HOLLYWOOD Q&A

Q: Does “Glee” have to get permission from artists to do their songs?

A: Oh yes, and back when “Glee” was an international music industry phenomenon, it had music industry players rubbing their hands together with, well, glee.

You probably recall that back when it was at the peak of its ratings success, the hit Fox series was also churning out radio hits, soundtrack albums, live performance tours and more. All of those constitute different “plays” from the perspective of the music industry, and each type of play has a different dollar value attached to it in the agreement signed before an episode even starts filming.

“For a songwriter or a music publisher, ‘Glee’ is a gold mine,” Jeff Brabec, vice-president of business affairs for music publisher Chrysalis, said in an interview with MTV News.

That mention of the publisher is an interesting point. Depending on the deal musicians cut with their record label and/or publisher, they may not be the ones granting permission for the use of their songs. It may be up to the publisher entirely.

Q: Is Cesar Millan going to have new seasons of any of his shows?

A: At the moment, no, but it seems pretty certain someone’s going to get back into the Cesar Millan business soon.

His most recent series, “Cesar Millan’s Dog Nation,” aired on Nat Geo Wild for a short season last spring, but it hasn’t been heard of again.

The cable channel has since held its upfront presentation, in which it informs potential advertisers of its programming for the coming year, and “Dog Nation” wasn’t included in it. That’s not necessarily a cancellation, but it sure looks like one.

In the meantime, we may soon see him in very different circumstances indeed. Industry news site Deadline.com announced last May that Oscar-nominated screenwriter Jose Rivera is partnering with production company Mucho Mas Media to produce a biopic of Millan, whom the company describes as the man “who has inspired and taught humans how to connect with their natural instinct to create harmony for dogs around the world.” There’s no word on who will be playing the man himself.

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Lea Michele as seen in “Glee”