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Glee Season 1
Season 1
No. of episodes22[1]
Release
Original networkFox
Original releaseMay 19, 2009
Season chronology
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The first season of the musical comedy-drama television series Glee originally aired from May 19, 2009 on Fox in the United States. The season was produced by 20th Century Fox Television and Ryan Murphy Television, and the executive producers were series creators Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk, and Dante Di Loreto.

The series focuses on on a high school glee club called "New Directions", set within the fictional William McKinley High School in Lima, Ohio. The season consists of 22 episodes. The pilot episode was broadcast as an advanced preview on May 19, 2009, followed by a further 12 episodes from September 9, 2009 to December 9, 2009. The season will resume for a further nine episodes from April 13, 2010. The first 13 episodes of the season aired on Wednesdays at 9:00 pm, while the final nine episodes will be aired on Tuesdays at 9:00 pm. The season received generally favorable reviews, and was nominated for four Golden Globe Awards: six Satellite Awards and several guild awards.

Crew

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Actress Dianna Agron, with series creator Ian Brennan and executive producer Dante Di Loreto.

The season was produced by 20th Century Fox Television and Ryan Murphy Television, and was aired on Fox in the U.S. The executive producers were series creators Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk, and Dante Di Loreto, with John Peter Kousas and creator Ian Brennan acting as co-executive producers.[2] The first two episodes were co-written by Murphy, Falchuk and Brennan, with the remainder of the season written by them individually. Murphy and Falchuk also directed several episodes, while other episodes were directed by Elodie Keene, John Scott, Paris Barclay and Bill D'Elia. Joss Whedon will guest-direct one of the final nine episodes of the season.[3]

Cast

File:Lea Michele, Cory Monteith & Dianna Agron cropped.jpg
Lea Michele, Cory Monteith and Dianna Agron at the Glee Comic-Con panel in July 2009.

The season had a cast of 12 actors who received star billing. Matthew Morrison played Will Schuester, director of the McKinley High glee club.[4] Jane Lynch played Sue Sylvester, head coach of the cheerleading squad and the glee club's arch-nemesis.[5] Jayma Mays portrayed Emma Pillsbury, a mysophobic guidance counselor with romantic feelings for Will.[6] Jessalyn Gilsig played Terri Schuester, Will's wife of five years.[7] Lea Michele played Rachel Berry, the star of the glee club.[7] Cory Monteith portrayed Finn Hudson, star quarterback of the school's football team blackmailed into joining the club.[7] Also playing club members were Amber Riley as Mercedes Jones, Chris Colfer as Kurt Hummel, Kevin McHale as Artie Abrams, and Jenna Ushkowitz as Tina Cohen-Chang. Mark Salling played Noah "Puck" Puckerman, a football player and bully who later joined the club, while Dianna Agron portrayed Quinn Fabray, Finn's girlfriend, who became pregnant with Puck's baby.

The season also includes a number of secondary characters including Patrick Gallagher as Ken Tanaka, head coach of the football team, Iqbal Theba as Principal Figgins, and Stephen Tobolowsky as Sandy Ryerson, the former glee club director. Naya Rivera and Heather Morris played Santana Lopez and Brittany, cheerleaders who joined the glee club with Quinn, and Harry Shum, Jr. and Dijon Talton portrayed Mike Chang and Matt Rutherford, football players who joined the club with Puck.

