What happens when some of Broadway's biggest names team up with the likes of Stephen Spielberg and other Hollywood notables? You get a big budget show aimed at saving NBC's primetime slot, a show geared towards fans of "Glee" and "American Idol," a show with dramatic and juicy plotlines centered on the ups and downs of theater. In short, you get "Smash."

Straight from the mind of Spielberg, "Smash" is backed by an array of executive producers such as, David Marshall Grant ("Brothers and Sisters"), Craig Zadan and Neil Meron ("Chicago", "Hairspray"), and Darryl Frank and Justin Falvey ("United States of Tara", "The Borgias"). Acclaimed screenwriter Theresa Rebeck is the show's writer, while Tony and Grammy Award winners Marc Shaiman and Scott Whitman ("Hairspray", "Catch Me If You Can") serve as the songwriters. And that's just to name a few.

Yet, with an impressive list of people dedicated to the project, an impressive cast and what I am sure is a huge budget, is it enough to elevate "Smash" to the smash hit status that it so wants to be? Perhaps, but it's too soon to tell. The show does not air on NBC until Monday, Feb. 6 at 10 p.m., but like any good television show, they needed to pull in early viewers — countless commercial slots aside. This is NBC has made the show available for a free download on iTunes. If you like drama, then you should consider downloading "Smash" and watching it immediately.

Although it may seem like a show targeted at theater lovers and Broadway fanatics, it is not. You might expect to be overwhelmed by huge showy numbers, but you won't be. You might believe that any talented character will be a diva, but don't be so quick to judge. "Smash" is full of nice surprises. Take for example, Katharine McPhee's (Karen Cartwright) played-down and shockingly not cheesy performance of "Beautiful." If the trend of surprises holds through out the season—and let's be honest, isn't surprises what theater is all about—then "Smash" might be NBC primetime's new smash hit.