Fox Exec: Lea Michele Will Not Star in 'Glee' Spinoff

Lea Michele arrives at Fox's All-Star Party at Castle Green in Pasadena, California.

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Fox revealed yesterday that it has no plans to launch a spinoff from its hit series Glee starring Lea Michele, despite rumors to the contrary. Instead, Michele will continue to be featured on Glee, though her character is set to graduate from high school in the show's next season. "There will not be a Glee spinoff, but those characters will graduate and it's led to a really interesting idea that I think is going to give us something really cool to dig into next season," Fox president of entertainment Kevin Reilly said at the Television Critics Association panel in Los Angeles.

While speaking on the panel, Reilly also suggested there will be some changes to The X Factor when it returns for its second season later this year. Reilly did not offer specific details, but hinted that Steve Jones may not stick around as host of the show. "Hosting, as we know, it is a much harder job than meets the eye. I think everybody now has come to realize the value of Ryan Seacrest," he said. "Whether Steve's the guy or not, it comes under the heading of growth in general, so there will be some tweaks to the show."

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Song Stories

“Push It”

Salt-N-Pepa | 1987

Originating as a B side to their cover of the Stax classic “Tramp,” Cheryl “Salt” James, Sandi “Pepa” Denton and Dee Dee “DJ Spinderella” Roper came up with the goods on this career-making, Grammy-nominated platinum single about working it on the dancefloor. “Push It” has been sampled and spliced to death since it debuted in 1987, yet the original track is as fresh and fly as when SNP — among the few original women of hip-hop — debuted it. “Most men will never believe ‘Push It’ was never about sex,” said James. “And that’s why the record went to Number One,” said Denton. “Everybody thought it was about sex.”

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