Hairspray Live! Ratings Ease on Down Below The Wiz, Match NBC's Peter Pan
Hairspray Live! was big, (at times) blonde and beautiful, but the nicest kids in town did not reach as many people as Dorothy and her friends. NBC’s latest live musical venture drew a 5.9/10 in metered market ratings, according to Deadline. This puts Hairspray Live! below The Wiz Live!’s 7.9 rating and on par with 2014’s Peter Pan Live!. Preliminary Nielsen numbers estimate 8.9 million total viewer…