NBC's SMASH - Series & Broadway Adaptation Thread — Page 25

It would nonetheless cost NBC a fortune to get SMASH to 88 episodes-there are relatively few weekly tv series that have cost as much as it does per episode that have made it to syndication-- I still maintain they won't easily renew a shoe that costs twice as much as 30 Rock to produce if it only levels out with less than one point above it in the ratings.

We'll see what happens- the next few episodes are Definitely the most likely to be talked about- and will Be the series' best chance at solidifying and building better word of mouth.

Yes, MassOfMen, that is certainly a better suggestion!

Random Person -- how did Karen wrong her? Anyone that competes with you has done you wrong? There is no reason for the animosity. And even if IVY thinks that way, ALL of her friends are that childish? It just doesn't wash with me.


I like Wes Taylor, too.

Lastly, I hate that Tom is such a pushover with everthing (the assistant, the new date...) but is so adamant about his view on the directer.

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I was at the deli, torn between a hot ham and cheese and a turkey on rye. Then I thought, "You know, Marilyn once ate a turkey on rye." I knew then it was fate.

The numbers were actually adjusted and Monday's episode ended up staying on par with last week. No decline, in increase. 2.3

Updated On: 2/29/12 at 02:03 PM

I do grow more ambivalent about it has the weeks go on but Im'a keep watching a while. Hopefully they'll realize that shoving Karen down our throats is backfiring and they'll start giving us more Ivy. Megan Hilty was wonderful in the scene where she was in bed with Jack Davenport but that scene in the rehearsal room was so over the top she may has well have been twirling a mustache.

I can deal with all these shenanigans, at least for a while, I guess. Is this what it is like to be a Glee fan?

Updated On: 2/29/12 at 09:53 PM

And when Karen was at the bar dancing with her new friends, why did she stand out, when the whole episode was about how she had to learn NOT to stand out.

We're expected to believe Karen never saw A Chorus Line? It was straight out of "don't pop the head, Cassie."

Updated On: 2/29/12 at 10:40 PM

I've given up on expecting brilliant (or even very good) writing on this show, and I admit I enjoyed this episode much more. I think they could go more campy soap, and hope they do.

Interesting (well, to me) this was the first episode Michael Mayer didn't direct, and Theresa Rebeck didn't write, I wonder if that improved it... David Marshall Grant did write it -- I liked some of his writing on the early better years of Brothers and SIsters though I still always think of him as the actor who seemed to play every other gay role from Bent to Angels in America to the gay guy on thirtysomething.

"And when Karen was at the bar dancing with her new friends, why did she stand out, when the whole episode was about how she had to learn NOT to stand out. "

I admit that I could suspend my disbelief with the impromptu performance at the party, but THIS part really bothered me. "Iowa" aka Karen goes from being unreasonably hated by the "ensemble", then is suddenly taken VERY quickly under their wing, and they go ON about teaching her how to be a member of an ensemble and not stand out. SO what do they do? They teach her a routine to Adele, take her to a bar, and then they perform it with her singing lead and them performing as her backup dancers. Ummm... Lesson learned? (And I often love Wesley Taylor, he was one of my fave performances in the Tales of the City musical but man could the director tell him to just tone everything about his performance on this show down a bit?)

Wesley Taylor could play Marilyn.

I would watch that.

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Let's play "Mean Broadway"!

Fire Theresa Rebeck and replace her with David Marshal Grant.

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bk it is underperforming for sure, but it's lucky to be on NBC and will at least play out the 15 episodes (I don't see huge hope for a second season). but c'mon what "big push"? As far as I know, one blogger (on a major blog site, but only in her Smash blog that presumably mainly Smash viewers would be reading) and several people on here were virtually the only ones to say that it improves in episode 4. It's not like NBC increased advertising, or claimed in the ads they had "if you were disappointed, THIS is where it gets good". I doubt anyone who hadn't watched Smash yet, or had already given up on the show had even heard that some felt it improved.

Of course, one does have to read the endless Facebook updates from the mom of one of the stars - that's daily

And which star's mom is this?

I'll admit I'm a "fan" on their Facebook page, but hadn't realized one of the star's mom's was posting on there. I don't really care for Katherine McPhee either, but according to Facebook page, she has a following and lots of people siding with her character.

I for one, love when Megan Hilty is on, but can't believe how quickly her character has turned. I noticed as well that Michael Mayer didn't direct the last episode.

I thought it would have been more realistic for the character of "Sam" to take Karen under his wing, as he was the first one who treated her with kindness.

Also, it seems as if the dancers from the first two episodes have been replaced.

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Sorry bk, I wasn't trying to pick an argument, I just thought that there hadn't been any real push on the part of NBC to proclaim the episode as the episode when the show will turn around.

I agree. Except for those of us obsessed enough to read blogs, I don't think the general public knew that Epi 4 was the one when the show was supposed to get better.

The true test will be whether those people still watching now tell their friends, "Oh, it's gotten much better. You should check it out again."

My daughter has two gay dads and grew up going to Broadway shows, but she is not a theater person by anyone's definition. She thought Epi 4 was greatly improved. Now let's see how many people in Northern Massachusetts she tells...