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- 2012
- TV-14
- NBC
- 2012
- TV-14
- NBC
- 2012
- TV-14
- NBC
- 2012
- TV-14
- NBC
Smash
Season 1 Premiere: Feb 6, 2012
72
7.0
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 55 Critic Reviews
72
71% Positive
39 Reviews
39 Reviews
29% Mixed
16 Reviews
16 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 55 Critic Reviews
72
71% Positive
39 Reviews
39 Reviews
29% Mixed
16 Reviews
16 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Smash is a triumph.
Smash is excellent, a bar-raiser for broadcast networks.
Though clunky in places, at its best the series captures the essence of what the movie version of "A Chorus Line" didn't, providing an illuminating window into the creative process.
Smash introduces its winsome ingénue Karen (Katharine McPhee) to a headstrong young songwriter with hip Rent ambitions (rising star Jeremy Jordan, who headlined two real Broadway musicals last year). This subplot, like much of Smash, is cheesy and corny, but works when the impassioned singing starts. Which, for a musical drama about musicals, is what matters most.
Until, and unless, all the elements fall into place, it's more smush than smash. [18 Feb 2013, p.41]
You want to like it, because the rough patches stem more from high ambition than from shortcomings.
The way things are going, I would pay $100 if the purchase exempted me from having to watch any more of the show itself.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 150 User Ratings
7.0
67% Positive
101 Ratings
101 Ratings
15% Mixed
22 Ratings
22 Ratings
18% Negative
27 Ratings
27 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 150 User Ratings
7.0
67% Positive
101 Ratings
101 Ratings
15% Mixed
22 Ratings
22 Ratings
18% Negative
27 Ratings
27 Ratings
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Production Company:
- Madwoman in the Attic
- DreamWorks Television
- Universal Television
Initial Release Date: Feb 6, 2012
Number of seasons: 2 Seasons
Rating: TV-14
Awards
Golden Globes, USA
• 1 Nomination
Primetime Emmy Awards
• 1 Win & 6 Nominations
GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics
• 5 Nominations
