Glee is an American musical comedy-drama television series produced by
Fox. It focuses on the
glee club New Directions, at the fictional William McKinley High School in
Lima, Ohio. The show was created by
Ryan Murphy,
Brad Falchuk and
Ian Brennan, and features many
cover versions of songs sung on-screen by the characters. Murphy is responsible for selecting all of the songs used, and strives to maintain a balance between show tunes and chart hits, as he wants there to be "something for everybody in every episode." Once Murphy selects a song, rights are cleared with its publishers by music supervisor P.J. Bloom, and music producer Adam Anders arranges it for the
Glee cast. Numbers are pre-recorded by the cast, while the show's choreographers (
Zach Woodlee in previous seasons; Brooke Lipton and
Mandy Moore in season 5) construct the accompanying dance moves, which are then taught to the cast and filmed. Studio recordings of tracks is then made. The process begins six to eight weeks before each episode is filmed, and can end as late as the day before filming begins.