NEW YORK (AP) -- The Fox network is making a musical comedy, a somewhat unusual project for prime-time television.

Fox said Tuesday it had ordered 13 episodes of "Glee," a scripted series about a high school teacher trying to transform a glee club into a national power. The characters include a diva-in-training, a nerdy soprano and a quarterback who tries to stay cool while singing. At least three musical numbers will be performed in each show.

Sound familiar? The success of the movie franchise "High School Musical" proved youngsters don't consider musicals an anachronism. Fox said the new series will appear sometime in 2009.

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