Anybody watch Carrie Underwood's Sound of Music ??

Would've liked to have seen it. Quite a big risk they took but from what I've read it turned out pretty damn good. Hope it crops up on the internet somewhere.

Craig it wasn't an alternate take, it was the original take.  No reason to compare a stage musical to a movie version, but they were very different.
 
But as a CW user, or anyone involved in music or stage production (on any level) it was fascinating.  There's a reason a musical hadn't been a live musical on American TV in 50 years.  I was very curious to see if modern tech would make it much easier and it did, sort of. 
 
There were expected flubs, but some tech issues really surprised me.  The mikes were so hot when Underwood sang the title song that the hiss was driving me crazy (it got much better) and I had to remember how difficult the whole production was.
 
It was very cool and I'm glad the ratings were high, but from what I've seen on the internet very few people understood what it was.

Considering what a huge production it was, being one of the most important holiday shows this season, I'm really surprised that more people on the Cakewalk forums aren't talking about it. This was really a big musical event.

I recorded it to DVD and watched a little bit of it when it aired.  I too found the audible hiss level annoying.  Glad to hear that they resolved that problem further into the show.  I'm looking forward to sitting down and watching the while thing.  I hear that NBC plans to air it again sometime before Christmas.  :-)