“Depraved: One Great Evening” scored 3.6 million viewers on NBC.
The thrillifying telecast is the community’s second-highest rated particular this 12 months, after “SNL50: The Anniversary Particular.” The viewership can be up 64% from the 2024 particular “Defying Gravity: The Curtain Rises on Depraved.” (Particularly, viewership among the many 18-49 demographic spiked 148%.)
“Depraved: One Great Evening” was filmed reside on the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles and aired Nov. 6 on NBC. It feared “Depraved” stars together with Ariana Grande, Cynthia Erivo, Michelle Yoeh, Jeff Goldblum, Ethan Slater and Bowen Yang singing songs from each “Depraved” and the upcoming sequel “Depraved: For Good.” The setlist included “The Wizard and I,” “Well-liked,” “Dancing Via Life,” “For Good” and, after all, “Defying Gravity.”
Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth, who originated the roles of Elphaba and Glinda on Broadway, additionally appeared. And the particular featured company together with Leslie Odom Jr., Ludacris and Shaquille O’Neal.
The particular got here weeks earlier than the Nov. 21 theatrical launch of “Depraved: For Good,” which is able to wrap up the story of the Oz-set prequel. The movie sees witches Elphaba and Glinda estranged after visiting Emerald Metropolis. Per the logline, “When a woman from Kansas comes crashing into their lives, they might want to come collectively one ultimate time, and actually see one another, if they’re to alter themselves, and all of Oz, for good.”
The primary “Depraved” film will air on NBC on Nov. 19 at 8 p.m. in anticipation of the sequel.
“Depraved: One Great Evening” was produced by Fulwell Leisure. Ben Winston and Raj Kapoor govt produced. “Depraved: For Good” is produced by Marc Platt and David Stone.
