Smooth Transition? FOX PicksGlee For Post-Super Bowl Slot
Are you a big fan of the NFL? And are you a big fan ofGlee? Anyone still left?
FOX announced its fall and midseason schedule today at their upfront, and also revealed which show would get the coveted post-Super Bowl slot in February. And it’s going to involve a lot of singing.
Accordingto theNew York Times‘Brian Stelter, “The network will also scheduleGlee immediately following the Super Bowl next winter, a giant vote of confidence for the soon-to-be-sophomore series about a high school glee club.”
Felix Gillette of theNew York Observer predictedon Twitter that this choice could “set up for [a] big Glee halftime show.”
And while theGlee kids (plus a bevy of high-profile cameos) could make for an interesting Super Bowl halftime show – which has been thoroughly sanitized each year since the infamous nip slip – the choice for the the post-game slot is surprising. Certainly, the demographics ofGlee are probably farthest from the Super Bowl demographics of any show on FOX. But as the Super Bowl becomes more of an ‘event’ event than a sporting event, maybe that doesn’t matter anymore.
Looking at the Super Bowl “lead-out” showsfrom the past, there have been a wide variety of offerings. CBS has shown an interest in premiering new shows or seasons, like withUndercover Boss last year and a couple seasons ofSurvivor. The other networks usually turn to an all-star program to retain as much audience as possible.Glee is a top young program for FOX, but will it keep the football crowd?
Here are the past five “lead-out” shows:
2010-Undercover Boss
2009-The Office
2008-House
2007-Criminal Minds
2006-Grey’s Anatomy
