GLEE - Episode Information and Ratings (Numbers are from Nielsen Media Research with help from TVbytheNumbers)

Live+7 Total Viewers = Live Viewers + DVR playback up to 7 days later (Live + 7)

Live+SD Total Viewers = Live Viewers + Same Day DVR playback (Live + Same Day)

Live Total Viewers = Live Viewers

18-49 = Live + SD Numbers

Season 2

Timeslot: Tuesday at 8pm

Episode 2.1: "Audition"

Air Date: September 21, 2010

Written By: Ian Brennan

Directed By: Brad Falchuk

Live+7 Total Viewers: 14.73 million

Live+SD Total Viewers: 12.45 million

18-49: 5.6/16

18-49 Live+7: 6.6

Episode 2.2: "Britney/Brittany"

Air Date: September 28, 2010

Written By: Ryan Murphy

Directed By: Ryan Murphy

Live+7 Total Viewers: 16.14 million

Live+SD Total Viewers: 13.51 million

18-49: 5.9/17

18-49 Live+7: 7.1

Episode 2.3: "Grilled Cheesus"

Air Date: October 5, 2010

Written By: Brad Falchuk

Directed By: Alfonso Gomez-Rejon

Live+7 Total Viewers: 13.68 million

Live+SD Total Viewers: 11.20 million

18-49: 4.6/13

18-49 Live+7: 5.9

Episode 2.4: "Duets"

Air Date: October 12, 2010

Written By: Ian Brennan

Directed By: Eric Stoltz

Live+7 Total Viewers: 13.78 million

Live+SD Total Viewers: 11.20 million

18-49: 4.6/13

18-49 Live+7: 5.9

Episode 2.5: "The Rocky Horror Glee Show"

Air Date: October 26, 2010

Teleplay By: Ryan Murphy

Story By: Ryan Murphy & Tim Wollaston

Directed By: Adam Shankman

Live+7 Total Viewers: 14.15 million

Live+SD Total Viewers: 11.76 million

18-49: 4.9/13

18-49 Live+7: 6.1

Episode 2.6: "Never Been Kissed"

Air Date: November 9, 2010

Written By: Brad Falchuk

Directed By: Bradley Buecker

Live+7 Total Viewers: 13.62 million

Live+SD Total Viewers: 10.99 million

18-49: 4.6/13

18-49 Live+7: 5.8

Episode 2.7: "The Substitute"

Air Date: November 16, 2010

Written By: Ian Brennan

Directed By: Ryan Murphy

Live+7 Total Viewers: 14.39 million

Live+SD Total Viewers: 11.70 million

18-49: 5.0/14

18-49 Live+7: 6.2

Episode 2.8: "Furt"

Air Date: November 23, 2010

Written By: Ryan Murphy

Directed By: Carol Banker

Live+7 Total Viewers: 12.90 million

Live+SD Total Viewers: 10.41 million

18-49: 4.0/12

18-49 Live+7: 5.2

Episode 2.9: "Special Education"

Air Date: November 30, 2010

Written By: Brad Falchuk

Directed By: Paris Barclay

Live+7 Total Viewers: 14.29 million

Live+SD Total Viewers: 11.68 million

18-49: 4.6/13

18-49 Live+7: 5.8

Episode 2.10: "A Very Glee Christmas"

Air Date: December 7, 2010

Written By: Ian Brennan

Directed By: Alfonso Gomez-Rejon

Live+7 Total Viewers: 13.63 million

Live+SD Total Viewers: 11.07 million

18-49: 4.4/13

18-49 Live+7: 5.7

Timeslot: Sunday at 10:39pm

Episode 2.11: "The Sue Sylvester Shuffle"

Air Date: February 6, 2011

Written By: Ian Brennan

Directed By: Brad Falchuk

Live+7 Total Viewers:

Live+SD Total Viewers: 26.80 million

18-49: 11.1/29

18-49 Live+7:

Timeslot: Tuesday at 8pm

Episode 2.12: "Silly Love Songs"

Air Date: February 8, 2011

Written By: Ryan Murphy

Directed By: Tate Donovan

Live+7 Total Viewers: 14.15 million

Live+SD Total Viewers: 11.58 million

18-49: 4.6/13

18-49 Live+7: 5.7

Episode 2.13: "Comeback"

Air Date: February 15, 2011

Written By: Ryan Murphy

Directed By: Bradley Buecker

Live+7 Total Viewers: 13.45 million

Live+SD Total Viewers: 10.53 million

18-49: 4.2/12

18-49 Live+7: 5.5

Episode 2.14: "Blame It on the Alcohol"

