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‘Smash’ Ends Its Run: What Happened to This Once Promising Show?

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‘Smash’ ends its run on the Sunday night. Jason Lynch on what went wrong with this once promising show.

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In February Smash kicked off its second-season premiere with a bold, infectious new anthem called “Broadway, Here I Come!” At the time, the song—the centerpiece of what would become the show’s second fictional musical, Hit List—seemed a confident declaration of the heavily retooled NBC drama’s having righted itself after an...

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