| Grease: You're the One That I Want! | |
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| Created by | BBC Worldwide David Ian |
| Presented by | Billy Bush Denise van Outen |
| Judges | Kathleen Marshall Jim Jacobs David Ian |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 11 |
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| Running time | 42 minutes |
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| Network | NBC |
| Release | January 7 – March 25, 2007 |
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Grease: You're the One That I Want! is an NBC reality television series designed to cast the lead roles of Sandy Dumbrowski and Danny Zuko in a $10 million Broadway revival of the 1971 musical Grease directed and choreographed by two-time Tony Award-winner Kathleen Marshall. The Broadway production began previews at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre on July 24, 2007, and officially opened on August 19.[1]
The TV show, from the producers of Dancing With the Stars, was patterned after an original format created by Andrew Lloyd Webber for the BBC series How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?, which selected the lead in the successful 2006 West End revival of The Sound of Music. The show's title was taken from the song "You're the One That I Want" from the 1978 screen adaptation of Grease. Although the song was not part of the original Broadway production, the revival added the songs written for the film to those written for the original Broadway production.
The first episode opened with 11.59 million viewers, which put it in fourth place amongst U.S. network viewing.[2] The television program was usually last in its time slot, but it was effective at generating advance sales of US $8 Million by the finale.[3]
- ^ Gans, Andrew (August 19, 2007). "Grease Is the Word: Broadway Revival Opens Aug. 19". Playbill.
- ^ Hernandez, Ernio (January 8, 2007). "More Than 11 Million Tune Into "Grease: You're The One That I Want" on NBC". Playbill.
- ^ Robertson, Campbell (March 26, 2007). "'Grease' Finds Its Wheels". The New York Times.