Glee: The Good News and the Not So Good News

Thursday was a big news day for Gleeks.

First the good news: Glee racked up 12 Emmy nominations, including nods for guest stars Kristin Chenoweth and Gwyneth Paltrow, as well as, series regulars Chris Colfer and Jane Lynch (who is hosting the award ceremony this year). The hit show also scored a nomination for Outstanding Comedy Series.

Now the not so good news: Series cocreator Ryan Murphy told The Hollywood Reporter that Colfer, Cory Monteith and Lea Michele will be leaving Glee at the end of season 3. What?!?

“You can keep them on the show for six years and people will criticize you for not being realistic, or you can be really true to life and say when they started the show they were very clearly sophomores and they should graduate at the end of their senior year,” Murphy told the Reporter.

The announcement of the latest cast departures comes just a few weeks after Murphy announced Chord Overstreet wouldn’t be returning to the series this fall. And while it’s difficult to imagine Glee without these cast members, we're hoping Murphy might create a spin-off show about Rachel and Kurt moving to New York to pursue their Broadway dreams.

Stranger things have happened.

Click here to see the Advocate's coverage of Emmy's gay nominees.

Thursday was a big news day for Gleeks.

First the good news: Glee racked up 12 Emmy nominations, including nods for guest stars Kristin Chenoweth and Gwyneth Paltrow, as well as, series regulars Chris Colfer and Jane Lynch (who is hosting the award ceremony this year). The hit show also scored a nomination for Outstanding Comedy Series.

Now the not so good news: Series cocreator Ryan Murphy told The Hollywood Reporter that Colfer, Cory Monteith and Lea Michele will be leaving Glee at the end of season 3. What?!?

“You can keep them on the show for six years and people will criticize you for not being realistic, or you can be really true to life and say when they started the show they were very clearly sophomores and they should graduate at the end of their senior year,” Murphy told the Reporter.

The announcement of the latest cast departures comes just a few weeks after Murphy announced Chord Overstreet wouldn’t be returning to the series this fall. And while it’s difficult to imagine Glee without these cast members, we're hoping Murphy might create a spin-off show about Rachel and Kurt moving to New York to pursue their Broadway dreams.

Stranger things have happened.

Click here to see the Advocate's coverage of Emmy's gay nominees.