Glee (TV Series)

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Glee
Genre Musical
Comedy-drama
Romantic comedy
Teen drama
Created by Ryan Murphy
Brad Falchuk
Ian Brennan
Starring Dianna Agron
Chris Colfer
Jessalyn Gilsig
Jane Lynch
Jayma Mays
Kevin McHale
Lea Michele
Cory Monteith
Matthew Morrison
Amber Riley
Mark Salling
Jenna Ushkowitz
Heather Morris
Mike O'Malley
Naya Rivera
Darren Criss
Harry Shum Jr.
Chord Overstreet
Jacob Artist
Melissa Benoist
Blake Jenner
Alex Newell
Becca Tobin
Dot-Marie Jones
Ending theme "Time for Some Girl Talk"
Composer(s) James S. Levine
Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 6
No. of episodes 121 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive
producer(s)
Ryan Murphy
Brad Falchuk
Dante Di Loreto
Ian Brennan
Russel Friend
Garrett Lerner
Bradley Buecker
Producer(s) Alexis Martin Woodall
Michael Novick
Kenneth Silverstein
Robert Del Valle
Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa
Cinematography Christopher Baffa
Michael Goi
Joaquin Sedillo
Camera setup Single-camera
Running time 40–48 minutes
56 minutes (Episode 2.18)
Production
company(s)
20th Century Fox Television
Brad Falchuk Teley-Vision
Ryan Murphy Productions
Distributor 20th Television
Release
Original network Fox
Picture format 720p (16:9 HDTV)
Audio format Dolby Surround
Dolby Digital 5.1
Original release May 19, 2009 – March 20, 2015
Related shows
Related shows The Glee Project
External links

Glee is an American musical comedy-drama television series that aired on the Fox network in the United States from May 19, 2009, to March 20, 2015. It focuses on the fictitious William McKinley High School glee club, the New Directions, which competes on the show choir competition circuit while its disparate members deal with social issues, especially regarding sexuality, race, relationships, and teamwork. The initial twelve-member cast included Matthew Morrison as club director and Spanish teacher Will Schuester, Jane Lynch as cheerleading coach Sue Sylvester, Jayma Mays as guidance counselor Emma Pillsbury, Jessalyn Gilsig as Will's wife Terri, and Dianna Agron, Chris Colfer, Kevin McHale, Lea Michele, Cory Monteith, Amber Riley, Mark Salling, and Jenna Ushkowitz as eight club members. The main cast was altered throughout the series.

The series was created by Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk, and Ian Brennan, the latter of whom first conceived of Glee as a film. The three wrote all of the show's episodes for the first two seasons, and Murphy and Falchuk initially served as the show's main directors. The pilot episode was broadcast on May 19, 2009, and the first season aired from September 9, 2009, to June 8, 2010. Subsequent seasons aired in September through May. The sixth and final season aired from January to March 2015. Glee features on-screen performance-based musical numbers that were selected by Murphy, who aimed to maintain a balance between show tunes and chart hits, and produced by Adam Anders and Peer Åström. Songs covered in the show were released through the iTunes Store during the week of broadcast, and a series of Glee albums have been released by Columbia Records. The music of Glee has been a commercial success, with over thirty-six million digital single sales and eleven million album sales worldwide through October 2011. The series' merchandise also includes DVD and Blu-ray releases, an iPad application, and karaoke games for the Wii. There were live concert tours by the show's cast after the first and second seasons completed shooting; a concert film based on the 2011 tour, Glee: The 3D Concert Movie, was produced by Murphy and Fox and directed by Kevin Tancharoen.

During its first season, Glee received generally favorable reviews from critics, with Metacritic's weighted average of 77 out of 100 based on eighteen critical reviews. The season was nominated for 19 Emmy Awards, four Golden Globe Awards, six Satellite Awards and 57 other awards, with wins including the 2010 Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy, and Emmy awards for Jane Lynch, guest-star Neil Patrick Harris and Murphy's direction of the pilot episode. In 2011, the show once again won the Golden Globe for Best Television Series, and Jane Lynch and Chris Colfer won Golden Globes for Best Supporting Actress and Best Supporting Actor respectively, and Gwyneth Paltrow won the Emmy for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series. The show was also chosen by Fox to fill the coveted time slot that followed the network's coverage of Super Bowl XLV in 2011.

On October 17, 2013, in the wake of the death of Cory Monteith three months prior, and one week after his tribute episode "The Quarterback" aired, Murphy announced that the sixth season would be the final one of the series. After 121 episodes and over 728 music performances, Glee came to an end on March 20, 2015.

Contents

Plot

Episodes

Main article: List of Glee episodes
Season Episodes Originally aired Nielsen ratings
First aired Last aired Average total viewers
including DVR (millions)
Rank
1 22 May 19, 2009 June 8, 2010 9.77 33
2 22 September 21, 2010 May 24, 2011 10.11 43
3 22 September 21, 2010 May 24, 2011 10.11 43
4 22 September 20, 2011 May 22, 2012 8.71 56
5 22 September 13, 2012 May 9, 2013 8.26 50
6 20 September 26, 2013 May 13, 2014 4.57 105

Cast and characters

Main article: Characters of Glee

Production

Conception

Writing

Music and choreography

Main articles: List of songs in Glee, Glee albums discography, and Glee songs discography

Promotion

Further information: Glee Live! In Concert!

File:Glee balloon.jpg
A promotional balloon for Glee in New York City.

Broadcast

UK trademark dispute

Merchandise

Main article: Glee merchandise

Reception

Season Nielsen ratings Critical response
Premiere total viewers
(in millions)
Finale total viewers
(in millions)
Season average total viewers,
inc. DVR (in millions)
Rank 18–49 rating/share (rank) Rotten Tomatoes Metacritic

Ratings

Critical reception

Rotten Tomatoes ratings per season

Music

Fandom

Awards and accolades

Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Glee
File:Jane Lynch, Ian Brennan and Jessalyn Gilsig at the 69th Annual Peabody Awards.jpg
Jane Lynch, Ian Brennan and Jessalyn Gilsig at the 69th Annual Peabody Awards for Glee

Film

Related media

Further information: The Glee Project and Don't Stop Believing (TV series)

See also

References

External links

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