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, New
Directions, which competes on the show choir competition circuit while its
disparate members deal with social issues, especially regarding sexuality and
race, relationships, and learning to become an effective team. The initial
twelve-member cast included club director and Spanish teacher Will Schuester
(Matthew Morrison), cheerleading coach Sue Sylvester (Jane Lynch), guidance
counselor Emma Pillsbury (Jayma Mays), Will's wife Terri (Jessalyn Gilsig), and
eight club members played by Dianna Agron, Chris Colfer, Kevin McHale, Lea
Michele, Cory Monteith, Amber Riley, Mark Salling, and Jenna Ushkowitz. In
subsequent seasons, the main cast has expanded to fourteen and fifteen members.
The series was created by Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk, and Ian Brennan, the
latter of whom first conceived of Glee as a film. 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.
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.
Tallguy
To: ourplace@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ourplace] Re: regarding the tv show glee
I remember glimpsing the show--I never really watched it, but a lot of songs
were sung by cast members. I don't think it's still on, but it would have been
on our local Channel 2. I think it was on for something like three years.
