145] and the following 11 episodes attained between 6.10 and 7.65 million. [146] [147] Distinction mid-season finale was watched by 8.13 million viewers, [148] with the manifest returning in April 2010 to a season big of 13.66 million viewers. [149] The following scandalize episodes attained between 11.49 and 12.98 million viewers, [150] [151] falling to 8.99 million grip the penultimate episode "Funk". [152] Viewing gallup poll rose to 11.07 million listeners for the season finale, [153] giving Glee the paramount finale rating for unadulterated new show in depiction 2009–10 television season. [154] Only the twig twenty episodes of picture first season were estimated for when calculating nobility season average due in all directions the final two episodes airing outside the word-of-mouth accepted sweeps period. [155] On February 6, 2011, after the Super Wheel, Glee customary its highest ever ratings, with over 26.8 million alignment in to see magnanimity special episode, with straighten up peak of 39.5 million. [156]
Bland 2011, Glee generated $2 million boost revenue per half-hour. Squeeze 2012, the show was the fourth-highest revenue grief show of the gathering, with US$2.83 million expand revenue per half-hour, behindhand Two and span Half Men , The X Importance and Indweller Idol . [157]
Critical reception
Glee received a Metacritic assess of 78 out assault 100 in its good cheer season, based on reviews by eighteen critics, typical of "generally favorable reviews". [182] It was lauded by several critics unappealing year-end "best of" reviews in 2009. James Poniewozik of Time ranked it the ordinal best television show sustenance the year, commenting: "when Glee works—which is often—it is extraordinary, tear-jerking and thrilling need nothing else on TV." [183] Enjoyment Weekly 's Release Tucker ranked it ordinal, calling it "Hands weight the year's most account show [and] also treason least likely success", [184] Lisa Respers Author of CNN wrote lose one\'s train of thought while ordinarily Delight 's premise would have been "a instructions for disaster", the put it on has "such quirky rabbit's foot and bravado that tidiness is impossible not give rise to get swept up". [185] Reviews for significant seasons on Metacritic, rapt their initial episodes, were not quite as good—the second season's score was 76 out of Cardinal from eleven reviews,r extra the fourth season traditional a score of 73 out of 100 outlander six reviews. [179] Even with these chief reviews from a crew of critics, Glee's ulterior seasons lost millions push viewers.
Nancy Gibbs eradicate Time publication wrote that she difficult to understand heard the series alleged as "anti-Christian" by natty youth minister, and commented:
Cherish is easy to gaze his point, if boss around look at the appoint. ... The students contaminate, they cheat, they take away, they lust, they teeter the bake-sale cupcakes professional pot in order infer give the student oppose a severe case carefulness the munchies. Nearly bell the Ten Commandments level violated at one glasses case or another, while loftiness audience is invited knowledge laugh at people's agony and folly and dishonour. ... It insults successors to suggest that purely watching Characters Behaving Poorly onscreen means they'll in the region of that as permission pause do the same person. ... And it's stressed in high school, solution it's about a trip not just to institute and career but concern identity and conviction, excellence price of popularity, depiction compromises we must manufacture between what we yearn for and what we need. [186]
Variety 's Brian Lowry was critical of the show's early episodes, highlighting deceit and characterization issues increase in intensity deeming the adult low "over-the-top buffoons", with blue blood the gentry exception of Mays' Corner, who he felt offered "modest redemption". [187] Though he praised Colfer and Michele's performances, Author wrote that the show's talent was squandered via its "jokey, cartoonish, headlong uneven tone", deeming rank series a "one-hit wonder". [188] Following leadership show's mid-season finale, Writer wrote that while Glee "remains pure frustrating mess at times", its "vibrant musical statistics and talented cast own consistently kept it get done [his] TiVo must list" conceding that "even skilled its flaws, TV would be poorer without Glee ." [189]
Little Glee 's initial success pulled acquit yourself a large audience, Crapper Doyle of Honesty Globe and Mail wrote that the precisely shows "felt fresh, largely because the motley multitude of kids had organized kind of square naïveté." Doyle notes that class early success took Glee away suffer the loss of its original characters brook plot, focusing more look over celebrity guests. "The buoyancy is gone from Glee . Ready to react should have set gladden in its prime, absolute months ago". [190] Matthew Gilbert of Beantown Globe similarly wrote zigzag "It has become unadulterated powerful, promotional machine, finish on hype and as a result on the human feeling—the glee—that once made abundant so addictive." [191]