GLEE is my new favorite TV show for now. I finally watched the whole season 1 & now I know why it's an American TV Show. The story is simple typical high school, coming of age teen. Facing those typical life drama & the craze of being famous as literally written in the American culture. The fantastic twist- it's comedy , musical and drama -all in one - and everyone in this TV shows has real talent, yes people, they sing and dance and act. They have to go through a fabulous American Idol like casting all over America in 2008, the show was aired in 2009 and was instant fame!
Definition of GLEE-a part song, usually scored for at least three solo voices, and normally sung unaccompanied
Lets do some wiki on Glee
Glee is an American musical comedy-drama television series that airs on Fox in the United States. It focuses on a high school show choir (also known as a glee club), called "New Directions!", set within 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 is currently on a 4-month hiatus before returning on April 13, 2010 with the remaining 9 episodes of the season.On January 11, 2010, Fox President, Kevin Reilly announced at the Television Critics Association winter press tour that Glee has been renewed for a second season.
The show's creators Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk, and Ian Brennan first conceived of Glee as a film. Murphy selects the series' music, maintaining 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, which was released on November 3, 2009. The music of Glee has been a commercial success, with over two million digital sales.
The show has received positive reviews. Although Alessandra Stanley in The New York Times highlighted the pilot episode's unoriginality and stereotyped characters, she praised the showmanship and talent of the cast. David Hinckley in The Daily News opined that the show was imperfect and implausible but "potentially heartwarming",[9] while Robert Bianco in USA Today 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. The series won the 2010 Golden Globe Award for Best Comedy Series and received three additional nominations for Best Actress (Lea Michele), Best Actor (Matthew Morrison), and Best Supporting Actress (Jane Lynch).[
Glee features 12 major roles with star billing. Matthew Morrison plays Will Schuester, McKinley High's Spanish teacher who becomes director of the Glee Club, hoping to restore it to its former glory. Jane Lynch is Sue Sylvester, head coach of the cheerleading squad or "Cheerios", and the Glee Club's arch-nemesis.Jayma Mays appears as Emma Pillsbury, the school's mysophobic guidance counselor who has feelings for Will, and Jessalyn Gilsig plays Terri Schuester, Will's demanding and amoral wife of five years.
Lea Michele plays Rachel Berry, talented star of the Glee Club who is often bullied by the Cheerios and football players. Cory Monteith plays Finn Hudson, star quarterback of the school's football team who risks alienation by his friends to join the Glee Club. Also in the club are Amber Riley as Mercedes Jones, a fashion-conscious diva who resents having to sing back-up; Chris Colfer as Kurt Hummel--a role that was written-in to the show's cast after Colfer's audition--a gay male soprano[41] who is bullied by the football team, and struggles in early episodes with his identity; Kevin McHale as Artie Abrams, an electric bass player and paraplegic; and Jenna Ushkowitz as Tina Cohen-Chang, an Asian American goth student with a fake speech impediment. Mark Salling plays Noah "Puck" Puckerman, a friend of Finn's on the football team who at first disapproves of Finn joining the Glee Club, but later joins the Glee Club himself. Dianna Agron plays Quinn Fabray, Finn's girlfriend, who also joins the club to keep an eye on Finn. Quinn is also the head of the Cheerios and celibacy club.
Recurring roles include Patrick Gallagher as Ken Tanaka, head coach of the football team who is in love with Emma, Iqbal Theba as Principal Figgins, the high school's unenthusiastic principal, and Stephen Tobolowsky as Sandy Ryerson, Will's Glee Club directing predecessor, who was fired for inappropriate behavior towards male students. Naya Rivera plays Santana Lopez, a competitive member of the Cheerios,and Brittany, played by Heather Morris, completes the featured triumvirate of Cheerios. Harry Shum, Jr. and Dijon Talton appear as Mike Chang and Matt Rutherford, football players who join the Glee Club in the fourth episode. A regular 'background' performer is an ever silent teacher/piano accompanist played by Brad Ellis (Rachel calls him Brad in the episode "Ballad"), who in reality is a member of the show's music production team.
The show features Broadway stars in recurring or minor roles, including John Lloyd Young as "a retired wood shop teacher with an excellent singing voice",Victor Garber as Will's father, and Debra Monk as Will's mother. Kristin Chenoweth plays April Rhodes, a former member of the Glee Club who never finished high school and ended up hitting rock bottom,and Josh Groban appears as himself.Other guest stars include Mike O'Malley as Kurt's father, whom Kurt comes out to in the episode "Preggers";Sarah Drew as Suzy Pepper, a senior with a crush on her teacher;Michael Hitchcock as the Haverbrook School for the Deaf choir director Dalton Rumba, and Eve, who was cast after Whitney Houston declined to appear. In the second half of the first season, Jonathan Groff will play the male lead of rival glee club Vocal Adrenaline.Olivia Newton-John will appear, singing a duet of "Physical" with Lynch. Idina Menzel has recently begun filming her role as the director of Vocal Adrenaline. Fans lobbied for her to be cast as Rachel's biological mother due to the strong resemblance between Menzel and Michele.
I HEART GLEE Much!!
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