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Glee
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Genre
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Created by
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Starring
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Ending theme
| "Time for Girl Talk"
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Composer(s)
| James S. Levine
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Country of origin
| United States
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Original
language(s)
| English
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No.
of seasons
| 6
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No.
of episodes
| 121
(
list of episodes
)
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Executive
producer(s)
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Producer(s)
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Production location(s)
| Hollywood
,
California
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Cinematography
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Camera setup
| Single-camera
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Running time
| 40?48 minutes
58 minutes (
season 2, episode 18
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Production
company(s)
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Original network
| Fox
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Original release
| May 19, 2009
(
2009-05-19
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March 20, 2015
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2015-03-20
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Website
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Glee
is an American musical comedy-drama
television show
. It started on May 19, 2009. It ended on March 20, 2015.
[1]
Its sixth, and last season, started on January 9, 2015. The show is about a group of
high school
students
and their
teachers
at the
fictional
William McKinley High School. The show is set in
Lima, Ohio
. Most of the students are in the school's
glee club
, called New Directions. The students and adults deal with
relationships
,
sexuality
and
social
issues
. They often
sing
to help them understand these topics.
- Lea Michele
as Rachel Berry
- Chris Colfer
as Kurt Hummel
- Matthew Morrison
as Will Schuester
- Jane Lynch
as Sue Sylvester
- Kevin McHale as Artie Abrams
- Cory Monteith
as Finn Hudson (seasons 1?4)
- Jenna Ushkowitz as Tina Cohen-Chang (seasons 1?5; recurring 6)
- Amber Riley
as Mercedes Jones (seasons 1?4, 6; recurring 5)
- Mark Salling
as Noah Puckerman (seasons 1?4; recurring 5?6)
- Darren Criss
as Blaine Anderson (seasons 3?6; recurring 2)
- Naya Rivera
as Santana Lopez (seasons 2?5; recurring 1, 6)
- Dianna Agron
as Quinn Fabray (seasons 1?3; recurring 4?6)
- Heather Morris
as Brittany S. Pierce (seasons 2?4; recurring 1, 5?6)
- Chord Overstreet as Sam Evans (seasons 4?6; recurring 2?3)
- Jayma Mays
as Emma Pillsbury (seasons 1?3; recurring 4?6)
- Harry Shum Jr. as Mike Chang (seasons 3?4; recurring 1?2, 5?6)
- Jessalyn Gilsig as Terri Schuester (seasons 1?2; recurring 6; guest 4)
- Mike O'Malley as Burt Hummel (season 2; recurring 1, 3?6)
- Dot Jones
as Shannon/Sheldon Beiste (season 6; recurring 2?5)
- Becca Tobin as Kitty Wilde (season 5; recurring 4, 6)
- Alex Newell as Wade "Unique" Adams (season 5; recurring 4, 6)
- Jacob Artist as Jake Puckerman (season 5; recurring 4; guest 6)
- Blake Jenner as Ryder Lynn (season 5; recurring 4; guest 6)
- Melissa Benoist
as Marley Rose (season 5; recurring 4)
- Iqbal Theba as Principal Figgins
- Lauren Potter
as Becky Jackson
- Brad Ellis as Brad the Piano Player
- Romy Rosemont as Carole Hudson-Hummel
- John Sussman as Jacob Ben Israel (seasons 1?4; guest 5)
- Ashley Fink as Lauren Zizes (seasons 1?3; guest 4, 6)
- Max Adler as Dave Karofsky (seasons 1?3, 6; guest 5)
- NeNe Leakes as Roz Washington (seasons 3?5; guest 6)
- Grant Gustin
as Sebastian Smythe (seasons 3?4; guest 5)
- Vanessa Lengies as Sugar Motta (seasons 3?4, 6)
- Samuel Larsen as Joe Hart (seasons 3?4, 6)
- Damian McGinty as Rory Flanagan (seasons 3?4)
- Ivonne Coll as Alma Lopez (season 6; guest 3)
- James Earl as Azimio (seasons 1?2; guest 3)
- Robin Trocki as Jean Sylvester (seasons 1?2)
- Stephen Tobolowsky
as Sandy Ryerson (season 1; guest 2)
- Jennifer Aspen as Kendra Giardi (season 1)
- Patrick Gallagher as Ken Tanaka (season 1)
- Charice as Sunshine Corazon (season 2)
- Cheyenne Jackson as Dustin Goolsby (season 2)
- Meat Loaf
as Barry (season 2)
- Lindsay Pearce as Harmony (season 2)
- Dean Geyer as Brody Weston (season 4)
- Trisha Rae Stahl as Millie Rose (season 4)
- Erinn Westbrook as Bree (season 5)
- Adam Lambert
as Elliot "Starchild" Gilbert (season 5)
Glee
has won and been nominated for many
awards
. In 2009, the series won five
Satellite Awards
: "Best Musical or Comedy TV Series", "Best Actor" and "Actress in a Musical or Comedy TV Series" for Morrison and Michele, "Best Supporting Actress" for Lynch and "Special Achievement for Outstanding Guest Star" for
Kristin Chenoweth
.
