Posted on 12/06/2013 9:07:36 AM PST by SeekAndFind
NBCs big winter gamble paid off: The Sound of Music Live! delivered a massive audience Thursday night. The three-hour performance of the classic Rodgers & Hammerstein musical delivered 18.5 million viewers and a great 4.6 rating among adults 18-49. This is NBCs biggest Thursday in the adult demo excluding sports since the ER finale in 2009. Obviously, its also far and away NBCs strongest non-sports Thursday performance this season; the network has had all sorts of ratings headaches on this night given its troubled comedy block.
Sound of Music was Thursdays most-watched show and tied CBS Big Bang Theory in the demo to win the evening.
While skepticism about the Sound of Music stunt ran high leading up to the show, viewers were generally enthusiastic about the performance, which was executed without any technical or performance glitches.
If one of the networks starting showing clean, family oriented shows they would kill all of the other networks combined.
In terms of having Audra McDonald, a very talented singer and performer, in the show. Then I guess we should not have a Canadian playing Captian Von Trapp and a Brit playing an Austrian nun turned governess.
Another nice touch would've been to replace the swastikas with 0bama logos because that's where we're headed.
Overall, I enjoyed the show and I hope NBC is just as shocked by their ratings as CNN is going to be after 6pm PST / 9pm EST TONIGHT (S.E. Cupp with Glenn Beck!).
Two words: Marni Nixon.
-PJ
Any relation to Mojo?
Since this has been mentioned several times now, let me just say...
When it comes to musical theater, there already comes a certain expectation of "willful suspension of disbelief," if only that people do not break out into song and dance in the middle of a serious conversation in real life.
Given that we already agree to suspend belief at the theater door, what's wrong with looking past the race of the actor for the character, too, and just enjoy the talented performance?
Why suspend the belief of choreographed interactions, but not anything else?
-PJ
You just answered your own question.
Thanks for that link. Those songs always make me a little weepy. Don’t know why. What an amazing production!
Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens
AKs and ARs and big Viking kittens,
Ted Cruz and Sarah, and metal that rings,
These are a few of my favorite things.
Gunny Mary Poppins
“Anything worth shooting once is worth shooting twice, and Merry Christmas.” Maria
-PJ
Carrie did okay as an actress, wonderful with the music. Overall, a nice production. There were nice little nuances that I appreciated.
Free link to “The making of ‘The Sound of Music’”:
http://www.nbc.com/sound-of-music/video/the-making-of-the-sound-of-music-live/n43826/
This thread is worthless without pictures!
Free link to “The making of ‘The Sound of Music’”:
http://www.nbc.com/sound-of-music/video/the-making-of-the-sound-of-music-live/n43826/
It was my mother’s favorite musical. In 1988 while I was still living in Switzerland my mother flew in from California and we drove out to Salzburg and spent 2 days there (also visited the family home), then drove over the Alps to Bled in Slovenia (was still part of Yugoslavia at the time)which has an alpine lake and a medieval castle. Spent a few days there and then drove 13 hours down the Adriatic Coast to Dubrovnik, spent 4 days there and then drove all the way back up the coast to Venice. Spent 3 days there and then returned to Switzerland
You think TV programmers will get the message? That would be that most people, and not just families with children, want decency and quality in TV.
“Why did it have to be remade? Seriously?”
Remade? Dude, it’s a musical. It started on Broadway. It was televised performance of the musical, not a re-shoot of the movie.
“(hoping I dont need the /sarc tag, but just in case ...)”
You just never know!!
Thanks CedarDave. I should have thought of that.
I appreciate you providing the link.
I had hoped to find the whole production there, and failing that didn’t think to look at NBC.
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