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'Sound of Music' ratings soar: NBC's biggest Thursday in 4 years
Entertainment Weekly ^ | 12/06/2013 | James Hibberd

Posted on 12/06/2013 9:07:36 AM PST by SeekAndFind

NBC’s 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 NBC’s biggest Thursday in the adult demo excluding sports since the ER finale in 2009. Obviously, it’s also far and away NBC’s 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 Thursday’s 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.


TOPICS: Music/Entertainment; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: carrieunderwood; nbc; soundofmusic
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To: mason-dixon

I’m with ya - I see nothing wrong here


141 posted on 12/06/2013 1:35:22 PM PST by Hegewisch Dupa
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To: SeekAndFind

Carrie’s voice was strong, but her frequent obvious teleprompter readings were a distraction, as were the out-of-place Black Benedictine nuns in 1938 Austria (although they sounded terrific).


142 posted on 12/06/2013 1:48:14 PM PST by montag813 (NO AMNESTY * ENFORCE THE LAW * http://StandWithArizona.com)
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To: Political Junkie Too
The story goes that they couldn't find any Asian actors of the required level of talent.

To buy that takes a real suspension of disbelief.

The truth is more like they couldn't find Asian actors of the required level of guild membership.

143 posted on 12/06/2013 1:54:38 PM PST by Uncle Chip
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To: GreyFriar
I have been to Salzburg, Austria and the von Trapp house there.

I'm jealous. Where else in Europe did you travel?

I only caught the second half of last night's production. This is how television programming used to be. Hopefully other broadcasters will follow suit.

144 posted on 12/06/2013 2:03:25 PM PST by NYer ("The wise man is the one who can save his soul. - St. Nimatullah Al-Hardini)
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To: Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America
Another nice touch would've been to replace the swastikas with 0bama logos

LOL! Good idea!

145 posted on 12/06/2013 2:43:47 PM PST by NautiNurse (Obama sends U.S. Marines to pick up his dog & basketballs. Benghazi? Nope.)
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To: llevrok

Julie Andrews is sexy as heck all the way around.


146 posted on 12/06/2013 3:40:40 PM PST by EricT. (Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength. Big brother is watching you.)
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To: Political Junkie Too
"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?"

So well articulated. Couldn't agree more. I thought Audra McDonald hit all the right notes -- musically and otherwise. Loved it all.

147 posted on 12/06/2013 3:48:15 PM PST by fullchroma
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To: longfellow

ROFL, now that’s funny.


148 posted on 12/06/2013 3:50:17 PM PST by Fledermaus (If we here in TN can't get rid of the worthless Lamar, it's over.)
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To: Hotlanta Mike
...while I was still living in Switzerland...we drove out to Salzburg, then drove over the Alps to Bledwhich has an alpine lake and a medieval castle...drove to Dubrovnik, spent 4 days there and then drove to Venice. Spent 3 days there and then returned to Switzerland.

I hate you.

And I'd love to have dinner with you and hear all about it!

149 posted on 12/06/2013 3:56:54 PM PST by fullchroma
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To: fullchroma

Don’t hate!

My mother chose Bled because lot’s of British tourists were going there and it was on the way down from Salzburg to southern Yugoslavia.

http://www.slovenia.info/?_ctg_kraji=2519

Back then we didn’t have google maps etc so looking on a map we had estimated roughly a 8 or 9 hour drive to Dubrovnik. With all the twists and turns along the Adriatic it ended up taking almost 13 hours (we also stopped along the way at spots where we liked the view).

http://www.tzdubrovnik.hr/eng/

Dubrovnik was a rival shipping port to Venice in the middle ages, the difference being Dubrovnik was fortified to defend itself. Venice tended to negotiate with hostile invaders.

Dubrovnik to Venice was also a long drive, about 13 hours as well. Parked on the mainland and took the water taxi in. We stayed in a 3-star hotel right off of Piazza San Marco. During the day in the high season it’s packed full of daytrippers. At night it clears out and is more relaxing.

And then back home where I was living in Switzerland it was about a 7 hour drive. Not a bad trip all around,


150 posted on 12/06/2013 4:34:09 PM PST by Hotlanta Mike ("Governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish - too much handling will spoil it." Lao Tzu)
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To: dfwgator

Since you mentioned it, how is it that there was a black Mother Superior in Austria in the 1930’s? That had to be a cave in to the PC crowd. Having posited that, she did have a great voice.

A tip of the hat to the entire show. It was a very well done performance. Since it was a stage performance, they were limited in what they could do. What they did they did well.


151 posted on 12/06/2013 6:30:51 PM PST by NCC-1701 (I am proud of what America USED TO BE.)
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To: longfellow

That came a year later ;-)


152 posted on 12/06/2013 6:35:05 PM PST by Jane Long (While Marxists continue the fundamental transformation of the USA, progressive RINOs assist!)
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To: dfwgator

“...”Helluva game....Helluva game....Bears got a great team this year. They’re gonna go all the way.”...”

We’ll see what happens Monday night.

Oh, & BTW

GO COWBOYS!!!!! !


153 posted on 12/06/2013 6:40:51 PM PST by NCC-1701 (I am proud of what America USED TO BE.)
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To: NCC-1701
I was thinking the same thing. That wouldn't of happened.
154 posted on 12/06/2013 6:42:37 PM PST by Jane Long (While Marxists continue the fundamental transformation of the USA, progressive RINOs assist!)
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To: SeekAndFind; y'all

Darn...missed it! Anyone know if it will replay? Thanks.


155 posted on 12/06/2013 6:44:26 PM PST by Jane Long (While Marxists continue the fundamental transformation of the USA, progressive RINOs assist!)
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To: NCC-1701
GO COWBOYS!!!!! !

If it's December, it's Romo time. /S

156 posted on 12/06/2013 7:42:14 PM PST by Stentor
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To: Uncle Chip
Oliver was not about a historical family — this was.

True, but we're talking about the character of the Mother Abbess, not the von Trapps. The Mother Superior was likely a fictionalized character, albiet positively white, notwithstanding that there was a real Mother Superior at the Nonnberg Abbey.

But let's do talk about the von Trapps. The thing about musical theater is that beautiful music should not be off-limits to others to perform, just because of their race. That's why most people look past the race of the performer when they play a role.

For instance, what if someone tried to produce an all-black The Sound Of Music? Personally, I think that would be more accepted than the notion of an all-white Porgy and Bess, but that's because the African-American community zealously protects "black" arts, while simultaneously demanding entry into the arts of others. Still, white performers do sing the music of Gershwin, but just in concert and not in a staged production.

And then there were the Shakespearean men who played women's roles. Somehow, the audience of that time was able to look past that.

-PJ

157 posted on 12/06/2013 11:16:51 PM PST by Political Junkie Too (If you are the Posterity of We the People, then you are a Natural Born Citizen.)
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To: NYer; All

Just wondering if anyone else noticed absence of crucifixes on the nuns?


158 posted on 12/07/2013 5:28:01 AM PST by ken5050 (Benghazi investigation update: "The plot thickens, like Hillary Clinton's ankles.." (longfellow")
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To: ken5050
Just wondering if anyone else noticed absence of crucifixes on the nuns?

Indeed ... also, the chapel setting contained a blank cross instead of a crucifix.

159 posted on 12/07/2013 5:57:52 AM PST by NYer ("The wise man is the one who can save his soul. - St. Nimatullah Al-Hardini)
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To: Jane Long

RE: Darn...missed it! Anyone know if it will replay? Thanks.

You can still watch it in HULU:

http://www.hulu.com/watch/568839


160 posted on 12/07/2013 10:36:29 AM PST by SeekAndFind
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