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Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk\u2019s musical comedy-drama \u2018Glee\u2019 was first screened on Fox on May 19th, 2009. In a strategy to whip up excitement before the season premiere in the Autumn, the network showed the pilot in a plum post-\u2018American Idol\u2019 slot, and then besieged websites and social networks with advertisements over the Summer.\nThe strategy worked - justifying \u2018Glee\u2019s enormous budget, relatively unknown cast, and complex musical rights negotiations - and by the end of 2009 the show had generated 25 Billboard Hot 100 hits from its soundtrack.\nIn this episode, Arion, Rebecca and Olly explain how this tightly-structured pilot cunningly conceals its Broadway roots whilst introducing its cast of characters; consider how the success of the series launched Journey\u2019s \u2018Don\u2019t Stop Believin\u2019 onto an unsuspecting UK; and consider whether the show\u2019s happy vibes had the good fortune to launch in the midst of the financial crisis\u2026\nFurther Reading:\n\u2022 \u2018Glee Pilot Oral History, Part 4: The Premiere\u2019 (Out Magazine, 2015): https://www.out.com/television/2015/3/19/glee-pilot-oral-history-part-4-premiere\n\u2022 \u2018How Ryan Murphy Became the Most Powerful Man in TV\u2019 (The New Yorker, 2018): https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/05/14/how-ryan-murphy-became-the-most-powerful-man-in-tv\n\u2022 \u2018Glee Pilot Promo - May 19th, 2009\u2019 (Fox, 2009): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5O28G7TgOw\n#TV #LGBT #Music #2000s\nWe'll be back on Monday - unless you join\xa0\U0001f334CLUB RETROSPECTORS\U0001f334, where we give you ad-free listening AND a full-length Sunday episode every week!\nPlus, weekly bonus content, unlock over 70 bonus bits, and support our independent podcast.\nJoin now via\xa0Apple Podcasts\xa0or\xa0Patreon.\xa0Thanks!\n\xa0\nThe Retrospectors are Olly Mann, Rebecca Messina & Arion McNicoll, with Matt Hill.\nTheme Music: Pass The Peas. Announcer: Bob Ravelli. Graphic Design: Terry Saunders. Edit Producer: Sophie King.\nCopyright: Rethink Audio / Olly Mann 2023.\n Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices