Does Anyone Out There Watch 'Glee' Anymore?

How the mighty have fallen.

"Glee" was once one of the most popular shows on television, if not the undisputed TV prom queen. The show's stars were everywhere, you would hear "Glee" covers of songs on the radio just as often as the original songs themselves, and it seemed that everyone talked about this week's episode the next day.

But a chart from Vulture reveals the shows with the biggest drop in ratings this year as compared to the 2012-2013 season, and "Glee" has the second-biggest drop on the list. What's worse, the other shows at the bottom with it, "Revolution" and "Raising Hope," have both been cancelled.

So that means that "Glee" has the biggest decrease in ratings (about 45%) over the last year of any still-running show. It only just barely beat "Celebrity Wife Swap."

What on earth happened? Did the show just run too long? Perhaps: It's worth noting that the ratings started trending downward once the core protagonists (i.e. Kurt, Rachel, Finn, etc.) graduated high school and moved off to college, creating multiple locations and narratives for the show to handle.

Add to that the show's need to fill in the gaps with an alarming number of brand-new cast members and characters and the ever-increasing need to jump the shark musically to keep things fresh (theme episodes, anyone?) and it's easy to see how people could have "Glee" fatigue.

In the show's defense, some of the drop might come as a result of Cory Monteith's death. It's tough to maintain the happy-go-lucky demeanor that brought people to the show when one of your best and brightest cast members dies at a young age. Some fans may have just been too sad to continue.

But originally, "Glee" was a show that looked at itself ironically and didn't seem to care what others thought. Over the years, it not only started to take itself way too seriously, but it also started listening to fan chatter far too much, responding to comments on social media with meta in-jokes in the show. In other words, it went the way of "Lost."

Fortunately for "Glee," it got a long-term renewal before this season started, so it will be back for a sixth and final season next year. Maybe it can end on a high note, pun most definitely intended.