Finale Ratings: DWTS and Idol Split Tuesday Win While Hitting Lows, Glee Up But Down

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The Dancing With the Stars Season 14 finale led Tuesday in total viewers this week, while American Idol‘s Season 11 performance finale drew the night’s best demo rating.

Both reality contests were down sharply from a year ago, however, hitting all-time demo lows for a finale/performance finale, respectively. READ MORE


Glee Season 3 Finale Recap: Bye-Curious

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If you have yet to watch Tuesday’s Glee season finale, hit the nearest exit. Everyone else, read on…

It’s fitting that Glee‘s third-season finale ended with the bittersweet ritual of high-school graduation, and not just because half of the show’s characters happened to be members of the William McKinley High senior class. READ MORE


Gloria Estefan Talks Glee Finale Visit, Supporting 'Brittana' and Having It Out With [Spoiler]

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On the Season 3 finale of Fox’s Glee (airing Tuesday at 8/7c), the graduating seniors may be saying goodbye, but they’ll also be saying “hello” to Gloria Estefan — playing Santana’s mom, Maribel Lopez.

While she won’t be singing during this TV appearance, the three-time Grammy winner will be delivering “zingers” at Breadstix. In the following Q&A, the self-proclaimed “Gleek” previews a “monkey wrench” for Brittana …READ MORE


Glee (Hour 2) Recap: The Prize Winners of Lima, Ohio [Updated]

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Apparently, Ryan Murphy & Co. decided to approach Glee‘s third season with a “save the best for last” mentality. “Nationals,” the year’s penultimate episode, turned out to be a spectacular hour of jaw-dropping musical numbers and satisfying plot developments. And not even a Perez Hilton cameo …READ MORE


Glee (Hour 1) Recap: Being (Rachel) Is Believin' [Updated]

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I know even die-hard Gleeks sometimes accuse the show of being implausible and inconsistent and a whole bunch of other not-so-flattering words that begin with “i.” But after almost three full seasons of singing and dancing and angsting, there’s still some magic left in the tank of Fox’s high-school musical, and that point was driven home by hour one of this week’s two-episode extravaganza.

Indeed, “Props” turned out to be a two-Kleenex affair, thanks to terrific work by …READ MORE


TVLine Items: Glee Plans Britney Tribute No. 2, Ex-Community EPs Join Fox Comedy and More!

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It’s official: Glee is a slave for Britney Spears.

Fox’s musical dramedy is planning to pay tribute to the pop icon — and new X Factor judge — for a second time …READ MORE


Glee Recap: Took a Big Chance at the High School Dance [Updated]

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“It’s a prom miracle!” That line from this week’s Glee had a very specific intent, but it could’ve applied to any number of plot developments including, but not limited to, the following:

* Rory emerging from his hiding place at the end of the rainbow. (Yep, he still goes to McKinley!)

* Becky and Puck being named King and Queen of …READ MORE


Glee Recap: A Her-story of Violence

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The New Directions’ rehearsal room may be “America’s No. 1 desination for cheap, sappy moralizing” (Sue Sylvester’s words, not mine), but even at its After School Special-iest moments, Glee can still manage to tug at the heartstrings. And in this week’s episode — titled “Choke” — most of the emotional punch was delivered by …READ MORE


Glee Recap: Houston, We Have Teenage Problems

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Call me cynical, but I’m not 100 percent certain that a group of kids who were only four years old when Whitney Houston released 1998′s My Love Is Your Love (aka the CD that spawned her last couple of iconic singles) would spend two months mourning the late, great diva at their locker-shrines.

That said, sometimes (or all times) one watches Glee, one needs to send one’s inner cynic out for a cocktail (or three), then sit back and enjoy the show. …READ MORE