The Price of Glee

The Price of Glee

The cast and crew of Glee reveal surprising truths about the making of the series and chronicle the meteoric rise of the hit Hollywood TV series.

Cast:Stephen Kramer GlickmanJustin NeillStacy KaiserFrederic RobinsonGeorge RiveraMichael RizzoScottontapeBarbara MunchLesley DianaErin StreckerDino-Ray RamosAndy SwiftJ.A. ByerlyKatrina MitzeliotisGwyneth PaltrowLea MicheleNaya RiveraCory Monteith


1Season 1

S1.E1 ∙ New Kids on the Lot

Sun, Jan 15, 2023

This installment discusses how the high cost of fame impacts the young cast of the new 2009 musical comedy/drama television series Glee on the Fox network. This new series revolves around the glee club at the fictional William McKinley High School in Lima, Ohio.

2Season 1

S1.E2 ∙ The Show Must Go On

Sun, Jan 15, 2023

This installment discusses the tragedies surrounding the death of Canadian Glee star Cory Monteith. His death due to an apparently accidental heroin and alcohol overdose on July 13, 2013 may have played a part in Glee's eventual cancellation.

3Season 1

S1.E3 ∙ When the Music Stops

Sun, Jan 15, 2023

This installment discusses the decline of the series. The musical's 2009 debut garnered an amazing 10 million viewers. This shot up to 13 million for the second season. At the end, Glee had dropped to less than 2 million viewers in the sixth season, and the final episode is aired in March 2015. The cast members are now having to readjust their lives and, for some of them, hardship takes over, reopening scars.