US TV: Smash

[Mindy]

^^ it actually gets a second season in the fall. pero for how long, how many episodes, that's still not decided.

^ naku, hindi ko rin get yung karen-dev relationship. i don't even know how they got together, hindi sila bagay. and your analysis of the show is right!!! ang bilis ngang mag change ng direction ng kwento, hindi pa ako solb!

[_gigles_]

how long si Uma Thurman sa show? natutuwa ako sa character niya haha

[twelve5]

Natawa rin ako sa indian accent ni rebecca. (oh baka mamya may mag cry ng racism ha. Inuunahan ko lang, hehe)

^^ it actually gets a second season in the fall. pero for how long, how many episodes, that's still not decided.

Kasi they can cancel anytime time diba? So im worried na baka di na rin ituloy talaga season2 lalo na if ratings continue to go down in the last 3 episodes.

[Mindy]

^ Yup, cancellation happens all the time. But NBC has already announced it is coming back in season 2. To cancel after they announced, this has not yet happened anywhere on TV coz it's not good for a station's rep and credibility. Fox did a slightly similar thing. Only it brought a show back when it was first announced that it was already cancelled (yung Breaking In), and then cancelled it again after 5-6 episodes ng S2. Not a lot of people trust Fox's decision when it comes to programming. The network itself hindi ganun ka-credible (except malakas kita niya kasi it has American Idol). NBC cannot afford to make that mistake (announce, then take it back) coz it's the 4th in the ranking, nalulugi na. They have been struggling to take back their #1 spot ever since they lost Friends.

A more possible scenario for Smash is.... they show this in the September or Oct (or maybe Jan mid-season), and then drop it after 2-3 episodes of the second season, if hindi talaga nagwowork yung series.

But I'm hopeful it will turn around. Part of the reason why it was in trouble is because the showrunner isn't that good. She resigned last month (or more possibly, was fired), so someone will step in and hopefully, make the show's story lines better.

As it is, patapos na ang isang season run by May. Any decision NBC has to do with cancellation of Smash at this point, it's already too late. Tapos na ang calendaryo ng Fall TV 2011-2012 by then (of which Smash is part of). Then they have summer (June/July/August) programming naman, all the rest of the shows will be on hiatus, if hindi part ng summer programming. So Smash has all those months to regroup and come back better for S2.

[pixiedust]

^sana nga mag turn around siya. sayang yung naumppisahan eh. sobrang nakaka hook kaya nun! parang every episode ang bilis at bitin kasi nakaka engross yung story. pero it has really mellowed down in that sense.

[twelve5]

Mindy, glad to hear that. Thanks for the info.

In the past kasi madami akong gustong mga series na biglang na cancel. May obsessive tendencies pa naman ako. Like yung Lost maski hindi ko naintindihan eh talagang tinapos ko kasi nasimulan ko. Hehe

[Mindy]

Yung showrunner na ng Gossip Girl ang papalit to head Smash's production, it was just announced. Dunno if the guy's good or bad for Smash. And I dunno what that means for Gossip Girl rin.

Personally, I think Smash needs someone who knows Broadway and TV....but I guess walang ganung tao to fit the position.

[pixiedust]

^i don't like gossip girl (save for the clothes) because i think it's just waaay too heavy for a supposed young adult story. so maybe that's ok for smash since medyo heavy naman yung storyline nito.

but then again, naguguluhan ako sa storyline ng gg. so ewan ko lang.

i agree, dapat someone who has broadway know how since the show is basically the behind the scenes of broadway.

[_gigles_]

^^yikes! eh ang patapon ng story ng GG eh I think it just became a hit because of the fashionable clothes and the upper east side vibe. But story wise ang patapon lang talaga. Well previous seasons are tolerable but in the long run parang nawalan ng depth yung characters, they all became somewhat shallow and less interesting as the story progress.

[Mindy]

^ Exactly. Gossip Girl's latter seasons not good na. And another thing, the new showrunner has only Gossip Girl to his experience. He hasn't done any other show.

Maybe this is a gamble. Ewan ko na. This has me a bit worried. Pero who knows, some people have done surprises for TV shows.

The first showrunner for Smash had a few stage experience, and she also did movies. She was the writer of Catwoman (Halle Berry). Yun nga lang...lahat ng previous work niya di naman rave reviews or critically acclaimed.

[pixiedust]

i haven't watched gg since..um season 1? haha. yikes! sana nga may surprise siya for smash ha. sayang naman kasi yung naumpisahan ng smash.

[traveltechie]

super excited ako to download latest episodes of Smash.  I love Katharine McPhee

[twelve5]

They are coming out with a soundtrack cd this May. 

[pixiedust]

preview for next week: http://youtu.be/Mxv0uAL_8UU

naku ha, the turn of events...nakaka bitin!

[twelve5]

This week's episode: Tech

Whats the thing between derek and rebecca? I didnt expect that.  Kawawa naman si ivy.

And man,  next week's episode. [textspeak!] yun, palit-palitan ng partners? Kaloka.

[pixiedust]

^ikr! after na nag "that's why i love you" si derek kay ivy.
kawawa din si karen kasi bukod sa muntik na magcheat sa kanya si dev, siya naman ngayon sinisisi ni ivy because of derek and rebecca at dun sa promo for next week, nag join forces pa yung dalawa!

meyo naiinis ako kay dev. why would he propose to karen? parang feeling ko pampalubag loob sa kanya yung proposal. kasi his life is not turning out as planned so might as well have something nice in his love life. ganun yung dating ng proposal niya sakin.

at sobrang curious din ako dun sa poisoning angle for next week. was rebecca poisoned? if so, i'd like to pin it on ellis. haha! at sino kaya papalit sa kanya?

[_gigles_]

^kay ellis at ivy!

babalik ba talaga si Michael Swift? Weee! Excited ako for that!

[pixiedust]

^looks like it. andun sa sa preview eh. at mukang gusto nanaman manggulo kay julia. bilib din ako sa family ni julia noh? after everything, tight pa rin sila ngayon.

[_gigles_]

^ay oo nga, nakalimutan ko andun siya sa preview. ang sweet nga ng family ni Julia so I understand why shes willing to give up the show for them, worth it naman sila.

[pixiedust]

^at kahit naiinis ako sa acting ni leo, natutuwa ako sa kanya kasi with what his family is going through, a kid his age, usually magrerebelde na yun diba? well nagrebelde naman siya for a while pero that was it. parang ang supportive pa niya sa parents niya. lalo na sa mom niya.