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'Glee': Kristin Chenoweth 'gets' Ryan Murphy's season 3 guest star ban
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Kristin Chenoweth is kind of bummed about "Glee" creator Ryan Murphy's plan to do season 3 of the show without guest stars, but the pint-sized acting, singing, dancing powerhouse says she understands. "I think he's trying to get his show back," Chenoweth tells Zap2it. "I think he's trying to really concentrate on his characters. I actually understand that. I get it. People want to see those characters."
The show did get some criticism during its recently-wrapped second season for putting too much emphasis on guest stars (like Chenoweth and Gwyneth Paltrow) and tribute shows to specific musicians rather than on the show's cast of regular characters.
Murphy -- who wrote the first two seasons with co-producers Brad Falchuk and Ian Brennan -- hired a writing staff of six for season three in what is clearly a bid to beef up the stuff between the song and dance numbers.
Still, if ever a guest star fit in, it was Chenoweth. Sadly, it looks like we won't see her back at McKinley High for at least one season.
"Of course it's a bummer for me because I love April Rhodes," says Chenoweth. "But he needs to get his show back, so I get why he's doing that.
Not that she isn't busy anyway. Chenoweth is busy promoting her first country album, 'Some Lessons Learned,' which is scheduled for a Sept. 13 release. She's also psyched about her just-picked-up show, "Good Christian Belles." The dramedy, which stars Leslie Bibb as a "mean girl" forced to return to her Texas hometown after her marriage fails, debuts on ABC this fall.
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I hope this ban doesn't include Jonathan Groff because i'm a die hard St.Berry fan.
WTF Ryan Murphy!?! Half the fun of Glee is the guest characters,and 99% of us fans LOVE Kristin and Gwyneth, and if you can't write for them AND the regulars you got some serious job reflection to do! Get over yourself!!!
I'm not taking anything Ryan murphy says seriously anymore. He made promises about what fans would see in season 2 that never came to fruition. He needs to remove his head from his own backside
WTF???No more April Rhodes? I don't believe that! Kristin is AMAZING in everything she does! I am pretty sure she'll be back!
Ryan Murphy needs to stop thinking he is a God!! Please get some therapy and come back down to earth, weirdo. Kristin needs to come back to your lame *** show!! NOW
I'm happy that Ryan is going to concetrate more on getting the show back to the greatness of season 1. I had not planned on watching season 3 because of the over abundance of guest stars and horrible writing but now I might reconsider.
New writers, fewer guest stars... I'm intrigued. The guest characters aren't good in the long run. It cheapens the show.
Well, If Ryan Murphy's gonna concentrate more on just the students, he needs to get rid of those in cast who don't have talent, and are autotuned, when they sing. Rachel, Mercedes, Mr Shue, Puck, and maybe one or two others are the only ones who can actually sing.
that does seem like a big mistake... please let the ratings go down as revenge
People complained about how bad storylines and character arcs were last season and now he's trying to fix that and people are complaining about that. This news gave me hope that Season 3 won't suck like Season 2 did, but it's apparent that people are going to complain regardless. Which means he'll try to please all those people contradicting themselves and the show will suck forever.