Broadway-Themed SMASH Picked Up by NBC

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/nbc-picks-up-smash-prime-187443

NBC has picked up the Broadway-centric series SMASH for the '11-12 season. It features a cast of various Broadway faces including Megan Hilty, Christian Borle & Brian D'Arcy James and the pilot episode was penned by playwright Theresa Rebeck. Original songs are composed by Marc Shaiman and Scott Whittman.

Obviously this one had more promise than John Logan's The Miraculous Year, which HBO passed on earlier this season.

Oh no. It's in NBC. I've lost any hope. Abandon show! Abandon show! I guess there's always the hope that it will somehow survive the terrible programming division there like '30 Rock' and 'Parks and Rec' have managed to.

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Fox's cancellations are brutal, but it just expects higher performances on its shows. Lie to Me would have been more than in the clear if it was on NBC. So, I guess it's good in the case that Smash gets a medium reception, as it will be able to coast for a while on less than stellar viewership ala Chuck.

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Looking forward to this!

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