GLEE's Ryan Murphy in Talks with Britney Spears for "Britney Episode"

On the heels of the successful Madonna episode of GLEE, might a Britney Spears-inspired episode be in the works? As BroadwayWorld previously reported, Britney's manager Adam Leber took to Twitter with the idea.

"Leber took to his Twitter, using Britney's name @Britney Spears, and asked his followers, "Do you guys want to see a Britney Spears episode of GLEE?"" It is noted that he tried making it a trending topic on Twitter, writing, "#BritneySpearsGLEE."

Today, it has been revealed that GLEE creator Ryan Murphy is in talks with the pop superstar to fashion a Britney-inspired episode. At the USA Today's luncheon, Murphy told USA Today's Andrea Mandell: "We love Britney, we're talking to Britney. I think you have to be very careful on the show not to do too many tribute episodes. but she certainly has a huge body of work to pull from and the kids grew up with her so that is a consideration, they love her. "

Britney Spears became a powerful member of the teen genre return in the late '90s. The runaway success of the Spice Girls and Backstreet Boys opened the door for her own musical breakthrough. Spears quickly became a a pop icon with her stunning debut release. She has since gone on to sell millions of records and confirm her status as a pop culture personality.

Television's most award-winning new series, GLEE was recently honored with a Peabody Award; a Golden Globe for Best Television Series, Comedy or Musical; a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series; and a People's Choice Award for Favorite New TV Comedy. The music from GLEE is an international sensation with "Glee: The Music, Volume 1" and "Glee: The Music, Volume 2" topping charts in Australia, the U.K., New Zealand, Ireland and Canada. In the U.S., over 4.5 million songs have been downloaded, and both albums have been certified Gold for sales in excess of 500,000 units.

GLEE follows an optimistic teacher who - against all odds and a malicious cheerleading coach - inspires McKinley High's Glee Club to conquer the world one singing competition at a time. GLEE stars Dianna Agron, Chris Colfer, Jessalyn Gilsig, Jane Lynch, Jayma Mays, Kevin McHale, Lea Michele, Cory Monteith, Matthew Morrison, Amber Riley, Mark Salling and Jenna Ushkowitz.

GLEE is produced by Ryan Murphy Television in association with 20th Century Fox Television. Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Ian Brennan are co-creators of the series. Murphy, Falchuk and Dante di Loreto serve as executive producers, while Ian Brennan serves as co-executive producer.

GLEE airs at 9:00pm on FOX Tuesdays.