Broadway-Themed SMASH Picked Up by NBC

[pli1018]

Broadway-Themed SMASH Picked Up by NBC#1

Posted: 5/11/11 at 8:30pm

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.

[binau]

Broadway-Themed SMASH Picked Up by NBC#2

Posted: 5/11/11 at 8:32pm

I preferred the premise of The Miraculous Year..

Butz snorting coke off a Wicked playbill would have been the best thing ever.

Give me claws and a hunch, just away from this bunch.

Updated On: 5/11/11 at 08:32 PM

[Katurian2]

Broadway-Themed SMASH Picked Up by NBC#2

Posted: 5/11/11 at 8:39pm

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.

"Are you sorry for civilization? I am sorry for it too." ~Coast of Utopia: Shipwreck

[strummergirl]

Broadway-Themed SMASH Picked Up by NBC#3

Posted: 5/11/11 at 9:48pm

NBC is such a fiasco right now that it is okay doing fine with 18-49 demos but the rest is just gravy/miracles. Fox is closer to the quick hook kind of network than NBC (their cancellations made yesterday were pretty brutal).

[Katurian2]

Broadway-Themed SMASH Picked Up by NBC#4

Posted: 5/11/11 at 9:57pm

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.

"Are you sorry for civilization? I am sorry for it too." ~Coast of Utopia: Shipwreck

[Unknown User]

Broadway-Themed SMASH Picked Up by NBC#5

Posted: 5/12/11 at 2:16am

Was Miraculous Year the one rumoured to be based on Sondheim?

[EponineAmneris]

Broadway-Themed SMASH Picked Up by NBC#6

Posted: 5/12/11 at 9:47pm

Looking forward to this!

"TO LOVE ANOTHER PERSON IS TO SEE THE FACE OF GOD"- LES MISERABLES--- "THERE'S A SPECIAL KIND OF PEOPLE KNOWN AS SHOW PEOPLE... WE'RE BORN EVERY NIGHT AT HALF HOUR CALL!"--- CURTAINS