The cast of "Glee" is returning for a fourth season starting Sept. 13 on Fox, channel 23, cable 5 in Tulsa.
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The entire cast of "Glee" is returning next season but what to do with them?
All 15 regulars, including Lea Michele, Corey Monteith and Chris Colfer, will be back, confirmed hollywoodreporter.com Monday. Chord Overstreet, who played Sam, is also in talks to return to the series as a regular.
Question is where will co-creator Ryan Murphy put all of them. Will they all appear in every episodes and, what will happen to Damian McGinty and Samuel Larsen who won the first season of "The Glee Project" and appeared in several episodes of "Glee" last season?
No word from the writers on how they will handle the roles of last season's graduating seniors (Mercedes (Amber Riley), Puck (Mark Salling), Mike (Harry Shum Jr.), Santana (Naya Rivera) and Quinn (Dianna Agron) and in how many episodes each will appear.
It's already been announced that next season will be a show within a show with part time spent at Lima, Ohio's fictional McKinley High School and the other part in New York where Michele's Rachel Berry is pursuing her dream of being on Broadway.
"We're literally just writing the first script now," Murphy told the publication in June. "We're figuring out who's doing what, who's coming back. We haven't figured it out, but I know what the stories are; I just don't know how many episodes. We want to keep all our options open.
"I think I have to talk to the actors and say, 'What do you want to do?' That's how we've been dealing with it. I've only talked to Lea so far. That's all happening in the next two weeks."
The arrangement is being set up to allow the cast regulars time to pursue other interests be it on stage, in films or in a music career.
Also returning will be Matthew Morrison as Will, Jane Lynch as Sue, Jayma Mays as Emma, Kevin McHale as Artie, Jennia Ushkowitz as Tina, Darren Criss as Blaine and Heather Morris as Brittany.
Actresses Kate Hudson and Sarah Jessica Parker have also been signed for multiple episodes.
The fourth season of "Glee" launches at 8 p.m. Sept. 13 on Fox, channel 23, cable 5 in Tulsa.
In this video, the cast talked about shooting last season's finale episode.
