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"NBC's got trouble.\nThe Peacock network announced Monday that it is producing The Music Man as its next live musical broadcast project, following the huge success in December of The Sound of Music, which attracted more than 18 million viewers. Its the third such gambit for NBC, which also announced in January that it will do a live musical version of Peter Pan.\nSEE ALSO: Snark Aside, 'Sound of Music' Gives Live TV a Jolt\nNo air date has been set for The Music Man, though it's expected to be sometime in 2015. Peter Pan will air Dec. 4, 2014, but no cast has been announced for either.\nThe Music Man production was announced Monday morning during NBC's presentation at the network upfronts, the annual gathering of advertisers and media journalists in New York to preview the coming season's programming.\nA scene from NBC's 2013 broadcast of \"The Sound of Music Live!\"\nImage: NBC Universal\n\n\nNBC took a lot of snark for its earnest live take on The Sound of Music starring Carrie Underwood (above)\u00A0but the ratings don't lie. Fox later announced it was doing its own live-event version of Grease.\n\nHave something to add to this story? Share it in the comments."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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