Saturday, May 18, 2013

When Does Glee Season 5 Start?

Finn and Rachel in Glee Season 4, Episode 19 "Sweet Dreams"

Credit: Adam Rose/©2013 Fox Broadcasting Co.
School’s out for summer. But luckily, school is NOT out forever. Glee Season 4 has come to a close, but the musical comedy will be coming back for Season 5 in the fall.

FOX has yet to announce an official premiere date, but FOX entertainment chairman Kevin Reilly has given us some pretty darn specific hints. During a recent conference call with reporters, Kevin said that he thinks The X Factor and Glee will likely “get out of the gate two weeks early.”

Last year, Glee premiere on Thursday, September 13. That would put this year’s premiere at Thursday, August 29, provided that nothing changes.

Before you get too excited about Glee’s super-early premiere, we should point out that other changes to the usual show schedule don’t have quite as many fans jumping for joy. FOX has decided to break Glee Season 5 into two distinct chunks. The first half will begin in August 2013, but the second half won’t start until the Spring of 2014.

Between those two halfs of the season, FOX will be airing Rake, a legal drama about a “criminal defense attorney whose chaotic and self-destructive personal life often gets in the way of his professional one."

It’s an interesting format, to be sure, but the majority of fans still seem to be willing to give it a shot!

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