Glee was a television show.
Glee (TV series) . The season was nominated for nineteen Emmy Awards , four Golden Globe Awards , six Satellite Awards and fifty-seven other awards , with wins including the 2010 Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series -- Musical or Comedy , and Emmy awards for Jane Lynch , guest-star Neil Patrick Harris and Murphy 's direction of the pilot episode . `` Pilot '' is the pilot episode of the American television series Glee , which premiered on the Fox network on May 19 , 2009 .