It was supposed to be a ratings smash and the big hit of the 2011-2012 TV season. Instead, despite a really good pilot, Smash ended up being a smashing disaster.
By the time Gossip Girl’s Josh Safran was brought in to revamp the Broadway-based musical NBC series, it was probably already too late: Audiences had left. NBC soon moved the show to Saturdays to live out the end of its life, although the series finale will air on a Sunday, on May 26.
To be fair, Smash gave us a lot of good things, like Megan Hilty and… well… okay, you’ve got us there. In all seriousness, there was serious talent involved with Smash, even if it didn’t all come together, and we’ll surely be seeing some of those people in other seasons soon. And, hey, if not for Smash, “I’m in Tech” wouldn’t ever have been so funny.
Now hoping for the Mary Tyler Moore Show type ending where everyone but Ellis gets fired… that is, if Ellis was even still on the show.
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The problem with Season 2 was 1) delay to midseason, 2) wasting 4 episodes on the new Jennifer Hudson character no one was looking for, and 3) that it took to episode 6 of season 2 to get the goodness we already liked. And number 4 for a lot of people would be that they wrote Jimmy so unlikable. (Nothing against the actor and his talent at all.)
Some people said they didn’t know when season 2 started, so promotion wasn’t consistent.
It should’ve been paired with The Voice in the fall and ratings would’ve been different even if the season played out exactly how we’ve seen. You can’t delay shows unless they have a rabid cult following – like The Sopranos, Walking Dead, Game of Thrones, or True Blood.