Matt Morrison and Lea Michele to star in new FOX show GLEE

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 9/5/08 at 11:12am

Morrison will play a hot young Spanish teacher who leads a high school glee club; Michele will play the star singer. 4 songs per hour long episode.

Starts in March, according to Playbill.

Will it last longer than Viva Laughlin?

[winston89]

Posted: 9/5/08 at 11:40am

Wow, that summary just made me laugh. It's a comfort to know that when I need high quality entertainment I can always count on fox.

I think it will not last as long as Viva Laughlin.

[BrodyFosse123]

Posted: 9/5/08 at 11:55am

Oh, it'll definitely run longer than CBS' VIVA LAUGHLIN. FOX will at least air 3 episodes before canning this doozy.

Sitcom turnover on FOX is quite immense, so even good shows disappear quickly.

[ABoyLikeThat]

Posted: 9/5/08 at 12:40pm

It's actually a pretty funny script and is by the guy that created Nip/Tuck. FOX is planning on putting it on right after American Idol last I heard so it might do well.

[shesamarshmallow]

Posted: 9/5/08 at 12:42pm

It's an hour-long comedy, not a sitcom.

[DrTheatre]

Posted: 9/5/08 at 12:44pm

So doe they sing outside of the "Glee" club or all musicals numbers by the "Glee" club? I can not see it be a musical if they are pushing the Glee Club format as a premise.

[Eris0303]

Posted: 9/5/08 at 12:47pm

I remember when "Kristin" was on the air. It wasn't a "bad" show but I think the fact that she sang in every episode turned off a lot of "non-theatre" people.

I hope the "four songs per episode" won't do the same thing but I would imagine it would have that "teen agnst" that is so popular with the demographic they're aiming for. A time slot right after AI is going to be very helpful in bring in an audience. I hope FOX allows it to build its audience.

[YoYo12345]

Posted: 9/5/08 at 12:48pm

sorta sounds like a form of Hamlet 2...without Sexy Jesus, roller skates, and Amy Poehler.

I'll watch.

[BrodyFosse123]

Posted: 9/5/08 at 12:52pm

An hour-long comedy? FOX can barely keep an audience interested in a 30-minute sitcom... an hour-long comedy isn't going to survive whatsoever. The only audience that'll be watching this will be those SPRING AWAKENING and Broadway fans, so I give this 2 airings, not 3.

An hour-long comedy has never survived on any network. ABC TV's UGLY BETTY is the closest to a successful hour-long comedy in recent years (nope, PUSHING DAISIES, GREY'S ANATOMY nor BOSTON LEGAL are comedies). All of the networks keep their comedy shows to a 30-minute format.

[DrTheatre]

Posted: 9/5/08 at 12:55pm

I will watch it to. But...I can not wait for a musical series that actually uses real songs, broadway songs, new scores to bring real life characters singing. I want to see a show being told through music and diaolgue than rather something like HSM, where it's just pure cheezy entertainment. I want to see something hard core, with heart and substance that not only makes us care about what they are singing about, but why they are singing. This may be too much for today's audience.

[TonyVincent]

Posted: 9/5/08 at 1:09pm

That'd also be really hard to create, DT.

A good musical takes years to develop. A musical worth of material would fill maybe 3 hours of TV time? Seems like you'd need a ton of really talented people to create a musical TV show where the songs are plot- and character-driven and actually good.

That said, if anyone pulled it off, I'd probably love it.

[galadriel_freak]

Posted: 9/5/08 at 1:14pm

Someday Lea will play someone her own age... I never believed her as a teenage in SA either...

I for one, liked Viva Laughlin... but enjoyed Blackpool much, much more...

[DrTheatre]

Posted: 9/5/08 at 1:21pm

what is blackpool?

[galadriel_freak]

Posted: 9/5/08 at 1:42pm

blackpool is a british mini series that inspired Viva Laughlin. it has David Tennant and Sarah Parish, two people i love. I highly recommend it to everyone... It's fantastic.

[Robert Taylor]

Posted: 9/5/08 at 1:54pm

Good for them.

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

Posted: 9/5/08 at 2:38pm

An hour-long comedy has never survived on any network.

Huh? MONK, a popular comedy starring Emmy-winning actor Tony Shalhoub has been running since 2002. DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES, another comedy (even with its soapy tendencies), is one of the most-watched prime time TV shows. And PUSHING DAISIES is very much a romantic comedy.
Having said that, I don't see this one lasting more than a couple episodes on the air. Then again when I first read the premise of PUSHING DAISIES I thought more or less the same thing and now it's one of my favorite TV shows.

[broadwayfan7]

Posted: 9/5/08 at 6:49pm

Good for Matt and Lea!

[myshikobit]

Posted: 9/5/08 at 8:39pm

I'll watch it! =)

[oohshizz146]

Posted: 9/5/08 at 8:58pm

Interesting...

[mastachen2]

Posted: 9/6/08 at 11:54pm

Lea's not that old. She just looks old.

So this explains why she stayed in LA after the Les Mis concert. I always wondered why she never went back to NY and actually got a house here. I might swing by the Fox studio to meet Matt Morrison.

[MrSweetNAwful]

Posted: 9/7/08 at 12:16am

I'm prepared to watch and enjoy it for it's entire month long run, even when Fox switches the time slot, lol.




...then again this might catch on, ya never know.

[dramamama611]

Posted: 9/7/08 at 2:29am

It will be easier to accept her (possibly) as a 17 year old over a 13 year old just coming into "bloom".

While I will watch this, I don't see it lasting very long....but stranger things have been known to happen.

[Greekmusicalfan]

Posted: 9/7/08 at 6:53am

I'm happy and excited for Matt and quite afraid for the show, though, of course, I wish it all the best !!

[broadwaytourist]

Posted: 9/7/08 at 8:16am

I hope this doesn't mean Matt will be leaving SP before Oct. 10 when I have tickets!!!!!

Posted: 9/8/08 at 12:44am

I heard about this~

I think you'll be okay broadwaytourist, unless Matt left his contract early he is contracted till January 4th.
Updated On: 9/8/08 at 12:44 AM