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Glee Is Set to Return After a Decade Away
· New York time
Glee, Ryan Murphy’s musical comedy-drama, is set for a reboot on Hulu and Disney+ after a decade away, BBC Culture reports. The return brings an established television property back into the streaming conversation. Apparently even a show about moving through high school can eventually be asked to repeat the year. The recognizable title gives the project a connection to an existing audience, while its planned streaming homes put the revival inside services competing for viewers’ time. Recognition is an advantage in introducing a show, but creative execution will determine whether familiarity becomes sustained interest. Nostalgia can get someone to the auditorium; it cannot guarantee an ovation. For entertainment companies, revivals offer a ready-made point of reference in a crowded market. For viewers, the appeal may be the prospect of revisiting a familiar musical world. Both propositions leave the actual production doing substantial work, even if the title already knows its way around the building. The reboot also demonstrates television’s remarkable flexibility about endings. A decade-long absence can become less a conclusion than an extended interval. Somewhere in the streaming schedule, the house lights are blinking and nostalgia is being asked to return to its seat.
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