“Grease: You’re the One That I Want” was third for NBC at 5.2/7 in it’s time slot. The is about the same it was last week.
Overall I think the show is starting to get better now that they are narrowing down the choices and we can get to know the contestants a little better. I was a little surprised at how “not excellent” some of the singers were.
According to Zap2it via broadwayworld “Grease - You’re the one that I want” dropped in ratings by almost 2 million visitors and finished in last place in it’s time slot.
I have to say I was much less interested this week than I was last week. Unlike “Dancing With The Stars” this show has all unknowns. It’s just not as much fun watching an unknown potentially mess up a song or dance as it is a B-list celebrity. I’m hoping that when it gets down to the final twelve things will get more interesting.
NBC’s “Grease: You’re the One That I Want” premiered to pretty decent ratings with over 11.6 million viewers tuning in. In comparison Dancing With The Stars averaged 16.8 million viewers each week.
I tuned in but was busy multitasking. I’ll probably pay more attention once they get past the initial cuts. It will be interesting to see if the show takes tuns into more of a “performance” based show like “Dancing With The Stars” or melodrama like “Big Brother”.
Producers have announced that Mamma Mia at Mandalay Bay will be closing in mid 2007 after 2300+ performances.
There has been mixed results with broadway shows in Vegas. Avenue Q had some problems but I suspect it was due to a lack of branding or familiarity with the show by the average Vegas visitor. The shows in Vegas are not destinations unto themselves. Rather they are an afterthought after someone is in Vegas.
“I’m sick of the slots…let’s see a show ! Oooh Look ! Mamma Mia ! I love Abba !”
BWW reportes that Idina Menzel gave her final London Performance as Elphaba in Wicked. It was reporte dthat she was making $30,000/week. That is a crazy amount of money but then again she has drawn in over a quarter of a million people.