Cheyenne Jackson Joins Glee

Kristin reports:

Glee's gettin' all sorts of new sexiness in season two—this time courtesy of 30 Rock's own Cheyenne Jackson.

Liz Lemon's young lovah of yesteryear is set to stop by the Fox fave this fall, sources close to the show confirm, and his supersecret role is sure to make the New Directions cringe in that Jesse St. James-gone-wrong kinda way.

Here's what I'm hearing:

Sources confirm EW's report that Cheyenne will play the new coach of Vocal Adrenaline, which of course makes us want to kick him in those pearly teeth.

He'll be coming on the show in a recurring, not regular role, and his number of episodes are yet to be determined.

So does this mean we won't see him at all on 30 Rock this season? (Somewhere, Jenna is celebrating!)

I'm heading out in a few hours to moderate a Glee event for TV Academy members tonight. Last call for questions! And no, I won't be able to get Matthew Morrison's digits, sorry...

Also, according to TV Guide Coach Tanaka has been dropped from the show.

Glee is parting ways with actor Patrick Gallagher, who is not expected to reprise his role as football coach Ken Tanaka in the smash series' sophomore season.

Earlier, I announced that the Fox musical comedy would be introducing actress Dot Jones as William McKinley High's new football coach, Shannon Beiste.

Now I can tell you that she will not be assisting Coach Tanaka, but replacing him.  As he has not been written into the show's first few episodes, it appears that Tanaka ran his course after failing in his attempt to marry Emma.

Will you miss this character or are you excited to meet a potential new estrogen-charged rival for Sue Sylvester?