Smash (NBC TV Series)

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From Wikipedia - Smash (TV series)

Smash is an upcoming American musical series set to premiere on NBC, Monday, February 6, 2012.

Synopsis
The show revolves around a group of characters who come together to put on a Broadway musical based on the life of Marilyn Monroe. But before that can happen, the people who will try to bring it all together must deal with their own personal acts. The series will feature original music by composers Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman.

Conception
Development began in 2009 at Showtime by then-Showtime entertainment president Robert Greenblatt and Steven Spielberg, from an idea by Spielberg, who had been working on the concept for years. The original concept was that each season would follow the production of a new musical; if any of them were "stage-worthy", Spielberg would make them into an actual Broadway musical. The series was mainly inspired by The West Wing and Upstairs, Downstairs. Greenblatt then brought the project with him to NBC when he was made NBC Entertainment president in January 2011. Theresa Rebeck wrote the pilot script and is series creator. Executive producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron suggested Rebeck for the series to Spielberg and Greenblatt. NBC ordered production of a pilot in January 2011 for the 2011–12 television season.
Michael Mayer directed the pilot episode, with Spielberg serving as an executive producer. It has been reported that the pilot cost $7.5 million to produce. On May 11, 2011, NBC picked the project up to series. When the network announced its 2011/12 schedule on May 15, 2011, the series was slated to premiere in mid-season. NBC opted to hold the show for mid-season in order to pair it up with the hit reality show The Voice on Monday nights. On August 1, 2011, it was announced that show's series premiere date would be February 6, 2012, the night after Super Bowl XLVI, with heavy promotion through early winter on many of the network's properties before the premiere. At the NBC Press Tour, it was announced that Smash would have 15 episodes produced for the first season to coincide with The Voice.

Out na ang Season 1 Episode 1

[zeiferlance]

nice unta if mixed with comedy ni cya kay typical naman gud ang musical drama.
nevertheless nice man gihapon... ^_^

[frozenstar]

So love this show!!!! Ivy vs. Karen, glad naa season 2 ani.
For those who love Glee you will love this show even more.

[FAQ]

YES !!! Mas maayo pa ni sa Glee .

[3pqlang]

story wise, script wise, production wise
much better than glee

but

comparing glee to this show is like comparing a lizard into a crocodile..
glee is comedy, the lame storylines and stupid scripts are acceptable..
but in terms of songs and making their own versions, GLEE is much better...

[FAQ]

comparing glee to this show is like comparing a lizard into a crocodile..
glee is comedy, the lame storylines and stupid scripts are acceptable..
but in terms of songs and making their own versions, GLEE is much better...

No not really cuz both are musical TV-show and their theme is about competition . The only difference is that Smash illustrates how adults makes a living in the performing arts while Glee illustrates teenagers in a typical school choral club .

Smash has their original composition while Glee are just covering mostly mainstream songs . Glee are showing a false illustration of the performing arts : it's impossible to learn a song let alone harmonies , choreography , and notes in just a one class session and way too impossible to learn a song during a night before the competition . Smash is showing an almost-real illustration of the daily lives of actors (not referring to Hollywood actors) where audition is very competitive when you're still a nobody and how actors make a living when they're not acting .

I used to love Glee though . But I ignored the show when they started singing mainstream songs , showing false illustration of the performing arts , and started having cheesy episodic plot . The last episode I've watched is when Rachel and Kurt were competing who is going to sing the song "Defying Gravity" .

[FAQ]

FYI ... the guy playing Michael Swift on SMASH worked with our very own Lea Salonga on Miss Saigon!