Glee

[tammyy2j]

Promo



http://www.fox.com/glee/

Glee is an American musical comedy-drama television series that airs on Fox. It focuses on a high school show choir (also known as a glee club) set within the fictional William McKinley High School in Lima, Ohio.[1] The pilot episode of the show was broadcast after American Idol on May 19, 2009,[2] and the first season began airing on September 9, 2009.[3] On September 21, 2009, Fox officially gave the series a full-season pick-up.[4]
The show was created by Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk, and Ian Brennan, after being originally envisioned as a film rather than a TV series. Murphy selects all music featured within the series himself, and intends to maintain a balance between show tunes and chart hits. Songs covered in the show are released on iTunes during the week of broadcast, and a series of Glee albums will be released through Columbia Records, beginning with Glee: The Music, Volume 1 on November 3, 2009.
The broadcast of the pilot episode averaged 9.619 million viewers. Critical response was mixed, with The New York Times' Alessandra Stanley highlighting the episode's unoriginality and stereotyped characters, but praising the showmanship and talent of the cast. The Daily News's David Hinckley opined that the show was imperfect and implausible but \"potentially heartwarming\", while USA Today's Robert Bianco noted casting and tone problems, but commented positively on the show's humor and musical performances. Mary McNamara for the Los Angeles Times wrote that the show had a wide audience appeal, calling it \"the first show in a long time that's just plain full-throttle, no-guilty-pleasure-rationalizations-necessary fun.\"

Starts on TV3 Irish TV in November

[tammyy2j]

Great news for UK folk. E4 has picked up the broadcast rights for US series Glee. There has to be a little bad with the good though and that comes in the form of it sadly not airing in the UK til next year some time. You would have thought they’d have fast-tracked it a little wouldn’t you, given the hype Glee is presently getting. Seems a silly programming move.

Steve Cornish from FOX seems to think Glee is just what the UK audience is waiting for: “Glee is a fun and unique musical comedy that we think is a perfect fit for E4.” He added they “have high expectations for this show and are delighted to be working with E4 on the UK launch.” All 22 hour long episodes will be shown (assuming it doesn’t get axed obviously).

[lizann]

[tammyy2j]

E4 is to broadcast a sneak peek of Glee next month, DS can reveal.

The tactic mirrors that used by Fox to launch the series in the US earlier this year. The network premiered the pilot episode in May off the back of the American Idol finale, ahead of the launch proper in September.

The show - from Nip/Tuck creator Ryan Murphy - follows a group of kids participating in their high school glee club.

"Glee has become a TV phenomenon in the US," an E4 spokesperson told DS. "A unique and ambitious show, it is generating a huge amount of buzz and already British viewers are clamouring to find out what all the fuss is about. So as an early Christmas present to all the British 'Gleeks' and as a sneak preview for all the uninitiated, E4 will broadcast the first episode in December ahead of the series launch in January."

The first episode of Glee will air mid December on E4.

[tammyy2j]

Following in the footsteps of Kristin Chenoweth and Jonathan Groff, Tony winner Idina Menzel is in advanced talks to join the cast of Glee.

[tammyy2j]

9.30pm Saturday night TV3 Sky 103 right after X Factor - Preview Episode and also next Tuesday E4 Sky 137