Reception

Metacritic gave the season a Metascore—a weighted average based on the impression of 18 critical reviews—of 77%, signifying generally favorable reviews.[8] James Poniewozik of Time ranked it the eighth best television show of the year, commenting: "when Glee works — which is often — it is transcendent, tear-jerking and thrilling like nothing else on TV. [...] It can be a mess, but it's what great TV should be: reckless, ambitious, heart-on-its-sleeve and, thanks especially to Jane Lynch as drill-sergeant cheerleading coach Sue Sylvester, gaspingly funny. When it hits its high notes, nothing else matters."[9] Entertainment Weekly's Ken Tucker ranked the season ninth, calling it "Hands down the year’s most novel show [and] also its least likely success",[10] and Lisa Respers France of CNN wrote that while ordinarily Glee's premise would have been "a recipe for disaster", the show has "such quirky charm and bravado that it is impossible not to get swept up".[11] Variety's Brian Lowry was critical of the season's early episodes, highlighting acting and characterization issues,[12] writing that the show's talent was squandered by its "jokey, cartoonish, wildly uneven tone",[13] and deeming the series a "one-hit wonder"[13] Following the show's mid-season finale, Lowry wrote that while Glee "remains a frustrating mess at times", its "vibrant musical numbers and talented cast have consistently kept it on [his] TiVo must list" conceding that "even with its flaws, TV would be poorer without Glee."[14]

Two soundtracks were released to accompany the first season: Glee: The Music, Volume 1 and Glee: The Music, Volume 2, with a number of songs also released as singles, available for digital download. The show's musical performances proved a commercial success, with both albums certified gold and over four million copies of Glee cast single releases purchased.[15] In 2009, the Glee cast had 25 singles chart on the Billboard Hot 100, the most by any artist since the Beatles had 31 songs in the chart in 1964.[16] The cast performance of "Don't Stop Believin' was certified gold in November 2009, achieving over 500,000 digital sales.[17] The series' cover versions have also had a positive effect on the original recording artists, with sales of Rihanna's "Take a Bow" increasing by 189 per cent after the song was covered in the Glee episode "Showmance".[17] After three episodes, Fox picked Glee up for a full season on September 21, 2009.[18] It was commissioned for a second season on 11 January 2010, after 13 episodes had aired.[15]

Ratings

The pilot episode of Glee aired immediately after the 2009 series finale of American Idol. It averaged 9.619 million viewers,[19] beginning with 12.518 million, and dropping after the first half hour from first place in the ratings to third, retaining only 8.917 million viewers.[20] When the director's cut version of the episode aired on September 2, 2009, it attained just 4.2 million viewers.[21] Ratings improved when the series returned with "Showmance" on September 9, 2009, averaging 7.3 million viewers, making Glee the second most watched show of the evening after NBC's America's Got Talent. It achieved a 3.5/9 rating/share in the 18-49 demographic, making it Fox's best scripted premiere in three years.[22] However, as Scott Collins for the Los Angeles Times noted, the other major networks besides Fox all opened the evening by airing a speech by President Barack Obama, disrupting regular viewing patterns. Furthermore, the official fall season had yet to begin, placing Glee against weaker competition in the ratings than the remainder of the season would experience.[23] The following eight episodes averaged 6.6-7.6 million viewers, falling to a series low of 6.10 million viewers with "Hairography" on November 25, 2009.[24] The episode aired the night before Thanksgiving, when all the major networks saw decreased ratings.[25] Viewership improved for the final two episodes of the first half of the season, with "Mattress" and "Sectionals" drawing 8.17 and 8.127 million viewers respectively.[26][27] The show has been a massive ratings success for E4 in the UK, constantly been the most-watched show on cable, with the first episodes averaging almost 1 million viewers.[28]

Awards

Glee's first season was nominated for six Satellite Awards, five of which were won.[29] It also won an American Film Institute Award,[30] a Artios Award,[31] a Diversity Award,[32] a Hollywood Music in Media Award,[33] and a People's Choice Award.[34] The season was additionally nominated for four Golden Globe Awards,[35] three Teen Choice Awards,[36] two Directors Guild of America Awards,[37] two Writers Guild of America Awards,[38] an Art Directos Guild Award,[39] an NAACP Image Award,[40] and a Screen Actors Guild Award.[41]

