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Wednesday, 28 July 2010 14:11

Written by Sharon Eberson

Comic-Con's final mainstream panel of note, for "Glee," was going on as we were on our way back to Pittsburgh Sunday.Creators and stars of the Fox hit, which is back on air Sept. 21, were in attendance for the second year in a row, confirming that geeks and Gleeks have much in common, mostly a dedicated fan base.

Ryan Murphy and Dante Di Lorento told a press gathering to expect a religious-themed episode with the possibility of the kids belting REM's "Losing My Religion." Murphy said that Britney Spears will likely be the center of one of two "themed" episodes. The other special episode will occur after the Super Bowl, "but the writer/director can't discuss it yet because all the music rights haven't cleared yet," Hitflix.com said.

This one requires a major SPOILER ALERT, so don't read on if you don't want to know about a major character development, courtesy of EW:

Murphy revealed that Tina (Jenna Ushkowitz) will fall out of love with Artie (Kevin McHale, picture by Getty Images) and in love with Mike Chang (Harry Shum Jr.), to which the entire audience responded with the pained whimper of a thousand puppies. “I can fall out of love too,” joked McHale, who proceeded to put his arm around Amber Riley.

We left Comic-Con early on Sunday this year, because it was back to work on Monday for both of us. Last year, we stuck around for a tacked-on trip to Los Angeles, and that's when I wandered into the Ballroom 20 "Doctor Who" panel without waiting in line. For once, it had been good to arrive late -- the hall hadn't filled up, and the door was just standing opened as David Tennant was arriving onstage.

This year, we had an hour to spare in Exhibit Hall before we headed to the airport. We arrived at 8:30 a.m. to get in line for when doors opened at 9.

Hall H is closed on Sundays, so the smaller Ballroom H began its day at 10 with "Smallville," then came "Supernatural," "American Dad" and "Glee" at 1:30. FX followed with "Sons of Anarchy" and "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia." "Buffy the Musical" closed out the day.

I expect that "Glee" was the biggest draw. At 8:30 a.m., the line already stretched far beyond capacity for the room.

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written by Arkiegal, July 28, 2010 - 03:39 PM

What you say??? Buffy the Musical??? I've not heard about this, and didn't get anything when I tried to google it just now. Please tell more.

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written by s_eberson, July 28, 2010 - 04:57 PM

Sorry but it's nothing new. It's the musical episode of "Buffy" done as a sing-along. Here's a shaky YouTube sample: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKrZnPOqdYg

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