On May 19, 2009, Murphy's musical comedy-drama series, "Glee", premiered on Fox. He co-created the series with Brad Falchuk and Ian Brennan. In its early seasons, the show was critically lauded. Murphy won his first Primetime Emmy Award for directing the pilot episode. The series concluded in 2015 following its sixth season. Murphy was one of four executive producers on the reality television series "The Glee Project", which premiered on Oxygen on June 12, 2011. The show featured a group of contestants vying for the prize of a seven-episode arc on "Glee", with someone being eliminated each week, until the winner is chosen in the final episode. The show was renewed for a second season, which ended up being its last.