Air Date: February 22, 2011

Written By: Ian Brennan

Directed By: Eric Stoltz

Live+7 Total Viewers: 13.13 million

Live+SD Total Viewers: 10.58 million

18-49: 4.4/12

18-49 Live+7: 5.5

Episode 2.15: "Sexy"

Air Date: March 8, 2011

Written By: Brad Falchuk

Directed By: Ryan Murphy

Live+7 Total Viewers: 14.53 million

Live+SD Total Viewers: 11.92 million

18-49: 4.6/14

18-49 Live+7: 5.9

Episode 2.16: "Original Song"

Air Date: March 15, 2011

Written By: Ryan Murphy

Directed By: Bradley Buecker

Live+7 Total Viewers: 13.63 million

Live+SD Total Viewers: 11.15 million

18-49: 4.2/13

18-49 Live+7: 5.4

Episode 2.17: "A Night of Neglect"

Air Date: April 19, 2011

Written By: Ian Brennan

Directed By: Carol Banker

Live+7 Total Viewers: 12.49 million

Live+SD Total Viewers: 9.80 million

18-49: 3.8/11

18-49 Live+7: 5.1

Episode 2.18: "Born This Way"

Air Date: April 26, 2011

Written By: Brad Falchuk

Directed By: Alfonso Gomez-Rejon

Live+7 Total Viewers: 11.21 million *

Live+SD Total Viewers: 8.62 million *

18-49: 3.4/9 *

18-49 Live+7: 4.5 *

* 90 minutes average

Episode 2.19: "Rumors"

Air Date: May 3, 2011

Written By: Ryan Murphy

Directed By: Tim Hunter

Live+7 Total Viewers: 11.63 million

Live+SD Total Viewers: 8.85 million

18-49: 3.7/11

18-49 Live+7: 4.9

Episode 2.20: "Prom Queen"

Air Date: May 10, 2011

Written By: Ian Brennan

Directed By: Eric Stoltz

Live+7 Total Viewers: 12.69 million

Live+SD Total Viewers: 9.29 million

18-49: 3.7/11

18-49 Live+7: 5.3

Episode 2.21: "Funeral"

Air Date: May 17, 2011

Written By: Ryan Murphy

Directed By: Bradley Buecker

Live+7 Total Viewers: 12.14 million

Live+SD Total Viewers: 8.97 million

18-49: 3.6/10

18-49 Live+7: 5.0

Timeslot: Tuesday at 9pm

Episode 2.22: "New York"

Air Date: May 24, 2011

Written By: Brad Falchuk

Directed By: Brad Falchuk

Live+7 Total Viewers: 15.21 million

Live+SD Total Viewers: 11.80 million

18-49: 4.6/11

18-49 Live+7: 6.1

Season 1

I gather the show is growing. Slight bumps in the 18-39 demo (per Roger Newcomb). He also links a WSJ blog that lists many of the "Sue-isms" that I do above.

I think this may be the breakout show of the year...not necessarily in ratings, but in buzz!

Loved "Keep Holding On", "No Air", and "Ride With me."

I think this may be the breakout show of the year...not necessarily in ratings, but in buzz!

It's going to be even bigger once it airs after American Idol.

Jane Lynch has got to get an Emmy nomination! Sue Sylvester is so awesome.

And Mark, I see you already beat me with some of the quotes. LOL Is there a site where you got the quotes because I type them and I rather not have to if there's already a site.

Episode 1.7: "Throwdown"

Sue: I am going to create an environment that is so toxic, no one will want to be a part of that club. Like the time I sold my house to a nice young couple and I salted the earth in the backyard so that nothing living could grow there for a hundred years. You know why I did that? Because they tried to get me to pay their closing cost.

Jacob: The independent polling company in my dockers has determined you’re the hottest girl in this school.

Sue: Alright everybody, listen up. When you hear your name called, cross over to my side of this black shiny thing.

Will: It’s called a piano, Sue.

Sue: Santana, Wheels, Gay kid…..come on, move it! Asian, other Asian, Aretha, and Shaft. See Will, I don’t want to participate in a group that ignores the needs of minority students.

Sue: Sometimes people ask me, “Sue, how come you’re so sensitive to minorities?” Well, I’ll tell you why, because I know first hand how hard it is to struggle as a minority in America today – I’m 1/16 Kamanchee Indian. In fact, I like minorities so much, I’m thinking of moving to California to be one.

Sue: Let me break this down for you, okay. I empower my ‘Cheerios’ to be champions. Do they go onto college? I don’t know. I don’t care. Should they learn Spanish? Sure, if they want to become dishwashers and gardeners, but if they want to become bankers and lawyers, and captains of industry, the most important lesson they could possibly learn is how to do a round-off.

