Matt Morrison and Lea Michele to star in new FOX show GLEE — Page 2

Digging up this thread, since Fox just released the first promotional picture for GLEE:


Looks like a fun show...
Bigger version of the picture

It's also produced by Ryan Murphy (creator of Nip/Tuck and previously Popular).

Now that man can take something CAMPY and outrageous and make it work.

I for one, am looking forward to this.

If the material and quality of this show doesn't kill it, Lea Michele and her horrible, HORRIBLE acting will.

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My friend Brandon works at a FOX affiliate and watched a screener of the pilot and said it was as bad as FOX's short run DO NOT DISTURB. He says it has that 'we think we're being funny and clever' tone to it like every single FOX TV comedy that's ever aired on that network and failed miserably. He said it was painful to watch.

Hey, at least they got paid for the episodes that were indeed filmed, even those that won't see the light of day.

What was the last successful FOX sitcom?

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I was the only one who liked Stacked

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NO WAY! I think the token black girl is the same girl who played Oprah/Pam in the 30 Rock Season 3 premiere last October!

emo_geek: I watched Stacked. It did have Christopher Lloyd, at least.

And, yeah, this doesn't look like the best show ever.

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I dunno, Boston Public had a ton of singing and it lasted a while. I think it's how you set it up, personally.

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If that's the real script, it sounds like a darker version of High School Musical.

And I was a total choir nerd, but I don't even think I would have taken choir that seriously.

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I dunno, it sounds not dramatic enough to be a drama and not funny enough to be a comedy (that script is pretty depressing).

Again, this is assuming that's the real script.

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How can you talk TV musicals and not mention the excellent Flight of the Conchords? I'm a bit worried about how the second season's going to be, since they're going to have to write new songs instead of using their time-tested material on it, but the first season was hilarious.

Anyway, I imagine that the numbers in this will be in a performance context, which strips away one layer of disbelief for those oh-so-sensitive audiences who apparently can't handle singing onscreen.

But that script...erm, wow. I'm an absolute sucker for uplifting stories about great teaching, so I hope that's a fake, because if it isn't, the performers are going to have to be amazing to make those plodding lines work. And there were about 3 funnyish bits in the whole thing. This is still being marketed as a comedy?

(Also, if I were making a TV show about insane student musical subcultures, I'd totally go for college a capella instead.)

Updated On: 1/7/09 at 08:46 PM