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The internet was buzzing throughout the day about the series premiere of Smash, which aired last night.  If you have not seen it yet, you can do so in our Watch Smash section.  Take a look at what some had to say about the premiere.

Not that “Smash” is to be confused with a moody character study or a biting backstage satire. This is one big unapologetic feather-headress-waving, sequined derriere-twitching, high-note-holding love song to the siren call of song, dance and the theatrical life. But if there is no adversity, there can be no triumph. And “Smash” is a triumph.  LaTimes.com

This was the pilot this season that had me dying the most to see what happens next. It didn’t hurt that the way they left it off, with a terrific song – and Karen and Ivy almost running into each other before walking into callbacks – was absolute perfection. I think we’ll see more than a few Emmy nominations this summer.  Cnn.com

Smash is here as something bright, shiny and new… and making a very good first impression. Here’s hoping it can stay this strong going forward.  Ign.com

It’s not presumptuous to assume Smash will go into a second season, if it can hold onto the promising audience that tuned in for the premiere. It’s a major win for a hit-starved network in need of one, as well as for despondent Glee fans in search of a new musical story with its head and heart in the right place.  Guardian.co.uk

The bottom line is that “Smash” the pilot was certainly enticing enough to keep me watching and to merit some attention from anyone who values quality scripted television over.  WashingtonPost.com

They used to call them “backstage musicals” – films and plays about the theater, almost invariably focusing on a young hopeful who overcomes his or her naivete, climbs to the top and ends up basking in the applause of an opening-night smash. It’s usually required that the hopeful falls in love long enough to understand that you can’t take applause home when the curtain comes down.

They don’t much make backstage musicals anymore – perhaps the closest we get are the reality competition shows like “The Voice” and “American Idol,” and high school musicals like “High School Musical” or “Glee.” But in concocting the optimistically titled “Smash,” premiering Monday night on NBC, producer Steven Spielberg and creator Theresa Rebeck have looked backward to the classic backstage musical for inspiration (not to mention plot), and the result is, yes, a smash.

How good is “Smash”? So good you can’t help wondering why no one thought of it before, a compelling mix of credible real-life melodrama with a fictionalized approximation of what it takes to get a Broadway show from the idea stage to opening night.

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