With ‘The Wiz Live!’ being the best-reviewed live musical that NBC has ever aired, producers are now talking about bringing the show to Broadway next year. But the buzz wasn’t all good; the show also sparked a racial controversy online.
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OK, it’s officially not too early to call “The Wiz Live!” a mega-hit for NBC.
According to Variety, The Wiz Live! averaged roughly a 3.3 rating/11 share in adults 18-49 and about 11.1 million viewers overall from 8 to 11 p.m. Check out the best memes from The Wiz Live!
I geeked out when Stephanie Mills (the original Dorothy on Broadway) started to sing in her new role as Auntie Em.
Viewers weren’t the only ones who found last year’s NBC musical, Peter Pan Live, to be nothing to crow about.
NBC has just released additional ratings news for THE WIZ LIVE!
The production more than doubled NBC’s typical audience for a Thursday night despite CBS airing a down-to-the-wire National Football League game as competition. But will the TV cast be included in the new production?
“‘The Wiz’ is by far NBC’s most sophisticated live musical broadcast yet; it’s also one that felt, movingly, of its time”, wrote Daniel D’Addario, Time’s TV critic.
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TiVo said the show’s top moment for people rewinding and watching again came when the Munchkins told Dorothy to “follow the yellow-brick road”.
