Glee TV Show Facts

Courtesy Of Fox

If you’re like us then you’re positively giddy for Glee! This musical comedy-drama TV series focuses on a high school show choir (which is also know as a glee club) at William McKinley High School in Ohio. The first episode of the show was broadcast on May 19, 2009 and the first season started airing on September 9,2009 - and we love it!

Main Cast

Matthew Morrison as Will Schuester: Spanish teacher and Glee Club director

Jane Lynch as Sue Sylvester: Head coach of the cheerleading squad – the Cheerios

Jayma Mays as Emma Pillsbury: Guidance counselor (with a crush on Will)

Jessalyn Gilsig as Terri Schuester: Will’s wife

Lea Michele as Rachel Berry: Star of the Glee Club and teacher’s pet

Cory Monteith as Finn Hudson: Star quarterback

Amber Riley as Mercedes Jones: Fashion-conscious diva who refuses to sing backup

Chris Colfer as Kurt Hummel: Bullied by the football team

Kevin McHale as Artie Abrams: Electric-guitar player who’s wheelchair-bound

Jenna Ushkowitz as Tina Cohen-Chang: Goth

Mark Salling as Noah “Puck Puckerman: Finn’s friend

Dianna Agron as Quinn Fabray: Finn’s girlfriend

Fun Facts

The pilot show averaged 9.619 million viewers

Other school clubs on the show are the Acafellas - an all-male singing group – and the Cheerios cheerleading squad

Actor Matthew Morrison was a member of a boy band called LMNT

The school counselor, Emma Pillsbury, is an extreme germaphobe

Actress Dianna Agron is a strict vegetarian and supports PETA

Actress Lea Michele was already nominated for a 2009 Teen Choice Award for TV Breakout Star: Female

Before getting his big acting break, Cory Montieth worked as a Wal-Mart greeter, taxi driver, telemarketer and construction worker

Before getting into acting, Chris Colfer worked as a cookie scooper at his high school and a dry cleaning clerk

When she was 17, Amber Riley tried out for American Idol but didn’t make the cut

Actor Kevin McHale has lots of nicknames: Kevy, KevKev, Kev and Special K

Kevin McHale was a member of a boy band called Not Like Them and has opened for the Pussycat Dolls

Actor Mark Salling just released a debut album with his band Jericho called Smoke Signals and also teaches guitar

Glee characters with Twitter accounts include Quinn Fabray and Sue Sylvester

iTune downloads of musical selections from Glee have now gone over the 1 million mark and almost every song from the show has entered the Top 200 upon release

Notable Quotes

Mercedes: “Why do we need to go all vanilla on this song? What we need is my chocolate thunder.”

Quinn: “Status is like currency. When your bank account is full, you can get away with doing just about anything. But right now, we’re, like, toxic assets.”

Finn: “I don’t think any one decision makes your life. Unless you invent some sort of zombie virus or something.”

Sue: “What kid is gonna choose glee club over football? It would be ridiculous.”