'Glee' on steroids for Super Bowl
"Glee" star says the TV musical is pumping up the volume — and the action — for its post-Super Bowl episode.
LOS ANGELES:
TV musical "Glee" is pumping up the volume — and the action — for its post-Super Bowl episode this coming Sunday, says its star Jane Lynch.
"We are doing an episode of 'Glee' that is on steroids," Lynch, who portrays conniving cheerleader coach Sue Sylvester, told reporters on Thursday.
Lynch said Sylvester must work up a new routine for her high school squad of Cheerios, and their high-spirited tumbling must be bigger, better and badder than anything the boys and girls on the team have performed before. "It's definitely Sue Sylvester on the warpath," Lynch promised.
"Glee" is the smash hit comedy about a group of geeks in a high school glee club led by teacher Will Schuester (Matthew Morrison). Sylvester, of course, is the head of the popular Cheerios, and Schuester's arch rival. "Glee" is known for outrageous stories and show-stopping musical routines, so its plans for the post-Super Bowl show have been widely speculated about.
The time slot is widely coveted because the Super Bowl is the most-watched TV program of the year in the United States. Last year's game was seen by 106 million people, so appearing just after it exposes the show to numerous potential new fans.
The Super Bowl has caused a stir on other fronts as well with the Black Eyed Peas set to bring sport anthems to the event. With a set-list packed with sport stadium anthems, the Black Eyed Peas will take their place as the NFL's unofficial house band with a high-energy halftime performance at Super Bowl XLV on February 6 in Dallas. When the Grammy Award-winning hip-hop group takes to the stage at Cowboys Stadium on Sunday, they will have come a full circle, going from an opening act at an earlier Super Bowl to headlining the most viewed TV program in the United States.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 6th, 2011.
TV musical "Glee" is pumping up the volume — and the action — for its post-Super Bowl episode this coming Sunday, says its star Jane Lynch.
"We are doing an episode of 'Glee' that is on steroids," Lynch, who portrays conniving cheerleader coach Sue Sylvester, told reporters on Thursday.
Lynch said Sylvester must work up a new routine for her high school squad of Cheerios, and their high-spirited tumbling must be bigger, better and badder than anything the boys and girls on the team have performed before. "It's definitely Sue Sylvester on the warpath," Lynch promised.
"Glee" is the smash hit comedy about a group of geeks in a high school glee club led by teacher Will Schuester (Matthew Morrison). Sylvester, of course, is the head of the popular Cheerios, and Schuester's arch rival. "Glee" is known for outrageous stories and show-stopping musical routines, so its plans for the post-Super Bowl show have been widely speculated about.
The time slot is widely coveted because the Super Bowl is the most-watched TV program of the year in the United States. Last year's game was seen by 106 million people, so appearing just after it exposes the show to numerous potential new fans.
The Super Bowl has caused a stir on other fronts as well with the Black Eyed Peas set to bring sport anthems to the event. With a set-list packed with sport stadium anthems, the Black Eyed Peas will take their place as the NFL's unofficial house band with a high-energy halftime performance at Super Bowl XLV on February 6 in Dallas. When the Grammy Award-winning hip-hop group takes to the stage at Cowboys Stadium on Sunday, they will have come a full circle, going from an opening act at an earlier Super Bowl to headlining the most viewed TV program in the United States.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 6th, 2011.