Glee (2009– )

A high-school Spanish teacher becomes the director of the school's Glee club, hoping to restore it to its former glory.

Creators:

Ian Brennan, Brad Falchuk, Ryan Murphy

Stars:

Jane Lynch, Lea Michele, Cory Monteith

Won 4 Golden Globes. Another 43 wins & 112 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Chris Colfer	...	Kurt Hummel (88 episodes, 2009-2013)
Jane Lynch	...	Sue Sylvester (88 episodes, 2009-2013)
Kevin McHale	...	Artie Abrams (88 episodes, 2009-2013)
Lea Michele	...	Rachel Berry (88 episodes, 2009-2013)
Cory Monteith	...	Finn Hudson (88 episodes, 2009-2013)
Matthew Morrison	...	Will Schuester (88 episodes, 2009-2013)
Amber Riley	...	Mercedes Jones (88 episodes, 2009-2013)
Mark Salling	...	Noah 'Puck' Puckerman (88 episodes, 2009-2013)
Naya Rivera	...	Santana Lopez (88 episodes, 2009-2013)
Jenna Ushkowitz	...	Tina Cohen-Chang (88 episodes, 2009-2013)
Heather Morris	...	Brittany Pierce (87 episodes, 2009-2013)
Harry Shum Jr.	...	Mike Chang (85 episodes, 2009-2013)
Jayma Mays	...	Emma Pillsbury (76 episodes, 2009-2013)
Dianna Agron	...	Quinn Fabray (69 episodes, 2009-2013)
Chord Overstreet	...	Sam Evans (58 episodes, 2010-2013)
Darren Criss	...	Blaine Anderson (57 episodes, 2010-2013)
Iqbal Theba	...	Principal Figgins (49 episodes, 2009-2013)
Jessalyn Gilsig	...	Terri Schuester (45 episodes, 2009-2012)
Mike O'Malley	...	Burt Hummel (40 episodes, 2009-2013)
Lauren Potter	...	Becky Jackson (40 episodes, 2009-2013)

Storyline

When a High School Spanish teacher, Will Schuester, becomes the director of the school's failing Glee club, New Directions, he hopes to be able to rejuvenate it. The club competes in the choir competition circuit. It's been called "a High School Musical for adults", the series follows the club and its mixture of oddball members as they try and restore it to its former glory. It is a musical comedy in which the eager and ambitious students not only compete to win the Nationals, but also have to deal with the tough and cruel realities of their school, McKinley High. At the same time, Will is trying to rejuvenate his failing love life whilst preventing the school's cheer leading coach Sue Sylvester from sabotaging the choir.

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Plot Keywords:

high school | teacher | school | gay teenager | infidelity | 

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Taglines:

Amazinglee. Excitinglee. Surprisinglee.

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Music | Musical | Romance

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Details

Official Sites:

Official MySpace Official site [us]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

19 May 2009 (USA)

Also Known As:

Glee: Road to Sectionals

Filming Locations:

Alex Theatre - 216 N. Brand Boulevard, Glendale, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Brad Falchuk Teley-Vision, Ryan Murphy Productions, 20th Century Fox Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

44 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD

Did You Know?

Trivia

Cast members Matthew Morrison, Lea Michele, and Jenna Ushkowitz are all Broadway alums. Morrison was the original Link in 'Hairspray' and Fabrizio in 'Light in the Piazza'. Michele was the original Wendla in 'Spring Awakening'. Ushkowitz also appeared in 'Spring Awakening' with Michele. Many guest stars have also been well known as Broadway stars: Kristin Chenoweth (April Rhodes) won a Tony for "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown" and played the original Glinda in "Wicked;" Idina Menzel (Shelby Corcoran) won a Tony as the original Elphaba in "Wicked" (in which she was Chenoweth's co-star) and was also in the original Broadway cast of "Rent;" Jonathan Groff (Jesse St. James) was the original Melchior in "Spring Awakening" (and a co-star to Lea Michele and Jenna Ushkowitz); Neil Patrick Harris (Bryan Ryan) was a replacement Emcee in the most recent Broadway revival of "Cabaret" and was the revival Broadway Lee Harvey Oswald/Balladeer in "Assassins;" Victor Garber (Will's father) played Anthony in the original Broadway cast of "Sweeney Todd" and many other Broadway roles, as well as Jesus in the movie version of Godspell: A Musical Based on the Gospel According to St. Matthew; Debra Monk (Will's mother) has performed in numerous Broadway musicals and plays, and also co-wrote the musical "Pump Boys and Dinettes." John Stamos (Dr. Carl Howell) had lead (replacement) roles in the 1990s and 2000s Broadway revivals of "How to Succeed...," "Cabaret," and "Nine." Carol Burnett (Sue's mother) was nominated for a Tony for playing Princess Winnifred in the original Broadway cast of "Once Upon a Mattress." Brian Stokes Mitchell and Jeff Goldblum play Rachel's fathers; Goldblum started his career in Broadway musicals (including "Two Gentlemen of Verona") while Mitchell is one of the preeminent Broadway leading men of his generation ("Ragtime," "Kiss Me, Kate," "Man of La Mancha," etc.)

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Quotes

[repeated line]
Sue Sylvester: Hey buddy.

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Connections

Referenced in Family Guy: The Giggity Wife (2013)

User Reviews

kind of a loss of anything good here

From the Pilot to the latest episodes to have been released from the second season, last at this point being 'Original Song', there have been some major plot changes and the storyline has gone drastically downhill. It used to be a very captivating show that left you drooling and gripping your remote waiting for the next Tuesday night just so you can see what happens next and how it will progress. Giving such life to Kurt, Puck, and other characters who weren't spotlighted on in the first season, it became something that you had to see to watch the underdog rise up. It was a truly inspiring underdog story. In such a short period of time and 45 episodes into the hit T.V. show they have turned it from captivating story to "when is it going to get good again?" They have killed any interesting characters in a metaphorical sense, and destroyed any plot that may have been and replaced it with something that looks like "what can we do to put in random sh*t that has nothing to do with anything just for the hell of it and screw any sort of good story?" I will hope to see something good happen by the end of Season 2 or hope that they just cancel the show altogether instead of watch it destroy itself and go completely under.