Episodes

See also: List of Glee episodes
Episode
# 		Title Directed by Written by Original air date U.S. viewers
(in millions)
1"Pilot"Ryan MurphyRyan Murphy & Brad Falchuk & Ian BrennanMay 19, 2009 (2009-05-19)Template:Ref harv9.62[42]
2"Showmance"Ryan MurphyRyan Murphy & Brad Falchuk & Ian BrennanSeptember 9, 2009 (2009-09-09)7.3[22]
3"Acafellas"John ScottRyan MurphySeptember 16, 2009 (2009-09-16)6.642[43]
4"Preggers"Brad FalchukBrad FalchukSeptember 23, 2009 (2009-09-23)6.624[44]
5"The Rhodes Not Taken"John ScottIan BrennanSeptember 30, 2009 (2009-09-30)7.32[45]
6"Vitamin D"Elodie KeeneRyan MurphyOctober 7, 2009 (2009-10-07)7.30[46]
7"Throwdown"Ryan MurphyBrad FalchukOctober 14, 2009 (2009-10-14)7.65[47]
8"Mash-Up"Elodie KeeneIan BrennanOctober 21, 2009 (2009-10-21)7.24[48]
9"Wheels"Paris BarclayRyan MurphyNovember 11, 2009 (2009-11-11)7.53[49]
10"Ballad"Brad FalchukBrad FalchukNovember 18, 2009 (2009-11-18)7.29[50]
11"Hairography"Bill D'EliaIan BrennanNovember 25, 2009 (2009-11-25)6.10[24]
12"Mattress"Elodie KeeneRyan MurphyDecember 2, 2009 (2009-12-02)8.17[26]
13"Sectionals"Brad FalchukBrad FalchukDecember 9, 2009 (2009-12-09)8.13[27]
14"Hello"[51]Brad Falchuk[52]Ian Brennan[51]April 13, 2010 (2010-04-13)[53]TBA
15"The Power of Madonna"[54]TBATBATBATBA
16"Home(Theme From Beauty And The Beast Musical will be used)"[55]TBATBATBATBA
17"Bad Reputation"[56]TBATBATBATBA

Notes

1 An extended director's cut of the pilot was broadcast on September 2, 2009 as a lead-in to the series premiere. On it's broadcast, the extended episode attracted 4.2 million viewers.[21]

DVD releases

Glee - Pilot Episode: Director's Cut was released on Region 1 DVD in the US on September 1, 2009, exclusively to Wal-Mart.[57] It was released on Region 4 DVD in Australia on November 25, 2009.[58] It will be released on Region 2 DVD in the UK on January 25, 2010.[59] The DVD includes a preview of the episode "Showmance", plus a deconstruction of the series by creator Ryan Murphy.[57]

Glee - Volume 1: Road to Sectionals contains the first thirteen episodes of Glee season one. It was released as a four-disc box set on Region 1 DVD in the US and Canada on December 29, 2009.[60] It will be released on Region 4 DVD in Australia on March 31, 2010,[citation needed] and on Region 2 DVD in the UK on April 19, 2010.[61] Special features include full length audition pieces from the pilot episode by Lea Michele as Rachel Berry and Amber Riley as Mercedes Jones, plus casting and choreography featurettes.[62]

Glee - Pilot Episode: Director's Cut
Set details Special features
  • 1 Episode
  • Single disc
  • 1.78:1 Aspect Ratio
  • Subtitles: English, Spanish
  • English (Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround)
Release dates
 United States,  Canada  United Kingdom  Australia,  New Zealand
September 1, 2009 January 25, 2010 November 25, 2009
Glee - Volume 1: Road to Sectionals
Set details Special features
  • 13 Episodes
  • 4-disc box set
  • 1.78:1 Aspect Ratio
  • Subtitles: English, French, Spanish, Portuguese
  • English (Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround)
  • Full length audition pieces
  • Welcome to McKinley featurette
  • Fox Movie Channel casting session
  • Deconstructing Glee with Ryan Murphy
  • Dance Boot Camp
  • Repurposed Web VAM
  • Meet Jane Lynch
  • Video Diaries
  • Things you don't know about the cast (Jayma, Cory, Chris, Amber)
  • Jane Lynch- A to GLEE
Release dates
 United States,  Canada  United Kingdom  Australia,  New Zealand
December 29, 2009 April 19, 2010 March 31, 2010

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