I've just watched Glee!

And if there was ever a show that could knock the cynicism and misery out of me, it's this - the new comedy-drama-musical series from Popular and Nip/Tuck genius Ryan Murphy. Best described as a head-on collision between the screwball insanity of Popular and the earnest bleating of High School Musical, it hits a pitch-perfect balance between kookiness, world-weariness and optimism.

Fox are so keen on it, they premiered the first episode last week even though the rest of the series won't be shown until autumn. It looks and sounds stunning with a brilliant script and a cast featuring some cult TV faves as well as some sensational new-to-TV youngsters. Here are two toe-tappingly awesome clips...

Okay, I admit this deserved to win Eurovision...

But wouldn't it have been great if this from the Ukraine had pipped it to the post?

Dollhouse renewed!

Unbelievable news: Dollhouse has won a second season. The first season took a bit of time to get going, before turning into something expected every week - what started like a bit of a fantasy CSI case-of-the-week procedural soon became a cool conspiracy-layered thriller.

The bad news is that the budget's been cut, though this happened on the final season of Angel and wasn't overly noticeable. Let's hope they don't trim the cast too much, and Topher and De Witt have to stay - the gradual unveiling of these two two morally dubious characters as just a pair of sad, loners was truly moving. And would it be controversial to ask for the series to be slightly less about Eliza Dushku's Echo and let some of the other dolls a chance to grow?

Three cheers for Fox!