The Sound of Music was roughly three million viewers ahead of Jesus Christ Superstar, while The Wiz posted around two million more viewers than last night’s Easter special.
Its ratings were around a few million viewers shy of NBC’s 2013 broadcast of The Sound of Music Live and 2015’s The Wiz Live.
While Jesus Christ Superstar did well in the ratings, it was unable to beat two of the network’s previous live musical specials.
Official ratings reveal the special also drew a strong reaction on social media, becoming the most talked-about non-awards special so far this year.