[2]
In 2010, the show won a
Golden Globe Award
for "Best Television Series ? Musical or Comedy". Morrison, Michele and Lynch also got acting nominations.
[3]
The series was nominated for two
Writers Guild of America Awards
, with
screenplays
nominated in the "Comedy Series" and "New Series" categories.
[4]
The
Glee
cast won the "Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series" award at the 16th
Screen Actors Guild Awards
.
[5]
Paris Barclay
and
Ryan Murphy
both got nominations for "Outstanding Directing ? Comedy Series" at the
Directors Guild of America
Awards for their work on
Glee
.
[6]
In July 2010,
Glee
got 19
Emmy Award
nominations, including "Outstanding Comedy Series", "Outstanding Lead Actor ? Comedy Series" for Morrison and "Outstanding Lead Actress ? Comedy Series" for Michele.
[7]
[8]
It won 4, including "Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series" for Lynch and "Outstanding Guest Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series" for
Neil Patrick Harris
.
On January 16, 2011, the show won a Golden Globe for "Best Television Series - Musical or Comedy" and both Lynch and Colfer won Golden Globes for Best Supporting Actress and Best Supporting Actor in a Television Series, Miniseries, or TV Film.
Some
songs
are old, by singers like
Madonna
and
Journey
, and some are still on the
radio
by singers like
Lady Gaga
and
Britney Spears
. The show has won many awards and is shown in several countries because of its popularity.
Mash-ups
are a very common thing in the show. The first mash-ups were
Bon Jovi
's "
It's My Life
" with
Usher
's "
Confessions Part II
" by the boys, and
Beyonce
's "
Halo
" with
Katrina and the Waves
' "
Walking on Sunshine
" by the girls. Those were both in the episode "
Vitamin D
".
- ↑
"
'Glee' series finale recap: '2009' and 'Dreams Come True'
"
.
Entertainment Weekly
. Retrieved
2015-03-20
.
- ↑
"2009 14th Annual Satellite Awards Nominees and Winners"
.
International Press Academy
. December 20, 2009. Archived from
the original
on December 2, 2009
. Retrieved
December 24,
2009
.
- ↑
"Nominations & Winners"
.
Golden Globes
.
Hollywood Foreign Press Association
. Archived from
the original
on April 8, 2010
. Retrieved
January 18,
2010
.
- ↑
"2010 WGA Awards TV Nominees Announced"
(Press release).
Writers Guild of America
. December 14, 2009. Archived from
the original
on October 19, 2013
. Retrieved
December 15,
2009
.
- ↑
"Nominations announced for the 16th annual Screen Actors Guild awards"
(Press release).
Screen Actors Guild Awards
. December 17, 2009
. Retrieved
24 December
2009
.
[
permanent dead link
]
- ↑
"Nominees for Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television/Mini-Series, Dramatic Series Night, Comedy Series, Musical Variety, Reality Programs, Daytime Serials, Children's Programs, Commercials"
(Press release).
Directors Guild of America
. January 8, 2010. Archived from
the original
on 7 February 2010
. Retrieved
8 January
2010
.
- ↑
King, Susan (July 8, 2010).
"Emmy nominations announced: 'Glee,' 'Mad Men' among shows receiving nods"
.
Los Angeles Times
. Archived from
the original
on May 1, 2015
. Retrieved
July 8,
2010
.
- ↑
"2010 Primetime Emmy Awards Nominations"
.
Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
. Retrieved
July 8,
2010
.
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