Glee is a
musical comedy-drama television series that airs on
Fox in the United States. It focuses on a high school
show choir (a modern
glee club) called "New Directions", at the fictional
William McKinley High School in
Lima, Ohio. The
pilot episode of the show was broadcast after
American Idol on May 19, 2009, and the first season began airing on September 9, 2009. On September 21, 2009, Fox officially gave the series a full-season pick-up.
Glee aired its mid-season finale on December 9, 2009 and returned from a four-month
hiatus on April 13, 2010, picking up the remaining nine episodes of the season. The spring premiere had an estimated 13.7 million viewers, nearly doubling in followers on its return. It was renewed for a second season, which is scheduled to begin on September 21, 2010, and will feature three new cast members.
[1] On May 23, 2010, it was announced that
Glee had been picked up for a third season.
[2]
The show's creators,
Ryan Murphy,
Brad Falchuk and
Ian Brennan, first conceived
Glee as a film. Murphy selects the series' music, aiming to maintain a balance between show tunes and chart hits. Songs covered in the show are released through the
iTunes Store during the week of broadcast, and a series of
Glee albums has been initiated by
Columbia Records, beginning with
Glee: The Music, Volume 1, which was released on November 2, 2009. The music of
Glee has been a commercial success, with over seven million digital sales.
The show has received generally positive reviews from critics. The series won the 2010
Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series—Musical or Comedy and received three additional nominations for Best Actress (
Lea Michele), Best Actor (
Matthew Morrison), and Best Supporting Actress (
Jane Lynch). The show won a
People's Choice Award for Favorite New TV Comedy in 2010. Its first season also earned a
Peabody Award. It will receive a comedy writing award at the Just for Laughs conference in Montreal in July 2010.
[3] It was also nominated for 19
Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Comedy Series, Outstanding Actress – Lea Michele, Outstanding Actor – Matthew Morrison, Outstanding Supporting Actress – Jane Lynch, Outstanding Supporting Actor – Chris Colfer, Outstanding Guest Actress – Kristin Chenoweth, and Outstanding Guest Actor for both Mike O'Malley and Neil Patrick Harris. It also received one writing nomination and two nominations for directing.
reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glee_%28TV_series%29