Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glee_(TV_series)#U.S._ratings

Pros:
- It’s a fun concept, and it’s kind of about music
- The pacing is quick with amusing cutaways, sort of like ‘Scrubs’ or ‘Arrested Development’.
- The show doesn’t take itself seriously.
- The actors sing their own music.

Cons:
- The show doesn’t really bring anything fresh to the table. Besides the two shows mentioned above, its vanity reminds me of ‘Gossip Girls’, and we’ve seen most of these superficial conflicts before in shows and movies (e.g. High School Musical, American Pie).
- The main characters’ acting is stiff, dry, and at times painful. I feel as if they act how high school students would act onstage in a production, not in real life (but it’s unintentional, not clever).
- Most of the cast doesn’t evoke sympathy, so there’s nobody to cheer on as they confront their problems.
- In fact, most of them aren’t just annoying – they’re downright aggravating.

My overall sentiments about the show echo my thoughts about Will and Terri’s doomed marriage. Of course, you’re *supposed* to secretly want him to end up with Emma, but why have him *married* to such a vain person in the first place? Using the cookie cutter romantic comedy formula, they should at most be dating so it doesn’t seem like such a moral conflict to wish them apart (High school sweethearts? Seriously?).

Instead, what you have is Will, a sufficiently likeable protagonist that you can’t really feel sorry for, pursuing wayward goals that look good on paper but seem too exaggerated and unrealistic in execution. Just like the show.

…I’m going to give it my usual two-episode watch before I make any decisions, but I seriously can’t see how this will keep my attention. There are better shows that have debuted recently.

Like ‘Leverage’.

I do agree about the marriage though. It really stinks.