Sue: This was a particularly interesting find from today’s round of locker checks. Are these your droopy whitey granny panties, Jacob? Are you an Eve who was born a Steve? Because if you are, I think there’s a special school that would better address your needs and I think that school’s in Thailand.

And Mark, I see you already beat me with some of the quotes. LOL Is there a site where you got the quotes because I type them and I rather not have to if there's already a site.

I think Wall Stree Journal (yup) is recording "Sue-isms"...but my quotes this week were typed with my loving hands. I just loved the ep so much.

A moment of soapy perfection on Glee.

Puck sings "Sweet Caroline" (which is fun, as we discover the voices of these people). And in wordless reactions, we see that Quinn loves Puck, Finn notices Puck going for Rachel and is jealous, Rachel is blithely ignorant.... Suddenly we have a workable quad...and it was done without a word of dialogue.

I love this show.

A moment of soapy perfection on Glee.

Puck sings "Sweet Caroline" (which is fun, as we discover the voices of these people). And in wordless reactions, we see that Quinn loves Puck, Finn notices Puck going for Rachel and is jealous, Rachel is blithely ignorant.... Suddenly we have a workable quad...and it was done without a word of dialogue.

I love this show.

That's one of the few parts I enjoyed about this episode. Most of the rest was boring.

That's one of the few parts I enjoyed about this episode. Most of the rest was boring.

Not the best episode of the season, but such a bright spot on the schedule for me. Even the weaker/less funny shows (or shows with music I care less about) are better (for my mood, anyway) than just about anything else on US primetime. (Except for the ABC Wednesday comedy lineup, which are the first sitcoms I have watched in a decade!)

I'm stuck in some kind of warp, listening to Puck do "Sweet Caroline" on endless loop, lol.

This is a show I enjoy, but I was hesitant about watching it due to the token minority characters. This is the type of modern show that loves to tout diversity, but it's so transparent. You have the white lead characters like Quinn, Rachel, Finn, Puck and the adults and the minorities are all on the sidelines supporting them. The minority characters will be given "very special" episode treatment, like Kurt with his two episode coming out. The mainstream teens will have the storylines at the forefront for the entire season. The real romances and issues that are developed. For that reason I can't say I love this show. It's very good and bringing something different to TV, but it has it's big shortcomings just like all of current TV.

This is a show I enjoy, but I was hesitant about watching it due to the token minority characters. This is the type of modern show that loves to tout diversity, but it's so transparent. You have the white lead characters like Quinn, Rachel, Finn, Puck and the adults and the minorities are all on the sidelines supporting them. The minority characters will be given "very special" episode treatment, like Kurt with his two episode coming out. The mainstream teens will have the storylines at the forefront for the entire season. The real romances and issues that are developed. For that reason I can't say I love this show. It's very good and bringing something different to TV, but it has it's big shortcomings just like all of current TV.

Yes, I have thought about this too.

Last week, they tried to make the claim that "we're all minorities"...but the fact remains that Puck-Quinn-Finn-Rachel are front-burner, and among the teachers, Shuster and Sylvester are front burner...and each one of 'em is white.

One of my disappointments about this show is that it is less of an integrated ensemble piece...so that "Wheels and Aretha and Shaft, etc." all get equal emphasis.

For now, though, the show is one that I can just lose myself in...goofy/funny, soapy, interestingly done tunes. I find it is one of the few hours a week where I can shut off my cognitive/analytical brain and just have fun. I sort of hope that after they get done with the current front-burner "launch" story (the quad and Shuster) that we'll see others have a turn at front burner for extended runs. I also realize that is unlikely to happen, but I'm hopeful.

Last week, they tried to make the claim that "we're all minorities"...but the fact remains that Puck-Quinn-Finn-Rachel are front-burner, and among the teachers, Shuster and Sylvester are front burner...and each one of 'em is white.

Well, Rachel and Puck are Jewish, so they're not exactly "white". And Ken's on a lot too who's Native American.

Episode 1.8: "Mash-Up"

Puck: When I woke up I knew it was more than a dream. It was a message from God. Rachel was a hot Jew and the good Lord wanted me to get into her pants.

Sue: I hear people say, “That’s not how I define marriage.” Well to them I say, “Love knows no bounds.” Why can’t people marry dogs. I’m certainly not advocating intimacy with your pets. I for one think intimacy has no place in a marriage – walk in on my parents once, it was like seeing two walruses wrestling. So “wolf” on Prop-15, Ohio. And that’s how Sue sees it.

Rod: I need a gal with a back-bone and I think you might just be that gal.

Sue: Don’t you have a wife, Rod.

Rod: She drowned. So now I’ve got the condo all to myself.

Will: Your commitment to football is about as long as your pants.

