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2nd UPDATE, 10:42 AM: Hairspray Live! has made its last shimmy so to speak with no change in the NBC musical’s demo results but a small uptick in viewers – and a new low for NBC. The 8 – 10:54 PM ...

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Based on the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical, "Hairspray Live!" takes place in 1962 Baltimore. Plump teenager Tracy Turnblad's dream is to dance on "The Corny Collins Show," a local TV program.

NBC unleashed "Hairspray Live!" Wednesday night, which follows the dreams of plus-size teen Tracy Turnblad (newcomer Maddie Baillio) to become a dancer on 1962 Baltimore's "The Corny Collins Show" -- ...

EURweb was on the scene at Universal Studios Hollywood to give our audience a one-of-a-kind access to the fun and fast-paced world of “Hairspray Live!” So yes, the countdown to “Hairspray Live!” ...

She's feeling better than ever! Maddie Baillio is opening up about her 150-pound weight loss, noting that she now weighs "more than half" of what she used to, years after rising to fame in the 2016 ...

This marked the network's fourth venture into holiday event live musicals. By Maureen Lee Lenker HairsprayLive3_NBC - H 2016 Hairspray Live! marked NBC’s fourth venture into holiday event live ...

It’s just two weeks before the Dec. 7 debut of NBC’s “Hairspray Live!,” and choreographer Jerry Mitchell is (cheer)leading the troupe of performers through rehearsal on a soundstage on the Universal ...

“Hairspray Live!” doesn’t debut until this December, but the first footage is already here. “Hairspray Live!” features newcomer Maddie Baillio in the star-making role of Tracy Turnblad, plus a ...

NBC's "Hairspray Live!" had everything -- great performances, an uplifting message, even its own cute hashtag-- but it was missing the one thing every musical wants: a huge audience. It's not like no ...