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I am sure it will be great, and most of all I do hope that it wont be the first and last for UK television to do.

Unfortunately in this country all we are getting are bedtime stories with flying fairies, witches and children's characters. Hopefully I will be able to watch through live streaming somehow.

Theater_Nerd said: "Another live version of "The Sound of Music"? If there was ever an over-rated musical, in my opinion this particular show is definitely one. Over-rated and over-done. I don't get this particular show's appeal.

Cause maybe it has no scarecrows or flying faries.

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What was I wrong or right about??? I personally don't like The Wiz and what I stated was that the Wiz will not score high as the Sound of Music with 18 million viewers. I was right.

I still cant get myself to watch this year's presentation. But yes I agree that Hairspray would be great.

Whatever they do, I hope they wont go for the same way they staged this year's production. I did not like LED screens instead of sets like the previous years.

They really need to get their hands on a title, similar to The Sound of Music which is well known and loved. Unfortunately both Peter Pan and The Wiz are not really well known, and that could be the reason, ratings went the way they went. Having Queen Latifah and Mary J. Blige who are renowned fortunately increased that number, but two million is not by much from the previous year.

musicaltheatreman2 said: "Mr Nowack, in the "cleaned up" version of TSOM did they keep in the scene when the actor stepped on Laura's  dress and she tripped a little, or did they replace it with a cut were the scene went smoothly without the mishap? 

Hi Yes the part of Laura's dress is still there, but the Admiral's line flub is gone. Other shots are different too

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Theater_Nerd said: "musicaltheatreman2 said: "In the past when NBC releases the DVD of their Live broadcast for purchase (SOM, PP) is it the actual live production that aired on tv with all of the camera mistakes, sound issues and any other mishaps that happen during the live broadcast, or do they release a cleaned up filming of the production that is different from what aired on tv?  Thanks "

I did not have time to watch yet. but how did it differ from the Orginal Broadway production and the movie?

There is only one show that could have beaten TSOM Live and that is The Wizard of Oz and Wicked, but I don't see any of the two now happening

Also, I was about to explain why some butthurt white people are not a good indication of how big the audience could be if they're reaching out to other demographics and so on, but I really don't have the energy. Enough with the incredibly stupid butthurt white people. The reaction against those tweets was tenfold. 

This is getting ugly now.. So racial..

I have said from Day 1 that I did not like the piece. Nothing wrong with being anti-Wiz. My point was, shouldn't they do something that should be better and score more ratings than The Sound of Music did?? With both the Wiz and Pan, that failed.

Showface, I did not say the show would be a flop, I said it will not deliver the ratings SOM did and I was right. Was The Wiz good, was it bad, that I don't know since I have not seen it.  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-3345408/Social-media-flooded-racist-tweets-black-Wiz-Live-musical-special-kicks-off.html

Apparently this was not only from a handful of people that this show was seen from that perspective.

A review did state that The Wiz Live! was better than Pan but not as involving as Sound of Music.

should there be another one?

Fact still remains that it did not reach the same audience as the first one did. No I did not watch, because the show does not appeal to me, but I am not surprised by the ratings. Fact is that whatever they do, there are going to deliver that number maybe around 13 million, because a lot of people would like to see Broadway shows, but not all can afford a thicket. prices are so high these days.

Its Fantastic! and so much looking forward to this.

If NBC wants to get their viewers back they should start doing popular titles like Grease.

So far I love everything about this

who cares what you will bloody do. I am speaking for myself...

This years broadcast was doomed to be a disaster from the day it was announced. For that I already stated my reasons in previous posts.

Snafu, I really hate the costumes. The Lion and scarecrow looks terrible and disturbing to even look at. This year is the first I will not be tuning in, as nothing they showed us so far made me change my mind. On the contrary the costume designs freaked me out.

They should really get the costume designer to arrange that scarecrow and lions costumes. They are hideous and freaky