Kurt: Someone get me to a day spa, STAT! (They bring him to the girls washroom)

Sue: I’ll need to see that set list for the sectionals after all. And I want it on my desk, warm from the laminator at 5pm. And if it is one minute late, I will go to the animal shelter and you a kitty cat. I will let you fall in love with that kitty cat, and then on some dark cold night I will steal away into your home and punch you in the face.

Well, Rachel and Puck are Jewish, so they're not exactly "white". And Ken's on a lot too who's Native American.

I think Puck and Rachel are white, just not WASP, LOL.

I think Puck got a whole new fanbase this week.

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I liked Puck and Rachel because Finn is too dumb to live, he thinks he knocked up his girlfriend in a hot tub without physical contact.

One of my favorite moments and hopefully not the end to Ruck:

Rachel: "I just hope we can still be friends"

Puck: "We weren't friends before". And walks away.

Not my favorite episode but that was mainly due to the wedding storyline which I do not like at all.

THR article: TV and music execs talk 'Glee'

From Hollywood Reporter:

Its characters may feel like a bunch of unloved high-school misfits, but the quirky musical TV comedy "Glee" is putting smiles on the faces of music industry executives searching for new revenue in an era of plunging album sales.

Two months into the 2009-10 TV season, "Glee" is drawing a weekly audience of 8.6 million viewers to the Fox television network. Fans have bought more than two million tunes sung by the show's cast on iTunes, and soundtracks are being compiled and sold in traditional stores.

Revenues are being split among Fox and the record company, and artists and music publishers are being paid licensing fees for songs "Glee" uses in musical numbers in each episode.

"Record labels have been desperate for new revenue," said Steve Knopper, contributing editor for Rolling Stone magazine. "They are trying to figure out any way to make money and one pretty reliable way is to sync up with a hot TV show."

That's exactly what Sony Music Entertainment's Columbia Records did last January when the Fox network shopped a pilot of "Glee" to record labels months before it aired.

Columbia won the deal to partner with News Corp's Fox on the release of all "Glee" music on Apple Corp's iTunes, as well as on traditional soundtrack albums.

Columbia also has broad "360" deals -- all-encompassing agreements -- with the previously unknown actors playing the "Glee" kids. The deals cover first rights to recording contracts, and a percentage of earnings from concert revenue, endorsements, merchandising and ringtones.

TV show to pop culture icon

The first "Glee" soundtrack was released last week, a second is due out on Dec. 8, and discussions are underway for a national cast tour and several more albums.

Neither Fox nor Columbia would give disclose financial details. But Glen Brunman, soundtrack consultant at Columbia, said: "We are hopefully going to make history together."

"We felt (in January) that it wasn't just a TV show but that it had the potential to be a pop culture icon," Brunman told Reuters. "It is unique and it is an approach with a TV show that hasn't existed in the past."

Digital downloads are released each week of "Glee" cover versions before the show is broadcast, allowing Columbia to capitalize on the appetite of fans to buy immediately.

In a sign of just how popular some of the tunes have become, the "Glee" cast's rendition of the 1981 Journey song "Don't Stop Believin'" was certified gold last week after more than 500,000 digital sales.

Rihanna's "Take a Bow" single saw a 189 pct sales increase after it was covered on "Glee". Now Madonna, eager to get in on the act, has offered her catalog for an upcoming episode.

Knopper said industry economics are such that the revenue from TV partnerships "is pretty much a drop in the bucket" in the multi-billion dollar record business.

Still, the music industry has fallen on hard times. Album sales are off 40% over the last 10 years, and in 2009 U.S. revenue is down 13% at $287.6 million.

Leonard Richardson, vice president of music at the CW network, said that in an era of piracy and changing consumer habits, the music industry is now fighting for every dollar.

"TV has basically become the new radio. It is about exposure and making an impression," Richardson said.

The CW, whose programs are aimed mostly at 18-34 year-old females, also cuts deals with record labels to promote music in tune with its shows' audience.

"Record labels are very aggressive these days in letting us know what they have coming," said Richardson. The CW gets a reduced rate on music licensing in return for showing ads on screen for songs featured in dramas like "Gossip Girl."

"Our demographic is watching TV. They are on their computers and they are on their cellphones. So with the ad cards, they can go immediately to CWTV.com and purchase the song right then and there," said Richardson.

The music deals build on a trail blazed by RCA -- also part of Sony Music Entertainment -- with Fox TV show "American Idol," which has produced multi-platinum recording stars like Kelly Clarkson and Carrie Underwood.

"That (deal) has been incredibly lucrative for them and in a barren time has provided them with some of the most reliable superstars," said Knopper. "If Columbia can tap into 'Glee' the way RCA did with 'American Idol', they are going to see a pretty big bright spot."