NBC recently hired Bob Greenblatt as the president of programming, and the lineup will see two new programs as a result.
The first is Smash, a musical show about making a Broadway play. But this is no Glee knock-off: the show will have all original music, and has a stellar pedigree. The idea comes from Steven Spielberg, is being produced by Craig Zadan and Neil Meron (of Hairspray and Chicago fame), with Hairspray duo Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman writing the music.
The second show is about a half-hour romantic comedy featuring a lesbian couple called I Hate That I Love You from the mind behind Will and Grace, Jhoni Marchenko. The tag line is as intriguing, "A straight couple introduces two of its lesbian friends to each other and what results is both instant attraction and a pregnancy."
The two shows will hopefully boost NBC's sagging network, after a rash of reality programming and Conan-gate have shown it to be averse to "artist-driven" programs.
Will you be tuning into NBC for either of these shows?
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