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Glee (season 2)
Season 2
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Original networkFox
Original releaseSeptember 21, 2010
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The second season of the musical comedy-drama television series Glee premiered on September 21, 2010 on Fox in the United States, and is expected to consist of 22 episodes. The season will initially air in the 8 pm (ET) time slot on Tuesdays, then move to the 9 pm (ET) time slot on Wednesdays after a special episode following the 2011 Super Bowl. The season was produced by 20th Century Fox Television and Ryan Murphy Television, with series creators Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk as executive producers, alongside Dante Di Loreto.

The series focuses on a high school glee club called New Directions, set within the fictional William McKinley High School in Lima, Ohio. Season two will follow the club through sectional and regional show choir competitions, to the national competition in New York City.

Episodes

See also: List of Glee episodes
Series # Season # Title Directed by Written by Original air date U.S. viewers
(million)
231"Audition"Brad FalchukIan BrennanSeptember 21, 2010 (2010-09-21)12.45[1]
242"Britney/Brittany"Ryan MurphyRyan MurphySeptember 28, 2010 (2010-09-28)13.51[2]
253"Grilled Cheesus"Alfonso Gomez-RejonBrad FalchukOctober 5, 2010 (2010-10-05)11.20[3]
264"Duets"Eric StoltzIan BrennanOctober 12, 2010 (2010-10-12)11.36[4]
275"The Rocky Horror Glee Show"[5]Adam Shankman[6]UnknownOctober 26, 2010 (2010-10-26)[7]TBA
286"Never Been Kissed"[7]UnknownUnknownNovember 9, 2010 (2010-11-09)[7]TBA
297"The Substitute"[8]UnknownUnknownNovember 16, 2010 (2010-11-16)[7]TBA
308TBAUnknownUnknownNovember 23, 2010 (2010-11-23)TBA

Production

The season will be produced by 20th Century Fox Television and Ryan Murphy Television, and will air on Fox in the U.S. The executive producers are series creators Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk, and Dante Di Loreto, with creator Ian Brennan acting as co-executive producer.[9] While season one was written exclusively by Murphy, Falchuk and Brennan, they plan on taking on five or six new writers from January 2010 to ensure the longevity of the show.[10] Adam Shankman will guest-direct one of the first ten episodes,[11] now known to be the fifth in the season.[6]

The season will air from September 21, 2010, in the 8/7c timeslot on Tuesdays.[12] A special tribute episode dedicated to either Prince, The Beatles, or Michael Jackson will air after Super Bowl XLV on February 6, 2011,[13] and the show will then make its spring premiere on Wednesdays at 9/8c, following American Idol.[12] The series producers are in talks with Fox to extend the length of the season to 25 episodes, rather than the customary 22.[14] The season finale is planned to end with the national show choir competition taking place in New York City.[15]

The second episode was a Britney Spears tribute episode centered around glee club member Brittany, who will cover two of her songs, out of five in the episode.[16][17] The season will also feature a sequel to the episode "The Power of Madonna" featuring six Madonna songs,[18][19][20] very possibly featuring a mashup of "Erotica" and "Justify My Love", sung by Jenna Ushkowitz as Tina Cohen-Chang.[21] There will also be an episode featuring songs from The Rocky Horror Show,[22] including "The Time Warp",[11] an episode featuring a religious theme (including covers of Barbra Streisand's "Papa, Can You Hear Me?" and R.E.M.'s "Losing My Religion"),[22] and an episode featuring original songs.[23] Artists being considered to be covered on Glee include Courtney Love, Billy Joel, and Led Zeppelin.[24] In addition, Coldplay has allowed the show to cover any of their songs.[25] Music by Paul McCartney and The Beach Boys have been confirmed to be covered on the show.[26][27] The writers plan on reducing the number of musical performances to average five per episode, in order to increase focus on the characters.[16][28]

An extended play tied to the Super Bowl tribute episode will be released for the season, as well as two soundtrack albums: one in the fourth quarter of 2010 and another in the first quarter of 2011.[29][30] Glee: The Music, The Christmas Album, featuring winter holiday-themed songs, is set for release in November 2010.[31][32]

