The Price of Glee will air on the ID channel on January 16, 2023, at 9 p.m. EST/8 p.m. CST, and will also be available on discovery+ on the same day.
The show will delve into the actors’ on- and off-screen lives, with never-before-seen interviews and dark behind-the-scenes drama from the actors’ families and friends. While the majority of the performers rose to fame, a few tragically died.
Cory Monteith died from an overdose of heroin, Mark Salling committed suicide at the age of 35 after being caught with child pornography, and Naya Rivera drowned in a lake. Let’s take a closer look at what we know so far about the upcoming film.
What should we expect from The Price of Glee?
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Glee is a Fox musical comedy-drama television series that aired from May 19, 2009, to March 20, 2015. It followed the lives of members of ‘The New Directions,’ a singing society at William McKinley High School that competed as a show choir while dealing with societal issues such as sexuality, racism, family, adolescent relationships, and teamwork.
The show was a huge success and a cultural phenomenon. The caste went on to become household names, but not everyone fared well. According to the official synopsis of the show:
“On ‘Glee,’ ten young performers made their television debut in May 2009. They’d all be famous by 2020, and three of them would be dead.”
The trailer for the upcoming show is as follows:
According to Jason Sarlanis, president of Crime and Investigative Content – Linear and Streaming, the show is:
“Glee was a once-in-a-generation cultural phenomenon that courageously challenged societal conventions and sparked pioneering conversations about sexuality, racism, handicap, and family. Many people were delighted by each music-filled week, but even one of television’s happiest programs couldn’t escape Hollywood’s dark underbelly and the rush of emerging social media.”
He continued, saying:
“While praising the show’s enduring influence on pop culture and extraordinary success, The Price of Glee examines the immense strain that comes with being launched into superstardom and provides new insight into the horrifying tragedies that befell the Glee cast and crew.”
People close to the cast members, such as set decorators, hairdressers, stylists, publicists, and entertainment reporters, have been questioned about the show, and some disturbing details will be revealed. C
ory Monteith, who played Finn Hudson and was Lea Michele’s on-and-offscreen partner, died of an accidental heroin overdose in 2013 while the show was still on the air.
Mark Salling, who played Noah “Puck” Puckerman, was arrested in 2015 for possessing child pornography. In 2017, he pled guilty to the charges as part of a plea bargain. He committed suicide on January 30, 2018, just days before his March 7 sentence hearing.
On July 8, 2020, Naya Rivera, who plays Santana Lopez, went missing after failing to return from a boating trip on Lake Piru near her California home. Josey Dorsey, her four-year-old son, was discovered unharmed shortly afterward. Rivera’s body was discovered on July 13, 2020, and she was determined to have died from drowning at the age of 33. Naya Rivera and Mark Salling were together from 2007 to 2010.
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