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Tony and Emmy Award-winner Martin Short and Emmy Award-winner Derek Hough have joined the cast of NBC's 'Hairspray Live!,' the network's next live Broadway musical holiday event following the phenomenal success of 'The Wiz Live!'

Oscar, Golden Globe, SAG and Grammy Award-winner Jennifer Hudson and multiple Tony Award-winner Harvey Fierstein will headline the cast of NBC's 'Hairspray Live!,' the network's next live Broadway musical holiday event following the phenomenal success of 'The Wiz Live!'

ABC's 'Dancing with the Stars' is back with an all-new celebrity cast hitting the ballroom. Today, Johnny Avello at Wynn Las Vegas predicted the odds to win the upcoming season of the show

Don't miss a special 'Tweet-Along' Encore of GREASE: LIVE airing Easter tonight, March 27 (7:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX!

Don't miss a special 'Tweet-Along' Encore of GREASE: LIVE airing Easter Sunday, March 27 (7:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX!

Today, Johnny Avello at Wynn Las Vegas predicted the odds to win the upcoming season of the show:

GREASE: LIVE!, Paramount Television's sensational reimagining of the beloved musical Grease, was a hit with critics and audiences alike and now viewers will have a chance to own a piece of the landmark live television event. 

The celebrity cast of “Dancing with the Stars” are slipping into their ballroom shoes and getting ready for their first dance on MONDAY, MARCH 21 (8:00-10:01 p.m. EDT), on the ABC Television Network.

This season's exciting new cast of 'Dancing with the Stars' will be revealed live, TODAY, MARCH 8, exclusively on 'Good Morning America' (7:00-9:00 a.m. EST) on the ABC Television Network.

Grease is the word! The landmark, live television production of the beloved musical Grease makes its home entertainment debut with GREASE LIVE! now available on Digital HD and DVD today, March 8, 2016 from Paramount Home Media Distribution.

This season's exciting new cast of “Dancing with the Stars” will be revealed live, TUESDAY, MARCH 8, exclusively on “Good Morning America” (7:00-9:00 a.m. EST) on the ABC Television Network.

Paramount Television's highly-acclaimed, breakthrough hit GREASE: LIVE delivered more than 17 million total viewers worldwide since it originally aired this past Sunday, Jan. 31.

In the recently edited video below, watch a split screen perspective of Associate director Carrie Havel working behind the scenes of the showstopping number 'Greased Lightnin'!

Grease is the word! The landmark, live television production of the beloved musical Grease makes its home entertainment debut with GREASE LIVE! now available on Digital HD and coming to DVD March 8, 2016 from Paramount Home Media Distribution.

FOX's GREASE: LIVE was an undeniable hit Sunday night, earning rave reviews, 12.2 million viewers and a 4.3 rating in the all-important A18-49 demographic. Much of the success had to do not just with the stars in front of the camera, but the many people behind the scenes. Below, watch a video from Associated director Carrie Havel, showing you an inside look at 'Greased Lightnin.'

Like greased lightning! CTV's very big January concluded last night with 1.7 million viewers for GREASE: LIVE preliminary overnight data from Numeris reveals, making it the #1 entertainment program Sunday with total viewers and all key demos. The special peaked with 2.37 million viewers, tuning in to Sandy and Danny's dance solo during 'Born To Hand Jive'.

Adding to the news that last night's broadcast of GREASE: LIVE was a ratings bonanza, Showbiz 411 reports that the soundtrack to FOX's live musical has debuted at number 5 on iTunes

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Leave it to the network that reinvented television with AMERICAN IDOL and created SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE, one of the most artistically significant shows in recent memory, to figure out the proper balance in merging musical theatre and live television. FOX's GREASE: LIVE learned from three years of live, middling musicals on NBC (the satisfying WIZ LIVE! notwithstanding) and produced the best, most thrilling live TV musical in half a century.

GREASE: LIVE aired last night Sunday, Jan. 31, 2016 on FOX and BWW has the reviews hot off the presses.