Cast

The twelve main cast members from season one will return for season two: Matthew Morrison as glee club director Will Schuester, Jane Lynch as cheerleading coach Sue Sylvester, Jayma Mays as guidance counselor Emma Pillsbury, Jessalyn Gilsig as Will's now ex-wife Terri Schuester and Dianna Agron, Chris Colfer, Kevin McHale, Lea Michele, Cory Monteith, Amber Riley, Mark Salling and Jenna Ushkowitz as glee club members Quinn Fabray, Kurt Hummel, Artie Abrams, Rachel Berry, Finn Hudson, Mercedes Jones, Noah "Puck" Puckerman and Tina Cohen-Chang, respectively.[9] Heather Morris and Naya Rivera, who portray the formerly recurring roles of Brittany Pierce and Santana Lopez respectively, were promoted to series regulars.[33] Mike O'Malley, who plays Burt Hummel also became a series regular in season two.[34]

Supporting cast member Harry Shum, Jr. will have an increased role as glee club member Mike Chang, dating Tina, who breaks up with Artie due to his careless attitude.[35] Dijon Talton will, however, not return to the role of Matt Rutherford. He will be written off as having transferred.[36] Guest stars Jonathan Groff, Kristin Chenoweth and Idina Menzel will return as Jesse St. James, April Rhodes and Shelby Corcoran respectively,[37][38][39] and Murphy is hopeful that Neil Patrick Harris will return as Will's high school rival Bryan Ryan.[37] Kurt will get his first boyfriend and they will become a school power-couple,[40] and Charice Pempengco will play a foreign exchange student named Sunshine Corazon from the Philippines and rival to Rachel.[41] On June 8, 2010, it was announced that John Stamos, who was derided by Emma in "Acafellas" as having "more certainty than talent", has been cast as her new love interest.[42] Susan Boyle will guest-star in the Christmas episode as a cafeteria worker,[26] and Javier Bardem will guest-star during the second half of the season as an ex love interest of Sue.[43] Dot Jones will appear as football coach Shannon Beiste, replacing Patrick Gallagher as Ken Tanaka.[44][45] Chord Overstreet will play Sam Evans, a transferring student athlete who befriends Finn at first, but ends up becoming his rival.[46][47] Cheyenne Jackson will play Vocal Adrenaline's new coach, Dustin Goolsby, replacing the role previously played by Menzel.[48] Sue Sylvester's mother will also be introduced this season, to be played by stage and screen legend Carol Burnett.[49] Meat Loaf and Barry Bostwick, who both starred in The Rocky Horror Picture Show, will appear in Glee's Halloween Rocky Horror tribute episode,[50] playing right-wing television station managers and colleagues of Sue.[51] On September 22, 2010, Murphy confirmed to the BBC that Gwyneth Paltrow will appear as a substitute teacher who takes over for, and catches the interest of, an ailing Will for two episodes in November.[52][53] Darren Criss will play a charismatic gay student named Blaine from a rival glee club who will befriend Kurt.[54] Adam Kolkin will portray an eight-year old Kurt in the third episode of the season,[55][56] and the producers are looking for kindergarten-aged actors to play child versions of Puck, Santana, Rachel, Brittany, and Mercedes in the season's seventh episode.[57]

In January 2010, it was announced that open auditions would be held for three new roles to be introduced in Glee's second season. They were open to amateurs and professionals aged 16 to 26, and were intended to be the subject of a multi-part television special, set to air in the lead-in to the second season premiere in fall 2010, with the new cast members revealed in the first episode.[58] Murphy commented: "Anybody and everybody now has a chance to be on a show about talented underdogs. We want to be the first interactive musical comedy on television."[59] On June 22, 2010, Josef Adalian of New York magazine revealed that the reality show would not go ahead, due to Murphy's desire to concentrate on the main series, and fear that the distraction of the reality show may damage Glee. Adalian reported that the production team would still choose several winners from the entrants and invite them to appear on Glee for at least one episode.[60]

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