`Glee’ Last Season Announced: Ryan Murphy Says ‘Glee’ Will End After Next Season

"Glee" will be closing the curtain after next season. The co-creator of the series, Ryan Murphy, says next season of "Glee" will be its last.

Glee's last season was announced last night at a Paley Center event honoring the FX Network. Ryan Murphy said "Glee" will not go on beyond its sixth season. The Glee co-creator said that the death of star Cory Monteith in July forced him to come up with a different ending for "Glee."

Ryan Murphy, the latest "Glee" showrunner maps out his final story arcs long in advance.

"Glee" follows students and teachers at a performance high school in Ohio.

Glee's last season was first reported by TVLine's Michael Ausiello.

Murphy told TVLine "The final year of the show, which will be next year, was designed around Rachel and Cory/Finn's story. I always knew that, I always knew how it would end. I knew what the last shot was, he was in it. I knew what the last line was, she said it to him. So when a tragedy like that happens you sort of have to pause and figure out what you want to do, so we're figuring that out now."

Fox and studio 20th Century Fox TV were caught off guard on by the Glee final season announcement. Glee was renewed in April.

In last week's episode "Glee" said goodbye to Cory Monteith. The episode gave "Glee" its best ratings of the season. 7.4 million people tuned in, 75% more than the week before.