‘Glee’ season 6 spoilers: How long will Lea Michele, Chris Colfer’s last chapter be?
Is the final encore for “Glee” going to be a shorter one than you first thought? You better believe it, based on some of what we are hearing now.
At this point a year ago, the belief was that the show was going to get two 22-episode seasons to close the door on a show that was once a phenomenon. It launched the careers of Lea Michele, Chris Colfer, and others, and opened up musicals as TV possibilities again. All of this is still true, but the ratings suggest that the show is going out now with more of a whimper than it is with a flourish.
Thanks to these low ratings (which include losing to almost everything come finale night), TVLine is reporting now that discussions between Fox and the show could lead to there being a sixth season of just 13 episodes. This is the length of last year’s first season of “Sleepy Hollow,” and also the length of many cable shows.
We know that for some people, this will be a letdown since it does mean less content. At the same time, however, we feel like this can work out pretty well for the show. Fewer episodes mean opportunities to compress the story, and give us tales that reflect more specific characters and their journeys. For the rest of the summer, we see us avidly supporting the idea of Kurt (Chris Colfer), Rachel (Lea Michele), and many more getting isolated episodes so that we can see specific updates as to where they are in the time that has passed since the fifth-season finale.
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Laura
May 25, 2014 @ 1:03 am
I loved Glee from the first episode. But it is a hard show to keep up with. I totally blame the low ratings on Fox network with a good share on the writers. This last move to Tuesdays and 1 hour earlier was a deliberate death sentence. CBS rules the night. Glee was better on Thursdays and on a hour later. They said it was suppose to have more grown up story lines but they put it an hour earlier. The viewers have grown up. I have to DVR to watch it since it comes on too early for me. I know some people who watched on Thursdays but never made the move back to Tuesdays and when they remembered missed most of the show. Since this is the last season the faithful fans deserve the 22 (actually 24) hours of glee. But that will not happen. Fox killed the show by never giving the fans enough new episodes in a row and moving the show around from Tuesday to Thursday to Tuesday and time slots. The show needs some new writers too. Some fresh ideas. I liked Chris Colfer wrote an episode, but bring someone new and fresh. And give the actors and fans a last season be to remembered.
atigrace
May 25, 2014 @ 2:16 am
Touche. Its too hard to see 1 – 3 new episodes, then weeks of no new episodes. By doing this crap, they’ve made it difficult for the audience to let us gleeks get vested in the characters, when we know were not going to see whats happening w/the characters, for weeks & weeks. By the time a new episode is aired, we’ve already moved on to other shows. Its the equivalent of a “pr-ck tease” (sorry, theres probably better analogies, just can’t think of a less graphic way to say that right this minute). We absolutely deserve better. Fox network has bitten themselves in their own behinds w/their handling of this show, & screwed the fans in the process. Kevin Rielly (? The head of Fox network) should be FIRED before he screws up current & future Fox TV shows. Clearly he’s in way over head on guiding Fox
Rini XCX
May 25, 2014 @ 4:15 pm
Had he been given more episodes to write, Chris would’ve been able to write better stories. Although he might be reluctant to write ground breaking acts with his friends’ characters since he doesn’t want to get any conflict with any of his co-stars, but I think he has hope for the future-but he should be given few episodes in a row or co-write.
NotARealEmail;)
May 24, 2014 @ 11:11 pm
Will Lea continue to act when Glee is over? She hasn’t been in a lot of movies and Glee seems to be the only thing she does….
I hope she has another opportunity to be in another show or star in some Movies. I would Tots miss her on my tv if she does D:
no new episodes
May 24, 2014 @ 11:05 am
So, atigrace, are you saying the problem is many weeks w/no new episodes, weeks & weeks w/no new episodes or way too many weks w/no new episodes?
atigrace
May 25, 2014 @ 2:26 am
Sorry if I’m confusing you, but now im confused by your question. What’s the difference between “many weeks w/no new episodes”, “weeks & weeks w/no new episodes” & “way too many weeks w/no new EI episodes”? Aren’t all 3 of these the same? :-D
atigrace
May 24, 2014 @ 6:38 am
I’ve been a die hard gleek since the 1st episode I saw, but imn beyond digusted w/Fox, Ryan Murphy & everyone else whose been behind these decisions to cut back on Glee episodes. Hey Fox etal, if your wondering why the ratings have sunk so badly, let me enlighten you. It has been incredibly annoying from season 1 forward for us fans to constantly get into Glee, then have so many weeks w/no new episodes. Fox has gone for weeks w/no new Glee episodes due to things like sports playoffs etc. And each season, the long absence’s of new episodes just get longer & longer. This makes it too difficult to get vested in the characters & story lines, then go to weeks & weeks in the middle of the regular seasons, w/no new episodes. By the time there are finally new episodes in between these “breaks”, its difficult to care what the characters were doing before these weeks & weeks w/no new episodes. By then we’ve moved on to other TV shows on channels where you know they’re won’t be long periods of time w/no new Glee shows. By the time Fox does finally air new episodes, WHO CARES? Shame on Fox for screwing up what could have been a long running hit show. Way too msny “breaks” w/no new episodes to keep our interest. Fix, you completely screwed yourselves out of something that coukd & should have been more consistant. Whoever is behind the approval of the constant 2 new episodes followed by a month w/no new episodes, shoukd be fired. I’m not bummed they’ve screwed up a good show, I’m disgusted.