Hairspray Live!

With audio drop outs, shaky camera work, poor direction and a lead actress constantly out of breath and whose dancing was fair at best, this was difficult to watch. The frequency and length of commercial breaks was annoying. The stand out was Derek Hough. We all know he is a great dancer but the guy can sing too! During the bows at the end of the show, the director cut away just as Kristen Chenowith was about to come into camera view for her bow. Yikes! As a huge draw for the show, this goof was an insult to her and an example of the poor directing. NBC can't seem to pull off these live shows without some glaring mistakes.

Hairspray Live deserves a great rating! While it is true there were a handful of technical bugs and when it comes to some casting choices, people who are familiar with the show might have to get used to the new cast, all the hard work and endless practice that went into this is quite an amazing feat!

Being a person of theater, film and broadcast myself, what it takes to pull something off like this in a live setting blows my mind. Life is not perfect, but what makes a live show feel more realistic, more connected on a human level than a couple of bugs or passionately exhausted vocal inflections?!

While some of the past live shows have had their struggles, Hairspray Live is a big leap in the right direction. For what it is, all the technical aspects they achieved, and how it was not pre-recorded, it is worth the watch.

It's not as strong as 2007's Hairspray. And can Rosie O'Donnell please stop acting. But Hairspray Live! is a vibrant and entertaining adaptation with colourful costumes, fun songs and good performances.

I LOVED 'Mamma, I'm A Big Girl Now'!

Awful audio, cheesy product placement, constant cutting to "The audience", camera crew seemed drunk. Dov Cameron was pretty awful.

So much talent show so little of it. Kristin Chenowith, who I was really looking forward to, seemed weak in the Baltimore Crabs number. And sadly I don't think it was because of her performance as much as the audio/camera issues. Ariana Grande played her character quietly, as would be expected of Penny, however she was too quiet for a live show.

It felt like they hadn't done a run through together and there were no sound checks.

Best thing to do is skip watching the entire thing and just look for clips of Jennifer Hudson's performance.

NBC enough already. None of your live shows were worth the money you spent on them

I still love every second of hairspray live from start to finish. Ariana Grande and dove Cameron are my most favorites of the whole cast. Those two should make couple of more together again!!!. songs I still wish that it had a cameo of john waters (director of the original movie) that wouldve Been perfect!. But I still love the movie exactly as it is. I was so happy for ariana for being part of this, I actually watched the original 1988 and the 2007 versions of hairspray just before this (2016) version premiered.

I give the 9/10.