Yesterday, Fox announced that pop superstar
Britney Spears would be joining their reality competition The X-Factor as a judge and that
Glee would follow X-Factor‘s results show on Thursdays. Now comes even more exciting Britney/
Glee news: EW has exclusively learned that
Glee is planning a second Britney Spears tribute for the fall! Set to be the second episode of the series’ fourth season, this hour homage to Brit Brit will feature eight of her songs but won’t focus on the character of Brittany (Heather Morris) as the first tribute did (Spears is not scheduled to appear in the episode as of now but producers are hoping to work out a deal). The reason for the Spears hour is because the network is so excited about the pairing of a Spears/
X-Factor with
Glee on Thursday nights. It also certainly doesn’t hurt that the original Britney tribute, which aired early in the second season, is still one of
Glee’s highest-rated episode to date.
In other
Glee news, Chris Colfer let it slip today on
Live! With Kelly that the
newly announced guest-star Sarah Jessica Parker would be playing Kurt’s mentor on the fourth season. EW has now learned that Kate Hudson, the other big star set for a
Glee arc next season, will be playing a similar mentor-type role to Rachel Berry (Lea Michele). Hudson’s role will have her singing but will also be very dance-heavy, which the actress should be able to easily handle as evidenced by her performance in the movie musical
Nine.
Source: insidetv.ew.com
