This is bad news for the actress.
NBC‘s Peter Pan Live! was met with mixed reviews, and some very disappointing ratings, which means that the execs aren’t happy at all.
Last year, the live musical of Sound of Music pulled in 18 million viewers, but this year there were only 9.2 million, despite having more press than their previous live musical.
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And they want to blame Allison Williams, but can’t because of her pops Brian Williams.
The show is already done now, but next year, they say they’re looking for someone with more star power than Allison has, like Carrie Underwood did.
Though, the one exec who spoke on-the-record, NBC’s entertainment chief Bob Greenblatt, felt the opposite way. He said:
“We are definitely doing another live musical, which we’ll announce soon. I didn’t expect the ratings of `Peter Pan’ to come even close to the phenomenal numbers achieved last year by `The Sound of Music.’ Yes, higher ratings would have been great, but we all realized going in that this show isn’t nearly as well-known as `The Sound of Music.’ Both Allison Williams and Chris Walken were terrific last night. It’s the best Thursday night we’ve had since a year ago.”
We’re sure NBC will figure it all out, and the good news is that at least they already starred Allison, so there shouldn’t be any pressure from Brian, right?!