NBC has opted to cancel Smash, the Broadway musical drama starring Debra Messing, Katherine McPhee and Megan Hilty. Though it was once NBC's new darling, the drama sank in popularity in Season 2, going sub-1.0 in the ratings and facing ridicule from critics. After a bleak return to NBC's 2012-13 season schedule, the show's cancelation has been prophesied for some time. The show was bumped to Saturdays in March, where rankings sank below a 0.5. NBC entertainment chairman, Bob Greenblatt, brought Smash with him from his former post at Showtime. Greenblatt envisioned elements of a Broadway musical in primetime - plus original songs by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman.