GLEE Sets Final Season Premiere Date, And It's A Two-Hour Event!

GLEE just Tweeted that its final season will premiere Friday, January 9, 2015 on FOX with a two-hour special event. The post included a menacing image of Sue Sylvester (Jane Lynch, left) reminding viewers to tune in on Fridays for the 11-week, 13-episode run.

Fox followed up with an official announcement describing the new season. It reads: "New Directions' original star, Rachel Berry (Golden Globe Award nominee Lea Michele), comes home to Lima, after her humiliating failure as a TV actress, and discovers that Sue Sylvester (Emmy Award winner Jane Lynch) has banished the arts at McKinley."

Throughout its closing season, McKinley alumnae will return to say "good-bye" to the award-winning and groundbreaking musical comedy. The series makes its time period premiere Friday, Jan. 16 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT), and air all-new episodes for 11 consecutive weeks, culminating in a special two-hour Series Finale on Friday, March 20 (8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT).

Series regulars Lea Michele, Chris Colfer, Darren Criss, Chord Overstreet, Jane Lynch, Kevin McHale,Amber Riley, Dot-Marie Jones and Matthew Morrison are all scheduled to appear in the Ohio-set storyline, which takes place months after the conclusion of Season Five. Plus, Max Adler will have a bigger role in the new season, while Naya Rivera will play a smaller part.

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