re: Sources: Cory Monteith of Glee found dead of drug OD
 

If that is true, it is doubley sad...:(

re: Sources: Cory Monteith of Glee found dead of drug OD
 

So young--horrible news. :(

Glee has gone downhill but Monteith was still watchable.

re: Sources: Cory Monteith of Glee found dead of drug OD
 

He's hardly a household name, most people don't know who he is. I don't think he counts.

re: Sources: Cory Monteith of Glee found dead of drug OD
 

Drugs are bad.

re: Sources: Cory Monteith of Glee found dead of drug OD
 

:lol:

Comparing an actor from Glee to Gandolfini.

Sure, he was an "actor", but he was pretty much only on Glee and a few episodes of random ABC Family shows.

The kid was likely going no where anyway as an actor. Likely to fade into obscurity before popping up on some SyFy movie of the week.

It's possible one of the "original" cast members they recently axed from the show may come back to fill his shoes.

Yes, it's still sad, but the comparison to Gandolfini is laughable.

re: Sources: Cory Monteith of Glee found dead of drug OD
 

he's not comparing the two. he is stating that entertainers die in 3's. no comparison should be made and wasn't in this case.

re: Sources: Cory Monteith of Glee found dead of drug OD
 

Mkay?

re: Sources: Cory Monteith of Glee found dead of drug OD
 

He was the best part of Glee :(

re: Sources: Cory Monteith of Glee found dead of drug OD
 

I don't think there is any realistic way the writers can tastefully write a "death episode" with Finn. You would have to include Lea Michele/Rachel as well and asking her IMO to re-enact the emotions she's feeling right now would be cruel.

re: Sources: Cory Monteith of Glee found dead of drug OD
 

Gandolfini did almost a month ago, no way would Montieth only be the second part of this trilogy.

re: Sources: Cory Monteith of Glee found dead of drug OD
 

I agree that it would be cruel and I hope you're right, but Glee has never been a model for tactful restraint.

re: Sources: Cory Monteith of Glee found dead of drug OD
 

I haven't watched the show in a few years...did he leave to New York?

re: Sources: Cory Monteith of Glee found dead of drug OD
 

Wait, Cory Montieth is a household name? :lol:

re: Sources: Cory Monteith of Glee found dead of drug OD
 

He'd pop up occasionally in NYC to visit Rachel but he was mostly around the school, first subbing for Mr. Schue and then going to college in the area to be a teacher himself.

re: Sources: Cory Monteith of Glee found dead of drug OD
 

I can imagine Glee getting delayed a few weeks (months?) because of this. I'd have to assume several scripts were already written and the show was ready to start filming in the next week or two. It's possible Fox may shuffle Raising Hope/Enlisted away from Friday nights to fill the gap. Who knows if Lea will want to return at all given what happened.

Fox renewed the show for two years....so this makes it even more confusing for them. It's not like the show has been a ratings hit for the past few years, so they could just stick it mid season for 13 episodes to finish it off. The cast may simply NOT want to continue and I can't see Fox making them stick to their contracts. Maybe some of the newer cast members....but I really can't see Lea wanting to continue. They were set to be married in a few weeks.

Or the show takes a different direction and becomes better attracting more of an audience.

We probably won't know anything for a few days. Fox is likely figuring out some sort of shuffle move right now. There is simply no way it makes its normal premiere date.

re: Sources: Cory Monteith of Glee found dead of drug OD
 

No tears from me

a drug OD is totally on him

SO many tragic deaths in the world (car crashes etc). This isn't one to be sad about

re: Sources: Cory Monteith of Glee found dead of drug OD
 

:lol:

Fox ordered the show for two full-length seasons consisting of of 44 episodes and I wouldn't be surprised if there's pay-or-play deals in Murphy's (and other producers) contracts. It might cost Fox more to cancel/stop the show than it would to push forward.

The show will we back for 44 episodes regardless. I also wouldn't be surprised if these happen to be the last 44.

re: Sources: Cory Monteith of Glee found dead of drug OD
 

I don't think the ratings matter as much to Fox as the iTunes sales of the songs.

re: Sources: Cory Monteith of Glee found dead of drug OD
 

A major stars (on the show) death leaves plenty of room for contracts to be altered/broken. While I'm not sure what will happen, it wouldn't come as a shock if Lea was off the show for at least half the Season. They are gearing up to shoot in a week or two.

re: Sources: Cory Monteith of Glee found dead of drug OD
 

iTunes sales mean very little to Fox. Glee is hardly the hit it once was, and very few songs even chart anymore. Since each song costs $1, they are not making as much as some might think. Someone a few months back charted everything out, and all the songs sold each episode barely amounted to a commercial Fox would charge (on average). So if the show is pulling in low 2's/high 1s in ratings, iTunes sales is not going to 'save' the show. This isn't CW where they can make it back on streaming rights (aka The Carrie Diaries). Licensing songs etc. costs them money as well and going into Season 5 and 6, the actors are going to get more money.

re: Sources: Cory Monteith of Glee found dead of drug OD
 

http://brightcove.vo.llnwd.net/d21/u...0867623001.jpg

Damn, who knew jaw-bone cancer killed so quick - he was only just diagnosed last month.

re: Sources: Cory Monteith of Glee found dead of drug OD
 

So that you don't miss the joke like I did and rush to google, Jim Kelly the football player is not dead. It's Jim Kelly the almost completely unknown actor from Enter the Dragon and other miscellaneous films.

re: Sources: Cory Monteith of Glee found dead of drug OD
 

who the fuck cares how someone died? a death is a death.

Re: Sources: Cory Monteith of Glee found dead of drug OD
 

Not really. He chose to shit his life away on drugs.

Re: Sources: Cory Monteith of Glee found dead of drug OD
 

If his family agree, they should do a Glee show where he died of OD.

Then, show someone in the show that has the same problem but gets help by admitting he has a problem and overcomes, but he/she has to deal with their issue for the rest of the season.