Save SMASH!!!!!!!!!!!!

We only have hours left to save this show, we're almost there!!!!

Smash 28.73%
Beauty and the Beast 28.78%

Do it for Ivy, Let Her Be Our Star.

http://www.eonline.com/news/410371/save-one-show-2013-vote-for-the-top-10-in-round-2

Updated On: 4/24/13 at 06:58 PM

I think the repetition of "!!!!" suggests he is aware of that.

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Kad, never say never. It was previously pointed out that this poll did save series such as 'One Tree Hill', 'Felicity', 'Angel' and 'Community'.

No. Let it die.

Where is the proof that this poll is responsible for the continuation of those shows? Other than the fact that the poll occurred- and then the shows continued.

The show has abysmal ratings. It's awesome that it has a dedicated fanbase repeatedly voting- but it doesn't have actual backing to help it.

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Ok...so it has nearly 29% of the vote? Out of how many? One Hundred? (30 viewers) One thousand? (300 viewers) Ten thousand? (still only 3,000 viewers).


Still not enough to pay the bills.

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Look guys…I wanted to love this show. I LOVED the pilot…but it never lived up to it. There were glimmers of hope–mostly Megan Hilty’s amazing performances (Let’s Be Bad, Never Met a Wolf Who Didn’t Love to Howl, Moving the Line). But let’s face facts. Not enough people are watching it.

For all the people who saying it wasn’t promoted enough… ARE YOU KIDDING??! I remember seeing ads for it back in October. TVLINE and other outlets were constantly announcing when guests starts and new actors were being added since Season 1 ended (that’s free advertising people!). It was promoted all over it’s genre based demographics main websites (ie Broadwayworld.com, Broadway.com) and broader entertainment sites as well. It had huge billboards all over LA and NY/Times Sq. The only problem I see is in the way it was aired. Showing the first half of season opener on Hulu and iTunes….in this day and age…does nothing to help the show. I remember about maybe 6 years ago a lot of cable shows would get leaked online through off the radar channels (ie bit torrent, peer2peer downloading). That was almost grass roots promotion. But now that everyone has access to Hulu and such…why would they tune in on TV if they can see it online? (With much fewer commercials). And NBC should have either aired it in the Fall where viewers hoped it would be or waited to pair it with The Voice in the Spring.

The horrible writing didn’t help either. Jimmy’s character was horribly written. I don’t blame Jeremy Jordan one bit. I think he has a natural screen presence and likability…but not with this character. If they would have written the character a little more gritty…rather than glossy gritty… I think he would have been more compelling. He turned out so whiny and bi-polar. Kat McPhee has never been known for her acting skills…just her voice. But come on, pitting her against Hilty, who has more Marilyn in left pinkie than McPhee has in her whole body, was NEVER believable. The problem from the start was that the show moved WAY too fast. The girls were basically vying for the part in the first episode…where only what 3 songs were written for the show with NO BOOK… Don’t you usually wait til you have some basic structure for a show before you cast the role?

As for any other channel picking this show up… Why would they dump money into a show that has already lost money and viewership? Very few shows have EVER made a channel leap. The few that I can think of–Scrubs, Medium, The Hogan Family–switched networks and didn’t last long after that….the thing about those shows, they started out as hits and had broader appeal than Smash. The shows that have made leap and have been successful have moved to channels where they have a built in demographic. (Ex: The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd moved from ABC to Lifetime and ran for 3 more years) Or they have moved to synication…where no doubt they have taken a budget cut….something that Smash couldn’t afford. (It would slim the cast–most of the main actors–ie Messing & Houston–would take a pay cut or leave the show. Also the production values would go down.)

All in all….we have seen the last of Smash, at least as a TV show anyway. I think the only way we will see it again is if Bombshell makes it to Broadway. And it better be with Ms. Hilty.

Smash 29.64%

Beauty and the Beast 28.48%

SMASH is in the lead again!!!

http://www.eonline.com/news/410371/save-one-show-2013-vote-for-the-top-10-in-round-2

"Where else can I get Liza and Bernadette, and Donna McCechnie in a cameo!
Not to mention Riedel and Musto. "

^ Exactly!!! This is a show for broadway fans!!

>> "Where else can I get Liza and Bernadette, and Donna McCechnie in a cameo!
Not to mention Riedel and Musto. "

^ Exactly!!! This is a show for broadway fans!!

all that jazz, I always admire your enthusiasm, but sometimes your logic escapes me.

[Caution: literal 'vehicle' reference ahead]
If we stuffed all of these Broadway folk into a Ford Pinto, would you say, "ah-HA! Ford Pinto! That's the car for broadway fans!!"...?

Updated On: 4/25/13 at 03:07 PM

"This is a show for broadway fans"

Odd. I always thought the shows that were for Broadway fans were the shows that were on Broadway!

The show started with the creation of the Marilyn musical. Why can't it end with Bombshell at the Tonys? It'd be such a great circle. Don't turn it into a Q.

Congrats to us and to Smash. We saved it!