Dorks Unite for Glee!

If you're reading this blog, odds are pretty high that you dvr'd, watched, and re-watched Glee this week. As a former band/drama/glee club geek, it is impossible not to love this show. Creators Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuck, and Ian Brennan have done a bang-up job of establishing a high school story that takes on the highs and lows of nerddom and celebrates it in earnest as much as it satirizes it. The case is studded with gems of the Broadway world, with Matt Morrison and Lea Michele in two of the central roles. And yes, creator Ian Brennan is the talented actor you may remember from plays like Liz Meriwether's Mistakes Madeline Made and The Vineyard's Mary Rose. Insiders say the show's delightfully quirky humor comes directly from him.

Glee has already shot a full season that will air in the fall. To make good news better, Fox is pairing it with So You Think You Can Dance. As Mary Murphy would say, "AAAAAiiiiiaaaHotTamale!!"